Shuji Shigenobu

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
203 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Shuji Shigenobu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shuji Shigenobu has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Plant Science and 65 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shuji Shigenobu's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (38 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (35 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Shuji Shigenobu is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (38 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (35 papers) and Plant and animal studies (30 papers). Shuji Shigenobu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Shuji Shigenobu's co-authors include Hajime Ishikawa, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Hidemi Watanabe, Masahira Hattori, Satoru Kobayashi, Alex C. C. Wilson, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Takema Fukatsu and Yoshinobu Hayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shuji Shigenobu

193 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Genome sequence of the endocellular bacterial symbiont of aphids Buchnera sp. APS

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shuji Shigenobu Japan	43	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.6k	1.2k	203	6.6k
Alejandro Sánchez‐Gracia Spain	17	2.3k 0.9×	916 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	39	5.8k
Philip Batterham Australia	42	3.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	929 0.6×	573 0.5×	110	5.4k
Gregory A. Sword United States	39	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.9×	141	5.4k
Peter Andolfatto United States	49	3.2k 1.3×	992 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	5.4k 3.3×	1.7k 1.4×	91	7.9k
Mosè Manni Switzerland	18	2.5k 1.0×	817 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	647 0.5×	25	4.8k
David J Begun United States	39	2.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	4.0k 2.4×	1.8k 1.5×	83	6.4k
Thomas W. Sappington United States	35	2.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	779 0.6×	171	4.9k
Sergey V. Nuzhdin United States	48	2.8k 1.1×	671 0.3×	2.0k 1.0×	3.7k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	195	7.1k
Yoonseong Park United States	41	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	839 0.7×	137	6.0k
Artyom Kopp United States	36	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	586 0.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	79	4.5k

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Morikami, Kenji, Yasuhiro Tanizawa, Masaru Yagura, et al.. (2025). MedakaBase as a unified genomic resource platform for medaka fish biology. DNA Research. 32(6). 1 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Masashi, Shuji Shigenobu, Katsushi Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). LIPID RICH 1 modulates allocation of carbon between starch and triacylglycerol in Arabidopsis leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(8). 2144–2161. 1 indexed citations

Shigenobu, Shuji, et al.. (2024). In vivo interference of pea aphid endosymbiont Buchnera groEL gene by synthetic peptide nucleic acids. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5378–5378. 2 indexed citations

Kamei, Yasuhiro, Kenichi Suzuki, Masatoshi Matsunami, et al.. (2024). Novel function of Hox13 in regulating outgrowth of the newt hindlimb bud through interaction with Fgf10 and Tbx4. Development Growth & Differentiation. 67(1). 10–22.

Takeuchi, Takashi, Yukio Satoh, Kenichi Suzuki, et al.. (2022). Newt Hoxa13 has an essential and predominant role in digit formation during development and regeneration. Development. 149(5). 10 indexed citations

Kamei, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2021). Injury-induced Cavl-expressing cells at lesion rostral side play major roles in spinal cord regeneration. Open Biology. 11(2). 200304–200304. 19 indexed citations

Maeda, Taro, Shunichi Takahashi, Takao Yoshida, et al.. (2021). Chloroplast acquisition without the gene transfer in kleptoplastic sea slugs, Plakobranchus ocellatus. eLife. 10. 33 indexed citations

Sakuta, Hiraki, Chia-Hao Lin, Takeshi Y. Hiyama, et al.. (2020). SLC9A4 in the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis is a [Na+] sensor for the control of water intake. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 472(5). 609–624. 16 indexed citations

Kondo, Shu, et al.. (2020). Transcriptome analysis reveals wingless regulates neural development and signaling genes in the region of wing pigmentation of a polka‐dotted fruit fly. FEBS Journal. 288(1). 115–126. 10 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Naoyuki, et al.. (2020). Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey. Science Advances. 6(2). eaax4942–eaax4942. 26 indexed citations

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Goto‐Yamada, Shino, Kazusato Oikawa, Shuji Shigenobu, et al.. (2019). Sucrose Starvation Induces Microautophagy in Plant Root Cells. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 1604–1604. 24 indexed citations

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Kutsukake, Mayako, Minoru Moriyama, Shuji Shigenobu, et al.. (2019). Exaggeration and cooption of innate immunity for social defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(18). 8950–8959. 23 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Mariko, T. Nishimura, Daisuke Saito, et al.. (2018). Novel components of germline sex determination acting downstream of foxl3 in medaka. Developmental Biology. 445(1). 80–89. 16 indexed citations

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Nakayama, Kei, Yo Shinoda, Maya Yamazaki, et al.. (2017). RNG105/caprin1, an RNA granule protein for dendritic mRNA localization, is essential for long-term memory formation. eLife. 6. 43 indexed citations

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Ikuta, Tetsuro, Yoshihiro Takaki, Shigeru Shimamura, et al.. (2016). Expression of genes involved in the uptake of inorganic carbon in the gill of a deep-sea vesicomyid clam harboring intracellular thioautotrophic bacteria. Gene. 585(2). 228–240. 17 indexed citations

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Nishimura, T., Amaury Herpin, Tetsuaki Kimura, et al.. (2014). Analysis of a novel gene, Sdgc , reveals sex chromosome-dependent differences of medaka germ cells prior to gonad formation. Development. 141(17). 3363–3369. 14 indexed citations

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Furuta, Yoshikazu, Tomoko Shibata, Tomoaki Nishiyama, et al.. (2014). Methylome Diversification through Changes in DNA Methyltransferase Sequence Specificity. PLoS Genetics. 10(4). e1004272–e1004272. 72 indexed citations

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Tabata, Ryo, Takehiro Kamiya, Shuji Shigenobu, et al.. (2013). Identification of an EMS-induced causal mutation in a gene required for boron-mediated root development by low-coverage genome re-sequencing inArabidopsis. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 8(1). e22534–e22534. 33 indexed citations

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Kitadate, Yu, Shuji Shigenobu, Kayo Arita, & Satoru Kobayashi. (2007). Boss/Sev Signaling from Germline to Soma Restricts Germline-Stem-Cell-Niche Formation in the Anterior Region of Drosophila Male Gonads. Developmental Cell. 13(1). 151–159. 39 indexed citations

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Shigenobu, Shuji, Yu Kitadate, Chiyo Noda, & Satoru Kobayashi. (2006). Molecular characterization of embryonic gonads by gene expression profiling in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(37). 13728–13733. 35 indexed citations

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