Susumu Hiraga

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Susumu Hiraga is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Susumu Hiraga has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Plant Science, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Susumu Hiraga's work include Plant responses to water stress (16 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (14 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers). Susumu Hiraga is often cited by papers focused on Plant responses to water stress (16 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (14 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers). Susumu Hiraga collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Iran. Susumu Hiraga's co-authors include Hirokazu Matsui, Hiroyuki Ito, Yuko Ohashi, Katsutomo Sasaki, Setsuko Komatsu, Shigemi Seo, Yuki Yanagawa, Takuji Nakamura, Ichiro Mitsuhara and Mamoru Honma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Susumu Hiraga

43 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

A Large Family of Class III Plant Peroxidases

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susumu Hiraga Japan	24	1.8k	812	126	87	86	44	2.2k
Jun Tang China	27	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	95 0.8×	56 0.6×	83 1.0×	94	2.4k
Yinxin Li China	29	1.7k 0.9×	983 1.2×	83 0.7×	57 0.7×	57 0.7×	69	2.3k
Iftekhar Alam South Korea	21	1.2k 0.7×	739 0.9×	102 0.8×	47 0.5×	73 0.8×	59	1.7k
Malireddy K. Reddy India	28	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	83 0.7×	51 0.6×	83 1.0×	79	2.5k
Stacy D. Singer Canada	28	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	92 0.7×	90 1.0×	51 0.6×	79	2.1k
Tiziana Pandolfini Italy	26	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	132 1.0×	46 0.5×	40 0.5×	66	2.2k
Luiz Filipe Protásio Pereira Brazil	26	1.4k 0.8×	819 1.0×	186 1.5×	51 0.6×	65 0.8×	86	2.1k
Margot Schulz Germany	28	1.7k 1.0×	688 0.8×	116 0.9×	86 1.0×	35 0.4×	91	2.2k
Philippe Gallusci France	27	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	57 0.5×	52 0.6×	40 0.5×	56	2.4k
Ayako Nishizawa‐Yokoi Japan	21	2.4k 1.3×	2.1k 2.5×	120 1.0×	62 0.7×	70 0.8×	43	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susumu Hiraga

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yano, Ryoichi, Susumu Hiraga, Ryoma Takeshima, et al.. (2025). The genomic landscape of gene-level structural variations in Japanese and global soybean Glycine max cultivars. Nature Genetics. 57(4). 973–985. 5 indexed citations

Yano, Mariko, Susumu Hiraga, Masayoshi Teraishi, et al.. (2020). Molecular Basis Underlying Common Cutworm Resistance of the Primitive Soybean Landrace Peking. Frontiers in Genetics. 11. 581917–581917. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Xiaojian, Susumu Hiraga, Makita Hajika, Minoru Nishimura, & Setsuko Komatsu. (2016). Transcriptomic analysis reveals the flooding tolerant mechanism in flooding tolerant line and abscisic acid treated soybean. Plant Molecular Biology. 93(4-5). 479–496. 33 indexed citations

Shimamura, Satoshi, Takeshi Nishimura, Tomokazu Koshiba, et al.. (2016). Effects of anti-auxins on secondary aerenchyma formation in flooded soybean hypocotyls. Plant Production Science. 19(1). 154–160. 9 indexed citations

Nanjo, Yohei, et al.. (2014). Analyses of flooding tolerance of soybean varieties at emergence and varietal differences in their proteomes. Phytochemistry. 106. 25–36. 23 indexed citations

Eveland, Andrea L., Alexander Goldshmidt, Michael Pautler, et al.. (2013). Regulatory modules controlling maize inflorescence architecture. Genome Research. 24(3). 431–443. 121 indexed citations

Nishizawa, Keito, Susumu Hiraga, Hiroshi Yasue, et al.. (2013). The Synthesis of Cytosolic Ascorbate Peroxidases in Germinating Seeds and Seedlings of Soybean and Their Behavior under Flooding Stress. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 77(11). 2205–2209. 6 indexed citations

Mohammadi, Payam, Ahmad Moieni, Susumu Hiraga, & Setsuko Komatsu. (2012). Organ-specific proteomic analysis of drought-stressed soybean seedlings. Journal of Proteomics. 75(6). 1906–1923. 101 indexed citations

Nouri, Mohammad‐Zaman, Susumu Hiraga, Yuki Yanagawa, et al.. (2011). Characterization of calnexin in soybean roots and hypocotyls under osmotic stress. Phytochemistry. 74. 20–29. 24 indexed citations

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Taleei, Alireza, et al.. (2011). A comparative proteomic analysis of the early response to compatible symbiotic bacteria in the roots of a supernodulating soybean variety. Journal of Proteomics. 75(3). 819–832. 15 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Takuji, Norikazu Nakayama, Ryō Yamamoto, et al.. (2010). Nitrogen Utilization in the Supernodulating Soybean Variety “Sakukei 4” and Its Parental Varieties,“Enrei” and “Tamahomare”. Plant Production Science. 13(2). 123–131. 5 indexed citations

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Hiraga, Susumu, Koji Takahashi, Ryoji Takahashi, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of somatic embryogenesis from immature cotyledons of Japanese soybean cultivars. Plant Biotechnology. 24(4). 435–440. 14 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Katsutomo, Susumu Hiraga, Yoko Gotoh, et al.. (2007). Characterization of two rice peroxidase promoters that respond to blast fungus-infection. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 278(6). 709–722. 32 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Katsutomo, Ito H, Ichiro Mitsuhara, et al.. (2006). A novel wound-responsive cis-element, VWRE, of the vascular system-specific expression of a tobacco peroxidase gene, tpoxN1. Plant Molecular Biology. 62(4-5). 753–768. 11 indexed citations

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Hamada, Shigeki, Hiroyuki Ito, Susumu Hiraga, et al.. (2002). Differential Characteristics and Subcellular Localization of Two Starch-branching Enzyme Isoforms Encoded by a Single Gene inPhaseolus vulgaris L.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(19). 16538–16546. 30 indexed citations

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Hamada, Shigeki, Kouichi Nozaki, Hiroyuki Ito, et al.. (2001). Two starch-branching-enzyme isoforms occur in different fractions of developing seeds of kidney bean. Biochemical Journal. 359(1). 23–34. 17 indexed citations

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Hiraga, Susumu, Kimiko Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ito, et al.. (2000). Diverse expression profiles of 21 rice peroxidase genes. FEBS Letters. 471(2-3). 245–250. 81 indexed citations

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Hiraga, Susumu, Hiroyuki Ito, Hiromoto Yamakawa, et al.. (2000). An HR-Induced Tobacco Peroxidase Gene Is Responsive to Spermine, but Not to Salicylate, Methyl Jasmonate, and Ethephon. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 13(2). 210–216. 62 indexed citations

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Hiraga, Susumu, Ito H, Hirokazu Matsui, Miyuki Honma, & Y. Ohashi. (1999). cDNA Sequences for Two Novel Tobacco Peroxidase Isoenzymes (Accession Nos. AB027752 and AB027753). (PGR99-109).. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 120(4). 1205–1205. 5 indexed citations

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Hiraga, Susumu, et al.. (1984). [Stones of the seminal vesicles and ejaculatory duct in infant: report of a case].. PubMed. 30(12). 1843–9. 6 indexed citations

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