Shinichi Takaichi

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Shinichi Takaichi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shinichi Takaichi has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Molecular Biology, 85 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 67 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Shinichi Takaichi's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (113 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (85 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (67 papers). Shinichi Takaichi is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (113 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (85 papers) and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress (67 papers). Shinichi Takaichi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Shinichi Takaichi's co-authors include Takashi Maoka, Mari Mochimaru, Satoshi Hanada, Katsumi Matsuura, Mamoru Mimuro, Keizo Shimada, Kazunori Nakamura, Richard J. Cogdell, Norihiko Misawa and Michael T. Madigan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shinichi Takaichi

169 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Carotenoids in Algae: Distributions, Biosyntheses and Fun... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Carotenoids in Algae: Distributions, Biosyntheses and Functions
    2011 571 citations Shinichi Takaichi profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shinichi Takaichi Japan 40 3.7k 2.1k 1.3k 1.1k 444 172 5.2k
Synnøve Liaaen‐Jensen Norway 40 2.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.6× 646 0.6× 828 1.9× 315 6.7k
George Britton United Kingdom 43 3.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 4.1k 3.1× 565 0.5× 328 0.7× 161 8.0k
Elisabeth Gantt United States 33 2.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 958 0.7× 257 0.2× 478 1.1× 82 3.6k
Kazimierz Strzałka Poland 39 3.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 306 0.3× 367 0.8× 228 6.7k
Hajime Wada Japan 48 5.0k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 284 0.2× 457 0.4× 342 0.8× 145 6.4k
Sammy Boussiba Israel 48 3.2k 0.9× 5.3k 2.6× 758 0.6× 518 0.5× 975 2.2× 140 7.2k
Peter Böger Germany 36 2.7k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 439 0.3× 471 0.4× 373 0.8× 252 5.0k
E. Gantt United States 23 2.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 998 0.8× 319 0.3× 474 1.1× 27 3.4k
Benoı̂t Schoefs France 40 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 537 0.4× 217 0.2× 366 0.8× 121 4.8k
Joseph Hirschberg Israel 43 5.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.5× 3.4k 2.6× 260 0.2× 118 0.3× 112 7.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shinichi Takaichi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shinichi Takaichi

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

All Works

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Tani, Kazutoshi, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, M Kawakami, et al.. (2025). A Native LH1–RC–HiPIP Supercomplex from an Extremophilic Phototroph. Communications Biology. 8(1). 42–42. 2 indexed citations
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Kawasaki, Shinji, et al.. (2023). Microalgal AstaP is a natural solubilizer of astaxanthin with broad binding ability for carotenoids and related compounds. Algal Research. 70. 102982–102982. 5 indexed citations
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Kawasaki, Masato, Yutaka Shibata, Kojiro Hara, et al.. (2023). Uphill energy transfer mechanism for photosynthesis in an Antarctic alga. Nature Communications. 14(1). 730–730. 18 indexed citations
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Tani, Kazutoshi, Shinichi Takaichi, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, et al.. (2022). An LH1–RC photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph provides insight into origins of two photosynthesis proteins. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1197–1197. 20 indexed citations
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Takaichi, Shinichi, et al.. (2020). Direct injection of pigment–protein complexes and membrane fragments suspended in water from phototrophs to C18 HPLC. Photosynthesis Research. 144(1). 101–107. 3 indexed citations
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Shimada, Naoya, et al.. (2020). Astaxanthin production in a model cyanobacterium <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 66(2). 116–120. 13 indexed citations
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Sato, Ryoichi, Akira Hashimoto, Masaru Kono, et al.. (2019). DAY-LENGTH-DEPENDENT DELAYED-GREENING1, the Arabidopsis Homolog of the Cyanobacterial H+-Extrusion Protein, Is Essential for Chloroplast pH Regulation and Optimization of Non-Photochemical Quenching. Plant and Cell Physiology. 60(12). 2660–2671. 18 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Kazunori, S. Iida, Shinichi Takaichi, et al.. (2016). Excitation relaxation dynamics and energy transfer in pigment–protein complexes of a dinoflagellate, revealed by ultrafast fluorescence spectroscopy. Photosynthesis Research. 130(1-3). 183–191. 3 indexed citations
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Furubayashi, Maiko, Shinichi Takaichi, Takashi Maoka, et al.. (2015). A highly selective biosynthetic pathway to non-natural C50 carotenoids assembled from moderately selective enzymes. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7534–7534. 56 indexed citations
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Ichinomiya, Mutsuo, Shinya Yoshikawa, Mitsunobu Kamiya, et al.. (2010). ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PARMALES (HETEROKONTA/HETEROKONTOPHYTA/STRAMENOPILES) FROM THE OYASHIO REGION, WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC1. Journal of Phycology. 47(1). 144–151. 50 indexed citations
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Khan, Shams Tabrez, Shinichi Takaichi, & Shigeaki Harayama. (2008). Paracoccus marinus sp. nov., an adonixanthin diglucoside-producing bacterium isolated from coastal seawater in Tokyo Bay. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 58(2). 383–386. 37 indexed citations
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Sorokin, Dimitry Y., Sander van Pelt, Tatjana P. Tourova, Shinichi Takaichi, & Gerard Muyzer. (2007). Acetonitrile degradation under haloalkaline conditions by Natronocella acetinitrilica gen. nov., sp. nov.. Microbiology. 153(4). 1157–1164. 38 indexed citations
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Takaichi, Shinichi, et al.. (2004). The role of the carotenoids in the photoadaptation of the brown‐colored sulfur bacterium Chlorobium phaerobacteroides. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 79(3). 280–285. 2 indexed citations
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Takaichi, Shinichi, et al.. (2002). Diaponeurosporene glycoside fatty acid esters from two new alkaliphilic heliobacteria, Heliorestis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Masami, Machiko Akiyama, Hideo Kise, et al.. (1996). Is Mg the Sole Central Metal of Chlorophylls ?. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan. 26(2). 117–120. 2 indexed citations
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Saitoh, Satoshi, Shinichi Takaichi, Keizo Shimada, & Yukimasa Nishimura. (1995). Identification and Subcellular Distribution of Carotenoids in the Aerobic Photosynthetic Bacterium, Pseudomonas radiora Strain MD-1. Plant and Cell Physiology. 36(5). 819–823. 4 indexed citations

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