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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 59 3332 3056 129 122 250 10013

Chiaki Kato publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chiaki Kato between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chiaki Kato published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 6.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 1999. 3 of the 272 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 1999. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 9 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 12 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 10 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 1 publication 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 2 publications
1983 2025

272 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chiaki Kato: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 9
1985 2
1986 2
1987 1
1988 0
1989 6
1990 2
1991 1
1992 1
1993 3
1994 2
1995 8
1996 12
1997 11
1998 13
1999 16
2000 10
2001 6
2002 13
2003 6
2004 12
2005 9
2006 9
2007 16
2008 10
2009 8
2010 11
2011 13
2012 12
2013 5
2014 7
2015 6
2016 4
2017 11
2018 3
2019 3
2020 3
2021 1
2022 1
2023 0
2024 1
2025 2
Total 272
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Chiaki Kato publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chiaki Kato sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 245–254 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 250 publications — 65th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160 250
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Chiaki Kato D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151 59
60 139
61 123
62 126
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Chiaki Kato is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Materials Science, with a notable focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Surgery, and Oral Surgery.

Their recent publications address diverse scientific topics, reflecting interdisciplinary interests and collaborations. Listed below are some of their recent papers along with publication years and venues:

  • Sealutomicins, new enediyne antibiotics from the deep-sea actinomycete Nonomuraea sp. MM565M-173N2, 2021, The Journal of Antibiotics
  • Isolation of a Novel Bacterial Strain Capable of Producing Abundant Extracellular Membrane Vesicles Carrying a Single Major Cargo Protein and Analysis of Its Transport Mechanism, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Sex estimation of the pelvis by deep learning of two-dimensional depth images generated from homologous models of three-dimensional computed tomography images, 2020, Forensic Science International Reports
  • Q301P mutant of Vibrio PR protease affects activities under low-temperature and high-pressure conditions, 2020, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Coral bleaching and mortality across a 24° latitudinal range in the Southwestern Atlantic during the fourth global bleaching event, 2025, Coral Reefs

Their work often intersects multiple research topics. Main topics associated with Chiaki Kato include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Chiaki Kato frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Takahito Aoyama, Masayuki Igarashi, Ryûichi Sawa, Maya Umekita, and Masaki Hatano.

In terms of publication venues, Chiaki Kato has contributed to journals such as The Journal of Antibiotics, Frontiers in Microbiology, Forensic Science International Reports, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, and Coral Reefs.

Best Publications

  • Extremely Barophilic Bacteria Isolated from the Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep, at a Depth of 11,000 Meters

    Chiaki Kato;Lina Li;Yuichi Nogi;Yuka Nakamura

  • Pyrococcus horikoshii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent at the Okinawa Trough

    Juan M. González;Yaeko Masuchi;Frank T. Robb;James W. Ammerman

  • Bacterial diversity in deep-sea sediments from different depths

    Lina Li;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Pressure-regulated metabolism in microorganisms

    Fumiyoshi Abe;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Taxonomic studies of deep-sea barophilic Shewanella strains and description of Shewanella violacea sp. nov.

    Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Microbial Diversity in Sediments Collected from the Deepest Cold-Seep Area, the Japan Trench.

    Lina Li;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Isolation and properties of barophilic and barotolerant bacteria from deep-sea mud samples

    Chiaki Kato;Takako Sato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Photobacterium profundum sp. nov., a new, moderately barophilic bacterial species isolated from a deep-sea sediment

    Yuichi Nogi;Noriaki Masui;Chiaki Kato

  • Reduced genome of the thioautotrophic intracellular symbiont in a deep-sea clam, Calyptogena okutanii.

    Hirokazu Kuwahara;Hirokazu Kuwahara;Takao Yoshida;Yoshihiro Takaki;Shigeru Shimamura

  • Molecular analyses of the sediment of the 11,000-m deep Mariana Trench.

    Chiaki Kato;Lina Li;Jin Tamaoka;Koki Horikoshi

  • Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters soaked in deep seawaters and isolation of poly(ɛ-caprolactone)-degrading bacteria

    Takayoshi Sekiguchi;Azusa Saika;Koji Nomura;Toshihiro Watanabe

  • Correlation between phylogenetic structure and function: examples from deep-sea Shewanella

    Chiaki Kato;Yuichi Nogi

  • Novel archaeal phylotypes from an East African alkaline saltern.

    Susan Grant;William D. Grant;Brian E. Jones;Chiaki Kato

  • Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an epoxide hydrolase-active, mesophilic marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment, and reclassification of Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005 as Altererythrobacter luteolus comb. nov.

    Kae Kyoung Kwon;Jung-Hee Woo;Sung-Hyun Yang;Ji-Hyun Kang

  • High pressure influences on gene and protein expression

    D.H. Bartlett;C. Kato;K. Horikoshi

  • Taxonomic studies of extremely barophilic bacteria isolated from the Mariana Trench and description of Moritella yayanosii sp. nov., a new barophilic bacterial isolate.

    Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato

  • Nucleotide sequence of the Streptococcus mutans gtfD gene encoding the glucosyltransferase-S enzyme.

    Okahito Honda;Chiaki Kato;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Thermococcus peptonophilus sp. nov., a fast-growing, extremely thermophilic archaebacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

    Juan M. González;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial cytoskeleton FtsZ polymers in vivo and in vitro.

    Akihiro Ishii;Akihiro Ishii;Takako Sato;Masaaki Wachi;Kazuo Nagai

  • Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments.

    Ying Xu;Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato;Ziyuan Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Koki Horikoshi
Koki Horikoshi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Toshiaki Kudo
Toshiaki Kudo Nagasaki University
Tadashi Maruyama
Tadashi Maruyama Kitasato University
Yasuhiko Yoshida
Yasuhiko Yoshida Toyo University
Douglas H. Bartlett
Douglas H. Bartlett University of California, San Diego
Tatsuo Kurihara
Tatsuo Kurihara Kyoto University
Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
James Davis Reimer
James Davis Reimer University of the Ryukyus
Kazuyuki Akasaka
Kazuyuki Akasaka Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Katsumi Imada
Katsumi Imada Osaka University

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