Mitsuru Hirota

2.0k total citations
55 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mitsuru Hirota is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuru Hirota has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Mitsuru Hirota's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (17 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (15 papers). Mitsuru Hirota is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (17 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (16 papers) and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (15 papers). Mitsuru Hirota collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Mitsuru Hirota's co-authors include Yanhong Tang, Tomomichi Kato, Yingnian Li, Song Gu, Mingyuan Du, Shigeru Mariko, Xinquan Zhao, Guangmin Cao, Qiwu Hu and Wenhong Mo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Mitsuru Hirota

54 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitsuru Hirota Japan 19 803 751 420 415 242 55 1.6k
Haicheng Zhang China 24 739 0.9× 945 1.3× 341 0.8× 489 1.2× 265 1.1× 49 1.8k
Yongheng Gao China 23 787 1.0× 470 0.6× 469 1.1× 483 1.2× 171 0.7× 52 1.5k
Bernhard Ahrens Germany 17 678 0.8× 735 1.0× 453 1.1× 730 1.8× 239 1.0× 31 1.7k
Toshiyuki Ohtsuka Japan 22 516 0.6× 430 0.6× 320 0.8× 229 0.6× 264 1.1× 69 1.2k
David A. Pepper Australia 21 602 0.7× 555 0.7× 446 1.1× 520 1.3× 219 0.9× 39 1.7k
Wenhong Mo Japan 16 590 0.7× 797 1.1× 363 0.9× 658 1.6× 231 1.0× 19 1.5k
Kara L. Webster Canada 24 719 0.9× 447 0.6× 308 0.7× 233 0.6× 148 0.6× 66 1.3k
Dan Zhu China 24 933 1.2× 556 0.7× 486 1.2× 273 0.7× 107 0.4× 53 1.7k
Matti Barthel Switzerland 21 478 0.6× 551 0.7× 244 0.6× 552 1.3× 158 0.7× 56 1.5k
James M. Sulzman United States 7 431 0.5× 690 0.9× 401 1.0× 494 1.2× 206 0.9× 8 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mitsuru Hirota

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mitsuru Hirota

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitsuru Hirota

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

All Works

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Tsumura, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2024). Response of stomatal density and size in Betula ermanii to contrasting climate conditions: The contributions of genetic and environmental factors. Ecology and Evolution. 14(6). e11349–e11349. 2 indexed citations
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Hobara, Satoru, et al.. (2024). Correction to: The roles of microorganisms in litter decomposition and soil formation. Biogeochemistry. 167(2). 197–198. 1 indexed citations
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Goto, Susumu, Nobuhiro Tomaru, Kosuke Homma, et al.. (2023). Divergent mechanisms of reduced growth performance in Betula ermanii saplings from high-altitude and low-latitude range edges. Heredity. 131(5-6). 387–397. 2 indexed citations
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Goto, Susumu, Haruhiko Taneda, Nobuhiro Tomaru, et al.. (2023). Climate-related variation in leaf size and phenology of Betula ermanii in multiple common gardens. Journal of Forest Research. 29(1). 62–71. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Xikang, et al.. (2023). Altitudinal variations of the rate and temperature sensitivity of soil nitrogen mineralization on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Plant Ecology. 16(5). 2 indexed citations
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Hirota, Mitsuru, et al.. (2023). Spatial variation in forest soil respiration: A systematic review of field observations at the global scale. The Science of The Total Environment. 874. 162348–162348. 7 indexed citations
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Camarinha, Pedro Ivo Mioni, Nathan Debortoli, & Mitsuru Hirota. (2015). A BRAZILIAN VULNERABILITY INDEX TO NATURAL DISASTERS OF DROUGHT - IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kenta, et al.. (2013). Impact of Global Warming on Mountain and Polar Ecosystems: What Have Artificial Warming Experiments Told?. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi). 122(4). 628–637. 4 indexed citations
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Iimura, Yasuo, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Quantity and Quality of Soil Organic Carbon between Matured and Gap Areas in an Old-growth Beech Forest. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi). 122(4). 723–732. 1 indexed citations
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Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki, Mitsuru Hirota, Yuichiro Yashiro, et al.. (2013). Role of coarse woody debris in the carbon cycle of Takayama forest, central Japan. Ecological Research. 29(1). 91–101. 29 indexed citations
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Hirota, Mitsuru, et al.. (2010). The role of shrub (Potentilla fruticosa) on ecosystem CO2 fluxes in an alpine shrub meadow. Journal of Plant Ecology. 3(2). 89–97. 33 indexed citations
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Shimono, Ayako, Han Zhou, Haihua Shen, et al.. (2010). Patterns of plant diversity at high altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Plant Ecology. 3(1). 1–7. 44 indexed citations
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Hirose, Dai, Takashi Shirouzu, Mitsuru Hirota, et al.. (2009). Species richness and species composition of fungal communities associated with cellulose decomposition at different altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2(4). 217–224. 8 indexed citations
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Hirota, Mitsuru, Song Gu, Mingyuan Du, et al.. (2009). Altitudinal variation of ecosystem CO2 fluxes in an alpine grassland from 3600 to 4200 m. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2(4). 197–205. 25 indexed citations
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Hirota, Mitsuru, et al.. (2009). Characterization of CO2 flux in three Kobresia meadows differing in dominant species. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2(4). 187–196. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengcheng, Yanhong Tang, Mitsuru Hirota, Akinori Yamamoto, & Shigeru Mariko. (2009). Use of a regression method to partition sources of ecosystem respiration in an alpine meadow. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(4). 663–670. 30 indexed citations
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Ohtsuka, Toshiyuki, Mitsuru Hirota, Xianzhou Zhang, et al.. (2008). Soil organic carbon pools in alpine to nival zones along an altitudinal gradient (4400–5300m) on the Tibetan Plateau. Polar Science. 2(4). 277–285. 56 indexed citations
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Hirota, Mitsuru, Yukiko Senga, Yasushi Seike, Seiichi Nohara, & Hidenobu Kunii. (2007). Fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in two contrastive fringing zones of coastal lagoon, Lake Nakaumi, Japan. Chemosphere. 68(3). 597–603. 131 indexed citations
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Kato, Tomomichi, Yanhong Tang, Song Gu, et al.. (2004). Seasonal patterns of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration in an alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(D12). 59 indexed citations

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