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2023

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Ecology and Evolution

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51
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8364
World Ranking
3691
National Ranking
12

Akinori Takahashi publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akinori Takahashi sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 176 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Akinori Takahashi D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akinori Takahashi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Akinori Takahashi is affiliated with the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan, focusing on environmental science with significant contributions across several related subfields. Their research addresses topics such as ecology, global and planetary change, molecular biology, atmospheric science, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work spans various aspects of marine animal studies and avian ecology, with a particular emphasis on marine and fisheries research, species distribution and climate change, wildlife ecology and conservation, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Recent notable papers by Akinori Takahashi include:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels, 2021, Science Advances
  • Acceleration-triggered animal-borne videos show a dominance of fish in the diet of female northern elephant seals, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Plastic additives and legacy persistent organic pollutants in the preen gland oil of seabirds sampled across the globe, 2021, Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research

Akinori Takahashi collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors including Jean-Baptiste Thiebot, Nobuo Kokubun, Toshihisa Anzai, Daniel P. Costa, and Karine Delord, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • Science Advances
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biological Conservation
  • Circulation
  • Scientific Data

Their research contributions cover a broad range of environmental science topics with a strong interdisciplinary approach. This includes studies on ecosystems in polar and marine environments, contaminant impacts on wildlife, and ecological monitoring through advanced methods such as animal-borne video technology.

Best Publications

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Can Ethograms Be Automatically Generated Using Body Acceleration Data from Free-Ranging Birds?

    Kentaro Q. Sakamoto;Katsufumi Sato;Mayumi Ishizuka;Yutaka Watanuki

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Temperature dependence of fish performance in the wild: links with species biogeography and physiological thermal tolerance

    Nicholas L. Payne;Nicholas L. Payne;James A. Smith;Dylan E. van der Meulen;Matthew D. Taylor

  • A new technique for monitoring the behaviour of free-ranging Adélie penguins.

    K. Yoda;Y. Naito;K. Sato;A. Takahashi

  • Linking animal-borne video to accelerometers reveals prey capture variability

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Akinori Takahashi

  • Positive and negative regulation of granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor promoter activity by AML1-related transcription factor, PEBP2

    A Takahashi;M Satake;Y Yamaguchi-Iwai;SC Bae

  • Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

    Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Unravelling the mysteries of a mesopelagic diet: a large apex predator specializes on small prey

    Yasuhiko Naito;Daniel P. Costa;Taiki Adachi;Patrick W. Robinson

  • Growth inhibition and induction of differentiation of t(8;21) acute myeloid leukemia cells by the DNA-binding domain of PEBP2 and the AML1/MTG8(ETO)-specific antisense oligonucleotide

    C Sakakura;Y Yamaguchi-Iwai;M Satake;S C Bae

  • Microhabitat use and prey capture of a bottom-feeding top predator, the European shag, shown by camera loggers

    Yutaka Watanuki;Francis Daunt;Akinori Takahashi;Mark Newell

  • Penguin-mounted cameras glimpse underwater group behaviour.

    A. Takahashi;K. Sato;Y. Naito;M. J. Dunn

  • Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

    Steffen Oppel;Mark Bolton;Ana P.B. Carneiro;Maria P. Dias

  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds.

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  • Testing optimal foraging theory in a penguin-krill system.

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Motohiro Ito;Akinori Takahashi

  • Comparison of diving behavior and foraging habitat use between chinstrap and gentoo penguins breeding in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

    Nobuo Kokubun;Akinori Takahashi;Akinori Takahashi;Yoshihisa Mori;Shinichi Watanabe

  • An application of optimal diving models to diving behaviour of Brünnich's guillemots

    Yoshihisa Mori;Akinori Takahashi;Fridtjof Mehlum;Yutaka Watanuki

  • Fine-scale feeding behavior of Weddell seals revealed by a mandible accelerometer

    Yasuhiko Naito;Horst Bornemann;Akinori Takahashi;Akinori Takahashi;Trevor McIntyre

  • Scaling of swim speed in breath-hold divers.

    Yuuki Y. Watanabe;Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi

  • Importance of the Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) to breeding rhinoceros auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) on Teuri Island, Sea of Japan

    A. Takahashi;M. Kuroki;Y. Niizuma;A. Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Watanuki
Yutaka Watanuki Hokkaido University
Yasuhiko Naito
Yasuhiko Naito National Institute of Polar Research
Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Philip N. Trathan
Philip N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Yuuki Y. Watanabe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexander S. Kitaysky
Alexander S. Kitaysky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Phil N. Trathan
Phil N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey

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