Motoki Higa

916 total citations
40 papers, 526 citations indexed

About

Motoki Higa is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Motoki Higa has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 526 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecological Modeling and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Motoki Higa's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers) and Plant and animal studies (10 papers). Motoki Higa is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (19 papers) and Plant and animal studies (10 papers). Motoki Higa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Philippines. Motoki Higa's co-authors include Nobuyuki Tanaka, Tetsuya Matsui, Ikutaro Tsuyama, Katsuhiro Nakao, Yoshiko Kobayashi, Futoshi Nakamura, Masanori Hiraoka, Masahiro Horikawa, Yuichi Yamaura and Yuji Kominami and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Motoki Higa

36 papers receiving 507 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Motoki Higa Japan 16 186 169 160 116 98 40 526
S.M. Bierman Netherlands 12 180 1.0× 295 1.7× 408 2.5× 169 1.5× 98 1.0× 17 800
Pam Fuller United States 12 140 0.8× 547 3.2× 471 2.9× 189 1.6× 81 0.8× 23 851
Matthew J. Rubino United States 11 180 1.0× 240 1.4× 218 1.4× 138 1.2× 95 1.0× 17 458
Jerry Penha Brazil 17 69 0.4× 756 4.5× 417 2.6× 231 2.0× 104 1.1× 60 1.1k
Janusz Kloskowski Poland 15 73 0.4× 395 2.3× 570 3.6× 173 1.5× 158 1.6× 58 766
David A. Boughton United States 16 131 0.7× 626 3.7× 463 2.9× 214 1.8× 181 1.8× 40 901
Fabian Roger Sweden 10 67 0.4× 162 1.0× 291 1.8× 143 1.2× 110 1.1× 16 565
Mar Torralva Spain 18 77 0.4× 649 3.8× 522 3.3× 397 3.4× 70 0.7× 82 1.2k
Adam Kerezsy Australia 11 73 0.4× 379 2.2× 320 2.0× 94 0.8× 25 0.3× 19 565
Marine Robuchon France 13 67 0.4× 62 0.4× 268 1.7× 132 1.1× 107 1.1× 35 593

Countries citing papers authored by Motoki Higa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Motoki Higa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Motoki Higa

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

All Works

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Yamaura, Yuichi, Robert J. Fletcher, Steven J. Lade, Motoki Higa, & David B. Lindenmayer. (2022). From nature reserve to mosaic management: Improving matrix survival, not permeability, benefits regional populations under habitat loss and fragmentation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(6). 1472–1483. 11 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Kotone, et al.. (2022). Tree species composition and richness in a mature, warm-temperate riparian forest in Shikoku, Japan. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 18(2). 263–276.
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Hiraoka, Masanori, et al.. (2020). Fourfold daily growth rate in multicellular marine alga Ulva meridionalis. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12606–12606. 27 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2017). Assessment of global warming impact on biodiversity using the extinction risk index in LCIA: a case study of Japanese plant species. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 23(2). 314–323. 8 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2016). Scale dependency of two endangered charismatic species as biodiversity surrogates. Biodiversity and Conservation. 25(10). 1829–1841. 5 indexed citations
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Yoshida, Keiichiro, et al.. (2015). Changes in the stand structure during a half-century in an old-growth Abies-Fagus forest. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 34(1). 100224. 1 indexed citations
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Sakio, Hitoshi, et al.. (2015). SPECIAL ISSUE “ Nonnative Species and Vegetation Management ” Management of the black locust by girdling. Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology. 40(3). 446–450. 1 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2014). Mapping large‐scale bird distributions using occupancy models and citizen data with spatially biased sampling effort. Diversity and Distributions. 21(1). 46–54. 31 indexed citations
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Tsuyama, Ikutaro, Motoki Higa, Katsuhiro Nakao, et al.. (2014). How will subalpine conifer distributions be affected by climate change? Impact assessment for spatial conservation planning. Regional Environmental Change. 15(2). 393–404. 15 indexed citations
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Nakao, Katsuhiro, Motoki Higa, Ikutaro Tsuyama, et al.. (2014). Changes in the potential habitats of 10 dominant evergreen broad-leaved tree species in the Taiwan-Japan archipelago. Plant Ecology. 215(6). 639–650. 21 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2012). Biosphere reserves in the world( Towards establishment of Japanese approach in biosphere reserve of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program). Nihon Seitai Gakkaishi. 62(3). 365–373. 2 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2012). Predicting the impact of climate change on potential habitats of fir (Abies) species in Japan and on the East Asian continent. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 13. 455–466. 26 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2011). Influence of nonclimatic factors on the habitat prediction of tree species and an assessment of the impact of climate change. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 9(1). 111–120. 12 indexed citations
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Tsuyama, Ikutaro, Katsuhiro Nakao, Tetsuya Matsui, et al.. (2011). Climatic controls of a keystone understory species, Sasamorpha borealis, and an impact assessment of climate change in Japan. Annals of Forest Science. 68(4). 689–699. 23 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (2011). Effects of complete submergence on seedling growth and survival of five riparian tree species in the warm-temperate regions of Japan. Journal of Forest Research. 17(2). 129–136. 6 indexed citations
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Higa, Motoki, et al.. (1997). Distinct promoter sequences of two precursor genes for salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone in masu salmon. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 19(2). 149–161. 20 indexed citations

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