Yôko Ôta

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yôko Ôta is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Yôko Ôta has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Atmospheric Science, 68 papers in Geophysics and 30 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Yôko Ôta's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (96 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (67 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers). Yôko Ôta is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (96 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (67 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (29 papers). Yôko Ôta collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and New Zealand. Yôko Ôta's co-authors include Akio Omura, John Chappell, Kelvin Berryman, Alan G. Hull, Brad Pillans, John M. Pandolfi, Malcolm T. McCulloch, T. M. Esat, Nobuyuki Yonekura and Masaru Yamaguchi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yôko Ôta

137 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Reconciliaion of late Quaternary sea levels derived from coral terraces at Huon Peninsula with deep sea oxygen isotope records

1996 564 citations Akio Omura, Yôko Ôta et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yôko Ôta Japan	29	2.0k	1.4k	907	489	450	141	2.9k
Alastair G. Dawson United Kingdom	32	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	327 0.7×	377 0.8×	98	3.4k
Yuki Sawai Japan	30	2.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.6×	884 1.0×	372 0.8×	560 1.2×	90	3.2k
Stein Bondevik Norway	25	2.1k 1.0×	796 0.6×	935 1.0×	320 0.7×	752 1.7×	45	2.5k
David E. Smith United Kingdom	27	1.6k 0.8×	793 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	289 0.6×	242 0.5×	60	2.1k
Lionel Carter New Zealand	37	2.5k 1.3×	572 0.4×	967 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	623 1.4×	87	3.3k
K. B. Lewis New Zealand	24	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	918 1.0×	223 0.5×	460 1.0×	41	2.2k
Hélène Rouby France	10	1.4k 0.7×	400 0.3×	602 0.7×	357 0.7×	357 0.8×	12	2.1k
Joseph S. Stoner United States	40	4.3k 2.2×	790 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	673 1.4×	854 1.9×	120	4.8k
John P. McGeehin United States	27	1.4k 0.7×	633 0.4×	617 0.7×	452 0.9×	99 0.2×	71	2.2k
Paolo Stocchi Netherlands	27	1.6k 0.8×	403 0.3×	810 0.9×	239 0.5×	257 0.6×	65	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yôko Ôta

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yôko Ôta

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20 of 20 papers shown

Azuma, Takashi, et al.. (2005). . The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 44(3). 169–176. 8 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Masaru, Yôko Ôta, Akio Omura, & Toshio Nakamura. (2004). Local Marine Reservoir Effects and Climate Changes Deduced from .ALPHA.-spectrometric 230Th/234U and AMS14C Dates of Holocene Fossil Corals Collected from Taiwan. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 43(3). 181–188. 10 indexed citations

Ôta, Yôko & Akio Omura. (2000). Recent Progress on Coral Reef Terrace Researches at Kikai Island, Southwestern Japan. Review of Coral Reef Terrace Studies at Kikai Island, Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 39(1). 45–53. 7 indexed citations

Ôta, Yôko, et al.. (2000). Recent Progress on Coral Reef Terrace Researches at Kikai Island, Southwestern Japan. Holocene Sea Level and Tectonic History Related to the Formation of Coral Terraces at Kikai Island, Northern Ryukyu Islands.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 39(1). 81–95. 14 indexed citations

Berryman, Kelvin, et al.. (2000). Tectonic and paleoclimatic significance of Quaternary river terraces of the Waipaoa river, east coast, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 43(2). 229–245. 90 indexed citations

Ôta, Yôko & Koji Okumura. (1999). Progress in Paleoseismology in Japan during the 1990s.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 38(3). 253–261. 2 indexed citations

Sasaki, Keiichi, et al.. (1998). Holocene Regressive Coral Reef Terraces at the Northern Shidooke Coast of Kikai Island, Central Ryukyus.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 37(5). 349–360. 6 indexed citations

Omura, Akio, et al.. (1994). Tectonic History of Yonaguni Island, Southwestern Ryukyus, Japan, Deduced from Coral Reef Terraces and Uranium-series Dates of Pleistocene Corals.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 33(4). 213–231. 8 indexed citations

Ôta, Yôko, et al.. (1994). Geomorphic History of the Hakodate Plain South Hoddaisdo, Japan with Special Reference to Active Faulting.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 33(4). 243–259. 7 indexed citations

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Omura, Akio & Yôko Ôta. (1992). Paleo Sea-Level Change during the Last 300,000 Years Deduced from the Morpho-Stratigraphy of Coral Reef Terraces and 230Th/234U Ages of Terrace Deposits.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 31(5). 313–327. 7 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko & Akio Omura. (1991). Late Quaternary Shorelines in the Japanese Islands.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 30(3). 175–186. 49 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, Masatomo Umitsu, & Yoshiaki Matsushima. (1990). Recent Japanese research on relative sea level changes in the Holocene and related problems. Review of studies between 1980 and 1988.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 29(1). 31–48. 60 indexed citations

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Kashima, Kaoru, et al.. (1990). Holocene sea-level change in Takagami lowland, the Choshi peninsula, Japan.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 29(2). 139–149. 3 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, Kelvin Berryman, L. J. Brown, & Kaoru Kashima. (1989). Holocene sediments and vertical tectonic downwarping near Wairoa, Northern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(3). 333–341. 16 indexed citations

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Miyauchi, Takahiro, Yôko Ôta, & Alan G. Hull. (1989). Holocene marine terraces and tectonic uplift in the Waimarama coastal plain, eastern North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(4). 437–442. 14 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, et al.. (1989). ²³⁰ Th‐ ²³⁸ U age of Rotoehu Ash and its implications for marine terrace chronology of eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 32(3). 327–331. 22 indexed citations

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Yoshikawa, Torao, et al.. (1988). Origin and age of erosion surfaces in the upper drainage basin of Waiapu River, northeastern North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 31(1). 101–109. 11 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, et al.. (1986). Holocene relative sea-level change in the southern pert of Izu Peninsula, central Japan ; Data from subsurface investigation.. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 25(3). 203–223. 12 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, et al.. (1980). . The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 18(4). 221–240. 23 indexed citations

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Ôta, Yôko, Tokihiko Matsuda, & Kazuomi Hirakawa. (1976). Active faults in Noto Peninsula, Central Japan. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu). 15(3). 109–128. 14 indexed citations

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