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Hiroya Yamano

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6172
World Ranking
6130
National Ranking
36

Hiroya Yamano publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 196 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroya Yamano 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 Hiroya Yamano sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroya Yamano is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, oceanography, and molecular biology.

Their work extensively covers topics such as coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine management, land use and ecosystem services, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and fisheries research, and environmental conservation and management.

Recent publications by Hiroya Yamano include the following papers:

  • Coral-spawn slicks: Reflectance spectra and detection using optical satellite data, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • The <scp>Asia-Pacific</scp> Biodiversity Observation Network: 10-year achievements and new strategies to 2030, 2021, Ecological Research
  • Trajectory to local extinction of an isolated dugong population near Okinawa Island, Japan, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Decadal stability in coral cover could mask hidden changes on reefs in the East Asian Seas, 2023, Communications Biology
  • Conservation of the coral community and local stakeholders' perceptions of climate change impacts: Examples and gap analysis in three Japanese national parks, 2022, Ocean & Coastal Management

Hirano Yamano collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Hiroya Abe
  • Naoki H. Kumagai
  • Takahiro Kubo
  • Asahi Sakuma
  • Yuko F. Kitano

Their research is commonly published in scientific venues such as:

  • Ecology and Civil Engineering
  • Ecological Research
  • Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Best Publications

  • Rapid poleward range expansion of tropical reef corals in response to rising sea surface temperatures

    Hiroya Yamano;Kaoru Sugihara;Keiichi Nomura

  • Multi-site evaluation of IKONOS data for classification of tropical coral reef environments

    Serge Andréfouët;Philip Kramer;Damaris Torres-Pulliza;Karen E. Joyce

  • Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

    John Handmer;Yasushi Honda;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Nigel Arnell

  • Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands

    Chris T. Perry;Paul S. Kench;Scott G. Smithers;Bernhard Riegl

  • Atoll island vulnerability to flooding and inundation revealed by historical reconstruction: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

    Hiroya Yamano;Hiroya Yamano;Hajime Kayanne;Toru Yamaguchi;Yuji Kuwahara

  • Importance of foraminifera for the formation and maintenance of a coral sand cay: Green Island, Australia

    H. Yamano;T. Miyajima;I. Koike

  • Ocean currents and herbivory drive macroalgae-to-coral community shift under climate warming

    Naoki H. Kumagai;Jorge García Molinos;Hiroya Yamano;Shintaro Takao

  • Geographic variability in organic carbon stock and accumulation rate in sediments of East and Southeast Asian seagrass meadows

    Toshihiro Miyajima;Masakazu Hori;Masami Hamaguchi;Hiromori Shimabukuro

  • Evaluation of various satellite sensors for waterline extraction in a coral reef environment: Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

    Hiroya Yamano;Hiroya Yamano;Hiroto Shimazaki;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Albon Ishoda

  • Detection limits of coral reef bleaching by satellite remote sensing: Simulation and data analysis

    Hiroya Yamano;Masayuki Tamura

  • Trajectories of exposure and vulnerability of small islands to climate change

    Virginie K.E. Duvat;Alexandre K. Magnan;Russell M. Wise;John E. Hay

  • Species-Specific Responses of Corals to Bleaching Events on Anthropogenically Turbid Reefs on Okinawa Island, Japan, over a 15-year Period (1995–2009)

    Chuki Hongo;Hiroya Yamano

  • Highest-latitude coral reef at Iki Island, Japan

    H. Yamano;K. Hori;M. Yamauchi;O. Yamagawa

  • Seasonal and bleaching-induced changes in coral reef metabolism and CO2 flux

    Hajime Kayanne;Hiroshi Hata;Setsuko Kudo;Hiroya Yamano

  • Holocene sea-level changes and barrier reef formation on an oceanic island, Palau Islands, western Pacific

    Hajime Kayanne;Hiroya Yamano;Richard H. Randall

  • of seagrass leaves for monitoring anthropogenic nutrient increases in coral reef ecosystems

    M. Yamamuro;H. Kayanne;H. Yamano

  • Distribution and sediment production of large benthic foraminifers on reef flats of the Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

    K. Fujita;Y. Osawa;H. Kayanne;Y. Ide

  • Anatomy of a Modern Coral Reef Flat: A Recorder of Storms and Uplift in the Late Holocene

    Hiroya Yamano;Hajime Kayanne;Nobuyuki Yonekura

  • Mobile phone network data reveal nationwide economic value of coastal tourism under climate change

    Takahiro Kubo;Shinya Uryu;Hiroya Yamano;Takahiro Tsuge

  • Spatio‐temporal marine conservation planning to support high‐latitude coral range expansion under climate change

    Azusa Makino;Hiroya Yamano;Maria Beger;Carissa J. Klein

  • Analysis of the seawater CO2 system in the barrier reef-lagoon system of Palau using total alkalinity-dissolved inorganic carbon diagrams

    Atsushi Watanabe;Hajime Kayanne;Hiroshi Hata;Setsuko Kudo

  • The potential role of temperate Japanese regions as refugia for the coral Acropora hyacinthus in the face of climate change.

    Aki Nakabayashi;Takehisa Yamakita;Takashi Nakamura;Hiroaki Aizawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajime Kayanne
Hajime Kayanne University of Tokyo
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Yasuhiro Yamanaka Hokkaido University
Tsuneo Matsunaga
Tsuneo Matsunaga National Institute for Environmental Studies
Yoshio Takahashi
Yoshio Takahashi University of Tokyo
Masahiro Nakaoka
Masahiro Nakaoka Hokkaido University
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Kiyoshi Takahashi
Kiyoshi Takahashi National Institute for Environmental Studies
Jake Rice
Jake Rice Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Peter Steier
Peter Steier University of Vienna
Masahiro Hashizume
Masahiro Hashizume University of Tokyo

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