Yusuke Onoda

16.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Yusuke Onoda is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusuke Onoda has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Plant Science, 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yusuke Onoda's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (15 papers). Yusuke Onoda is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (28 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (22 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (15 papers). Yusuke Onoda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Netherlands and United States. Yusuke Onoda's co-authors include Kouki Hikosaka, Tadaki Hirose, Niels P. R. Anten, Kazumasa Ishikawa, Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright, Almaz Borjigidai, Onno Muller, F. Schieving and Kaoru Kitajima and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, New Phytologist and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Yusuke Onoda

72 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems

2018 639 citations Yusuke Onoda et al. profile →
Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

2017 486 citations Yusuke Onoda, Ian J. Wright et al. New Phytologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yusuke Onoda Japan	32	2.2k	1.6k	1.1k	697	663	76	3.9k
Pieter Poot Australia	20	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	795 1.2×	37	4.9k
Luís Balaguer Spain	26	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	855 1.3×	63	4.0k
Filippo Bussotti Italy	43	3.3k 1.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	671 1.0×	725 1.1×	173	5.2k
Ronald J. Ryel United States	38	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	805 1.2×	798 1.2×	81	3.4k
Graeme P. Berlyn United States	34	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	125	5.4k
Dušan Gömöry Slovakia	28	1.5k 0.7×	797 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	829 1.2×	716 1.1×	144	3.6k
T. Matthew Robson Finland	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	89	4.5k
Wolfram Beyschlag Germany	34	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	501 0.8×	90	3.5k
Yuko T. Hanba Japan	26	2.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	620 0.6×	570 0.8×	360 0.5×	55	3.7k
Loretta Gratani Italy	32	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	685 1.0×	354 0.5×	118	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yusuke Onoda

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yusuke Onoda

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20 of 20 papers shown

Onishi, Masanori, et al.. (2025). Development of crown-based allometric equations for estimating stem diameter and above-ground biomass using UAV-LiDAR in 23 species-rich natural forests of Japan. Journal of Forest Research. 30(6). 491–501.

Kamei, Hideo, Michinari Matsushita, Yuya Takashima, et al.. (2025). Analyzing growth variation in 401 genotypes of mature Cryptomeria japonica: The role of crown structure and space use efficiency. Forest Ecology and Management. 595. 122986–122986.

Wang, Hang, et al.. (2025). Leaf biomechanical traits predict litter decomposability. Journal of Ecology. 113(5). 1121–1135. 2 indexed citations

Onishi, Masanori, et al.. (2024). The space occupation and use by tree crowns explain variations of individual growth rates in an old-growth temperate forest in Japan. Forest Ecology and Management. 569. 122185–122185. 2 indexed citations

Nakamura, Ryosuke, Tetsuhiro Watanabe, & Yusuke Onoda. (2023). Contrasting Silicon Dynamics Between Aboveground Vegetation and Soil Along a Secondary Successional Gradient in a Cool-temperate Deciduous Forest. Ecosystems. 26(5). 1061–1076. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Ning, I. Colin Prentice, Ian J. Wright, et al.. (2022). Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function. Journal of Ecology. 110(11). 2585–2602. 26 indexed citations

Nagai, Shin, Taku M. Saitoh, Yayoi Takeuchi, et al.. (2022). Review: Monitoring of land cover changes and plant phenology by remote‐sensing in East Asia. Ecological Research. 38(1). 111–133. 9 indexed citations

Izuno, Ayako, et al.. (2022). Demography and selection analysis of the incipient adaptive radiation of a Hawaiian woody species. PLoS Genetics. 18(1). e1009987–e1009987. 5 indexed citations

Ishizawa, Hidehiro, Yusuke Onoda, Kaoru Kitajima, et al.. (2021). Coordination of leaf economics traits within the family of the world's fastest growing plants (Lemnaceae). Journal of Ecology. 109(8). 2950–2962. 19 indexed citations

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Xing, Kaixiong, Ülo Niinemets, Zed Rengel, et al.. (2021). Global patterns of leaf construction traits and their covariation along climate and soil environmental gradients. New Phytologist. 232(4). 1648–1660. 38 indexed citations

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Kume, Atsushi, Hiroyuki Kamachi, Yusuke Onoda, et al.. (2021). How plants grow under gravity conditions besides 1 g: perspectives from hypergravity and space experiments that employ bryophytes as a model organism. Plant Molecular Biology. 107(4-5). 279–291. 10 indexed citations

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He, Pengcheng, Ian J. Wright, Shidan Zhu, et al.. (2019). Leaf mechanical strength and photosynthetic capacity vary independently across 57 subtropical forest species with contrasting light requirements. New Phytologist. 223(2). 607–618. 44 indexed citations

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Onoda, Yusuke, Ian J. Wright, John R. Evans, et al.. (2017). Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum. New Phytologist. 214(4). 1447–1463. 486 indexed citations breakdown →

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Onoda, Yusuke, et al.. (2015). A quantitative analysis of phenotypic variations of Metrosideros polymorpha within and across populations along environmental gradients on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Oecologia. 180(4). 1049–1059. 25 indexed citations

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Onoda, Yusuke, F. Schieving, & Niels P. R. Anten. (2015). A novel method of measuring leaf epidermis and mesophyll stiffness shows the ubiquitous nature of the sandwich structure of leaf laminas in broad-leaved angiosperm species. Journal of Experimental Botany. 66(9). 2487–2499. 65 indexed citations

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Anten, Niels P. R., Rafael Alcalá Herrera, F. Schieving, & Yusuke Onoda. (2010). Wind and mechanical stimuli differentially affect leaf traits in Plantago major. New Phytologist. 188(2). 554–564. 105 indexed citations

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Lusk, Christopher H., Yusuke Onoda, Robert M. Kooyman, & Alba Gutiérrez‐Girón. (2010). Reconciling species‐level vs plastic responses of evergreen leaf structure to light gradients: shade leaves punch above their weight. New Phytologist. 186(2). 429–438. 42 indexed citations

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Onoda, Yusuke, Anna E. Richards, & Mark Westoby. (2009). The relationship between stem biomechanics and wood density is modified by rainfall in 32 Australian woody plant species. New Phytologist. 185(2). 493–501. 65 indexed citations

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Gómez, Sara, Yusuke Onoda, Vladimir Ossipov, & Josef F. Stuefer. (2008). Systemic induced resistance: a risk‐spreading strategy in clonal plant networks?. New Phytologist. 179(4). 1142–1153. 48 indexed citations

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Onoda, Yusuke, F. Schieving, & Niels P. R. Anten. (2008). Effects of Light and Nutrient Availability on Leaf Mechanical Properties of Plantago major: A Conceptual Approach. Annals of Botany. 101(5). 727–736. 98 indexed citations

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