Yasuo Nagato

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
98 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Yasuo Nagato is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuo Nagato has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Plant Science, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yasuo Nagato's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (63 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (60 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers). Yasuo Nagato is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (63 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (60 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers). Yasuo Nagato collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Yasuo Nagato's co-authors include Hidemi Kitano, Jun-Ichi Itoh, Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Kyoko Ikeda, Junko Kyozuka, Hiroyuki Hirano, Masahiko Maekawa, Makoto Matsuoka, Hikaru Satoh and Hitoshi Sakakibara and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yasuo Nagato

98 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Direct control of shoot meristem activity by a cytokinin-activating enzyme

2007 761 citations Masahiko Maekawa, Mikiko Kojima et al. profile →
Rice Plant Development: from Zygote to Spikelet

2005 578 citations Jun-Ichi Itoh, Kyoko Ikeda et al. Plant and Cell Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasuo Nagato Japan	44	7.2k	4.7k	1.5k	636	214	98	7.7k
Yoshiaki Nagamura Japan	44	8.2k 1.1×	3.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	248 0.4×	274 1.3×	77	9.1k
D. S. Brar Philippines	33	4.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	275 0.4×	121 0.6×	89	5.3k
Zhukuan Cheng China	54	7.3k 1.0×	5.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	421 0.7×	143 0.7×	172	8.9k
Guojun Dong China	39	6.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	3.3k 2.3×	240 0.4×	292 1.4×	132	7.6k
Brian P. Dilkes United States	35	3.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	714 0.5×	303 0.5×	183 0.9×	87	4.2k
Nam‐Chon Paek South Korea	44	6.1k 0.9×	4.6k 1.0×	652 0.4×	175 0.3×	177 0.8×	111	6.8k
Junko Kyozuka Japan	56	11.9k 1.7×	5.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	3.1k 4.9×	435 2.0×	117	13.0k
Andy Pereira United States	44	7.3k 1.0×	4.4k 0.9×	616 0.4×	285 0.4×	192 0.9×	118	8.3k
Tingdong Fu China	40	3.6k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	587 0.4×	228 0.4×	148 0.7×	206	4.8k
Jian Wu China	35	3.9k 0.5×	3.2k 0.7×	602 0.4×	241 0.4×	57 0.3×	104	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yasuo Nagato

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yasuo Nagato

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

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Hibara, Ken‐ichiro, Naoki Sentoku, Mikiko Kojima, et al.. (2016). Jasmonate regulates juvenile-adult phase transition in rice. Development. 143(18). 3407–16. 57 indexed citations

Nagasawa, Nobuhiro, Ken‐ichiro Hibara, Stanley Luck, et al.. (2013). GIANT EMBRYO encodes CYP78A13, required for proper size balance between embryo and endosperm in rice. The Plant Journal. 75(4). 592–605. 109 indexed citations

Yoshikawa, Takanori, et al.. (2013). Change of shoot architecture during juvenile-to-adult phase transition in soybean. Planta. 238(1). 229–237. 36 indexed citations

Yoshikawa, Takanori, et al.. (2013). Rice SLENDER LEAF 1 gene encodes cellulose synthase-like D4 and is specifically expressed in M-phase cells to regulate cell proliferation. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(7). 2049–2061. 64 indexed citations

Itoh, Jun-Ichi, et al.. (2012). Role of Transposon-Derived Small RNAs in the Interplay between Genomes and Parasitic DNA in Rice. PLoS Genetics. 8(9). e1002953–e1002953. 62 indexed citations

Tanaka, Nobuhiro, Hironori Itoh, Naoki Sentoku, et al.. (2011). The COP1 Ortholog PPS Regulates the Juvenile–Adult and Vegetative–Reproductive Phase Changes in Rice . The Plant Cell. 23(6). 2143–2154. 71 indexed citations

Maekawa, Masahiko, et al.. (2011). ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 2/RFL, the rice ortholog of Arabidopsis LEAFY, suppresses the transition from inflorescence meristem to floral meristem through interaction with APO1. The Plant Journal. 69(1). 168–180. 168 indexed citations

Hibara, Ken‐ichiro, Mari Obara, Masashi Abe, et al.. (2009). The ADAXIALIZED LEAF1 gene functions in leaf and embryonic pattern formation in rice. Developmental Biology. 334(2). 345–354. 92 indexed citations

Horigome, Ayako, Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Kyoko Ikeda, et al.. (2009). Rice OPEN BEAK is a negative regulator of class 1 knox genes and a positive regulator of class B floral homeotic gene. The Plant Journal. 58(5). 724–736. 41 indexed citations

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Abe, Masashi, et al.. (2008). The rice FLATTENED SHOOT MERISTEM, encoding CAF-1 p150 subunit, is required for meristem maintenance by regulating the cell-cycle period. Developmental Biology. 319(2). 384–393. 20 indexed citations

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Nagasaki, Hiroshi, J. Itoh, Ken‐ichiro Hibara, et al.. (2007). The small interfering RNA production pathway is required for shoot meristem initiation in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(37). 14867–14871. 203 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Hitoshi, Jun‐ichi Itoh, Shinnosuke Ohmori, et al.. (2007). superwoman1‐cleistogamy, a hopeful allele for gene containment in GM rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 5(6). 835–846. 72 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Tadzunu, Mitsugu Eiguchi, Toshihiro Kumamaru, et al.. (2007). MNU-induced mutant pools and high performance TILLING enable finding of any gene mutation in rice. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 279(3). 213–223. 145 indexed citations

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Kawakatsu, Taiji, Jun-Ichi Itoh, Kazumaru Miyoshi, et al.. (2006). PLASTOCHRON2 Regulates Leaf Initiation and Maturation in Rice. The Plant Cell. 18(3). 612–625. 77 indexed citations

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Itoh, Jun-Ichi, Yutaka Sato, Yasuo Nagato, & Makoto Matsuoka. (2006). Formation, Maintenance and Function of the Shoot Apical Meristem in Rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 60(6). 827–842. 15 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Takahiro, Nobuhiro Nagasawa, Shinji Kawasaki, et al.. (2004). The YABBY Gene DROOPING LEAF Regulates Carpel Specification and Midrib Development in Oryza sativa [W]. The Plant Cell. 16(2). 500–509. 358 indexed citations

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Komatsu, Mai, et al.. (2003). FRIZZY PANICLEis required to prevent the formation of axillary meristems and to establish floral meristem identity in rice spikelets. Development. 130(16). 3841–3850. 285 indexed citations

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Nagasawa, Nobuhiro, Masahiro Miyoshi, Yoshio Sano, et al.. (2003). SUPERWOMAN1 and DROOPING LEAFgenes control floral organ identity in rice. Development. 130(4). 705–718. 328 indexed citations

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Kamiya, Noriko, Asuka Nishimura, Naoki Sentoku, et al.. (2003). Rice globular embryo 4 (gle4) Mutant is Defective in Radial Pattern Formation during Embryogenesis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 44(9). 875–883. 15 indexed citations

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Kojima, A. & Yasuo Nagato. (1992). Pseudogamous embryogenesis and the degree of parthenogenesis inAllium tuberosum. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 5(1). 79–85. 17 indexed citations

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