Nobuyoshi Ohba

575 total citations
27 papers, 468 citations indexed

About

Nobuyoshi Ohba is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyoshi Ohba has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 468 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nobuyoshi Ohba's work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (16 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Nobuyoshi Ohba is often cited by papers focused on bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (16 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (8 papers). Nobuyoshi Ohba collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Nobuyoshi Ohba's co-authors include Yoshihiro Ohmiya, Xinhua Fu, Chaoliang Lei, Hirobumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Toh, Frederick I. Tsuji, Victor Benno Meyer‐Rochow, Xueyan Li, Fredric V. Vencl and Katsunori Ogoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Gene, Photochemistry and Photobiology and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyoshi Ohba

27 papers receiving 441 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuyoshi Ohba Japan 13 316 188 153 152 125 27 468
Xinhua Fu China 13 255 0.8× 164 0.9× 161 1.1× 78 0.5× 100 0.8× 40 422
Hajime Nakao Japan 11 248 0.8× 94 0.5× 116 0.8× 129 0.8× 112 0.9× 18 458
Metta Riebesell Germany 11 219 0.7× 45 0.2× 126 0.8× 79 0.5× 66 0.5× 13 570
K. P. Gaffal Germany 14 219 0.7× 214 1.1× 181 1.2× 175 1.2× 76 0.6× 24 574
Fredric V. Vencl United States 14 94 0.3× 341 1.8× 158 1.0× 59 0.4× 199 1.6× 27 513
Christopher K. Cratsley United States 6 127 0.4× 170 0.9× 143 0.9× 81 0.5× 54 0.4× 8 322
Glenn L. Holbrook United States 12 59 0.2× 206 1.1× 296 1.9× 160 1.1× 221 1.8× 18 500
Lesley Ballantyne Australia 17 339 1.1× 386 2.1× 378 2.5× 79 0.5× 99 0.8× 48 600
Takahiro Ohde Japan 11 138 0.4× 123 0.7× 160 1.0× 102 0.7× 128 1.0× 22 367
Danilo T. Amaral Brazil 14 304 1.0× 179 1.0× 63 0.4× 128 0.8× 64 0.5× 50 455

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuyoshi Ohba

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All Works

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Thancharoen, Anchana, et al.. (2016). TiLIA: a software package for image analysis of firefly flash patterns. Ecology and Evolution. 6(9). 3026–3031. 3 indexed citations
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Mitani, Yasuo, Ryo Futahashi, Kazuki Niwa, Nobuyoshi Ohba, & Yoshihiro Ohmiya. (2013). Cloning and Characterization of Luciferase from a Fijian Luminous Click Beetle. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 89(5). 1163–1169. 10 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Jun, et al.. (2008). Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the Japanese fireflies Luciola lateralis and Luciola cruciata. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 69(4). 176–188. 5 indexed citations
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Fu, Xinhua, et al.. (2007). Biological Characteristics of the Terrestrial Firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis (Cleoptera: Lampyridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 61(1). 85–93. 23 indexed citations
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Fu, Xinhua, Nobuyoshi Ohba, Ying Zhang, & Chaoliang Lei. (2006). A rearing apparatus and diet for the aquatic firefly Luciola leii (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Canadian Entomologist. 138(3). 399–406. 10 indexed citations
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Fu, Xinhua, et al.. (2006). Reflex-bleeding in the Firefly Pyrocoelia pectoralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Morphological Basis and Possible Function. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60(3). 207–215. 15 indexed citations
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Fu, Xin, et al.. (2005). Bioluminescent courtship behavior of aquatic firefly Luciola substriata (Gorh.) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in China. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 2 indexed citations
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Fu, Xinhua, Nobuyoshi Ohba, Fredric V. Vencl, & Chaoliang Lei. (2005). Structure, behavior, and the life cycle of an aquatic firefly, Luciola substriata, in China. The Canadian Entomologist. 137(1). 83–90. 19 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Jun, et al.. (2005). Geographic differences in flash intervals and pre‐mating isolation between populations of the Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata. Ecological Entomology. 30(2). 241–245. 12 indexed citations
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Ohba, Nobuyoshi. (2004). Flash Communication Systems of Japanese Fireflies. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 44(3). 225–233. 58 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Hirobumi, Yasushi Sato, & Nobuyoshi Ohba. (2002). Gene Diversity and Geographic Differentiation in Mitochondrial DNA of the Genji Firefly, Luciola cruciata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22(2). 193–205. 33 indexed citations
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Shibue, Toshimichi, et al.. (2000). Analysis of Sex-Attractant Pheromones of Firefly Pyrocoelia oshimana by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Sciences. 16(9). 995–996. 7 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Hirobumi, et al.. (1996). Allozymic Differentiation between Two Ecological Types of Flashing Behavior in the Japanese Firefly, Luciola cruciata. 昆蟲. 64(3). 682–691. 5 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Hirobumi, et al.. (1996). Biochemical systematics of Japanese fireflies of the subfamily Luciolinae and their flash communication systems. Biochemical Genetics. 34(5-6). 191–200. 4 indexed citations
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Ohmiya, Yoshihiro, Nobuyoshi Ohba, Hiroyuki Toh, & Frederick I. Tsuji. (1995). CLONING, EXPRESSION and SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF cDNA FOR THE LUCIFERASES FROM THE JAPANESE FIREFLIES, Pyrocoelia tniyako AND Hotaria parvula. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 62(2). 309–313. 64 indexed citations
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Wittmer, W. & Nobuyoshi Ohba. (1994). Neue Rhagophthalmidae (Coleoptera) aus China und Benachbarten Landern. Japanese journal of entomology. 62(2). 341–355. 16 indexed citations
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Eguchi, Eisuke, Atsushi Nemoto, Victor Benno Meyer‐Rochow, & Nobuyoshi Ohba. (1984). A comparative study of spectral sensitivity curves in three diurnal and eight nocturnal species of Japanese fireflies. Journal of Insect Physiology. 30(8). 607–612. 29 indexed citations

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