2026 Hiroshi Sano: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	69	7384	6808	497	463	409	17132

Overview

Hiroshi Sano is affiliated with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine and chemistry, with notable contributions in organic chemistry and oncology.

Their work engages with a variety of topics, including:

Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
GABA and Rice Research
Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

Frequent publication venues for Sano's research include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Plant Cell & Environment
Annals of Oncology
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
Value in Health

Sano has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including Hao Ling, Kensuke Doi, Hiroyuki Konno, Jong-Chan Park, and Youngchul Yoo.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Sano are:

Intracellular Ca²⁺ accumulation triggered by caffeine provokes resistance against a broad range of biotic stress in rice, 2022, Plant Cell & Environment
MO32-7 High ALC, low NLR and PLR are associated with longer OS in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with eribulin, 2021, Annals of Oncology
What preferences do potential obstetrics-gynecology specialists have regarding their working environment? Results of a questionnaire survey of participants in the Summer School 2023 of the Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024, Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research
HSD9 Impact of Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan, 2023, Value in Health
Microwave-Assisted Oxidation and Baeyer-Villiger Reaction with Catalyzed By N-Hydroxynaphthalimide Derivatives, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

Caffeine and related purine alkaloids: biosynthesis, catabolism, function and genetic engineering.

Hiroshi Ashihara;Hiroshi Sano;Alan Crozier

526
Citations
Periodic DNA Methylation in Maize Nucleosomes and Demethylation by Environmental Stress

Nicolas Steward;Mikako Ito;Yube Yamaguchi;Nozomu Koizumi

511
Citations
Abiotic-stress induces demethylation and transcriptional activation of a gene encoding a glycerophosphodiesterase-like protein in tobacco plants

Chang-Sun Choi;Hiroshi Sano

438
Citations
Epigenetic Inheritance in Rice Plants

Keiko Akimoto;Hatsue Katakami;Hyun-Jung Kim;Emiko Ogawa

362
Citations
Producing decaffeinated coffee plants

Shinjiro Ogita;Hirotaka Uefuji;Yube Yamaguchi;Nozomu Koizumi

361
Citations
Polyamine Oxidase Is One of the Key Elements for Oxidative Burst to Induce Programmed Cell Death in Tobacco Cultured Cells

Hiroshi Yoda;Yoshinobu Hiroi;Hiroshi Sano

335
Citations
Jasmonate-Based Wound Signal Transduction Requires Activation of WIPK, a Tobacco Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase

Shigemi Seo;Hiroshi Sano;Yuko Ohashi

332
Citations
Rapid systemic accumulation of transcripts encoding a tobacco WRKY transcription factor upon wounding.

K. Hara;M. Yagi;T. Kusano;H. Sano

316
Citations
Detoxification of cadmium in tobacco plants: formation and active excretion of crystals containing cadmium and calcium through trichomes

Y E Choi;E Harada;M Wada;H Tsuboi

316
Citations
Induction of Hypersensitive Cell Death by Hydrogen Peroxide Produced through Polyamine Degradation in Tobacco Plants

Hiroshi Yoda;Yube Yamaguchi;Hiroshi Sano

313
Citations
Molecular characterization of two Arabidopsis Ire1 homologs, endoplasmic reticulum-located transmembrane protein kinases.

Nozomu Koizumi;Immaculada M. Martinez;Yukio Kimata;Kenji Kohno

258
Citations
Association between up-regulation of stress-responsive genes and hypomethylation of genomic DNA in tobacco plants

Y. Wada;K. Miyamoto;T. Kusano;T. Kusano;H. Sano

239
Citations
Direct interaction between the tobacco mosaic virus helicase domain and the ATP-bound resistance protein, N factor during the hypersensitive response in tobacco plants.

Hirokazu Ueda;Yube Yamaguchi;Yube Yamaguchi;Hiroshi Sano

226
Citations
Two cyclic peptides, anabaenopeptins, a third group of bioactive compounds from the cyanobacteriumAnabaena flos-aquae NRC 525-17

Ken-ichi Harada;Kiyonaga Fujii;Takayuki Shimada;Makoto Suzuki

223
Citations
Secreted proteins of tobacco cultured BY2 cells: identification of a new member of pathogenesis-related proteins.

Y. Okushima;N. Koizumi;T. Kusano;H. Sano

206
Citations
Osmotic Stress Tolerance of Transgenic Tobacco Expressing a Gene Encoding a Membrane-Located Receptor-Like Protein from Tobacco Plants

Takashi Tamura;Kojiro Hara;Yube Yamaguchi;Nozomu Koizumi

195
Citations
Application of RNAi to confirm theobromine as the major intermediate for caffeine biosynthesis in coffee plants with potential for construction of decaffeinated varieties.

Shinjiro Ogita;Hirotaka Uefuji;Masayuki Morimoto;Hiroshi Sano

193
Citations
Expression of ZmMET1, a gene encoding a DNA methyltransferase from maize, is associated not only with DNA replication in actively proliferating cells, but also with altered DNA methylation status in cold-stressed quiescent cells.

N. Steward;T. Kusano;H. Sano

192
Citations
A single treatment of rice seedlings with 5-azacytidine induces heritable dwarfism and undermethylation of genomic DNA

Hiroshi Sano;Ikuko Kamada;Shohab Youssefian;Masayuki Katsumi

191
Citations
Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Three Distinct N-Methyltransferases Involved in the Caffeine Biosynthetic Pathway in Coffee Plants

Hirotaka Uefuji;Shinjiro Ogita;Yube Yamaguchi;Nozomu Koizumi

187
Citations