Tomoo Sawabe

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Tomoo Sawabe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomoo Sawabe has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Ecology and 43 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Tomoo Sawabe's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (54 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (47 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (41 papers). Tomoo Sawabe is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (54 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (47 papers) and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (41 papers). Tomoo Sawabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Brazil and France. Tomoo Sawabe's co-authors include Yoshio Ezura, Fabiano L. Thompson, Sayaka Mino, Kumiko Kita-Tsukamoto, Elena P. Ivanova, Richard Christen, Reiji Tanaka, Nurhidayu Al‐saari, Satoshi Nakagawa and Youhei Fukui and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Tomoo Sawabe

145 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Vibriosis in Fish: A Review on Disease Development and Pr... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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. Vibriosis in Fish: A Review on Disease Development and Prevention
    2018 316 citations Nurhidayu Al‐saari, Hisae Kasai 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
Tomoo Sawabe Japan 38 2.1k 1.8k 1.6k 1.2k 875 147 4.6k
Suhelen Egan Australia 39 1.5k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 573 0.4× 252 0.2× 688 0.8× 105 4.8k
Yannick Gueguen France 41 1.1k 0.6× 709 0.4× 2.2k 1.4× 200 0.2× 829 0.9× 87 4.9k
Rodrigo Costa Portugal 38 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 477 0.3× 230 0.2× 246 0.3× 97 4.0k
Max Teplitski United States 38 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 440 0.3× 618 0.5× 88 0.1× 99 5.3k
Teresa L. Maugeri Italy 31 805 0.4× 857 0.5× 349 0.2× 360 0.3× 204 0.2× 65 2.3k
Shengkang Li China 41 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.6× 149 0.1× 2.1k 2.4× 203 4.8k
Mohamed Shariff Malaysia 33 580 0.3× 755 0.4× 1.9k 1.2× 272 0.2× 1.6k 1.8× 122 4.2k
Valery V. Mikhailov Russia 40 2.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.4× 413 0.3× 118 0.1× 230 0.3× 128 3.8k
Ronald M. Weiner United States 34 1.3k 0.7× 707 0.4× 156 0.1× 320 0.3× 305 0.3× 81 3.1k
Heinrich F. Kaspar New Zealand 28 580 0.3× 759 0.4× 678 0.4× 131 0.1× 698 0.8× 45 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tomoo Sawabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomoo Sawabe

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All Works

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Sakai, Yuichi, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the early life core microbiome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and the unexpected abundance of the growth-promoting Sulfitobacter. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 54–54. 14 indexed citations
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Mino, Sayaka, Fabiano L. Thompson, Jesús L. Romalde, et al.. (2023). Genome taxonomy of the genus Neptuniibacter and proposal of Neptuniibacter victor sp. nov. isolated from sea cucumber larvae. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0290060–e0290060. 5 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, et al.. (2023). Inferring potential causative microbial factors of intestinal atrophic disease in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 4 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Mami, Sayaka Mino, Jesús L. Romalde, et al.. (2021). Vibrio Clade 3.0: New Vibrionaceae Evolutionary Units Using Genome-Based Approach. Current Microbiology. 79(1). 10–10. 38 indexed citations
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Walter, Juline M., Felipe H. Coutinho, Luciana Leomil, et al.. (2020). Ecogenomics of the Marine Benthic Filamentous Cyanobacterium Adonisia. Microbial Ecology. 80(2). 249–265. 3 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Mami, Nurhidayu Al‐saari, Feng Gao, et al.. (2017). Thaumasiovibrio occultus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Thaumasiovibrio subtropicus sp. nov. within the family Vibrionaceae, isolated from coral reef seawater off Ishigaki Island, Japan. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 40(5). 290–296. 19 indexed citations
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Meirelles, Pedro Milet, Sayaka Mino, Wataru Suda, et al.. (2016). Individual Apostichopus japonicus fecal microbiome reveals a link with polyhydroxybutyrate producers in host growth gaps. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21631–21631. 90 indexed citations
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López‐Pérez, Mario, Hayden K. Webb, Daniela Gómez, et al.. (2014). Marinobacter salarius sp. nov. and Marinobacter similis sp. nov., Isolated from Sea Water. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106514–e106514. 53 indexed citations
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Mino, Sayaka, Hiroko Makita, Tomohiro Toki, et al.. (2013). Biogeography of Persephonella in deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Western Pacific. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4. 107–107. 24 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, et al.. (2012). A simple method to collect digestive fluid for monitoring digestive enzyme activities and gut microbes of the abalone Haliotis discus discus. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 78(5). 951–957. 1 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo. (2010). Biodiversity and evolution of vibrios. Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi. 65(3). 333–342. 4 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, Youhei Fukui, & Eric V. Stabb. (2006). Simple conjugation and outgrowth procedures for tagging vibrios with GFP, and factors affecting the stable expression of thegfptag. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 43(5). 514–522. 24 indexed citations
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Kasai, Hisae, et al.. (2005). Effect of Manipulation of Dietary Rotifer Bacterial Flora on the Intestinal Bacterial Flora of Japanese Flounder. Aquaculture Science. 53(3). 275–278. 1 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, et al.. (2000). An Evaluation of Viable Staining Dyes Suitable for Marine Phytoplankton. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University). 51(3). 153–157. 14 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, Hirofumi Makino, M. Tatsumi, et al.. (1998). Pseudoalteromonas bacteriolytica sp. nov., a marine bacterium that is the causative agent of red spot disease of Laminaria japonica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48(3). 769–774. 122 indexed citations
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Sawabe, Tomoo, Yoshio Ezura, & Takahisa Kimura. (1992). Purification and Characterization of an Alginate Lyase from Marine Alteromonassp... NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 58(3). 521–527. 22 indexed citations

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