Takehiro Sasaki

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Takehiro Sasaki is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Takehiro Sasaki has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Takehiro Sasaki's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (24 papers) and Plant and animal studies (19 papers). Takehiro Sasaki is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (24 papers) and Plant and animal studies (19 papers). Takehiro Sasaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Mongolia and China. Takehiro Sasaki's co-authors include Takuya Furukawa, Akira Mori, Undarmaa Jamsran, William K. Lauenroth, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Tomoo Okayasu, Toshiya Ohkuro, Shin‐ichiro S. Matsuzaki, Satoru Okubo and Yu Yoshihara and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Takehiro Sasaki

83 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystem... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Response diversity determines the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change
    2012 507 citations Takehiro Sasaki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Takehiro Sasaki Japan 23 1.3k 918 828 548 458 91 2.4k
Josh Dorrough Australia 22 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 785 0.9× 480 0.9× 264 0.6× 57 2.4k
Lauren M. Hallett United States 23 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 998 1.2× 613 1.1× 227 0.5× 66 2.5k
J. Leighton Reid United States 24 1.3k 1.0× 809 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 465 0.8× 262 0.6× 71 2.6k
Joseph W. Veldman United States 19 1.2k 0.9× 700 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 399 0.7× 214 0.5× 28 2.0k
Anita Díaz United Kingdom 22 966 0.7× 799 0.9× 837 1.0× 742 1.4× 286 0.6× 73 2.6k
Kelvin S.‐H. Peh United Kingdom 26 843 0.6× 972 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 488 0.9× 185 0.4× 76 2.6k
Irina Herzon Finland 21 987 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 634 1.2× 292 0.6× 63 3.0k
Nicola Stevens South Africa 18 1.1k 0.8× 753 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 256 0.5× 289 0.6× 43 2.2k
Andrea B. Pfisterer Switzerland 8 1.4k 1.0× 877 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 691 1.3× 194 0.4× 8 2.5k
Sally E. Koerner United States 26 1.1k 0.8× 860 0.9× 820 1.0× 329 0.6× 218 0.5× 48 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Takehiro Sasaki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Takehiro Sasaki

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takehiro Sasaki

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All Works

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Sasaki, Takehiro, et al.. (2025). Shifting roles of urban greenspace types in supporting subjective well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wellbeing Space and Society. 9. 100284–100284.
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Sasaki, Takehiro, et al.. (2024). Aridity‐dependent shifts in biodiversity–stability relationships but not in underlying mechanisms. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17365–e17365. 7 indexed citations
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Seto, Kensuke, et al.. (2024). Plant and soil microbial community assembly processes across urban vacant lots. Journal of Vegetation Science. 35(3). 2 indexed citations
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Ross, Samuel R. P.‐J., Owen L. Petchey, Takehiro Sasaki, & David Armitage. (2023). How to measure response diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(5). 1150–1167. 13 indexed citations
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Tsuchihashi, Y., et al.. (2023). Overlooked plant diversity in urban streetscapes in Oulu and Yokohama. Global Ecology and Conservation. 46. e02621–e02621. 6 indexed citations
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Uchida, Kei, et al.. (2023). Artificial developed habitats can sustain plant communities similar to remnant ecosystems in the Tokyo megacity. Urban forestry & urban greening. 83. 127899–127899. 5 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Masaya, et al.. (2021). Genetic diversity, population size, and population stability of common plant species in a Mongolian grassland. Journal of Arid Environments. 194. 104607–104607. 4 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takehiro, et al.. (2019). Role of mycorrhizal associations in tree spatial distribution patterns based on size class in an old-growth forest. Oecologia. 189(4). 971–980. 26 indexed citations
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Kakinuma, Kaoru, Takehiro Sasaki, Undarmaa Jamsran, Toshiya Okuro, & Kazuhiko Takeuchi. (2014). Relationship Between Pastoralists’ Evaluation of Rangeland State and Vegetation Threshold Changes in Mongolian Rangelands. Environmental Management. 54(4). 888–896. 10 indexed citations
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Aiba, Masahiro, Masatoshi Katabuchi, Hino Takafumi, et al.. (2013). Robustness of trait distribution metrics for community assembly studies under the uncertainties of assembly processes. Ecology. 94(12). 2873–2885. 38 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takehiro, et al.. (2013). Vulnerability of moorland plant communities to environmental change: consequences of realistic species loss on functional diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51(2). 299–308. 31 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takehiro & William K. Lauenroth. (2011). Dominant species, rather than diversity, regulates temporal stability of plant communities. Oecologia. 166(3). 761–768. 266 indexed citations
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Dobata, Shigeto, et al.. (2010). Persistence of the single lineage of transmissible ‘social cancer’ in an asexual ant. Molecular Ecology. 20(3). 441–455. 13 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Takehiro, Satoru Okubo, Tomoo Okayasu, et al.. (2009). Two‐phase functional redundancy in plant communities along a grazing gradient in Mongolian rangelands. Ecology. 90(9). 2598–2608. 97 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Yu, Takehiro Sasaki, Tomoo Okayasu, et al.. (2009). Comparison of vegetation changes along grazing gradients with different numbers of livestock. Journal of Arid Environments. 73(6-7). 687–690. 52 indexed citations
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Yoshihara, Yu, Toshiya Okuro, Undarmaa Jamsran, Takehiro Sasaki, & Kazuhiko Takeuchi. (2008). Are small rodents key promoters of ecosystem restoration in harsh environments? A case study of abandoned croplands on Mongolian grasslands. Journal of Arid Environments. 73(3). 364–368. 8 indexed citations

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