Toru Kobari

2.2k total citations
76 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Toru Kobari is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Kobari has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Oceanography, 53 papers in Ecology and 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Toru Kobari's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (48 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (37 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (34 papers). Toru Kobari is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (48 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (37 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (34 papers). Toru Kobari collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Toru Kobari's co-authors include Deborah K. Steinberg, T. Ikeda, Philip W. Boyd, Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Ken O. Buesseler, David M. Karl, Atsushi Tsuda, Joseph S. Cope, Stephanie E. Wilson and Akiyoshi Shinada and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geophysical Research Letters and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Toru Kobari

72 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Toru Kobari Japan 21 1.4k 1.0k 616 118 117 76 1.8k
Holger Auel Germany 24 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 894 1.5× 159 1.3× 125 1.1× 63 2.0k
S.G. Marinone Mexico 22 821 0.6× 543 0.5× 757 1.2× 134 1.1× 53 0.5× 65 1.4k
José Manuel Oro Cabanas Spain 22 949 0.7× 565 0.5× 801 1.3× 105 0.9× 204 1.7× 39 1.6k
Ioanna Siokou-Frangou Greece 15 1.1k 0.8× 700 0.7× 563 0.9× 43 0.4× 78 0.7× 25 1.4k
Kathryn Cook United Kingdom 14 733 0.5× 454 0.4× 479 0.8× 66 0.6× 118 1.0× 33 963
Charles B. Miller United States 25 1.8k 1.3× 955 0.9× 1.2k 2.0× 226 1.9× 152 1.3× 47 2.3k
Fernando Villate Spain 23 817 0.6× 685 0.7× 755 1.2× 146 1.2× 141 1.2× 61 1.4k
Kazuaki Tadokoro Japan 18 796 0.6× 562 0.5× 715 1.2× 203 1.7× 66 0.6× 46 1.2k
Lidia Yebra Spain 19 706 0.5× 455 0.4× 429 0.7× 89 0.8× 87 0.7× 50 998
Manuel Vargas‐Yáñez Spain 21 960 0.7× 455 0.4× 844 1.4× 63 0.5× 62 0.5× 69 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Toru Kobari

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Fields of papers citing papers by Toru Kobari

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toru Kobari

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

All Works

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Kume, Gen, Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Junya Hirai, et al.. (2025). Analyses of gut content and isotopic composition of Anguilliformes leptocephali near southern Japan. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(5). 1 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2024). Community structure of fish larvae associated with advections of the Kuroshio and its neighboring waters. Progress In Oceanography. 231. 103386–103386. 1 indexed citations
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Komorita, Tomohiro, et al.. (2024). Temporal changes in the microplankton community due to Kuroshio branch current inflow. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 75. 103576–103576. 1 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2024). Comparison of the trophic sources and pathways of mesozooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the Kuroshio current and its neighboring waters. Progress In Oceanography. 229. 103356–103356. 3 indexed citations
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Kume, Gen, et al.. (2024). Growth, mortality, and predatory impact on mesozooplankton of chub mackerel Scomber japonicus larvae in an upwelling system, southern Japan. Continental Shelf Research. 285. 105399–105399. 1 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Daisuke, Takeshi Matsuno, Tomoharu Senjyu, et al.. (2021). How a Small Reef in the Kuroshio Cultivates the Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(7). 27 indexed citations
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Komorita, Tomohiro, et al.. (2021). Spring phytoplankton blooms in the Northern Satsunan region, Japan, stimulated by the intrusion of Kuroshio Branch water. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 259. 107472–107472. 10 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2020). Feeding habits of the mesopelagic fish Sigmops gracilis larvae in the Kuroshio and its adjacent water, southern Japan. Ichthyological Research. 68(1). 171–176. 7 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2020). Feeding habits of the skinnycheek lanternfish [Benthosema pterotum (Alcock, 1890)] in Kagoshima Bay, southern Japan. Ichthyological Research. 68(1). 164–170. 4 indexed citations
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Nagai, Takeyoshi, et al.. (2019). How the Kuroshio Current Delivers Nutrients to Sunlit Layers on the Continental Shelves With Aid of Near‐Inertial Waves and Turbulence. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(12). 6726–6735. 51 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2015). Multilayer Rules and Governance in Fiji Coastal Communities: A Case Study of Veivatuloa Village. Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review. 11(1). 53–66. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Kon‐Kee, Chang Keun Kang, Toru Kobari, et al.. (2014). Biogeochemistry and ecosystems of continental margins in the western North Pacific Ocean and their interactions and responses to external forcing – an overview and synthesis. Biogeosciences. 11(23). 7061–7075. 17 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2014). Integrated-Disciplinary Evaluation of Ecology-Economy Interacting System in Marine Resources in Fiji. Kagoshima University Repository. 54. 47–52.
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2012). Food Availability for Larvae of Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis in the Yakugachi River of Amami-oshima Island, Japan. Aquaculture Science. 60(1). 53–58. 2 indexed citations
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Doi, Hideyuki, et al.. (2010). Trophic niche breadth variability differs among three Neocalanus species in the subarctic Pacific Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research. 32(12). 1733–1737. 11 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru. (2009). Seasonal dynamics of microbial plankton community in Kagoshima Bay. 31. 37–44. 3 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (2007). Possible underestimation of chlorophyll a measurements for subtropical phytoplankton community by the pigment extraction and the fluorometric determination. 28(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Kobari, Toru, et al.. (1999). Relationship between Observed and Estimated Chlorophyll α Concentrations from the Secchi Depth in the Central Subarctic Pacific. Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University). 50(3). 171–174. 3 indexed citations

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