Minoru Kitamura

1.1k total citations
41 papers, 763 citations indexed

About

Minoru Kitamura is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Kitamura has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 763 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Oceanography, 23 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Minoru Kitamura's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (20 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). Minoru Kitamura is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (20 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (15 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (13 papers). Minoru Kitamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Minoru Kitamura's co-authors include Makoto Ōmori, Hajime Kawakami, Makio C. Honda, Toru Kobari, Toshiro Saino, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Masayuki Takigawa, Yukio Masumoto, Yasunori Hamajima and Yasumasa Miyazawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Limnology and Oceanography, Hydrobiologia and Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Kitamura

39 papers receiving 732 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Minoru Kitamura Japan 16 367 340 249 159 107 41 763
Hiroomi Miyamoto Japan 11 126 0.3× 441 1.3× 172 0.7× 31 0.2× 172 1.6× 31 631
Shigeho Kakehi Japan 16 383 1.0× 343 1.0× 265 1.1× 16 0.1× 39 0.4× 61 686
Daniel J. Madigan United States 21 154 0.4× 981 2.9× 1.2k 4.7× 25 0.2× 152 1.4× 42 1.7k
S. Domotor United States 10 125 0.3× 182 0.5× 178 0.7× 10 0.1× 102 1.0× 14 343
Kaoru Nakata Japan 15 228 0.6× 372 1.1× 179 0.7× 3 0.0× 76 0.7× 27 523
Maria Olech Poland 17 87 0.2× 166 0.5× 378 1.5× 11 0.1× 128 1.2× 74 902
John E. Andrews United States 7 126 0.3× 115 0.3× 108 0.4× 5 0.0× 45 0.4× 10 323
Yuji Okazaki Japan 15 231 0.6× 336 1.0× 254 1.0× 7 0.0× 12 0.1× 35 493
Anne M. Gothmann United States 9 125 0.3× 51 0.1× 210 0.8× 183 1.2× 5 0.0× 12 364
S. V. Smith United States 8 295 0.8× 185 0.5× 325 1.3× 24 0.2× 4 0.0× 10 513

Countries citing papers authored by Minoru Kitamura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minoru Kitamura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minoru Kitamura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Minoru Kitamura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Minoru Kitamura based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Minoru Kitamura. Minoru Kitamura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nagano, Akira, et al.. (2024). Kuroshio Extension cold-core ring and wind drop-off observed in 2021–2022 winter. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 11(1).
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Kitamura, Minoru & N Murata. (2024). Seasonal changes of community structure and vertical distribution/migration for mesopelagic fish in the western subarctic Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104. 1 indexed citations
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Yamada, Yuichiro, et al.. (2023). Diel, seasonal and vertical changes in the pelagic amphipod communities in the subarctic Pacific: insights from imaging analysis. Journal of Plankton Research. 45(3). 554–570. 2 indexed citations
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Akamatsu, Tomonari, Kazuo Amakasu, Minoru Kitamura, et al.. (2021). Annual variation of oceanographic conditions changed migration timing of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the southern Chukchi Sea. Polar Biology. 44(12). 2289–2298. 11 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Minoru, Makio C. Honda, Yasunori Hamajima, et al.. (2017). Temporal changes in radiocesium contamination derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in oceanic zooplankton in the western North Pacific. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 172. 163–172. 3 indexed citations
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Mino, Yoshihisa, Chiho Sukigara, Makio C. Honda, et al.. (2016). Seasonal variations in the nitrogen isotopic composition of settling particles at station K2 in the western subarctic North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography. 72(6). 819–836. 16 indexed citations
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Akamatsu, Tomonari, Kazuo Amakasu, Minoru Kitamura, et al.. (2016). The migration of fin whales into the southern Chukchi Sea as monitored with passive acoustics. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 73(8). 2085–2092. 24 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Minoru, Toru Kobari, Makio C. Honda, et al.. (2016). Seasonal changes in the mesozooplankton biomass and community structure in subarctic and subtropical time-series stations in the western North Pacific. Journal of Oceanography. 72(3). 387–402. 20 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Minoru, Yuichiro Kumamoto, Hajime Kawakami, Eric C. Cruz, & Katsunori Fujikura. (2013). Horizontal distribution of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in zooplankton in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 10(8). 5729–5738. 25 indexed citations
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Wakita, Masahide, Shingo Watanabe, Makio C. Honda, et al.. (2013). Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 10(12). 7817–7827. 39 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, Minoru Kitamura, Hajime Kawakami, et al.. (2013). Impacts of the wintertime mesozooplankton community to downward carbon flux in the subarctic and subtropical Pacific Oceans. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 81. 78–88. 21 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Dhugal J., Minoru Kitamura, Satoshi Konishi, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of the bioactivities of water-soluble extracts from twelve deep-sea jellyfish species. Fisheries Science. 79(3). 487–494. 39 indexed citations
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Miyake, Hiroshi, et al.. (2005). Occurrence of the Scyphomedusa Parumbrosa polylobata Kishinouye, 1910 in Suruga Bay, Japan. 52(1). 58–66. 15 indexed citations
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Ōmori, Makoto & Minoru Kitamura. (2004). Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). 51(1). 36–51. 56 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Minoru, Yuji Tanaka, & Takashi Ishimaru. (2003). Coarse scale distributions and community structure of hydromedusae related to water mass structures in two locations of Japanese waters in early summer. 50(2). 43–54. 9 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Toshihiro, et al.. (1997). Retinal Adaptation of Neon Flying Squid Ommastrephes bartrami at Capture with Jigs and Fishing Lights.. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 63(6). 899–904. 2 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Minoru, Shin Kubota, & Masaaki Murano. (1997). Description of Some Oceanic Hydromedusae from Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 38(1-2). 63–71. 1 indexed citations

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