Nanako Shigesada

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Nanako Shigesada is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nanako Shigesada has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 19 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nanako Shigesada's work include Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (22 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Nanako Shigesada is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models (22 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (18 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). Nanako Shigesada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Nanako Shigesada's co-authors include Kohkichi Kawasaki, Ei Teramoto, Peter Kareiva, Yasuhiko Takeda, Fugo Takasu, K. Kawasaki, Katsumi Togashi, Akira Ōkubo, Mitsugu Matsushita and Tomoko Umeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The American Naturalist and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Nanako Shigesada

50 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Biological Invasions: Theory and Practice

1997 740 citations Nanako Shigesada, Kohkichi Kawasaki profile →
Spatial segregation of interacting species

1979 693 citations Nanako Shigesada, Kohkichi Kawasaki et al. Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →
Analyzing insect movement as a correlated random walk

1983 633 citations Peter Kareiva, Nanako Shigesada Oecologia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nanako Shigesada Japan	27	1.7k	1.3k	1.3k	904	812	52	4.3k
Mark Kot United States	28	2.2k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	625 0.8×	48	5.0k
Roger Arditi France	35	2.8k 1.7×	2.6k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	805 0.9×	770 0.9×	78	5.0k
Kohkichi Kawasaki Japan	19	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	845 0.6×	664 0.7×	658 0.8×	33	3.0k
Mats Gyllenberg Finland	38	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	591 0.7×	173	5.7k
W. S. C. Gurney United Kingdom	38	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	530 0.7×	78	4.9k
Lev R. Ginzburg United States	30	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	447 0.6×	77	5.1k
Lewi Stone Israel	44	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	173	7.4k
William M. Schaffer United States	38	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	443 0.5×	74	5.6k
Bob W. Kooi Netherlands	33	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	763 0.6×	388 0.4×	512 0.6×	133	3.5k
James D. Murray United States	35	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	915 0.7×	240 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	79	6.2k

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Kohyama, Takashi, Takashi Kohyama, Nanako Shigesada, et al.. (2025). A simple competition model can predict rainforest tree diversity, species abundance and ecosystem functions. Journal of Ecology. 113(4). 842–855. 1 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Kohkichi, et al.. (2012). Impact of Directed Movement on Invasive Spread in Periodic Patchy Environments. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 74(6). 1448–1467. 14 indexed citations

Weinberger, Hans F., Kohkichi Kawasaki, & Nanako Shigesada. (2008). Spreading speeds of spatially periodic integro-difference models for populations with nonmonotone recruitment functions. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 57(3). 387–411. 39 indexed citations

Togashi, Katsumi & Nanako Shigesada. (2006). Spread of the pinewood nematode vectored by the Japanese pine sawyer: modeling and analytical approaches. Population Ecology. 48(4). 271–283. 85 indexed citations

Kawasaki, Kohkichi, et al.. (2003). Modeling biological invasions into periodically fragmented environments. Theoretical Population Biology. 64(3). 291–302. 88 indexed citations

Petrovskii, Sergei & Nanako Shigesada. (2001). Some exact solutions of a generalized Fisher equation related to the problem of biological invasion. Mathematical Biosciences. 172(2). 73–94. 42 indexed citations

Takasu, Fugo, et al.. (2000). Local dynamics and global spread of pine wilt disease.. Nihon Seitai Gakkaishi. 50(3). 269–276. 4 indexed citations

Iwata, Koichi, K. Kawasaki, & Nanako Shigesada. (2000). A Dynamical Model for the Growth and Size Distribution of Multiple Metastatic Tumors. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 203(2). 177–186. 112 indexed citations

Takasu, Fugo, et al.. (2000). Modeling the Expansion of an Introduced Tree Disease. Biological Invasions. 2(2). 141–150. 60 indexed citations

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Takasu, Fugo, et al.. (1999). Population Dynamics of Nitrifying Bacteria in an Aquatic Ecosystem.. Biological Sciences in Space. 13(4). 333–340. 2 indexed citations

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Shigesada, Nanako. (1998). Modelling Biological Invasions. 19–20.

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Takasu, Fugo, Kohkichi Kawasaki, & Nanako Shigesada. (1997). Simulation Study of Stratified Diffusion Model. Forma. 12(2). 167–175. 3 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, K., Atsushi Mochizuki, Mitsugu Matsushita, Tomoko Umeda, & Nanako Shigesada. (1997). Modeling Spatio-Temporal Patterns Generated byBacillus subtilis. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 188(2). 177–185. 191 indexed citations

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Malchow, Horst & Nanako Shigesada. (1994). Nonequilibrium plankton community structures in an ecohydrodynamic model system. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 1(1). 3–11. 22 indexed citations

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Takasu, Fugo, Kohkichi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Nakamura, Joel E. Cohen, & Nanako Shigesada. (1993). Modeling the Population Dynamics of a Cuckoo-Host Association and the Evolution of Host Defenses. The American Naturalist. 142(5). 819–839. 93 indexed citations

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Shigesada, Nanako, Kohkichi Kawasaki, & Ei Teramoto. (1989). Direct and indirect effects of invasions of predators on a multiple-species community. Theoretical Population Biology. 36(3). 311–338. 7 indexed citations

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Shigesada, Nanako, Kohkichi Kawasaki, & Ei Teramoto. (1984). The effects of interference competition on stability, structure and invasion of a multi-species system. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 21(2). 97–113. 34 indexed citations

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Kareiva, Peter & Nanako Shigesada. (1983). Analyzing insect movement as a correlated random walk. Oecologia. 56(2-3). 234–238. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shigesada, Nanako. (1980). Spatial distribution of dispersing animals. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 9(1). 85–96. 63 indexed citations

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Teramoto, Ei & Nanako Shigesada. (1967). Theory of Bimolecular Reaction Processes in Liquids. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 37(1). 29–51. 31 indexed citations

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