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D-Index
37
Citations
5578
World Ranking
4613
National Ranking
184

Hikaru Saji publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hikaru Saji sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 83 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Hikaru Saji D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hikaru Saji sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Enhanced Tolerance to Photooxidative Stress of Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum with High Chloroplastic Glutathione Reductase Activity

    Mitsuko Aono;Akihiro Kubo;Hikaru Saji;Kiyoshi Tanaka

  • Spermidine Synthase Genes Are Essential for Survival of Arabidopsis

    Akihiro Imai;Takashi Matsuyama;Takashi Matsuyama;Yoshie Hanzawa;Yoshie Hanzawa;Takashi Akiyama

  • Proteome analysis of differentially displayed proteins as a tool for investigating ozone stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings.

    Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Randeep Rakwal;Masami Yonekura;Akihiro Kubo

  • Chitosan activates defense/stress response(s) in the leaves of Oryza sativa seedlings

    Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Randeep Rakwal;Randeep Rakwal;Shigeru Tamogami;Masami Yonekura

  • A Methyl Viologen-Resistant Mutant of Arabidopsis, Which Is Allelic to Ozone-Sensitive rcd1, Is Tolerant to Supplemental Ultraviolet-B Irradiation

    Unknown

  • Expression of arabidopsis cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase gene in response to ozone or sulfur dioxide

    Akihiro Kubo;Hikaru Saji;Kiyoshi Tanaka;Noriaki Kondo

  • Integrated Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics Analyses To Survey Ozone Responses in the Leaves of Rice Seedling

    Kyoungwon Cho;Junko Shibato;Ganesh Kumar Agrawal;Young-Ho Jung

  • Resistance to active oxygen toxicity of transgenic nicotiana tabacum that expresses the gene for glutathione reductase from escherichia coli

    Mitsuko Aono;Akihiro Kubo;Hikaru Saji;Toshiki Natori

  • Paraquat tolerance of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum with enhanced activities of glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase.

    Mitsuko Aono;Hikaru Saji;Atsushi Sakamoto;Kunisuke Tanaka

  • A Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase NtMPK4 Activated by SIPKK is Required for Jasmonic Acid Signaling and Involved in Ozone Tolerance via Stomatal Movement in Tobacco

    Kenji Gomi;Daisuke Ogawa;Daisuke Ogawa;Shinpei Katou;Hiroshi Kamada

  • Light-controlled expression of a gene encoding l-galactono-γ-lactone dehydrogenase which affects ascorbate pool size in Arabidopsis thaliana

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  • Differential Responses in Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes to Different Environmental Stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Akihiro Kubo;Mitsuko Aono;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Hikaru Saji

  • Cytosolic dehydroascorbate reductase is important for ozone tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Seiji Yoshida;Masanori Tamaoki;Takeshi Shikano;Nobuyoshi Nakajima

  • Decrease in Activity of Glutathione Reductase Enhances Paraquat Sensitivity in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum.

    Mitsuko Aono;Hikaru Saji;Kousaku Fujiyama;Mamoru Sugita

  • Monitoring the escape of transgenic oilseed rape around Japanese ports and roadsides.

    Unknown

  • Plasma membrane protein OsMCA1 is involved in regulation of hypo-osmotic shock-induced Ca2+influx and modulates generation of reactive oxygen species in cultured rice cells

    Takamitsu Kurusu;Daisuke Nishikawa;Yukari Yamazaki;Mariko Gotoh

  • Salicylic acid accumulation under O3 exposure is regulated by ethylene in tobacco plants.

    Daisuke Ogawa;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Tomoharu Sano;Masanori Tamaoki

  • Transcriptome analysis of O3-exposed Arabidopsis reveals that multiple signal pathways act mutually antagonistically to induce gene expression.

    Unknown

  • Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding ascorbate peroxidase from Arabidopsis thaliana

    A Kubo;H Saji;K Tanaka;N Kondo

  • Detection of feral transgenic oilseed rape with multiple-herbicide resistance in Japan.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Noriaki Kondo
Noriaki Kondo University of Tokyo
Kiyoshi Tanaka
Kiyoshi Tanaka Shinshu University
Hiroshi Kamada
Hiroshi Kamada University of Tsukuba
Randeep Rakwal
Randeep Rakwal University of Tsukuba
Ganesh Kumar Agrawal
Ganesh Kumar Agrawal Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu Tokyo University of Science
Kazuhiko Kobayashi
Kazuhiko Kobayashi University of Tokyo
Tomohiko Kato
Tomohiko Kato Kazusa DNA Research Institute
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science

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