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Atsushi Kawakita

Atsushi Kawakita

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
3501
World Ranking
7471
National Ranking
55

Atsushi Kawakita 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 Atsushi Kawakita sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 87 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Atsushi Kawakita 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 Atsushi Kawakita sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Atsushi Kawakita is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, specializing in research principally within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work frequently intersects subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Insect Science.

Their scholarly output includes contributions to the study of plant and animal interactions, taxonomy and phylogeny of insects, and plant parasitism and resistance, as well as the description of plant and fungal species and investigations into plant diversity and evolution.

Recent publications by Atsushi Kawakita cover several areas of entomology and botany. Notable papers include:

  • Phylogeny of gracillariid leaf-mining moths: evolution of larval behaviour inferred from phylogenomic and Sanger data, 2021, published in Cladistics
  • Three new species of Ametrodiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Japan, with a key to the Japanese species and a molecular phylogenetic analysis, 2021, published in Zootaxa
  • Pollination of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) by gall midges that use male flower buds as larval brood sites, 2022, published in Flora
  • Adaptation to pollination by fungus gnats underlies the evolution of pollination syndrome in the genus Euonymus, 2023, published in Annals of Botany
  • Slippery flowers as a mechanism of defence against nectar-thieving ants, 2020, published in Annals of Botany

The primary venues for their research publications include Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Annals of Botany, Plant Species Biology, Cladistics, and Zootaxa. These journals reflect a consistent focus on plant sciences and taxonomy.

Collaborative research is significant in Atsushi Kawakita's career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ko Mochizuki
  • Ayman Khamis Elsayed
  • Tomoko Okamoto
  • Kazuya Takeda
  • Yoshiteru Komaki

Their research topics predominantly involve:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Best Publications

  • An obligate pollination mutualism and reciprocal diversification in the tree genus Glochidion (Euphorbiaceae)

    Makoto Kato;Atsushi Takimura;Atsushi Kawakita

  • Nonuniform Concerted Evolution and Chloroplast Capture: Heterogeneity of Observed Introgression Patterns in Three Molecular Data Partition Phylogenies of Asian Mitella (Saxifragaceae)

    Yudai Okuyama;Noriyuki Fujii;Michio Wakabayashi;Atsushi Kawakita

  • Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of Alignment Gaps Within Intron Sequences of Three Nuclear Genes in Bumble Bees (Bombus)

    Atsushi Kawakita;Teiji Sota;John S. Ascher;Masao Ito

  • Repeated independent evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the Phyllantheae-Epicephala association.

    Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

  • COSPECIATION ANALYSIS OF AN OBLIGATE POLLINATION MUTUALISM: HAVE GLOCHIDION TREES (EUPHORBIACEAE) AND POLLINATING EPICEPHALA MOTHS (GRACILLARIIDAE) DIVERSIFIED IN PARALLEL?

    Atsushi Kawakita;Atsushi Takimura;Toru Terachi;Teiji Sota

  • Plant-pollinator interactions in New Caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees

    Makoto Kato;Atsushi Kawakita

  • Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae)

    Atsushi Kawakita

  • Adaptive radiation of gobies in the interstitial habitats of gravel beaches accompanied by body elongation and excessive vertebral segmentation

    Tomohiko Yamada;Tomoshige Sugiyama;Nana Tamaki;Atsushi Kawakita

  • A molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level classification for the leaf-mining moth family Gracillariidae and its implications for larval host-use evolution

    Akito Y. Kawahara;David Plotkin;David Plotkin;Issei Ohshima;Carlos Lopez‐Vaamonde;Carlos Lopez‐Vaamonde

  • Interspecific Variation of Floral Scent Composition in Glochidion and its Association with Host-specific Pollinating Seed Parasite (Epicephala)

    Tomoko Okamoto;Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

  • Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences.

    Atsushi Kawakita;Teiji Sota;Masao Ito;John S. Ascher

  • Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in New Caledonian Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae)

    Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

  • Chemical ecology of obligate pollination mutualisms: testing the ‘private channel’ hypothesis in the Breynia–Epicephala association

    Glenn P. Svensson;Tomoko Okamoto;Atsushi Kawakita;Ryutaro Goto

  • Selective flower abortion maintains moth cooperation in a newly discovered pollination mutualism

    Ryutaro Goto;Tomoko Okamoto;E. Toby Kiers;Atsushi Kawakita

  • Allopatric distribution and diversification without niche shift in a bryophyte-feeding basal moth lineage (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae)

    Yume Imada;Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

  • Assessment of the diversity and species specificity of the mutualistic association between Epicephala moths and Glochidion trees

    Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

  • Promises and challenges in insect-plant interactions

    David Giron;Géraldine Dubreuil;Alison Bennett;Franck Dedeine

  • Plant–pollinator interactions in tropical monsoon forests in Southeast Asia

    Makoto Kato;Yasuyuki Kosaka;Atsushi Kawakita;Yudai Okuyama

  • Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

    Akito Y Kawahara;Issei Ohshima;Atsushi Kawakita;Jerome C Regier

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the corbiculate bee tribes based on 12 nuclear protein-coding genes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)

    Atsushi Kawakita;John S. Ascher;Teiji Sota;Makoto Kato

  • Reproductive Character Displacement in Genital Morphology in Satsuma Land Snails

    Yuichi Kameda;Atsushi Kawakita;Makoto Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Makoto Kato
Makoto Kato Kyoto University
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Teiji Sota
Teiji Sota Kyoto University
John S. Ascher
John S. Ascher National University of Singapore
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David C. Lees
David C. Lees Natural History Museum
Charles Mitter
Charles Mitter University of Maryland, College Park
Jerome C. Regier
Jerome C. Regier University of Maryland, College Park
Hiroshi Kudoh
Hiroshi Kudoh Kyoto University

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