Naoto Urano

1.4k total citations
73 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Naoto Urano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoto Urano has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Naoto Urano's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (20 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers). Naoto Urano is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (20 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers). Naoto Urano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Bangladesh and Germany. Naoto Urano's co-authors include Shigeru Kimura, Ryohei Ueno, Naomichi Kunisaki, Masataka Saito, Masami Ishida, Motofumi Suzuki, Isao Karube, Hideki Ushio, Katsuhiko Fujii and Masahiko Okai and has published in prestigious journals such as FEBS Letters, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

In The Last Decade

Naoto Urano

71 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naoto Urano Japan 18 494 238 216 148 144 73 1.1k
Joong Kyun Kim South Korea 21 391 0.8× 203 0.9× 306 1.4× 185 1.3× 24 0.2× 82 1.4k
G. Jeyasekaran India 25 673 1.4× 161 0.7× 336 1.6× 253 1.7× 321 2.2× 94 1.8k
Kumari Kavita India 13 618 1.3× 86 0.4× 136 0.6× 80 0.5× 41 0.3× 24 1.2k
Huiqin Huang China 21 372 0.8× 130 0.5× 105 0.5× 66 0.4× 87 0.6× 88 1.2k
Carlos Riquelme Chile 24 252 0.5× 130 0.5× 137 0.6× 419 2.8× 61 0.4× 84 1.7k
Yasuhiro Tanaka Japan 24 393 0.8× 113 0.5× 326 1.5× 41 0.3× 49 0.3× 59 1.4k
Denis Groleau Canada 22 863 1.7× 385 1.6× 198 0.9× 47 0.3× 183 1.3× 52 1.5k
Inmaculada Llamas Spain 28 1.3k 2.6× 207 0.9× 253 1.2× 141 1.0× 91 0.6× 67 2.3k
Margarita Kambourova Bulgaria 21 859 1.7× 287 1.2× 198 0.9× 43 0.3× 151 1.0× 61 1.6k
Fernando Martínez‐Checa Spain 21 709 1.4× 110 0.5× 227 1.1× 46 0.3× 45 0.3× 42 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Naoto Urano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Naoto Urano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Naoto Urano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Naoto Urano 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 Naoto Urano. Naoto Urano 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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Urano, Naoto, et al.. (2021). Ethanol Fermentation by High-Stress-Tolerance Aquatic Yeasts and Their Mutants. Advances in Microbiology. 11(11). 616–629. 4 indexed citations
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Okai, Masahiko, et al.. (2020). Q301P mutant of Vibrio PR protease affects activities under low-temperature and high-pressure conditions. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 130(4). 341–346. 3 indexed citations
3.
Okai, Masahiko, et al.. (2019). Bioethanol Production from Molasses by Yeasts with Stress-Tolerance Isolated from Aquatic Environments in Japan. Advances in Microbiology. 9(12). 1000–1011. 4 indexed citations
4.
Sugiyama, Takuya, et al.. (2018). Enzymatic properties and the gene structure of a cold-adapted laminarinase from Pseudoalteromonas species LA. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 126(2). 169–175. 10 indexed citations
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Hayashi, Takuya, Yu Wang, Mami Tanaka, et al.. (2017). Isolation of aquatic yeasts with the ability to neutralize acidic media, from an extremely acidic river near Japan's Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 124(1). 43–46. 7 indexed citations
6.
Urano, Naoto, et al.. (2017). High Ethanol Production by Marine-Derived Yeasts-<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> under Stress Pressures. Advances in Microbiology. 7(5). 349–357. 5 indexed citations
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Okai, Masahiko, et al.. (2015). Isolation and characterization of benzo[a]pyrene-degrading bacteria from the Tokyo Bay area and Tama River in Japan. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 362(18). fnv143–fnv143. 24 indexed citations
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Takagi, Toshiyuki, et al.. (2015). Comparison of ethanol productivity among yeast strains using three different seaweeds. Fisheries Science. 81(4). 763–770. 12 indexed citations
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Tanaka, S., Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Naoto Urano, et al.. (2013). Strategy for cold adaptation of the tryptophan synthase α subunit from the psychrophile Shewanella frigidimarina K14-2: crystal structure and physicochemical properties. The Journal of Biochemistry. 155(2). 73–82. 10 indexed citations
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Ishida, Masami, et al.. (2012). Efficient bioethanol production from paper shredder scrap by a marine derived saccharomyces cerevisiae C-19. 1(2). 127–132. 16 indexed citations
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Urano, Naoto, et al.. (2008). Ethanol production from the water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes by yeast isolated from various hydrospheres. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 2(5). 110–113. 44 indexed citations
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Ueno, Ryohei, Volker A. R. Huss, Naoto Urano, & Shugo Watabe. (2007). Direct evidence for redundant segmental replacement between multiple 18S rRNA genes in a single Prototheca strain. Microbiology. 153(11). 3879–3893. 17 indexed citations
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Ren, Huifeng, et al.. (2004). Pyrene decomposing yeasts collected from sea water of Tokyo Bay. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 70(5). 687–692. 2 indexed citations
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Ueno, Ryohei, Naoto Urano, & Motofumi Suzuki. (2003). Phylogeny of the non-photosynthetic green micro-algal genus Prototheca (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) and related taxa inferred from SSU and LSU ribosomal DNA partial sequence data. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 223(2). 275–280. 51 indexed citations
15.
Ueno, Ryohei, Naoto Urano, Shun Wada, & Shigeru Kimura. (2002). Growth on <i>n</i>-alkanes at elevated temperatures by a thermotolerant strain of the alge <i>Prototheca zopfii</i>. Fisheries Science. 68(sup1). 641–642. 1 indexed citations
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Ueno, Ryohei, Naoto Urano, Shun Wada, & Shigeru Kimura. (2002). Optimization of Heterotrophic Culture Conditions for n-Alkane Utilization and Phylogenetic Position Based on the 18S rDNA Sequence of a Thermotolerant Prototheca zopfii Strain. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 94(2). 160–165. 5 indexed citations
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Urano, Naoto & Katsuhiko Fujii. (2000). Effect of osmotic stabilizers on protoplast generation of Chlorella ellipsoidea yellow/white color mutants. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 90(5). 567–569. 3 indexed citations
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Fuji, Kanako, Naoto Urano, Hideki Ushio, et al.. (2000). Profile of a Nonylphenol-Degrading Microflora and Its Potential for Bioremedial Applications. The Journal of Biochemistry. 128(6). 909–916. 54 indexed citations
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Karube, Isao, et al.. (1984). Cloning and expression of Citrobacter freundii ?-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene in both Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 20(5). 340–343. 4 indexed citations
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Karube, Isao, Naoto Urano, Takashi Yamada, Hirohiko Hirochika, & Kenji Sakaguchi. (1983). Cloning and expression of the hydrogenase gene from Clostridium butyricum in Escherichia coli. FEBS Letters. 158(1). 119–122. 26 indexed citations

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