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Hidetoshi Ota

Hidetoshi Ota

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
6537
World Ranking
6583
National Ranking
44

Hidetoshi Ota 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 Hidetoshi Ota sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 260 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hidetoshi Ota 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 Hidetoshi Ota sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Hidetoshi Ota is affiliated with the University of Hyogo in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. The main topics covered by their work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Turtle Biology and Conservation, and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology.

Ota has published in various recognized scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Biological Conservation
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

The scientist's recent papers reflect a range of topics related to taxonomy, conservation, biogeography, genetics, and ecological modeling. Selected publications include:

  • "The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches", 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk", 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Influence of niche breadth and position on the historical biogeography of seafaring scincid lizards", 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Geography-Dependent Horizontal Gene Transfer from Vertebrate Predators to Their Prey", 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Prediction of present and future distribution of the Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus) using MaxEnt modeling", 2020, Journal of Ecology and Environment

Ota has collaborated frequently with several researchers, reflecting interdisciplinary research associations. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Ivan Ineich (3 publications)
  • L. Lee Grismer (3 publications)
  • Olivier S. G. Pauwels (2 publications)
  • Philipp Wagner (2 publications)
  • Robert N. Fisher (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Geographic patterns of endemism and speciation in amphibians and reptiles of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with special reference to their paleogeographical implications

    Hidetoshi Ota

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Snake (Dinodon semicarinatus) Mitochondrial Genome With Two Identical Control Regions

    Yoshinori Kumazawa;Hidetoshi Ota;Mutsumi Nishida;Tomowo Ozawa

  • Gene rearrangements in snake mitochondrial genomes: highly concerted evolution of control-region-like sequences duplicated and inserted into a tRNA gene cluster.

    Y Kumazawa;H Ota;M Nishida;T Ozawa

  • Best practices: in the 21st Century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review

    Hinrich Kaiser;Brian I. Crother;Christopher M.R Kelly;Luca Luiselli

  • Accommodating Heterogenous Rates of Evolution in Molecular Divergence Dating Methods: An Example Using Intercontinental Dispersal of Plestiodon (Eumeces) Lizards

    Matthew C. Brandley;Matthew C. Brandley;Yuezhao Wang;Xianguang Guo;Adrián Nieto Montes de Oca

  • Different origins of bird and reptile sex chromosomes inferred from comparative mapping of chicken Z-linked genes.

    A. Kawai;C. Nishida-Umehara;J. Ishijima;Y. Tsuda

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Inference of the Protokaryotypes of Amniotes and Tetrapods and the Evolutionary Processes of Microchromosomes from Comparative Gene Mapping

    Yoshinobu Uno;Chizuko Nishida;Hiroshi Tarui;Satoshi Ishishita

  • The ZW sex chromosomes of Gekko hokouensis (Gekkonidae, Squamata) represent highly conserved homology with those of avian species.

    Aya Kawai;Junko Ishijima;Chizuko Nishida;Ayumi Kosaka

  • Taxonomic Relationships within the Pan-Oriental Narrow-mouth Toad Microhyla ornata as Revealed by mtDNA Analysis (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)

    Masafumi Matsui;Hiroharu Ito;Tomohiko Shimada;Hidetoshi Ota

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of the Family Agamidae (Reptilia: Iguania) Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

    Masanao Honda;Hidetoshi Ota;Mari Kobayashi;Jarujin Mari Nabhitabhata

  • Phylogenetic and taxonomic relationships of the Polypedates leucomystax complex (Amphibia)

    Norihiro Kuraishi;Masafumi Matsui;Amir Hamidy;Daicus M. Belabut

  • Multiple invasions of the Ryukyu Archipelago by Oriental frogs of the subgenus Odorrana with phylogenetic reassessment of the related subgenera of the genus Rana

    Masafumi Matsui;Tomohiko Shimada;Hidetoshi Ota;Tomoko Tanaka-Ueno;Tomoko Tanaka-Ueno

  • Phylogenetic Relationships, Character Evolution, and Biogeography of the Subfamily Lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

    Masanao Honda;Hidetoshi Ota;Mari Kobayashi;Jarujin Nabhitabhata

  • The Current Geographic Faunal Pattern of Reptiles and Amphibians of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Adjacent Regions.

    Hidetoshi Ota

  • The phylogenetic systematics of blue-tailed skinks (Plestiodon) and the family Scincidae

    Matthew C. Brandley;Hidetoshi Ota;Tsutomu Hikida;Adrián Nieto Montes De Oca

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of the Asian Box Turtles of the Genus Cuora sensu lato (Reptilia: Bataguridae) Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

    Masanao Honda;Yuichirou Yasukawa;Ren Hirayama;Hidetoshi Ota

  • Factors affecting nesting beach selection by loggerhead turtles ( Caretta caretta ): a multiple regression approach

    Akira Kikukawa;Naoki Kamezaki;Hidetoshi Ota

  • GENETIC VARIATION IN THE INDIAN RICE FROG, RANA LIMNOCHARIS (AMPHIBIA: ANURA), IN TAIWAN, AS REVEALED BY ALLOZYME DATA

    Mamoru Toda;Mamoru Toda;Mutsumi Nishida;Masafumi Matsui;Kuang-Yang Lue

  • Geographic Variation and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Mauremys mutica (Cantor, 1842) (Reptilia: Bataguridae), with Description of a New Subspecies from the Southern Ryukyus, Japan

    Yuichirou Yasukawa;Hidetoshi Ota;John B. Iverson

Frequent Co-Authors

Masafumi Matsui
Masafumi Matsui Kyoto University
Yoichi Matsuda
Yoichi Matsuda Nagoya University
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Mutsumi Nishida
Mutsumi Nishida University of the Ryukyus
Eli Greenbaum
Eli Greenbaum The University of Texas at El Paso
L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Mark-Oliver Rödel
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde
John B. Iverson
John B. Iverson Earlham College
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Wolfgang Böhme
Wolfgang Böhme Leibniz Association

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