Minoru Kubo

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Minoru Kubo is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Kubo has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Minoru Kubo's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers). Minoru Kubo is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (34 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (17 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (10 papers). Minoru Kubo collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Minoru Kubo's co-authors include Taku Demura, Hiroo Fukuda, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Gorou Horiguchi, Nobuyuki Nishikubo, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Jun Ito, Tetsuro Mimura, Misato Ohtani and Yuji Hiwatashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Kubo

56 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Transcription switches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation
    2005 917 citations Minoru Kubo, Gorou Horiguchi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Minoru Kubo Japan 29 3.7k 3.4k 317 311 205 56 4.6k
Liqun Du China 30 2.8k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 55 0.2× 79 0.3× 127 0.6× 66 3.5k
Giuseppe Macino Italy 36 2.0k 0.5× 4.1k 1.2× 100 0.3× 65 0.2× 172 0.8× 58 5.5k
Nicolas Delhomme Sweden 25 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 108 0.3× 134 0.4× 126 0.6× 55 2.5k
Jessica A. Schlueter United States 21 1.7k 0.5× 836 0.2× 190 0.6× 156 0.5× 116 0.6× 34 2.3k
Louise Jones United Kingdom 26 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 108 0.3× 274 0.9× 61 0.3× 39 4.1k
Tomonori Shinya Japan 26 3.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 144 0.5× 47 0.2× 592 2.9× 52 3.7k
Daisuke Kurihara Japan 25 1.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 298 0.9× 72 0.2× 240 1.2× 75 2.5k
Zoya Avramova United States 39 5.3k 1.4× 3.7k 1.1× 196 0.6× 47 0.2× 146 0.7× 77 6.2k
Kris N. Lambert United States 30 1.7k 0.5× 878 0.3× 59 0.2× 58 0.2× 211 1.0× 61 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minoru Kubo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minoru Kubo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Minoru Kubo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Minoru Kubo 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 Kubo. Minoru Kubo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Suyama, Yoshihisa, Shun K. Hirota, Minoru Kubo, et al.. (2024). Evolution of secondary metabolites, morphological structures and associated gene expression patterns in galls induced by four closely related aphid species on a host plant species. Molecular Ecology. 33(16). e17466–e17466. 1 indexed citations
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Kubo, Minoru, Ryosuke Sano, Toshihisa Nomura, et al.. (2021). Expression of peat moss VASCULAR RELATED NAC-DOMAIN homologs in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf cells induces ectopic secondary wall formation. Plant Molecular Biology. 106(3). 309–317. 6 indexed citations
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Yamada, Mizuki, Takumi Higaki, Mitsuhiro Aida, et al.. (2021). PUCHI Regulates Giant Cell Morphology During Root-Knot Nematode Infection in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 755610–755610. 13 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, Masaki, Yohei Higuchi, Shunsuke Ichikawa, et al.. (2019). Physcomitrella STEMIN transcription factor induces stem cell formation with epigenetic reprogramming. Nature Plants. 5(7). 681–690. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Chen, Yusuke Sako, Akihiro Imai, et al.. (2017). A Lin28 homologue reprograms differentiated cells to stem cells in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14242–14242. 37 indexed citations
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Sato, Yoshikatsu, Nagisa Sugimoto, Tadayoshi Hirai, et al.. (2017). Cells reprogramming to stem cells inhibit the reprogramming of adjacent cells in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1909–1909. 21 indexed citations
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Kubo, Minoru, Akihiro Imai, Tomoaki Nishiyama, et al.. (2013). System for Stable β-Estradiol-Inducible Gene Expression in the Moss Physcomitrella patens. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e77356–e77356. 75 indexed citations
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Aoyama, Tsuyoshi, Yuji Hiwatashi, Mikao Shigyo, et al.. (2012). AP2-type transcription factors determine stem cell identity in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Development. 139(17). 3120–3129. 111 indexed citations
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Kubo, Minoru, Kaori Furuta, Taku Demura, et al.. (2011). The CKH1/EER4 Gene Encoding a TAF12-Like Protein Negatively Regulates Cytokinin Sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(4). 629–637. 19 indexed citations
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Kubo, Minoru, Mami Murakami, Takeshi Agatsuma, et al.. (2010). Meningoencephalitis Associated with Sarcocystis spp. in a Free-Living Japanese Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus). Journal of Comparative Pathology. 143(2-3). 185–189. 4 indexed citations
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Horiguchi, Gorou, Hokuto Nakayama, Naoko Ishikawa, et al.. (2010). ANGUSTIFOLIA3 Plays Roles in Adaxial/Abaxial Patterning and Growth in Leaf Morphogenesis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 52(1). 112–124. 62 indexed citations
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Hiwatashi, Yuji, Takashi Murata, Tomoaki Nishiyama, et al.. (2009). A polycomb repressive complex 2 gene regulates apogamy and gives evolutionary insights into early land plant evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(38). 16321–16326. 114 indexed citations
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Miyazaki, Saori, Takashi Murata, Minoru Kubo, et al.. (2009). ANXUR1 and 2, Sister Genes to FERONIA/SIRENE, Are Male Factors for Coordinated Fertilization. Current Biology. 19(15). 1327–1331. 234 indexed citations
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Morinaga, Shin‐Ichi, Atsushi J. Nagano, Saori Miyazaki, et al.. (2008). Ecogenomics of cleistogamous and chasmogamous flowering: genome‐wide gene expression patterns from cross‐species microarray analysis in Cardamine kokaiensis (Brassicaceae). Journal of Ecology. 96(5). 1086–1097. 30 indexed citations
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Araki, Satoshi, Minoru Kubo, Taku Demura, et al.. (2007). R1R2R3-Myb proteins positively regulate cytokinesis through activation of KNOLLE transcription in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development. 134(6). 1101–1110. 168 indexed citations
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Takechi, Katsuaki, Minoru Kubo, Ryuuichi D. Itoh, et al.. (2005). Isolation of Mutant Lines with Decreased Numbers of Chloroplasts per Cell from a Tagged Mutant Library of the Moss Physcomitrella patens. Plant Biology. 7(3). 300–306. 13 indexed citations
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Moore, Sally, Gorou Horiguchi, Minoru Kubo, et al.. (2004). Overexpression of a novel small peptide ROTUNDIFOLIA4 decreases cell proliferation and alters leaf shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 38(4). 699–713. 149 indexed citations
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