Yoshiyuki Kiyono

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yoshiyuki Kiyono is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshiyuki Kiyono has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yoshiyuki Kiyono's work include Forest ecology and management (18 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Yoshiyuki Kiyono is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (18 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (11 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (11 papers). Yoshiyuki Kiyono collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and India. Yoshiyuki Kiyono's co-authors include Hidetoshi Asai, Yoshio Inoue, Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa, Takeshi Horie, Khamdok Songyikhangsuthor, Koki Homma, Stephan M. Haefele, Benjamin K. Samson, Jumpei Toriyama and Satoshi Hattori and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Plant and Soil and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yoshiyuki Kiyono

52 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

  1. Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos
    2008 777 citations Hidetoshi Asai, Benjamin K. Samson et al. Field Crops Research profile →
  2. Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos 1. Soil physical properties, leaf SPAD and grain yield
    2009 643 citations Hidetoshi Asai, Benjamin K. Samson et al. Field Crops Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoshiyuki Kiyono Japan 18 1.2k 492 483 449 380 53 2.2k
M. V. Fey South Africa 28 687 0.6× 308 0.6× 475 1.0× 376 0.8× 297 0.8× 83 2.3k
Erik Karltun Sweden 29 1.1k 0.9× 407 0.8× 639 1.3× 196 0.4× 176 0.5× 64 2.6k
Kristiina Karhu Finland 23 1.9k 1.5× 568 1.2× 382 0.8× 238 0.5× 514 1.4× 54 2.8k
Ute Hamer Germany 26 2.0k 1.6× 363 0.7× 623 1.3× 308 0.7× 268 0.7× 50 3.0k
Erick Zagal Chile 22 1.3k 1.1× 248 0.5× 532 1.1× 185 0.4× 215 0.6× 89 2.1k
Roberto Ferreira Novais Brazil 26 1.4k 1.1× 319 0.6× 1.1k 2.4× 365 0.8× 126 0.3× 129 2.8k
Yuri Lopes Zinn Brazil 19 1.2k 1.0× 244 0.5× 200 0.4× 170 0.4× 229 0.6× 56 1.9k
Flora Angela Rutigliano Italy 26 1.4k 1.2× 553 1.1× 615 1.3× 188 0.4× 156 0.4× 54 2.5k
Priit Tammeorg Finland 17 860 0.7× 184 0.4× 374 0.8× 245 0.5× 195 0.5× 33 1.7k
Lúcia Helena Cunha dos Anjos Brazil 27 1.8k 1.4× 161 0.3× 763 1.6× 257 0.6× 271 0.7× 163 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoshiyuki Kiyono

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoshiyuki Kiyono

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ota, Tetsuji, Tsuyoshi Kajisa, Nobuya Mizoue, et al.. (2015). Estimating aboveground carbon using airborne LiDAR in Cambodian tropical seasonal forests for REDD+ implementation. Journal of Forest Research. 20(6). 484–492. 14 indexed citations
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Toriyama, Jumpei, et al.. (2014). Effects of forest type and environmental factors on the soil organic carbon pool and its density fractions in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 335. 147–155. 34 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (2014). Can converting slash-and-burn agricultural fields into rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations provide climate change mitigation?: A case study in northern Laos. 3 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (2012). Tree Biomass Carbon Stock Estimation using Permanent Sampling Plot Data in Different Types of Seasonal Forests in Cambodia. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ. 46(2). 187–192. 14 indexed citations
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Toriyama, Jumpei, Seiichi Ohta, Yasuhiro Ohnuki, et al.. (2011). Soil Carbon Stock in Cambodian Monsoon Forests. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ. 45(3). 309–316. 15 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, Satoshi Saitô, Jumpei Toriyama, et al.. (2011). Practicalities of Non-Destructive Methodologies in Monitoring Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tropical Forests under the Influence of Human Intervention. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ. 45(2). 233–242. 11 indexed citations
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Asai, Hidetoshi, Benjamin K. Samson, Stephan M. Haefele, et al.. (2009). Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos 1. Soil physical properties, leaf SPAD and grain yield. Field Crops Research. 111(1). 81–84. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ohta, Seiichi, et al.. (2009). Changes in soil carbon stock after deforestation and subsequent establishment of “Imperata” grassland in the Asian humid tropics. Plant and Soil. 329(1-2). 495–507. 33 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, Yukihiro Chiba, Hidetoshi Asai, et al.. (2007). Predicting chronosequential changes in carbon stocks of pachymorph bamboo communities in slash-and-burn agricultural fallow, northern Lao People's Democratic Republic. Journal of Forest Research. 12(5). 371–383. 28 indexed citations
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Igarashi, Tetsuya & Yoshiyuki Kiyono. (2007). The potential of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa [Sieb. et Zucc.] Endlicher) plantation forests for the restoration of the original plant community in Japan. Forest Ecology and Management. 255(1). 183–192. 28 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (2003). Heavy Thinning Increases Male Strobili Production in Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) Plantations. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 85(3). 237–240. 3 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (2000). Growth of Eusideroxylon zwageri seedlings and silvicultural changes in logged-over and burned forests of Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ. 34(1). 63–67. 2 indexed citations
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Kuroda, Keiko & Yoshiyuki Kiyono. (1996). Precise measurement of the radial growth of hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) trunks with an artificial wound tissue analysis Comparison with the dendrometer method. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 78(2). 183–189. 3 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (1992). Surface Soil pH Decrease under Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) Trees on the Lowland in the Kinki District. Journal of Japan Society of Air Pollution. 27(6). 325–328. 4 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki. (1988). Analyses of factors affecting Ao-layer coverage in Chamaecypayis abtusa plantations. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 70(2). 71–74. 2 indexed citations
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Kiyono, Yoshiyuki. (1988). Analyses of factors affecting the dynamics of coverage and number of species in understories in Chamaecyparis obtusa plantations. Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 70(10). 455–460. 3 indexed citations
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Kanazawa, Yoichi, Yoshiyuki Kiyono, & Takao Fujimori. (1985). Crown Development and Stem Growth in Relation to Stand Density in Even-Aged Pure Stands (II). Journal of the Japanese Forest Society. 67(10). 391–397. 3 indexed citations

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