Minoru Moriyama

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Minoru Moriyama is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Minoru Moriyama has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Insect Science, 18 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Minoru Moriyama's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Minoru Moriyama is often cited by papers focused on Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (30 papers), Plant and animal studies (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers). Minoru Moriyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Taiwan and United States. Minoru Moriyama's co-authors include Takema Fukatsu, Naruo Nikoh, Takahiro Hosokawa, Hideharu Numata, Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori, Masahiko Tanahashi, Ryuichi Koga, Xian-Ying Meng and Ryo Futahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Minoru Moriyama

59 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Evolutionary origin of insect– Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

2014 300 citations Naruo Nikoh, Takahiro Hosokawa et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minoru Moriyama Japan	20	1.1k	365	348	233	157	66	1.5k
Weiguo Zhou China	15	1.9k 1.8×	221 0.6×	310 0.9×	207 0.9×	220 1.4×	50	2.6k
Masahiko Tanahashi Japan	18	682 0.6×	263 0.7×	235 0.7×	209 0.9×	160 1.0×	34	999
Laura V. Ferguson Canada	13	528 0.5×	283 0.8×	356 1.0×	138 0.6×	549 3.5×	29	1.1k
Daniel González‐Tokman Mexico	18	470 0.4×	408 1.1×	313 0.9×	143 0.6×	381 2.4×	64	1.1k
Michelle Trautwein United States	17	245 0.2×	560 1.5×	378 1.1×	137 0.6×	146 0.9×	23	1.2k
Philipp Lehmann Sweden	21	506 0.5×	454 1.2×	330 0.9×	261 1.1×	574 3.7×	78	1.4k
Rosanna Giordano United States	18	1.7k 1.6×	360 1.0×	298 0.9×	302 1.3×	197 1.3×	40	2.1k
P Juchault France	23	1.5k 1.4×	372 1.0×	563 1.6×	163 0.7×	583 3.7×	65	2.1k
Grzegorz Buczkowski United States	26	965 0.9×	1.1k 2.9×	1.2k 3.4×	135 0.6×	86 0.5×	59	1.6k
Marie Cariou France	19	406 0.4×	297 0.8×	530 1.5×	218 0.9×	195 1.2×	47	1.2k

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Moriyama, Minoru, Hiromi Mukai, Masahiko Tanahashi, et al.. (2025). Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs. Science. 390(6770). 279–283.

Gotoh, Tetsuo, et al.. (2025). Acquisition and repeated alteration of (TTGGG)n telomeric repeats in Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 182. 104353–104353.

Moriyama, Minoru, et al.. (2024). Host range of naturally and artificially evolved symbiotic bacteria for a specific host insect. mBio. 15(9). e0134224–e0134224. 1 indexed citations

Koga, Ryuichi, et al.. (2024). Genome analysis of “Candidatus Aschnera chinzeii,” the bacterial endosymbiont of the blood-sucking bat fly Penicillidia jenynsii (Insecta: Diptera: Nycteribiidae). Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1336919–1336919.

Moriyama, Minoru, Yudai Nishide, Atsushi Toyoda, Takehiko Itoh, & Takema Fukatsu. (2023). Complete genomes of mutualistic bacterial co-symbionts “ Candidatus Sulcia muelleri” and “ Candidatus Nasuia deltocephalinicola” of the rice green leafhopper Nephotettix cincticeps. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12(9). e0035323–e0035323. 4 indexed citations

Moriyama, Minoru & Takema Fukatsu. (2022). Host’s demand for essential amino acids is compensated by an extracellular bacterial symbiont in a hemipteran insect model. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 1028409–1028409. 16 indexed citations

Koga, Ryuichi, Minoru Moriyama, Yoshiko Ishii, et al.. (2022). Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist. Nature Microbiology. 7(8). 1141–1150. 42 indexed citations

Nishide, Yudai, et al.. (2022). Endosymbiotic bacteria of the boar louse Haematopinus apri (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 962252–962252. 4 indexed citations

Moriyama, Minoru, et al.. (2022). A mucin protein predominantly expressed in the female-specific symbiotic organ of the stinkbug Plautia stali. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7782–7782. 10 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru, Kouji Yasuyama, & Hideharu Numata. (2021). The formation of a hatching line in the serosal cuticle confers multifaceted adaptive functions on the eggshell of a cicada. Zoological Letters. 7(1). 8–8. 2 indexed citations

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Kutsukake, Mayako, Minoru Moriyama, Shuji Shigenobu, et al.. (2019). Exaggeration and cooption of innate immunity for social defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(18). 8950–8959. 23 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru, et al.. (2019). Morphogenesis and development of midgut symbiotic organ of the stinkbug Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Zoological Letters. 5(1). 16–16. 48 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru, Takahiro Hosokawa, Masahiko Tanahashi, Naruo Nikoh, & Takema Fukatsu. (2016). Suppression of Bedbug’s Reproduction by RNA Interference of Vitellogenin. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0153984–e0153984. 50 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru, et al.. (2015). Ecdysteroid promotes cell cycle progression in the Bombyx wing disc through activation of c-Myc. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 70. 1–9. 20 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru & Hideharu Numata. (2015). Urban soil compaction reduces cicada diversity. Zoological Letters. 1(1). 19–19. 22 indexed citations

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Hosokawa, Takahiro, Naruo Nikoh, Masahiko Tanahashi, et al.. (2014). Symbiont-Supplemented Maternal Investment Underpinning Host’s Ecological Adaptation. Current Biology. 24(20). 2465–2470. 89 indexed citations

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Wang, Huabing, Minoru Moriyama, Masashi Iwanaga, & Hideki Kawasaki. (2010). Ecdysone directly and indirectly regulates a cuticle protein gene, BMWCP10, in the wing disc of Bombyx mori. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40(6). 453–459. 27 indexed citations

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Moriyama, Minoru & Hideharu Numata. (2008). Diapause and prolonged development in the embryo and their ecological significance in two cicadas, Cryptotympana facialis and Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata. Journal of Insect Physiology. 54(12). 1487–1494. 22 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Masaaki, Minoru Moriyama, & Yoshiaki Hirano. (1999). A sex ratio and an annual reproductive cycle in populations of the fissiparous sea star, Coscinasterias acutispina (STIMPSON)(Behavior Biology and Ecology)(Proceedings of the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan) :. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 16. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Kojima, Kazuhiro, et al.. (1983). [The tumor--immunological significance of splenectomy for cancer therapy].. PubMed. 84(9). 970–3. 10 indexed citations

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