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Arata Katayama

Arata Katayama

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
6768
World Ranking
8310
National Ranking
166

Arata Katayama publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arata Katayama sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Arata Katayama D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arata Katayama sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arata Katayama is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, contributing primarily to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Catalysis, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics within their body of work encompass Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Microbial Metabolism and Enzyme Function, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, and Algal Biology and Biofuel Production.

The scientist has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Takuya Kasai
  • Duyen Minh Pham
  • Sujan Dey
  • Takanori Awata
  • Mirai Yamaura

Katayama's research has appeared in multiple journals with repeated contributions to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and the Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. Other publication venues include Chemosphere, Environmental Research, and Scientific Reports.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Humin: No longer inactive natural organic matter," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "Dehalococcoides mccartyi NIT01, a novel isolate, dechlorinates high concentrations of chloroethenes by expressing at least six different reductive dehalogenases," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Promotion of biological nitrogen fixation activity of an anaerobic consortium using humin as an extracellular electron mediator," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Sulfur in humin as a redox-active element for extracellular electron transfer," 2021, Geoderma
  • "Humin Assists Reductive Acetogenesis in Absence of Other External Electron Donor," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Pesticide soil sorption parameters: theory, measurement, uses, limitations and reliability.

    R Don Wauchope;Simon Yeh;Jan B H J Linders;Regina Kloskowski

  • Characteristics of biochar and its application in remediation of contaminated soil

    Jingchun Tang;Wenying Zhu;Rai Kookana;Arata Katayama

  • Endocrine disruptors in the environment (IUPAC Technical Report)

    J. Lintelmann;A. Katayama;N. Kurihara;L. Shore

  • Regulatory limits for pesticide residues in water (IUPAC Technical Report)

    D. J. Hamilton;Á. Ambrus;R. M. Dieterle;A. S. Felsot

  • Response of microbial activity and microbial community composition in soils to long-term arsenic and cadmium exposure

    Nicola Lorenz;Therese Hintemann;Tanja Kramarewa;Arata Katayama

  • Humin as an Electron Mediator for Microbial Reductive Dehalogenation

    Chunfang Zhang;Arata Katayama

  • Degradation of organochlorine pesticides, particularly endosulfan, by Trichoderma harzianum

    Arata Katayama;Fumio Matsumura

  • Bioavailability of Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment

    Arata Katayama;Raj Bhula;G. Richard Burns;Elizabeth Carazo

  • Changes in the microbial community structure during thermophilic composting of manure as detected by the quinone profile method

    Jing-Chun Tang;Tomonari Kanamori;Yasushi Inoue;Tsuyoshi Yasuta

  • Characterization of the maturing process of cattle manure compost

    Jing-Chun Tang;Nagamitsu Maie;Yutaka Tada;Arata Katayama

  • Effect of temperature on reaction rate and microbial community in composting of cattle manure with rice straw.

    Jing-Chun Tang;Atsushi Shibata;Qixing Zhou;Arata Katayama

  • Altered pesticide use on transgenic crops and the associated general impact from an environmental perspective

    Gijs A Kleter;Raj Bhula;Kevin Bodnaruk;Elizabeth Carazo

  • Reclassification of Desulfobacterium anilini as Desulfatiglans anilini comb. nov. within Desulfatiglans gen. nov., and description of a 4-chlorophenol-degrading sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfatiglans parachlorophenolica sp. nov.

    Daisuke Suzuki;Zhiling Li;Xinxin Cui;Chunfung Zhang

  • Analysis of Respiratory Quinones in Soil for Characterization of Microbiota

    Koichi Fujie;Hong-Ying Hu;Hajime Tanaka;Kohei Urano

  • Insoluble Fe-humic acid complex as a solid-phase electron mediator for microbial reductive dechlorination.

    Chunfang Zhang;Dongdong Zhang;Zhiling Li;Tetsuji Akatsuka

  • Methylomonas koyamae sp. nov., a type I methane-oxidizing bacterium from floodwater of a rice paddy field.

    Takuya Ogiso;Chihoko Ueno;Dayéri Dianou;Tran Van Huy

  • Electrochemical stimulation of microbial reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol using solid-state redox mediator (humin) immobilization

    Dongdong Zhang;Chunfang Zhang;Zhiling Li;Daisuke Suzuki

  • Characterization of humins from different natural sources and the effect on microbial reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol.

    Chunfang Zhang;Dongdong Zhang;Zhixing Xiao;Zhiling Li

  • Effects of compost maturity on growth of komatsuna (brassica rapa var. pervidis) in neubauer's pot: I. Comparison of Growth in Compost Treatments with That in Inorganic Nutrient Treatments as Controls

    Veerapan Chanyasak;Arata Katayama;Mitsuyo Fukui Hirai;Satoshi Mori

  • Polyphasic characterization of a PCP-to-phenol dechlorinating microbial community enriched from paddy soil.

    Naoko Yoshida;Yukina Yoshida;Yuko Handa;Hyo-Keun Kim

  • QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES OF THE CHANGE IN MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN A BIOREACTOR FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT BASED ON RESPIRATORY QUINONES

    Hong-Ying Hu;Koichi Fujie;Hiroki Nakagome;Kohei Urano

  • Long-term anaerobic mineralization of pentachlorophenol in a continuous-flow system using only lactate as an external nutrient.

    Zhiling Li;Yasushi Inoue;Daisuke Suzuki;Lizhen Ye

  • Long-term changes in microbial community structure in soils subjected to different fertilizing practices revealed by quinone profile analysis

    Arata Katayama;Hong-Ying Hu;Mamie Nozawa;Haruyoshi Yamakawa

  • Chemical and microbial properties of various compost products

    Jing-Chun Tang;Yasushi Inoue;Tsuyoshi Yasuta;Shigekata Yoshida

  • Activities of some soil enzymes in different land use systems after deforestation in hilly areas of West Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia

    Abdul Kadir Salam;Arata Katayama;Makoto Kimura

  • Aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of phenol derivatives in various paddy soils.

    Atsushi Shibata;Yasushi Inoue;Arata Katayama

  • Photochemically enhanced microbial degradation of environmental pollutants

    Fumio Matsumura;Arata Katayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Aijie Wang
Aijie Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Baruch Rubin
Baruch Rubin Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Makoto Shoda
Makoto Shoda Tokyo Institute of Technology
Makoto Kimura
Makoto Kimura Nagoya University
Hong-Ying Hu
Hong-Ying Hu Tsinghua University
Susumu Asakawa
Susumu Asakawa Nagoya University
Petra Marschner
Petra Marschner University of Adelaide
Ellen Kandeler
Ellen Kandeler University of Hohenheim
Rai S. Kookana
Rai S. Kookana Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University

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