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Hiroyoshi Iwata

Hiroyoshi Iwata

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10619
World Ranking
16114
National Ranking
1151

Hiroyoshi Iwata 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 Hiroyoshi Iwata sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 185 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroyoshi Iwata 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 Hiroyoshi Iwata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hiroyoshi Iwata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research mainly focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on plant science and genetics. Iwata's work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, ecology, and evolutionary behavior.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several core topics such as genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, genetics and plant breeding, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and soybean genetics and cultivation. Other notable areas of study include remote sensing in agriculture and legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.

Iwata has published research in various prominent venues, frequently appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Breeding Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • The Plant Genome

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Iwata include:

  • Dynamic effects of interacting genes underlying rice flowering-time phenotypic plasticity and global adaptation, 2020, Genome Research
  • RAINBOW: Haplotype-based genome-wide association study using a novel SNP-set method, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Whole-genome sequence diversity and association analysis of 198 soybean accessions in mini-core collections, 2021, DNA Research
  • Tracing founder haplotypes of Japanese apple varieties: application in genomic prediction and genome-wide association study, 2021, Horticulture Research
  • Genomics-assisted breeding in minor and pseudo-cereals, 2020, Breeding Science

Hiroyoshi Iwata has collaborated frequently with several researchers, with numerous co-authored works alongside:

  • Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae
  • Kosuke Hamazaki
  • Hideki Takanashi
  • Yusuke Toda
  • Hisashi Tsujimoto

Best Publications

  • Genomic selection in plant breeding: from theory to practice.

    Jean Luc Jannink;Aaron J. Lorenz;Hiroyoshi Iwata

  • SHAPE: A Computer Program Package for Quantitative Evaluation of Biological Shapes Based on Elliptic Fourier Descriptors

    H Iwata;Y Ukai

  • Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding. Knowledge and Prospects.

    Aaron J. Lorenz;Shiaoman Chao;Franco G. Asoro;Elliot L. Heffner

  • Genomic Selection Accuracy for Grain Quality Traits in Biparental Wheat Populations

    Elliot L. Heffner;Jean-Luc Jannink;Hiroyoshi Iwata;Edward Souza

  • High-Throughput Phenotyping of Sorghum Plant Height Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Its Application to Genomic Prediction Modeling.

    Kakeru Watanabe;Wei Guo;Keigo Arai;Hideki Takanashi

  • Modelling strategies for assessing and increasing the effectiveness of new phenotyping techniques in plant breeding

    Fred A. van Eeuwijk;Daniela Bustos-Korts;Emilie J. Millet;Martin P. Boer

  • NSUN3 methylase initiates 5-formylcytidine biogenesis in human mitochondrial tRNA(Met).

    Saori Nakano;Takeo Suzuki;Layla Kawarada;Hiroyoshi Iwata

  • Evaluation of variation of root shape of Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus L.) based on image analysis using elliptic Fourier descriptors

    Hiroyoshi Iwata;Satoshi Niikura;Seiji Matsuura;Yasushi Takano

  • Analysis of petal shape variation of Primula sieboldii by elliptic fourier descriptors and principal component analysis.

    Yosuke Yoshioka;Hiroyoshi Iwata;Ryo Ohsawa;Seishi Ninomiya

  • AntMap: Constructing Genetic Linkage Maps Using an Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm

    Hiroyoshi Iwata;Seishi Ninomiya

  • Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction in citrus: Potential of genomics-assisted breeding for fruit quality traits.

    Mai F. Minamikawa;Keisuke Nonaka;Eli Kaminuma;Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae

  • Genomics-assisted breeding in fruit trees.

    Hiroyoshi Iwata;Mai F. Minamikawa;Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae;Motoyuki Ishimori

  • Mapping QTLs influencing rice floral morphology using recombinant inbred lines derived from a cross between Oryza sativa L. and Oryza rufipogon Griff

    Y. Uga;Y. Fukuta;H. W. Cai;H. Iwata

  • Prospects for genomic selection in conifer breeding: a simulation study of Cryptomeria japonica

    Hiroyoshi Iwata;Takeshi Hayashi;Yoshihiko Tsumura

  • Toward integration of genomic selection with crop modelling: the development of an integrated approach to predicting rice heading dates.

    Akio Onogi;Maya Watanabe;Toshihiro Mochizuki;Takeshi Hayashi

  • Selfing and inbreeding depression in seeds and seedlings of Neobalanocarpus heimii (Dipterocarpaceae)

    Yoko Naito;Akihiro Konuma;Hiroyoshi Iwata;Yoshihisa Suyama

  • Chalkiness in Rice: Potential for Evaluation with Image Analysis

    Yosuke Yoshioka;Hiroyoshi Iwata;Minako Tabata;Seishi Ninomiya

  • A Bayesian method and its variational approximation for prediction of genomic breeding values in multiple traits.

    Takeshi Hayashi;Hiroyoshi Iwata

  • Potential assessment of genome-wide association study and genomic selection in Japanese pear Pyrus pyrifolia

    Hiroyoshi Iwata;Takeshi Hayashi;Shingo Terakami;Norio Takada

  • Genome Scan to Detect Genetic Structure and Adaptive Genes of Natural Populations of Cryptomeria japonica

    Yoshihiko Tsumura;Tomoyuki Kado;Tomokazu Takahashi;Naoki Tani

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiko Tsumura
Yoshihiko Tsumura University of Tsukuba
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Jean-Luc Jannink
Jean-Luc Jannink Agricultural Research Service
Hisashi Tsujimoto
Hisashi Tsujimoto Tottori University
Toru Fujiwara
Toru Fujiwara University of Tokyo
Yusaku Uga
Yusaku Uga Institute of Crop Science
Wataru Sakamoto
Wataru Sakamoto Okayama University
Vincent Vadez
Vincent Vadez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Masahiro Yano
Masahiro Yano National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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