Y. Nakano

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Y. Nakano is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Nakano has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Ecology, 39 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Y. Nakano's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (36 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (20 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (14 papers). Y. Nakano is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (36 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (20 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (14 papers). Y. Nakano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Y. Nakano's co-authors include K. Yamazato, Kazuhiko Sakai, Yossi Loya, Hariyani Sambali, Robert van Woesik, Johann Hohenegger, Elza K. Yordanova, Daisuke Uemura, Nami Okubo and Tomoyuki Koyama and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Y. Nakano

89 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 400 800 1.2k
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. Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers
    2001 1.2k citations Yossi Loya, Kazuhiko Sakai et al. Ecology Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Y. Nakano Japan 23 2.2k 1.7k 976 263 230 99 3.0k
Fanny Houlbrèque France 31 2.6k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 200 0.8× 109 0.5× 55 3.2k
Pierre Chevaldonné France 27 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 272 1.0× 104 0.5× 66 2.7k
Michael Holcomb United States 27 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 870 0.9× 118 0.4× 208 0.9× 52 2.8k
Noga Stambler Israel 27 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 843 0.9× 161 0.6× 90 0.4× 47 2.8k
Jean Jaubert Monaco 28 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 998 1.0× 231 0.9× 53 0.2× 39 2.7k
Kazuhiko Sakai Japan 32 4.0k 1.9× 3.0k 1.8× 2.1k 2.2× 337 1.3× 127 0.6× 123 4.6k
Stefano Schiaparelli Italy 22 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 840 0.9× 167 0.6× 79 0.3× 105 2.0k
David I. Kline United States 36 4.1k 1.9× 3.3k 2.0× 1.9k 1.9× 303 1.2× 109 0.5× 60 5.0k
Claudio Richter Germany 25 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 879 0.9× 133 0.5× 146 0.6× 64 1.9k
Gitai Yahel Israel 25 1.4k 0.7× 836 0.5× 682 0.7× 864 3.3× 98 0.4× 49 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Y. Nakano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Y. Nakano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Y. Nakano. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Y. Nakano. The network helps show where Y. Nakano may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Y. Nakano

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ide, Keigo, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Co-Culture of Two Coral Species on Their Bacterial Composition Under Captive Environments. Marine Biotechnology. 24(5). 871–881. 3 indexed citations
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Ide, Keigo, Yohei Nishikawa, Toru Maruyama, et al.. (2022). Targeted single-cell genomics reveals novel host adaptation strategies of the symbiotic bacteria Endozoicomonas in Acropora tenuis coral. Microbiome. 10(1). 220–220. 17 indexed citations
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Okubo, Nami, Shunichi Takahashi, & Y. Nakano. (2018). Microplastics disturb the anthozoan-algae symbiotic relationship. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 135. 83–89. 77 indexed citations
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Okubo, Nami, et al.. (2017). Coral individuality – confluence of change physical splitting and developmental ability of embryos. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16006–16006. 3 indexed citations
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Nakatani, Takeshi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tadahiro Hyakudome, et al.. (2013). Dives of cruising-AUV “JINBEI” to methane hydrate area on Joetsu knoll and Umitaka Spur. 2013 OCEANS - San Diego. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Agostini, Sylvain, Tomihiko Higuchi, Ikuko Yuyama, et al.. (2013). The effects of thermal and high-CO2 stresses on the metabolism and surrounding microenvironment of the coral Galaxea fascicularis. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 336(8). 384–391. 22 indexed citations
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Okubo, Nami, Takuma Mezaki, Yoko Nozawa, et al.. (2013). Comparative Embryology of Eleven Species of Stony Corals (Scleractinia). PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84115–e84115. 37 indexed citations
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Wakita, Masahide, Shingo Watanabe, Makio C. Honda, et al.. (2013). Ocean acidification from 1997 to 2011 in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean. Biogeosciences. 10(12). 7817–7827. 39 indexed citations
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Yasuda, Nina, Mariko Abe, Megumi Kimura, et al.. (2012). Large-scale mono-clonal structure in the north peripheral population of blue coral, Heliopora coerulea. Marine Genomics. 7. 33–35. 5 indexed citations
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Hsieh, Hernyi Justin, Shashank Keshavmurthy, I. C. Lien, et al.. (2011). Latitudinal gradient of morphological variations in zebra coral Oulastrea crispata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) in the West Pacific. Zoological studies. 43–52. 10 indexed citations
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Nakano, Y., et al.. (2011). Skeletal structure and progression of growth anomalies in Porites australiensis in Okinawa, Japan. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 97(3). 237–247. 10 indexed citations
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Higuchi, Tomihiko, et al.. (2008). Continuous-flow complete-mixing system for assessing the effects of environmental factors on colony-level coral metabolism. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 70(6). 865–872. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Chaolun Allen, et al.. (2003). A stable association of the stress-tolerant zooxanthellae, Symbiodinium clade D, with the low-temperature-tolerant coral, Oulastrea crispata (Scleractinia: Faviidae) in subtropical non-reefal coral communities. Zoological studies. 42(4). 540–550. 65 indexed citations
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Loya, Yossi, Kazuhiko Sakai, K. Yamazato, et al.. (2001). Coral bleaching: the winners and the losers. Ecology Letters. 4(2). 122–131. 1241 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shida, Yoshiaki, et al.. (1996). SCALING PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY For UENOTAI 27.5MW GEOTHERMAL STEAM TURBINE. 1996. 1 indexed citations
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Nakano, Y., et al.. (1994). Physicochemical characterization of PEG-PPG conjugated human urokinase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1199(2). 202–208. 11 indexed citations
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Hibino, Y., et al.. (1981). Control System for Centrifugal Compressor Energy Saving. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 14(2). 2701–2706.
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Nishida, Hideo, et al.. (1980). Vane Control of Centrifugal Compressor(<Minor Special Issue>Minor Special Issue on the Fluid Machinery Relating to Energy Saving and Unused Energy). Nihon Kikai Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. 83(745). 1522–1527. 1 indexed citations
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Satō, Yoshio, et al.. (1976). Computer Control System for Thermal Power Plant Boiler Startup. Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers. 12(4). 475–481.

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