Tetsuro Ikuta

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tetsuro Ikuta is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tetsuro Ikuta has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tetsuro Ikuta's work include Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (12 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Tetsuro Ikuta is often cited by papers focused on Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (12 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (10 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (10 papers). Tetsuro Ikuta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Denmark. Tetsuro Ikuta's co-authors include Hidetoshi Saiga, Nori Satoh, Asao Fujiyama, Ryo Koyanagi, Mayuko Hamada, Takeshi Kawashima, Eiichi Shoguchi, Kanako Hisata, Makiko Tanaka and Mayuki Fujiwara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Development.

In The Last Decade

Tetsuro Ikuta

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change
    2011 614 citations Eiichi Shoguchi, Takeshi Kawashima et al. profile →

Peers

Tetsuro Ikuta
Kanako Hisata Japan
Eiichi Shoguchi Japan
Craig Michell Saudi Arabia
Nikos Andreakis Australia
Uri Frank Ireland
Galina V. Aglyamova United States
Yannick Le Parco France
Chuya Shinzato Japan
Jordi Paps United Kingdom
Martin Dohrmann Germany
Kanako Hisata Japan
Tetsuro Ikuta
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Countries citing papers authored by Tetsuro Ikuta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tetsuro Ikuta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tetsuro Ikuta

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

All Works

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Isobe, Noriyuki, Keiko Tanaka, Shun’ichi Ishii, et al.. (2025). Fully circular shapable transparent paperboard with closed-loop recyclability and marine biodegradability across shallow to deep sea. Science Advances. 11(15). eads2426–eads2426.
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Tame, Akihiro, Tadashi Maruyama, Tetsuro Ikuta, et al.. (2023). mTORC1 regulates phagosome digestion of symbiotic bacteria for intracellular nutritional symbiosis in a deep-sea mussel. Science Advances. 9(34). eadg8364–eadg8364. 10 indexed citations
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Isobe, Noriyuki, Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi, et al.. (2023). Chitin nanofiber-coated biodegradable polymer microparticles via one-pot aqueous process. Carbohydrate Polymers. 312. 120828–120828. 3 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Ryota, Masashi Tsuchiya, Akinori Yabuki, et al.. (2021). Massive occurrence of benthic plastic debris at the abyssal seafloor beneath the Kuroshio Extension, the North West Pacific. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 166. 112188–112188. 34 indexed citations
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Miyazaki, Junichi, Tetsuro Ikuta, Tomo‐o Watsuji, et al.. (2020). Dual energy metabolism of the Campylobacterota endosymbiont in the chemosynthetic snail Alviniconcha marisindica. The ISME Journal. 14(5). 1273–1289. 18 indexed citations
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Frontalini, Fabrizio, Takashi Toyofuku, Jarosław Tyszka, et al.. (2019). Foraminiferal Ultrastructure: A perspective From Fluorescent and Fluorogenic Probes. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(9). 2823–2850. 14 indexed citations
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Ikuta, Tetsuro, Akihiro Tame, Masaki Saito, et al.. (2019). Identification of cells expressing two peptidoglycan recognition proteins in the gill of the vent mussel, Bathymodiolus septemdierum. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 93. 815–822. 17 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Takuya, Koki Nishitsuji, Tetsuro Ikuta, et al.. (2019). Note to: Hox gene cluster of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, reveals multiple ancient steps of cluster disintegration during ascidian evolution. Zoological Letters. 5(1). 3 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Takuya, Koki Nishitsuji, Tetsuro Ikuta, et al.. (2017). Hox gene cluster of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, reveals multiple ancient steps of cluster disintegration during ascidian evolution. Zoological Letters. 3(1). 17–17. 16 indexed citations
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Ozawa, Genki, Shigeru Shimamura, Yoshihiro Takaki, et al.. (2017). Ancient Occasional Host Switching of Maternally Transmitted Bacterial Symbionts of Chemosynthetic Vesicomyid Clams. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(9). 2226–2236. 16 indexed citations
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Takishita, Kiyotaka, Yoshihiro Takaki, Yoshito Chikaraishi, et al.. (2017). Genomic Evidence that Methanotrophic Endosymbionts Likely Provide Deep-Sea Bathymodiolus Mussels with a Sterol Intermediate in Cholesterol Biosynthesis. Genome Biology and Evolution. 9(5). 1148–1160. 31 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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Ohishi, Kazue, Masahiro Yamamoto, Akihiro Tame, et al.. (2016). Long-term Cultivation of the Deep-Sea Clam Calyptogena okutanii: Changes in the Abundance of Chemoautotrophic Symbiont, Elemental Sulfur, and Mucus. Biological Bulletin. 230(3). 257–267. 12 indexed citations
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Kawai, Narudo, Yosuke Ogura, Tetsuro Ikuta, et al.. (2015). Hox10-regulated endodermal cell migration is essential for development of the ascidian intestine. Developmental Biology. 403(1). 43–56. 26 indexed citations
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Freeman, Robert M., Tetsuro Ikuta, Michael Wu, et al.. (2012). Identical Genomic Organization of Two Hemichordate Hox Clusters. Current Biology. 22(21). 2053–2058. 37 indexed citations
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Ikuta, Tetsuro, Norio Miyamoto, Yasunori Saito, et al.. (2009). Ambulacrarian prototypical Hox and ParaHox gene complements of the indirect-developing hemichordate Balanoglossus simodensis. Development Genes and Evolution. 219(7). 383–389. 7 indexed citations
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Shoguchi, Eiichi, Tetsuro Ikuta, Fumiko Yoshizaki, et al.. (2004). Fluorescentin situHybridization to Ascidian Chromosomes. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 21(2). 153–157. 15 indexed citations

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