Naoko Crofts

1.5k total citations
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Naoko Crofts is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoko Crofts has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 21 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Naoko Crofts's work include Food composition and properties (33 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (17 papers) and Phytase and its Applications (14 papers). Naoko Crofts is often cited by papers focused on Food composition and properties (33 papers), Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (17 papers) and Phytase and its Applications (14 papers). Naoko Crofts collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Naoko Crofts's co-authors include Yasunori Nakamura, Naoko Fujita, Naoko F. Oitome, Naoko Fujita, Ryo Matsushima, Natsuko Abe, Yuko Hosaka, Toshihiro Kumamaru, Satomi Aihara and Thomas W. Okita and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Naoko Crofts

35 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naoko Crofts Japan 19 838 723 323 215 161 37 1.1k
Aiko Nishi Japan 12 1.4k 1.6× 1.2k 1.7× 552 1.7× 366 1.7× 186 1.2× 15 1.8k
Takashi Ohdan Japan 8 747 0.9× 778 1.1× 310 1.0× 223 1.0× 166 1.0× 11 1.1k
Yuko Hosaka Japan 12 903 1.1× 844 1.2× 345 1.1× 200 0.9× 103 0.6× 22 1.2k
Yoko Takemoto Japan 4 225 0.3× 292 0.4× 106 0.3× 94 0.4× 131 0.8× 6 471
Naoko Fujita Japan 12 565 0.7× 450 0.6× 205 0.6× 133 0.6× 65 0.4× 15 712
Nora Eckermann Germany 12 424 0.5× 641 0.9× 82 0.3× 182 0.8× 273 1.7× 17 911
Jihui Zhu China 9 329 0.4× 318 0.4× 95 0.3× 29 0.1× 52 0.3× 12 513
Mustapha Benmoussa United States 12 358 0.4× 211 0.3× 56 0.2× 36 0.2× 81 0.5× 15 512
David Delvallé France 8 568 0.7× 546 0.8× 168 0.5× 199 0.9× 167 1.0× 11 834
Amina Makhmoudova Canada 9 305 0.4× 388 0.5× 108 0.3× 119 0.6× 134 0.8× 10 550

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2025). Physiological and compensatory roles of three starch-branching enzymes in different rice organs. Plant Molecular Biology. 115(2). 51–51. 1 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2023). Three Starch Synthase IIa (SSIIa) Alleles Reveal the Effect of SSIIa on the Thermal and Rheological Properties, Viscoelasticity, and Eating Quality of Glutinous Rice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3726–3726. 4 indexed citations
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Wada, Takuya, Ryo Matsushima, Naoko Fujita, et al.. (2022). Mutation in BEIIb mitigates the negative effect of the mutation in ISA1 on grain filling and amyloplast formation in rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 108(4-5). 497–512. 8 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2022). Improving Agricultural Traits While Maintaining High Resistant Starch Content in Rice. Rice. 15(1). 28–28. 10 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2022). Starch Biosynthetic Protein Complex Formation in Rice <i>ss2a be2b (</i>+<i>)</i> Double Mutant Differs from Their Parental Single Mutants. Journal of Applied Glycoscience. 69(2). 23–33. 2 indexed citations
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Konishi, Tomokazu, et al.. (2022). Human lipoproteins comprise at least 12 different classes that are lognormally distributed. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0275066–e0275066. 2 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2021). Starch synthases SSIIa and GBSSI control starch structure but do not determine starch granule morphology in the absence of SSIIIa and SSIVb. Plant Molecular Biology. 108(4-5). 379–398. 11 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2021). Active-type starch synthase (SS) IIa from indica rice partially complements the sugary-1 phenotype in japonica rice endosperm. Plant Molecular Biology. 108(4-5). 325–342. 11 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, Yuko Hosaka, Naoko F. Oitome, et al.. (2019). CO2-Responsive CCT Protein Stimulates the Ectopic Expression of Particular Starch Biosynthesis-Related Enzymes, Which Markedly Change the Structure of Starch in the Leaf Sheaths of Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 60(5). 961–972. 13 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, Yuhi Saito, Yuko Hosaka, et al.. (2018). Starch Synthase IIa-Deficient Mutant Rice Line Produces Endosperm Starch With Lower Gelatinization Temperature Than Japonica Rice Cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 645–645. 56 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Yasunori, Masami Ono, Takayuki Sawada, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the functional interactions of plastidial starch phosphorylase and starch branching enzymes from rice endosperm during reserve starch biosynthesis. Plant Science. 264. 83–95. 30 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, et al.. (2017). Differences in specificity and compensatory functions among three major starch synthases determine the structure of amylopectin in rice endosperm. Plant Molecular Biology. 94(4-5). 399–417. 33 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, Yasunori Nakamura, & Naoko Fujita. (2017). Critical and speculative review of the roles of multi-protein complexes in starch biosynthesis in cereals. Plant Science. 262. 1–8. 77 indexed citations
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Çakır, Bilal, Aytug Tuncel, Hiroaki Matsusaka, et al.. (2016). Analysis of the rice ADPglucose transporter (OsBT1) indicates the presence of regulatory processes in the amyloplast stroma that control ADPglucose flux into starch. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(3). pp.01911.2015–pp.01911.2015. 50 indexed citations
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Crofts, Naoko, Natsuko Abe, Naoko F. Oitome, et al.. (2015). Amylopectin biosynthetic enzymes from developing rice seed form enzymatically active protein complexes. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(15). 4469–4482. 117 indexed citations
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Abe, Natsuko, et al.. (2014). Relationships between starch synthase I and branching enzyme isozymes determined using double mutant rice lines. BMC Plant Biology. 14(1). 80–80. 86 indexed citations
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Abe, Natsuko, Ryo Matsushima, Naoko Crofts, et al.. (2014). Deficiencies in both starch synthase IIIa and branching enzyme IIb lead to a significant increase in amylose in SSIIa-inactive japonica rice seeds. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(18). 5497–5507. 81 indexed citations
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Washida, Haruhiko, Naoko Crofts, Dong‐Wook Kim, et al.. (2009). Identification of cis‐localization elements of the maize 10‐kDa δ‐zein and their use in targeting RNAs to specific cortical endoplasmic reticulum subdomains. The Plant Journal. 60(1). 146–155. 28 indexed citations

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