Yozo Okazaki

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yozo Okazaki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yozo Okazaki has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Plant Science and 19 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Yozo Okazaki's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (19 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (14 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (11 papers). Yozo Okazaki is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (19 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (14 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (11 papers). Yozo Okazaki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yozo Okazaki's co-authors include Kazuki Saito, Miyako Kusano, Ryo Nakabayashi, Yasuhiro Higashi, Fumio Matsuda, Masami Yokota Hirai, Atsushi Fukushima, Zhigang Yang, Oliver Fiehn and Fumiyoshi Myouga and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yozo Okazaki

59 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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A lipidome atlas in MS-DIAL 4

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yozo Okazaki Japan	31	2.3k	1.7k	545	438	276	59	3.7k
Atsushi Fukushima Japan	41	3.3k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	162 0.3×	397 0.9×	135 0.5×	126	5.8k
Song Chen China	30	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	501 0.9×	209 0.5×	478 1.7×	175	2.8k
Dirk Steinhauser Germany	28	3.5k 1.5×	2.5k 1.5×	270 0.5×	304 0.7×	395 1.4×	36	5.2k
Juan Segura Spain	35	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	401 0.7×	213 0.5×	53 0.2×	137	4.6k
Jiří Adamec United States	29	2.2k 1.0×	843 0.5×	157 0.3×	117 0.3×	374 1.4×	104	3.5k
Daniel V. Lynch United States	30	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	599 1.1×	153 0.3×	75 0.3×	51	4.0k
Wenhua Zhang China	35	2.5k 1.1×	4.3k 2.6×	571 1.0×	229 0.5×	39 0.1×	132	5.9k
David J. Kyle United States	36	2.5k 1.1×	956 0.6×	491 0.9×	378 0.9×	50 0.2×	88	4.9k
Henrik Toft Simonsen Denmark	40	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	158 0.3×	272 0.6×	43 0.2×	137	4.6k
Gary B. Quistad United States	37	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	188 0.3×	462 1.1×	134 0.5×	120	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yozo Okazaki

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Yamaguchi, Masashi, Shuji Shigenobu, Katsushi Yamaguchi, et al.. (2025). LIPID RICH 1 modulates allocation of carbon between starch and triacylglycerol in Arabidopsis leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(8). 2144–2161. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Mengyao, Kinuka Ohtaka, Ayuko Kuwahara, et al.. (2024). The phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis affects sperm, embryo, and sporophyte development, and metabolism in Marchantia polymorpha. Communications Biology. 7(1). 102–102. 5 indexed citations

Chen, Keting, Yozo Okazaki, Yasuhiro Higashi, et al.. (2024). Dynamic relationships among pathways producing hydrocarbons and fatty acids of maize silk cuticular waxes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 195(3). 2234–2255. 1 indexed citations

Yamazaki, Yumiko, Weiguo Cheng, Yozo Okazaki, et al.. (2023). Lipidome Profiling of Phosphorus Deficiency-Tolerant Rice Cultivars Reveals Remodeling of Membrane Lipids as a Mechanism of Low P Tolerance. Plants. 12(6). 1365–1365. 5 indexed citations

Ichino, Takuji, Akifumi Sugiyama, Yozo Okazaki, et al.. (2022). Excretion of triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid facilitating apoplastic accumulation of a lipophilic metabolite shikonin. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(1). 104–117. 2 indexed citations

Higashi, Yasuhiro, Yozo Okazaki, Kiminori Toyooka, et al.. (2022). Skotomorphogenesis exploits threonine to promote hypocotyl elongation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. e26–e26. 10 indexed citations

Okazaki, Yozo, Xiaobin Zheng, Ludmila Rizhsky, et al.. (2020). Maize Glossy2 and Glossy2-like Genes Have Overlapping and Distinct Functions in Cuticular Lipid Deposition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(3). 840–853. 21 indexed citations

Okazaki, Yozo, et al.. (2020). Dual-Localized Enzymatic Components Constitute the Fatty Acid Synthase Systems in Mitochondria and Plastids. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 183(2). 517–529. 18 indexed citations

Shimada, Takashi, Tomoo Shimada, Yozo Okazaki, et al.. (2019). HIGH STEROL ESTER 1 is a key factor in plant sterol homeostasis. Nature Plants. 5(11). 1154–1166. 32 indexed citations

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Higashi, Yasuhiro, Yozo Okazaki, Fumiyoshi Myouga, et al.. (2018). HEAT INDUCIBLE LIPASE1 Remodels Chloroplastic Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol by Liberating α-Linolenic Acid in Arabidopsis Leaves under Heat Stress. The Plant Cell. 30(8). 1887–1905. 80 indexed citations

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Kitazaki, Kazuyoshi, Atsushi Fukushima, Ryo Nakabayashi, et al.. (2018). Metabolic Reprogramming in Leaf Lettuce Grown Under Different Light Quality and Intensity Conditions Using Narrow-Band LEDs. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7914–7914. 71 indexed citations

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Okazaki, Yozo, Andrew Lithio, Ling Li, et al.. (2017). Discovery and Characterization of the 3-Hydroxyacyl-ACP Dehydratase Component of the Plant Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Synthase System. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 173(4). 2010–2028. 18 indexed citations

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Kusano, Miyako, Zhigang Yang, Yozo Okazaki, et al.. (2015). Using Metabolomic Approaches to Explore Chemical Diversity in Rice. Molecular Plant. 8(1). 58–67. 121 indexed citations

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Matsuda, Fumio, Ryo Nakabayashi, Zhigang Yang, et al.. (2014). Metabolome‐genome‐wide association study dissects genetic architecture for generating natural variation in rice secondary metabolism. The Plant Journal. 81(1). 13–23. 128 indexed citations

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Kimbara, Junji, Hirotaka Ito, Mamiko Kitagawa, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of CUTIN DEFICIENT 2 Causes Defects in Cuticle Function and Structure and Metabolite Changes in Tomato Fruit. Plant and Cell Physiology. 54(9). 1535–1548. 33 indexed citations

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Shimada, Tomoo, Yoshitaka Takano, Masayuki Fujiwara, et al.. (2013). Leaf Oil Body Functions as a Subcellular Factory for the Production of a Phytoalexin in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 164(1). 105–118. 106 indexed citations

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Ohnishi, Miwa, Yoichiro Fukao, Yozo Okazaki, et al.. (2013). Studies on Vacuolar Membrane Microdomains Isolated from Arabidopsis Suspension-Cultured Cells: Local Distribution of Vacuolar Membrane Proteins. Plant and Cell Physiology. 54(10). 1571–1584. 32 indexed citations

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Okazaki, Yozo, et al.. (2011). Plant lipidomics based on hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled to ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Metabolomics. 9(S1). 121–131. 101 indexed citations

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Kusano, Miyako, Atsushi Fukushima, Naoko Fujita, et al.. (2011). Deciphering Starch Quality of Rice Kernels Using Metabolite Profiling and Pedigree Network Analysis. Molecular Plant. 5(2). 442–451. 22 indexed citations

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Okazaki, Yozo, Mie Shimojima, Yuji Sawada, et al.. (2009). A Chloroplastic UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase from Arabidopsis Is the Committed Enzyme for the First Step of Sulfolipid Biosynthesis . The Plant Cell. 21(3). 892–909. 168 indexed citations

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