Toru Shimada

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
241 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Toru Shimada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Shimada has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Molecular Biology, 131 papers in Insect Science and 69 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Toru Shimada's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (82 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (69 papers) and Silkworms and Sericulture Research (66 papers). Toru Shimada is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (82 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (69 papers) and Silkworms and Sericulture Research (66 papers). Toru Shimada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Toru Shimada's co-authors include Susumu Katsuma, Kazuei Mita, Hiroaki Abe, Masataka G. Suzuki, Takaaki Daimon, Masahiko Kobayashi, Marian R. Goldsmith, Takashi Kiuchi, Shinpei Kawaoka and Yutaka Banno and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Toru Shimada

231 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Shimada Japan	46	3.9k	3.6k	2.1k	1.5k	1.3k	241	7.2k
Kazuei Mita Japan	54	4.6k 1.2×	3.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	212	8.6k
Zhonghuai Xiang China	48	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	185	6.6k
Yasuyuki Arakane United States	40	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	558 0.4×	68	4.9k
Hideki Sezutsu Japan	41	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	172	5.0k
Yongping Huang China	40	3.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	948 0.6×	474 0.4×	169	5.5k
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan United States	61	6.8k 1.7×	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	642 0.5×	133	10.3k
Bernard Moussian Germany	37	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.4×	868 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	499 0.4×	143	4.8k
Toshiki Tamura Japan	41	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	123	5.0k
František Sehnal Czechia	37	1.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	164	3.9k
Chuan‐Xi Zhang China	46	3.9k 1.0×	4.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	161 0.1×	337	7.5k

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Lee, Jung, Takashi Kiuchi, Katsushi Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). A chromosome-level genome assembly of wild silkmoth, Bombyx mandarina. Scientific Data. 12(1). 27–27. 2 indexed citations

Nishio, Mayuko, et al.. (2024). Enhancing prediction of landslide dam stability through AI models: A comparative study with traditional approaches. Geomorphology. 454. 109120–109120. 11 indexed citations

Shimada, Toru, et al.. (2019). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated somatic mutation of the sex-linked translucent (os) gene in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Journal of insect biotechnology and sericology. 88(2). 4 indexed citations

Maoka, Takashi, et al.. (2014). Astaxanthin and lutein compete for accumulation into the middle silk gland via Yellow cocoon gene (C)-dependent control and produce a red cocoon of Bombyx mori. Journal of insect biotechnology and sericology. 83(1). 4 indexed citations

Tada, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2013). Sediment disasters induced by a heavy rainfall in eastern Yamaguchi Prefecture and western Shimane Prefecture on 28 th July, 2013. 66(4). 48–55. 1 indexed citations

Katsuma, Susumu & Toru Shimada. (2012). Comparative studies of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection in BmN4 cell lines maintained in different laboratories. Journal of insect biotechnology and sericology. 81(1). 7–12. 6 indexed citations

Kawaoka, Shinpei, Keisuke Shoji, Maki Kobayashi, et al.. (2012). The comprehensive epigenome map of piRNA clusters. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(3). 1581–1590. 28 indexed citations

Futahashi, Ryo, Yan Meng, Takaaki Daimon, et al.. (2008). yellow and ebony Are the Responsible Genes for the Larval Color Mutants of the Silkworm Bombyx mori. Genetics. 180(4). 1995–2005. 112 indexed citations

Fujii, Hiroshi, T. Ogata, Akio Sugiyama, et al.. (2007). Development of software to provide automatically structural and functional annotation for EST utilizing genome information of Arabidopsis thaliana. 6(1). 36. 1 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Masataka G., Toru Shimada, & Masahiko Kobayashi. (1998). Absence of dosage compensation at the transcription level of a sex-linked gene in a female heterogametic insect, Bombyx mori. Heredity. 81(3). 275–283. 4 indexed citations

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Abe, Hiroaki, et al.. (1996). An application of DNA diagnosis method for preservation of the susceptible strain to densonucleosis virus type-1 of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 65(3). 196–200. 3 indexed citations

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Ohbayashi, Fumi, Hiroaki Abe, Toru Shimada, et al.. (1996). A common random amplified polymorphic DNA in the silkworm, Bombyx mori is shared by W chromosomes onto which the normal marking, Sable and Black genes are translocated respectively. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 65(5). 395–398. 7 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masahiko, et al.. (1995). An improved method for PCR-based detection of nuclear polyhedrosis virus in Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 64(4). 352–359. 4 indexed citations

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Abe, Hiroaki, et al.. (1995). Identification of random amplified polymorphic DNA linked to the densonucleosis virus type-1 susceptibility gene of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 64(3). 262–264. 4 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Masahiko, et al.. (1994). An application of the polymelase chain reaction for practical diagnosis of the nuclear polyhedrosis in largescale culture of Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 63(5). 399–406. 2 indexed citations

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Shimada, Toru & Masahiko Kobayashi. (1992). Homeotic Transformation in ENk Mutant Cells is not Affected by Neighboring Normal Cells in Genetic Mosaics of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 61(5). 444–450. 4 indexed citations

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Shimada, Toru, et al.. (1992). Comparison of Arylphorins among Species belonging to Saturniidae and Bombycidae(Lepidoptera) by Immunodiffusion Analyses.. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology. 36(2). 119–125. 3 indexed citations

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Shimada, Toru, Minoru Seki, & Hiromichi Morikawa. (1991). Transient expression of beta -glucuronidase (GUS) gene in wheat pollen embryos via microprojectile bombardment. 72. 106–108. 4 indexed citations

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Kawaguchi, Yutaka, Yutaka Banno, Toru Shimada, & Masahiko Kobayashi. (1986). Linkage studies on the Storage protein-2 gene (Pst) in Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 55(3). 243–245. 2 indexed citations

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Shimada, Toru, Masahiko Kobayashi, & Narumi Yoshitake. (1985). Genetical analysis of storage proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Nihon sanshigaku zasshi. 54(6). 464–469. 2 indexed citations

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