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Hideo Tanaka publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hideo Tanaka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 174 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Hideo Tanaka D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hideo Tanaka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hideo Tanaka is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a focus on infectious diseases. Their research covers various aspects of COVID-19, including epidemiological studies, clinical research, and viral transmission dynamics.

The scientist has authored notable papers such as "Shorter Incubation Period among COVID-19 Cases with the BA.1 Omicron Variant" (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health), "Increased Transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant in a Japanese Population" (2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health), and a series of other works related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 published mainly in public health and infectious disease journals. These publications address topics like incubation periods, variant transmissibility, and pandemic spread modeling.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hideo Tanaka include:

  • Tsuyoshi Ogata
  • Chie Taniguchi
  • Yoshinori Harada
  • Yuki Takahashi
  • Fujiko Irie

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Heterocycles
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • PubMed
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The main field of study for Hideo Tanaka is medicine, with 85 publications. More specifically, they work in several subfields, including:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Oncology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Health

The research topics most often covered in Tanaka's work include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Best Publications

  • Diffusion characteristics of substrates in Ca-alginate gel beads.

    Hideo Tanaka;Masatoshi Matsumura;I. A. Veliky

  • Treatment of high strength organic wastewater by a mixed culture of photosynthetic microorganisms

    James C. Ogbonna;Hitoshi Yoshizawa;Hideo Tanaka

  • Light requirement and photosynthetic cell cultivation : Development of processes for efficient light utilization in photobioreactors

    James C. Ogbonna;Hideo Tanaka

  • Improvement of mass transfer characteristics and productivities of inclined tubular photobioreactors by installation of internal static mixers.

    C U Ugwu;J C Ogbonna;H Tanaka

  • Production of astaxanthin by Haematococcus pluvialis in a sequential heterotrophic-photoautotrophic culture

    Norihiko Hata;James C. Ogbonna;Yutaka Hasegawa;Hiroyuki Taroda

  • Scale up of fuel ethanol production from sugar beet juice using loofa sponge immobilized bioreactor

    James C Ogbonna;Hiroaki Mashima;Hideo Tanaka

  • An integrated solar and artificial light system for internal illumination of photobioreactors

    James C Ogbonna;Toshihiko Soejima;Hideo Tanaka

  • Symbiotic association in Chlorella culture.

    Keiji Watanabe;Noritaka Takihana;Hideki Aoyagi;Satoshi Hanada

  • Night biomass loss and changes in biochemical composition of cells during light/dark cyclic culture of Chlorella pyrenoidosa

    James C. Ogbonna;Hideo Tanaka

  • Ethanol production from starch by a coimmobilized mixed culture system of Aspergillus awamori and Zymomonas mobilis

    Hideo Tanaka;Hiroshi Kurosawa;Hiroshi Murakami

  • Technological problems in cultivation of plant cells at high density

    Hideo Tanaka

  • In situ identification of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria in activated sludge by dual staining with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindol (DAPI) at a polyphosphate-probing concentration

    Mamoru Kawaharasaki;Hideo Tanaka;Takahiro Kanagawa;Kazunori Nakamura

  • Sequential heterotrophic/autotrophic cultivation - An efficient method of producing Chlorella biomass for health food and animal feed

    J.C. Ogbonna;H. Masui;H. Tanaka

  • Light supply coefficient: A new engineering parameter for photobioreactor design

    James C. Ogbonna;Hirokazu Yada;Hideo Tanaka

  • A Novel Internally Illuminated Stirred Tank Photobioreactor for Large-Scale Cultivation of Photosynthetic Cells

    James C. Ogbonna;Hirokazu Yada;Hiroyuki Masui;Hideo Tanaka

  • Suppression of the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidin in Arabidopsis by a chimeric PAP1 repressor.

    Kyoko Matsui;Kyoko Matsui;Hideo Tanaka;Masaru Ohme-Takagi

  • Heterotrophic cultivation of Euglena gracilis Z for efficient production of α-tocopherol

    J. C. Ogbonna;S. Tomiyama;H. Tanaka

  • Endogenous elicitor-like effects of alginate on physiological activities of plant cells

    C. Akimoto;H. Aoyagi;H. Tanaka

  • Physical properties and biodegradability of blends containing poly(ε-caprolactone) and tropical starches

    Hardaning Pranamuda;Yutaka Tokiwa;Hideo Tanaka

  • Oxygen diffusivity in gel beads containing viable cells.

    Hiroshi Kurosawa;Masatoshi Matsumura;Hideo Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Tokiwa
Yutaka Tokiwa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masaru Ohme-Takagi
Masaru Ohme-Takagi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Jun Miyake
Jun Miyake Osaka University
Kenji Hashimoto
Kenji Hashimoto Kyoto University
Etsuo Kokufuta
Etsuo Kokufuta University of Tsukuba
Jöns Hilborn
Jöns Hilborn Uppsala University
Arthur Germano Fett-Neto
Arthur Germano Fett-Neto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Atsushi Kuno
Atsushi Kuno National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Minoru Seki
Minoru Seki Chiba University

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