T. Kusano

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

T. Kusano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Kusano has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in T. Kusano's work include Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (9 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (8 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers). T. Kusano is often cited by papers focused on Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (9 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (8 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers). T. Kusano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Africa. T. Kusano's co-authors include Hiroshi Sano, Thomas Berberich, Chika Tateda, Yoshinori Takahashi, Douglas E. Rawlings, Chihiro Inoue, K Sugawara, Nozomu Koizumi, Kojiro Hara and M. Ogawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

T. Kusano

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Polyamines: essential factors for growth and survival 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Polyamines: essential factors for growth and survival
    2008 688 citations T. Kusano, Thomas Berberich et al. Planta profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
T. Kusano Japan 27 1.6k 1.5k 336 221 154 37 2.6k
Ping Lan China 26 1.8k 1.2× 688 0.5× 249 0.7× 54 0.2× 50 0.3× 64 2.6k
Marcella Bracale Italy 24 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 128 0.4× 353 1.6× 21 0.1× 66 2.6k
Suwen Zhu China 26 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 162 0.5× 58 0.3× 128 0.8× 57 2.3k
Mrinal K. Maiti India 26 1.1k 0.7× 939 0.6× 290 0.9× 63 0.3× 15 0.1× 80 1.9k
Dirk Wesenberg Germany 16 1.6k 1.0× 338 0.2× 258 0.8× 255 1.2× 148 1.0× 21 2.4k
Xiyan Yang China 32 3.4k 2.1× 2.1k 1.4× 74 0.2× 73 0.3× 35 0.2× 86 4.0k
Javaid Akhter Bhat China 35 3.6k 2.3× 740 0.5× 121 0.4× 497 2.2× 35 0.2× 113 4.4k
Yinbo Gan China 35 2.7k 1.7× 1.2k 0.8× 127 0.4× 394 1.8× 65 0.4× 75 3.4k
F. Reyes Spain 28 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 225 0.7× 58 0.3× 10 0.1× 83 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by T. Kusano

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Kusano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Kusano

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

All Works

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Kusano, T., R Takeda, Hideki Shirakawa, et al.. (2024). Eccentric contraction increases hydrogen peroxide levels and alters gene expression through Nox2 in skeletal muscle of male mice. Journal of Applied Physiology. 137(3). 778–788. 7 indexed citations
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Kusano, T., Thomas Berberich, Chika Tateda, & Yoshinori Takahashi. (2008). Polyamines: essential factors for growth and survival. Planta. 228(3). 367–381. 688 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ishihara, Tohru, Ken‐Taro Sekine, Shu Hase, et al.. (2008). Overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana EDS5 gene enhances resistance to viruses. Plant Biology. 10(4). 451–461. 56 indexed citations
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Kuramata, Masato, Yoshio Takahashi, Emiko Kitagawa, et al.. (2008). Novel Cysteine-Rich Peptides from Digitaria ciliaris and Oryza sativa Enhance Tolerance to Cadmium by Limiting its Cellular Accumulation. Plant and Cell Physiology. 50(1). 106–117. 76 indexed citations
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Wada, Yuko, Kensuke Miyamoto, T. Kusano, & Hiroshi Sano. (2004). Association between up-regulation of stress-responsive genes and hypomethylation of genomic DNA in tobacco plants. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 271(6). 658–666. 137 indexed citations
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Yoda, Hiroshi, M. Ogawa, Yube Yamaguchi, et al.. (2002). Identification of early-responsive genes associated with the hypersensitive response to tobacco mosaic virus and characterization of a WRKY-type transcription factor in tobacco plants. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 267(2). 154–161. 99 indexed citations
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Yang, Shihai, Thomas Berberich, Hideto Sano, & T. Kusano. (2001). Specific Association of Transcripts of tbzF and tbz17,Tobacco Genes Encoding bZIP-Type Transcriptional Activators, with Guard Cells of Senescing Leaves and/or Flowers. Plant and Cell Physiology. 42. 2 indexed citations
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Okushima, Yoko, Nozomu Koizumi, T. Kusano, & Hiroshi Sano. (2000). Secreted proteins of tobacco cultured BY2 cells: identification of a new member of pathogenesis-related proteins. Plant Molecular Biology. 42(3). 479–488. 120 indexed citations
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Ohba, Hiroyoshi, Nicolas Steward, Shin Kawasaki, et al.. (2000). Diverse response of rice and maize genes encoding homologs of WPK4, an SNF1-related protein kinase from wheat, to light, nutrients, low temperature and cytokinins. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 263(2). 359–366. 26 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Yube, et al.. (2000). Three Arabidopsis Genes Encoding Proteins with Differential Activities for Cysteine Synthase and  -Cyanoalanine Synthase. Plant and Cell Physiology. 41(4). 465–476. 93 indexed citations
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Nakano, Yuzo, Nicolas Steward, Masami Sekine, T. Kusano, & Hiroshi Sano. (2000). A Tobacco NtMET1 cDNA Encoding a DNA Methyltransferase: Molecular Characterization and Abnormal Phenotypes of Transgenic Tobacco Plants. Plant and Cell Physiology. 41(4). 448–457. 39 indexed citations
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Hara, Kojiro, et al.. (2000). Rapid systemic accumulation of transcripts encoding a tobacco WRKY transcription factor upon wounding. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 263(1). 30–37. 211 indexed citations
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Ogawa, M., T. Kusano, Nozomu Koizumi, Masayuki Katsumi, & Hiroshi Sano. (1999). Gibberellin-responsive genes: high level of transcript accumulation in leaf sheath meristematic tissue from Zea mays L.. Plant Molecular Biology. 40(4). 645–657. 34 indexed citations
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Berberich, Thomas, Hiroshi Sano, & T. Kusano. (1999). Involvement of a MAP kinase, ZmMPK5, in senescence and recovery from low-temperature stress in maize. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 262(3). 534–542. 75 indexed citations
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Hatanaka, Tomoko, Yoon-E Choi, T. Kusano, & Hiroshi Sano. (1999). Transgenic plants of coffee Coffea canephora from embryogenic callus via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Plant Cell Reports. 19(2). 106–110. 49 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Yoshio, Mitsuru Yoshimoto, Shigeo Tamaki, et al.. (1991). Structural and functional analysis of a polyoma-related mammalian plasmid (L factor): the enhancer activity and plasmid establishment. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(13). 3633–3639. 2 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Nobuhiro, Mariko Harada, & T. Kusano. (1991). Molecular analysis of rice dwarf phytoreovirus segment S11 corresponding to wound tumour phytoreovirus segment S12. Journal of General Virology. 72(9). 2233–2237. 6 indexed citations
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Kusano, T., Hiroshi Uehara, Haruki Saito, K Segawa, & M Oishi. (1987). Multicopy plasmid with a structure related to the polyoma virus genome.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(7). 1789–1793. 11 indexed citations

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