Naoki Sakurai

4.4k total citations
186 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Naoki Sakurai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Food Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoki Sakurai has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Plant Science, 32 papers in Food Science and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Naoki Sakurai's work include Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (56 papers), Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (50 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (29 papers). Naoki Sakurai is often cited by papers focused on Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (56 papers), Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (50 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (29 papers). Naoki Sakurai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Naoki Sakurai's co-authors include Susumu Kuraishi, Mitsuru Taniwaki, Donald J. Nevins, Naoki Nakagawa, Ryōichi Yamamoto, Yoshio Masuda, Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, Naoki Wada, Toshihisa Kotake and Kiyohide Kojima and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Naoki Sakurai

178 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers

Naoki Sakurai
Justyna Cybulska Poland
Ning Zhang China
C. B. Singh Canada
Els Herremans Belgium
Lav R. Khot United States
J. H. M. Willison Canada
Piotr M. Pieczywek Poland
Qiang Li China
Justyna Cybulska Poland
Naoki Sakurai
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Countries citing papers authored by Naoki Sakurai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naoki Sakurai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naoki Sakurai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sakurai, Naoki, et al.. (2018). Elasticity Index, Quality and Shelf-life of 16 Tree-ripe Mango Cultivars. Food Science and Technology Research. 24(5). 839–850.
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Sakurai, Naoki, et al.. (2016). New Bus-bar Topology to Suppress the Current Imbalance of Parallel-connected IGBT Modules for High Power Railway. 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Asuka, et al.. (2016). α-Xylosidase plays essential roles in xyloglucan remodelling, maintenance of cell wall integrity, and seed germination inArabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany. 67(19). 5615–5629. 50 indexed citations
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Kohyama, Kaoru, et al.. (2008). Tensile Test of Cabbage Leaves for Quality Evaluation of Shredded Cabbage. Food Science and Technology Research. 14(4). 337–344. 13 indexed citations
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Taniwaki, Mitsuru, et al.. (2006). Development of Method for Quantifying Food Texture Using Blanched Bunching Onions. Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science. 75(5). 410–414. 21 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Hiroyuki Takeda, Naoki Nakagawa, et al.. (2004). A Novel Endo-1,4-β-Glucanase Gene ( LlpCel1 ) Is Exclusively Expressed in Pollen and Pollen Tubes of Lilium longiflorum. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 46(2). 142–147. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Yiqin, et al.. (2001). Role of wall-bound beta-glucanases in regulating tip-growth of Lilium longiflorum pollen tubes. Zhiwu xuebao. 43(5). 461–468. 4 indexed citations
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Muramatsu, Noboru, Naoki Sakurai, Naoki Wada, et al.. (2000). Remote Sensing of Fruit Textural Changes with a Laser Doppler Vibrometer. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 125(1). 120–127. 35 indexed citations
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Kimura, Satoshi, Naoki Sakurai, & Takaò Itoh. (1999). Relationship between cellulose contents and cellulose synthesizing complexes (=TCs) in brittle and nonbrittle strains of barley. Plant and Cell Physiology. 40. 1 indexed citations
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Nakagawa, Naoki & Naoki Sakurai. (1996). Identification of genes analogous to cellulose synthase of Acetobacter from plant EST databases.. Plant and Cell Physiology. 37. 127. 1 indexed citations
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Muramatsu, Noboru, Naoki Sakurai, Ryōichi Yamamoto, & Donald J. Nevins. (1996). Nondestructive Acoustic Measurement of Firmness for Nectarines, Apricots, Plums, and Tomatoes. HortScience. 31(7). 1199–1202. 23 indexed citations
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Kojima, Kiyohide, Naoki Sakurai, & Susumu Kuraishi. (1994). Changes in Firmness and Chemical Constituents of Plantain Fruit during Ripening after Ethylene Treatment. Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou. 38(4). 323–327. 1 indexed citations
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Kojima, Kiyohide, et al.. (1994). Changes in Firmness and Chemical Constituents of Banana Fruits during Ripening. Nettai Nogyo/Nettai nougyou. 38(4). 293–297. 14 indexed citations
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Kuraishi, Susumu, et al.. (1994). Aluminum-Induced Rapid Root Inhibition and Changes in Cell-Wall Components of Squash Seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 106(3). 971–976. 104 indexed citations
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Yatsuo, Tsutomu, et al.. (1991). 250V 1A three-phase monolithic inverter IC for brushless motor drives.. IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications. 111(2). 117–124. 3 indexed citations
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Kuraishi, Susumu, et al.. (1991). Effect of brassinolide on levels of indoleacetic acid and abscisic acid in squash hypocotyls: possible application for preventing fruit abortion.. 312–319. 1 indexed citations
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Wakabayashi, Kazuyuki, Naoki Sakurai, & Susumu Kuraishi. (1991). Differential Effect of Auxin on Molecular Weight Distributions of Xyloglucans in Cell Walls of Outer and Inner Tissues from Segments of Dark Grown Squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) Hypocotyls. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 95(4). 1070–1076. 43 indexed citations
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Sakurai, Naoki. (1982). A stress-relaxation parameter b of the oat coleoptile cell wall and its implication in cell wall loosening. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 1. 75–83. 24 indexed citations

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