Natuo Kômoto

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Natuo Kômoto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Natuo Kômoto has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Insect Science and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Natuo Kômoto's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (3 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (3 papers). Natuo Kômoto is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (3 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (3 papers). Natuo Kômoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Natuo Kômoto's co-authors include Toshiki Tamura, Toshio Kanda, Malcolm J. Fraser, Mari Kamba, Corinne Royer, Gérard Chavancy, Chantal Thibert, Bernard Mauchamp, Paul D. Shirk and Pierre Couble and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Natuo Kômoto

15 papers receiving 971 citations

Hit Papers

Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. us... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. using a piggyBac transposon-derived vector
    2000 624 citations Toshiki Tamura, Chantal Thibert et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Natuo Kômoto Japan 10 652 355 354 251 185 15 1.0k
Boxiong Zhong China 20 565 0.9× 423 1.2× 468 1.3× 208 0.8× 260 1.4× 78 1.1k
Corinne Royer France 13 786 1.2× 375 1.1× 361 1.0× 227 0.9× 193 1.0× 19 1.1k
Toshio Kanda Japan 15 806 1.2× 550 1.5× 522 1.5× 444 1.8× 252 1.4× 29 1.4k
Mari Kamba Japan 7 502 0.8× 304 0.9× 268 0.8× 203 0.8× 161 0.9× 10 832
Shigeo Imanishi Japan 18 651 1.0× 108 0.3× 514 1.5× 333 1.3× 223 1.2× 58 1.2k
Gérard Chavancy France 14 959 1.5× 532 1.5× 324 0.9× 261 1.0× 218 1.2× 23 1.2k
Mi Young Noh South Korea 21 621 1.0× 167 0.5× 782 2.2× 339 1.4× 251 1.4× 56 1.3k
Shuichiro Tomita Japan 20 874 1.3× 139 0.4× 483 1.4× 303 1.2× 183 1.0× 40 1.4k
Muwang Li China 22 868 1.3× 422 1.2× 794 2.2× 283 1.1× 272 1.5× 101 1.6k
Michal Žurovec Czechia 25 844 1.3× 707 2.0× 772 2.2× 446 1.8× 432 2.3× 65 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Natuo Kômoto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Natuo Kômoto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natuo Kômoto

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Matsumoto, Masae, Keiro Uchino, Tetsuya Iizuka, et al.. (2014). Cryopreservation of germplasm of transgenic silkworms. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 83(2). 163–170. 1 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo, Kenji Yukuhiro, & Shuichiro Tomita. (2012). Novel gene rearrangements in the mitochondrial genome of a webspinner, Aposthonia japonica (Insecta: Embioptera). Genome. 55(3). 222–233. 29 indexed citations
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Tomita, Shuichiro, Kenji Yukuhiro, & Natuo Kômoto. (2011). The mitochondrial genome of a stick insect Extatosoma tiaratum (Phasmatodea) and the phylogeny of polyneopteran insects. Journal of insect biotechnology and sericology. 80(3). 79–88. 17 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Isao, Natuo Kômoto, Keiro Uchino, et al.. (2011). SID-1 protein of Caenorhabditis elegans mediates uptake of dsRNA into Bombyx cells. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 42(2). 148–154. 46 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo, Kenji Yukuhiro, Kyoichiro Ueda, & Shuichiro Tomita. (2010). Exploring the molecular phylogeny of phasmids with whole mitochondrial genome sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58(1). 43–52. 46 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo, Guoxing Quan, Hideki Sezutsu, & Toshiki Tamura. (2008). A single-base deletion in an ABC transporter gene causes white eyes, white eggs, and translucent larval skin in the silkworm w-3 mutant. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 39(2). 152–156. 86 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo. (2004). [Silkworm mutants whose deficiency of epidermal urate granules causes translucent larval skin phenotypes].. PubMed. 49(14). 2198–205. 5 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo, Hideki Sezutsu, Kenji Yukuhiro, Yutaka Banno, & Hiroshi Fujii. (2003). Mutations of the silkworm molybdenum cofactor sulfurase gene, og, cause translucent larval skin. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 33(4). 417–427. 38 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo. (2002). A deleted portion of one of the two xanthine dehydrogenase genes causes translucent larval skin in the oq mutant of the silkworm (Bombyx mori). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 32(6). 591–597. 34 indexed citations
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Quan, Guoxing, Natuo Kômoto, Hideki Sezutsu, et al.. (2002). Characterization of the kynurenine 3-monooxygenase gene corresponding to the white egg 1 mutant in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 267(1). 1–9. 45 indexed citations
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Tamura, Toshiki, Chantal Thibert, Corinne Royer, et al.. (2000). Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. using a piggyBac transposon-derived vector. Nature Biotechnology. 18(1). 81–84. 624 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kômoto, Natuo, Kenji Yukuhiro, & Toshiki Tamura. (1999). Relationship between the BmXDH1 gene and the oq translucent-skin silkworm mutant. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 68(5). 357–363. 4 indexed citations
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Tamura, Toshiki, Toshio Kanda, Natuo Kômoto, et al.. (1999). Rescue of oq, og and ogt mutants by injection of xanthine oxidase. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 68(2). 111–117. 8 indexed citations
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Kômoto, Natuo, Kenji Yukuhiro, & Tomohiro Tamura. (1999). Structure and expression of tandemly duplicated xanthine dehydrogenase genes of the silkworm ( Bombyx mori ). Insect Molecular Biology. 8(1). 73–83. 21 indexed citations

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