Taka-aki Yano

9.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Taka-aki Yano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Taka-aki Yano has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Taka-aki Yano's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (3 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers). Taka-aki Yano is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (3 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (2 papers). Taka-aki Yano collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Taka-aki Yano's co-authors include Masami Hasegawa, Hirohisa Kishino, Yôichi Iida, Fumio Takaiwa, Masaki Iwabuchi, Tetsuo Hashimoto, Nobuko Arisue, Fuminori Nakamura and Hisao Yoshikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of Human Evolution and Mathematical Biosciences.

In The Last Decade

Taka-aki Yano

10 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA
    1985 7.2k citations Masami Hasegawa, Hirohisa Kishino et al. Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taka-aki Yano Japan 9 3.2k 3.1k 2.0k 1.5k 1.3k 10 7.7k
M. Hasegawa Japan 19 3.1k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 32 5.9k
H. -J. Bandelt Germany 14 3.4k 1.0× 7.3k 2.4× 3.2k 1.6× 1.9k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 24 12.0k
David M. Hillis United States 30 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 852 0.7× 46 6.9k
R R Hudson United States 16 2.9k 0.9× 6.3k 2.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 21 9.0k
Paul O. Lewis United States 32 3.3k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 2.7k 1.8× 1.5k 1.2× 63 8.4k
Xuhua Xia Canada 41 4.6k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 164 10.1k
Arnaud Couloux France 52 2.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 146 7.6k
Ellen M. Prager United States 32 3.2k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 871 0.6× 495 0.4× 44 6.3k
Adalgisa Caccone United States 52 2.4k 0.8× 3.3k 1.1× 2.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 252 8.9k
Jack Sullivan United States 39 2.1k 0.6× 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 594 0.5× 116 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Taka-aki Yano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taka-aki Yano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Taka-aki Yano. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Taka-aki Yano. The network helps show where Taka-aki Yano may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taka-aki Yano

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Arisue, Nobuko, Tetsuo Hashimoto, Hisao Yoshikawa, et al.. (2002). Phylogenetic Position of Blastocystis hominis and of Stramenopiles Inferred from Multiple Molecular Sequence Data. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 49(1). 42–53. 70 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami, Hirohisa Kishino, & Taka-aki Yano. (1989). Estimation of branching dates among primates by molecular clocks of nuclear DNA which slowed down in Hominoidea. Journal of Human Evolution. 18(5). 461–476. 62 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami, Hirohisa Kishino, & Taka-aki Yano. (1987). Man's place in Hominoidea as inferred from molecular clocks of DNA. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 26(1-2). 132–147. 128 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami, Yôichi Iida, Taka-aki Yano, Fumio Takaiwa, & Masaki Iwabuchi. (1985). Phylogenetic relationships among eukaryotic kingdoms inferred from ribosomal RNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 22(1). 32–38. 144 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami, Hirohisa Kishino, & Taka-aki Yano. (1985). Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 22(2). 160–174. 7188 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hasegawa, Masami & Taka-aki Yano. (1984). MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE FROM DNA SEQUENCE DATA. 5(0). 1–7. 28 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami & Taka-aki Yano. (1984). Phylogeny and classification of hominoidea as inferred from DNA sequence data.. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 60(10). 389–392. 25 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami, Taka-aki Yano, & Hirohisa Kishino. (1984). A new molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA and the evolution of hominoids.. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 60(4). 95–98. 54 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami & Taka-aki Yano. (1975). The genetic code and the entropy of protein. Mathematical Biosciences. 24(1-2). 169–182. 15 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Masami & Taka-aki Yano. (1975). Entropy of the genetic information and evolution. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 6(1-2). 219–227. 8 indexed citations

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