Tomonori Sonoki

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Tomonori Sonoki is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomonori Sonoki has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tomonori Sonoki's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (18 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (16 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (14 papers). Tomonori Sonoki is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (18 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (16 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (14 papers). Tomonori Sonoki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Spain and United States. Tomonori Sonoki's co-authors include Keiji Jindo, Miguel Á. Sánchez-Monedero, Yoshito Sawada, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Katayama, Carlos Garcı́a, Eiji Masai, Shinya Kajita, Yuichiro Otsuka and A. Roig and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Tomonori Sonoki

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Physical and chemical characterization of biochars derived from different agricultural residues

2014 595 citations Keiji Jindo, Yoshito Sawada et al. Biogeosciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomonori Sonoki Japan	21	806	741	632	431	413	48	2.3k
Youssef Zeroual Morocco	28	512 0.6×	449 0.6×	1.5k 2.3×	106 0.2×	210 0.5×	72	2.9k
Valeria Ventorino Italy	34	600 0.7×	410 0.6×	1.2k 2.0×	271 0.6×	645 1.6×	74	2.8k
Massimo Fagnano Italy	30	511 0.6×	532 0.7×	868 1.4×	82 0.2×	232 0.6×	94	2.5k
Hongli Yuan China	29	718 0.9×	116 0.2×	416 0.7×	356 0.8×	588 1.4×	70	2.4k
Marja Tuomela Finland	16	383 0.5×	576 0.8×	634 1.0×	146 0.3×	161 0.4×	27	1.7k
Yunqin Lin China	22	779 1.0×	609 0.8×	255 0.4×	48 0.1×	201 0.5×	41	2.3k
Jong‐Rok Jeon South Korea	21	391 0.5×	172 0.2×	692 1.1×	171 0.4×	140 0.3×	44	1.6k
Zhen Yu China	29	407 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	420 0.7×	74 0.2×	162 0.4×	88	3.1k
Barbara Scaglia Italy	36	594 0.7×	785 1.1×	446 0.7×	48 0.1×	331 0.8×	84	3.4k
Hossein Ali Alikhani Iran	28	189 0.2×	414 0.6×	2.2k 3.4×	131 0.3×	413 1.0×	95	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomonori Sonoki

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Jindo, Keiji, Tomonori Sonoki, & Miguel Á. Sánchez-Monedero. (2025). Stabilizing organic matter and reducing methane emissions during manure composting with biochar to strengthen the role of compost in soil health. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 100164–100164. 2 indexed citations

Higuchi, Yudai, Akihiro Yoshida, Irwan Kurnia, et al.. (2024). Engineering a vanillate-producing strain of Pseudomonas sp. NGC7 corresponding to aromatic compounds derived from the continuous catalytic alkaline oxidation of sulfite lignin. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 313–313. 2 indexed citations

Yoshida, Akihiro, Irwan Kurnia, Yudai Higuchi, et al.. (2024). Direct catalytic oxidation of rice husk lignin with hydroxide nanorod-modified copper foam and muconate production by engineered Pseudomonas sp. NGC7. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 138(5). 431–438. 2 indexed citations

Higuchi, Yudai, Takuya Yoshikawa, Takao Masuda, et al.. (2023). Successful selective production of vanillic acid from depolymerized sulfite lignin and its application to poly(ethylene vanillate) synthesis. Bioresource Technology. 385. 129450–129450. 14 indexed citations

Higuchi, Yudai, Naofumi Kamimura, Yuichiro Otsuka, et al.. (2022). The Catabolic System of Acetovanillone and Acetosyringone in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6 Useful for Upgrading Aromatic Compounds Obtained through Chemical Lignin Depolymerization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(16). e0072422–e0072422. 16 indexed citations

Tanaka, Makoto, Yudai Higuchi, Kimitoshi Sakamoto, et al.. (2022). Pseudomonas sp. NGC7 as a microbial chassis for glucose-free muconate production from a variety of lignin-derived aromatics and its application to the production from sugar cane bagasse alkaline extract. Bioresource Technology. 359. 127479–127479. 10 indexed citations

Jindo, Keiji & Tomonori Sonoki. (2019). Comparative Assessment of Biochar Stability Using Multiple Indicators. Agronomy. 9(5). 254–254. 20 indexed citations

Oguchi, Taichi, et al.. (2017). Expression of a fungal laccase fused with a bacterial cellulose-binding module improves the enzymatic saccharification efficiency of lignocellulose biomass in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Transgenic Research. 26(6). 753–761. 5 indexed citations

Senda, Mineo, Naoya Yamaguchi, K. Yamashita, et al.. (2016). Accumulation of proanthocyanidins and/or lignin deposition in buff-pigmented soybean seed coats may lead to frequent defective cracking. Planta. 245(3). 659–670. 16 indexed citations

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Jindo, Keiji, Tomonori Sonoki, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, et al.. (2016). Influence of biochar addition on the humic substances of composting manures. Waste Management. 49. 545–552. 200 indexed citations

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Abe, Tomomi, et al.. (2016). Difference of saccharification yields between organs and growth stages in rice. Plant Biotechnology. 33(2). 105–110. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jian, Yuan Zhu, Yuichiro Otsuka, et al.. (2015). A novel approach to recycle bacterial culture waste for fermentation reuse via a microbial fuel cell-membrane bioreactor system. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 38(9). 1795–1802. 10 indexed citations

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Jindo, Keiji, et al.. (2014). Physical and chemical characterization of biochars derived from different agricultural residues. Biogeosciences. 11(23). 6613–6621. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jindo, Keiji, Kazuhiro Matsumoto, Carlos Garcı́a, Tomonori Sonoki, & Miguel Á. Sánchez-Monedero. (2014). Methodological interference of biochar in the determination of extracellular enzyme activities in composting samples. Solid Earth. 5(2). 713–719. 18 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Aiko, Maki Takahashi, Y. Iimura, et al.. (2013). Application of fungal laccase fused with cellulose-binding domain to develop low-lignin rice plants. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 116(5). 616–619. 14 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Aiko, et al.. (2012). Enhanced saccharification of rice straw by overexpression of rice exo-glucanase. Rice. 5(1). 14–14. 24 indexed citations

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Jindo, Keiji, et al.. (2012). Chemical and biochemical characterisation of biochar-blended composts prepared from poultry manure. Bioresource Technology. 110. 396–404. 197 indexed citations

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Sonoki, Tomonori, Shinya Kajita, Seiichiro Ikeda, et al.. (2004). Transgenic tobacco expressing fungal laccase promotes the detoxification of environmental pollutants. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 67(1). 138–142. 54 indexed citations

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Otsuka, Yuichiro, Tomonori Sonoki, Seiichiro Ikeda, et al.. (2003). Detection and characterization of a novel extracellular fungal enzyme that catalyzes the specific and hydrolytic cleavage of lignin guaiacylglycerol β‐aryl ether linkages. European Journal of Biochemistry. 270(11). 2353–2362. 39 indexed citations

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Iimura, Y., Seiichiro Ikeda, Tomonori Sonoki, et al.. (2002). Expression of a gene for Mn-peroxidase from Coriolus versicolor in transgenic tobacco generates potential tools for phytoremediation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 59(2-3). 246–251. 34 indexed citations

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