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Izumi C. Mori

Izumi C. Mori

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
11189
World Ranking
17918
National Ranking
1295

Izumi C. Mori 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 Izumi C. Mori sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 134 publications — 19th percentile

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

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

Izumi C. Mori 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 Izumi C. Mori sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Izumi C. Mori is affiliated with Okayama University in Japan and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a substantial number of publications in plant science and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed to over sixty-nine publications in agricultural and biological sciences and more than twenty-six in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their subfields of study include:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Biophysics

Mori's research topics encompass a variety of themes, particularly related to plant biology and stress responses. These topics include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

The main venues where Mori has published frequently include:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Frequent collaborators associated with Mori's work include:

  • Takakazu Matsuura
  • Mika Nomoto
  • Yasuomi Tada
  • Yoshiyuki Murata
  • Shintaro Munemasa

Some of Mori's recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics in plant immune response, hormonal regulation, and environmental effects on plants. Selected papers are:

  • "Mechanosensory trichome cells evoke a mechanical stimuli-induced immune response in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Abscisic acid is required for exodermal suberization to form a barrier to radial oxygen loss in the adventitious roots of rice (Oryza sativa)," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Cytokinin increases vegetative growth period by suppressing florigen expression in rice and maize," 2022, The Plant Journal
  • "Low temperature modulates natural peel degreening in lemon fruit independently of endogenous ethylene," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "BdWRKY38 is required for the incompatible interaction of Brachypodium distachyon with the necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani," 2020, The Plant Journal

Best Publications

  • NADPH oxidase AtrbohD and AtrbohF genes function in ROS‐dependent ABA signaling in Arabidopsis

    June M. Kwak;Izumi C. Mori;Zhen-Ming Pei;Nathalie Leonhardt

  • Abscisic Acid Activation of Plasma Membrane Ca2+ Channels in Guard Cells Requires Cytosolic NAD(P)H and Is Differentially Disrupted Upstream and Downstream of Reactive Oxygen Species Production in abi1-1 and abi2-1 Protein Phosphatase 2C Mutants

    Yoshiyuki Murata;Zhen-Ming Pei;Izumi C. Mori;Julian Schroeder

  • CDPKs CPK6 and CPK3 Function in ABA Regulation of Guard Cell S-Type Anion- and Ca2+- Permeable Channels and Stomatal Closure

    Izumi C. Mori;Yoshiyuki Murata;Yoshiyuki Murata;Yingzhen Yang;Shintaro Munemasa;Shintaro Munemasa

  • Reactive oxygen species activation of plant Ca2+ channels. A signaling mechanism in polar growth, hormone transduction, stress signaling, and hypothetically mechanotransduction.

    Izumi C. Mori;Julian I. Schroeder

  • Involvement of extracellular oxidative burst in salicylic acid‐induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis

    Atiqur Rahman Khokon;Eiji Okuma;Mohammad Anowar Hossain;Shintaro Munemasa

  • Diverse stomatal signaling and the signal integration mechanism

    Yoshiyuki Murata;Izumi C. Mori;Shintaro Munemasa

  • Convergence of Calcium Signaling Pathways of Pathogenic Elicitors and Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis Guard Cells

    Birgit Klüsener;Jared J. Young;Yoshiyuki Murata;Gethyn J. Allen

  • Involvement of Endogenous Abscisic Acid in Methyl Jasmonate-Induced Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis

    Mohammad Anowar Hossain;Shintaro Munemasa;Misugi Uraji;Yoshimasa Nakamura

  • Involvement of Superoxide Generation in Salicylic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure in Vicia faba

    Izumi C. Mori;Reinhard Pinontoan;Tomonori Kawano;Shoshi Muto

  • Closing Plant Stomata Requires a Homolog of an Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporter

    Takayuki Sasaki;Izumi C. Mori;Takuya Furuichi;Shintaro Munemasa

  • The Arabidopsis Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase, CPK6, Functions as a Positive Regulator of Methyl Jasmonate Signaling in Guard Cells

    Shintaro Munemasa;Mohammad Anowar Hossain;Yoshimasa Nakamura;Izumi C. Mori

  • Allantoin, a stress-related purine metabolite, can activate jasmonate signaling in a MYC2-regulated and abscisic acid-dependent manner

    Hiroshi Takagi;Yasuhiro Ishiga;Shunsuke Watanabe;Tomokazu Konishi

  • Global profiling of phytohormone dynamics during combined drought and pathogen stress in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals ABA and JA as major regulators.

    Aarti Gupta;Hiroshi Hisano;Yuko Hojo;Takakazu Matsuura

  • Cooperative function of PLDδ and PLDα1 in abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis.

    Misugi Uraji;Takeshi Katagiri;Eiji Okuma;Wenxiu Ye

  • Abscisic Acid Activates a 48-Kilodalton Protein Kinase in Guard Cell Protoplasts.

    Izumi C. Mori;Shoshi Muto

  • Salicylic acid-dependent immunity contributes to resistance against Rhizoctonia solani, a necrotrophic fungal agent of sheath blight, in rice and Brachypodium distachyon

    Yusuke Kouzai;Mamiko Kimura;Megumi Watanabe;Kazuki Kusunoki

  • Identification of Cyclic GMP-Activated Nonselective Ca2+-Permeable Cation Channels and Associated CNGC5 and CNGC6 Genes in Arabidopsis Guard Cells

    Yong Fei Wang;Shintaro Munemasa;Noriyuki Nishimura;Hui Min Ren

  • Allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) induces stomatal closure in Arabidopsis

    Md. Atiqur Rahman Khokon;Md. Sarwar Jahan;Taniya Rahman;Mohammad Anowar Hossain

  • CO2 transport by PIP2 aquaporins of barley

    Izumi C. Mori;Jiye Rhee;Jiye Rhee;Mineo Shibasaka;Shizuka Sasano

  • Roles of intracellular hydrogen peroxide accumulation in abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Rayhanur Jannat;Misugi Uraji;Miho Morofuji;Mohammad Muzahidul Islam

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshimasa Nakamura
Yoshimasa Nakamura Okayama University
Yoshiyuki Murata
Yoshiyuki Murata Okayama University
Shintaro Munemasa
Shintaro Munemasa Okayama University
Takashi Hirayama
Takashi Hirayama Okayama University
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
June M. Kwak
June M. Kwak Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Maki Katsuhara
Maki Katsuhara Okayama University
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Yasutaka Kubo
Yasutaka Kubo Okayama University
Lee Yook Heng
Lee Yook Heng National University of Malaysia

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