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Kanehiro Kitayama

Kanehiro Kitayama

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Ecology and Evolution
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
55
Citations
12095
World Ranking
1603
National Ranking
48

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
12724
World Ranking
2949
National Ranking
8

Kanehiro Kitayama 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 Kanehiro Kitayama sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 184 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kanehiro Kitayama 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 Kanehiro Kitayama sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kanehiro Kitayama is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their main research topics cover Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant and Animal Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, as well as Phytase and its Applications.

Kitayama has published in a variety of scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include Plant and Soil, Journal of Forest Research, Ecological Research, Research Square, and New Phytologist.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kitayama illustrate the range of topics addressed in their research:

  • Temperature is a dominant driver of distinct annual seasonality of leaf litter production of equatorial tropical rain forests, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Does the ratio of β-1,4-glucosidase to β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase indicate the relative resource allocation of soil microbes to C and N acquisition?, 2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • A cost-benefit analysis of leaf carbon economy with consideration of seasonal changes in leaf traits for sympatric deciduous and evergreen congeners: implications for their coexistence, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Phosphorus allocation to and resorption from leaves regulate the residence time of phosphorus in above-ground forest biomass on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • A constant microbial C/N ratio mediates the microbial nitrogen mineralization induced by root exudation among four co-existing canopy species, 2021, Rhizosphere

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Kitayama's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryota Aoyagi
  • Shin-ichiro Aiba
  • Nobuo Imai
  • Yusuke Onoda
  • Rota Wagai

Kitayama's body of work provides insight into complex ecological interactions, particularly in soil microbial activity, nutrient dynamics, and forest ecology. Their expertise connects multiple disciplines, reflecting an integrated approach to studying environmental and biological systems.

Best Publications

  • Changes in soil phosphorus fractions and ecosystem dynamics across a long chronosequence in Hawaii.

    Timothy E. Crews;Kanehiro Kitayama;James H. Fownes;Ralph H. Riley

  • An altitudinal transect study of the vegetation on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    K. Kitayama

  • Ecosystem structure and productivity of tropical rain forests along altitudinal gradients with contrasting soil phosphorus pools on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    Kanehiro Kitayama;Shin-Ichiro Aiba

  • Structure, composition and species diversity in an altitude-substrate matrix of rain forest tree communities on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    Shin-ichiro Aiba;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

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  • Temperature Influences Carbon Accumulation in Moist Tropical Forests

    James W. Raich;Ann E. Russell;Kanehiro Kitayama;William J. Parton

  • Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density gradients in Borneo's tropical forests

    J.W.F. Slik;Shin Ichiro Aiba;Francis Q. Brearley;Chuck H. Cannon;Chuck H. Cannon

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Foliar Nutrients During Long-Term Soil Development in Hawaiian Montane Rain Forest

    Peter M. Vitousek;Douglas R. Turner;Kanehiro Kitayama;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Variations in the soil microbial community composition of a tropical montane forest ecosystem: Does tree species matter?

    Masayuki Ushio;Rota Wagai;Teri C. Balser;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Nature of the “occluded” low-density fraction in soil organic matter studies: A critical review

    Rota Wagai;Lawrence M. Mayer;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Allocation of foliar phosphorus fractions and leaf traits of tropical tree species in response to decreased soil phosphorus availability on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    Amane Hidaka;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Long-term carbon sink in Borneo’s forests halted by drought and vulnerable to edge effects

    Lan Qie;Lan Qie;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

  • Effects of topography on tropical lower montane forests under different geological conditions on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    Masaaki Takyu;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Divergent patterns of photosynthetic phosphorus-use efficiency versus nitrogen-use efficiency of tree leaves along nutrient-availability gradients.

    Amane Hidaka;Kanehiro Kitayama

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Importance of natural licks for the mammals in Bornean inland tropical rain forests

    Hisashi Matsubayashi;Hisashi Matsubayashi;Peter Lagan;Noreen Majalap;Joseph Tangah

  • Soil phosphorus fractionation and phosphorus-use efficiencies of tropical rainforests along altitudinal gradients of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

    K. Kitayama;N. Majalap-Lee;S.-I. Aiba

  • Primary succession of Hawaiian montane rain forest on a chronosequence of eight lava flows

    Kanehiro Kitayama;Dieter Mueller-Dombois;Peter M. Vitousek

  • Climate and parent material controls on organic matter storage in surface soils: A three-pool, density-separation approach

    Rota Wagai;Rota Wagai;Lawrence M. Mayer;Kanehiro Kitayama;Heike Knicker

  • Tree species effects on soil enzyme activities through effects on soil physicochemical and microbial properties in a tropical montane forest on Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo.

    Masayuki Ushio;Kanehiro Kitayama;Teri C. Balser

  • Association of organic matter with iron and aluminum across a range of soils determined via selective dissolution techniques coupled with dissolved nitrogen analysis

    Rota Wagai;Lawrence M. Mayer;Kanehiro Kitayama;Yasuhito Shirato

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-ichiro Aiba
Shin-ichiro Aiba Hokkaido University
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Peter S. Ashton
Peter S. Ashton Harvard University
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dieter Mueller-Dombois
Dieter Mueller-Dombois University of Hawaii at Manoa
Francis Q. Brearley
Francis Q. Brearley Manchester Metropolitan University
Reuben Nilus
Reuben Nilus Sabah Forestry Department
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University

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