Nobuo Imai

2.5k total citations
34 papers, 570 citations indexed

About

Nobuo Imai is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuo Imai has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 16 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nobuo Imai's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Nobuo Imai is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (16 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (8 papers). Nobuo Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Malaysia and Panama. Nobuo Imai's co-authors include Kanehiro Kitayama, Jupiri Titin, Ryota Aoyagi, Masaaki Takyu, Hiromitsu Samejima, John B. Sugau, Tatsuyuki Seino, Joan T. Pereira, Takuya Furukawa and Shumpei Kitamura and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biological Conservation and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

Nobuo Imai

32 papers receiving 559 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuo Imai Japan 13 234 215 190 177 119 34 570
Yudan Xu China 17 193 0.8× 237 1.1× 332 1.7× 265 1.5× 186 1.6× 35 787
Kara Allen New Zealand 10 255 1.1× 196 0.9× 316 1.7× 227 1.3× 150 1.3× 15 700
Eduardo Medina‐Roldán China 12 135 0.6× 212 1.0× 187 1.0× 266 1.5× 127 1.1× 26 546
María Cristina Peñuela Mora Ecuador 11 224 1.0× 242 1.1× 169 0.9× 106 0.6× 85 0.7× 33 553
Lina Sarmiento Venezuela 14 155 0.7× 225 1.0× 186 1.0× 241 1.4× 165 1.4× 30 686
Pubin Hong China 7 234 1.0× 315 1.5× 189 1.0× 115 0.6× 107 0.9× 11 597
Yongzhi Yan China 14 222 0.9× 174 0.8× 258 1.4× 129 0.7× 105 0.9× 25 627
Youxin Ma China 11 452 1.9× 172 0.8× 356 1.9× 171 1.0× 106 0.9× 23 814
Ryota Aoyagi Japan 13 110 0.5× 152 0.7× 158 0.8× 251 1.4× 140 1.2× 30 475

Countries citing papers authored by Nobuo Imai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nobuo Imai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuo Imai

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

All Works

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Aoyagi, Ryota, Nobuo Imai, Benjamin L. Turner, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2024). Plant Adaptation and Phosphorus Limitation in Tropical Forests: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment. Ecosystems. 27(3). 376–394. 5 indexed citations
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Aoyagi, Ryota, Nobuo Imai, Hiromitsu Samejima, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2023). Density‐dependent reproductive success among sympatric dipterocarps during a major mast fruiting event. Biotropica. 55(4). 742–754. 2 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, et al.. (2023). Abandonment of Cropland and Seminatural Grassland in a Mountainous Traditional Agricultural Landscape in Japan. Sustainability. 15(10). 7742–7742. 4 indexed citations
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Hotta, Kozo, et al.. (2023). A case of dynamic LVOTO after acute myocardial infarction with hemodynamic compromise after intra-aortic balloon pumping and inotropic therapy. Journal of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine. 30(3). 179–182.
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Imai, Nobuo, et al.. (2023). Relationship between herbivory and leaf traits in mangroves on Iriomote Island, southern Japan. Journal of Forest Research. 29(3). 204–213. 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Ryosuke, Nobuo Imai, Ryota Aoyagi, Kanehiro Kitayama, & Kaoru Kitajima. (2021). Litterfall silicon flux in relation to vegetation differences in old‐growth and logged lowland forests in Borneo. Ecological Research. 36(5). 892–900. 6 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, et al.. (2021). Relationships between tree-community composition and regeneration potential of Shorea trees in logged-over tropical rain forests. Journal of Forest Research. 27(3). 222–229. 5 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, John B. Sugau, Joan T. Pereira, Jupiri Titin, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2019). Impacts of selective logging on spatial structure of tree species composition in Bornean tropical rain forests. Journal of Forest Research. 24(6). 335–340. 7 indexed citations
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Aoyagi, Ryota, Nobuo Imai, Amane Hidaka, Hiromitsu Samejima, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2018). Abrupt increase in phosphorus and potassium fluxes during a masting event in a Bornean tropical forest. Ecological Research. 33(6). 1193–1205. 7 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, Takuya Furukawa, Riyou Tsujino, Shumpei Kitamura, & Takakazu Yumoto. (2018). Factors affecting forest area change in Southeast Asia during 1980-2010. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0197391–e0197391. 53 indexed citations
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Aoyagi, Ryota, Nobuo Imai, Tatsuyuki Seino, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2016). Soil nutrients and size-dependent tree dynamics of tropical lowland forests on volcanic and sedimentary substrates in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Tropics. 25(2). 43–52. 7 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, Kanehiro Kitayama, & Jupiri Titin. (2012). EffEcts of logging on phosphorus pools in a tropical rainforEst of BornEo. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 24(1). 5–17. 13 indexed citations
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Aoyagi, Ryota, Nobuo Imai, & Kanehiro Kitayama. (2012). Ecological significance of the patches dominated by pioneer trees for the regeneration of dipterocarps in a Bornean logged-over secondary forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 289. 378–384. 27 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, Hiromitsu Samejima, Andreas Langner, et al.. (2009). Co-Benefits of Sustainable Forest Management in Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Sequestration. PLoS ONE. 4(12). e8267–e8267. 77 indexed citations
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Imai, Nobuo, Masaaki Takyu, & Y. Nakamura. (2008). Growth, crown architecture and leaf dynamics of saplings of five mangrove tree species in Ranong, Thailand. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 377. 139–148. 9 indexed citations

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