2026 Kazuki Saito: 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	136	336	302	11	11	883	71014

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kazuki Saito is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and is engaged in research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Food Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, notably:

Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
Plant Molecular Biology Research
Potato Plant Research
Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Plant tissue culture and regeneration
Plant Gene Expression Analysis

Saito has contributed to a variety of scholarly articles, including recent papers such as:

"Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices," 2021, Nature Methods
"A lipidome atlas in MS-DIAL 4," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
"Species-independent analytical tools for next-generation agriculture," 2020, Nature Plants
"Chromosome-level genome assembly of Ophiorrhiza pumila reveals the evolution of camptothecin biosynthesis," 2021, Nature Communications
"A conserved strategy of chalcone isomerase-like protein to rectify promiscuous chalcone synthase specificity," 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
Plant Biotechnology
Nature Communications
Plant and Cell Physiology

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

Ryo Nakabayashi
Tetsuya Mori
Tsubasa Shoji
Yozo Okazaki
Toshiya Muranaka

Best Publications

MassBank: a public repository for sharing mass spectral data for life sciences.

Hisayuki Horai;Masanori Arita;Masanori Arita;Shigehiko Kanaya;Yoshito Nihei

2658
Citations
Enhancement of oxidative and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by overaccumulation of antioxidant flavonoids

Ryo Nakabayashi;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Kaoru Urano;Makoto Suzuki

1382
Citations
Functional genomics by integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome of Arabidopsis plants over-expressing an MYB transcription factor.

Takayuki Tohge;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Masami Yokota Hirai;Mitsuru Yano

1084
Citations
Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics: a guide for annotation, quantification and best reporting practices

Saleh Alseekh;Asaph Aharoni;Yariv Brotman;Kevin Contrepois

993
Citations
The flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis: Structural and genetic diversity

Kazuki Saito;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Ryo Nakabayashi;Yasuhiro Higashi

948
Citations
Potential of metabolomics as a functional genomics tool

Raoul J. Bino;Robert D. Hall;Oliver Fiehn;Joachim Kopka

906
Citations
Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics for understanding of global responses to nutritional stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Masami Yokota Hirai;Mitsuru Yano;Dayan B. Goodenowe;Shigehiko Kanaya

881
Citations
Omics-based identification of Arabidopsis Myb transcription factors regulating aliphatic glucosinolate biosynthesis

Masami Yokota Hirai;Kenjiro Sugiyama;Yuji Sawada;Takayuki Tohge

855
Citations
Sulfur Assimilation in Photosynthetic Organisms: Molecular Functions and Regulations of Transporters and Assimilatory Enzymes

Hideki Takahashi;Stanislav Kopriva;Mario Giordano;Kazuki Saito

844
Citations
A lipidome atlas in MS-DIAL 4.

Hiroshi Tsugawa;Kazutaka Ikeda;Mikiko Takahashi;Aya Satoh

819
Citations
Metabolomics for Functional Genomics, Systems Biology, and Biotechnology

Kazuki Saito;Fumio Matsuda

805
Citations
KNApSAcK family databases: integrated metabolite-plant species databases for multifaceted plant research.

Farit Mochamad Afendi;Taketo Okada;Mami Yamazaki;Aki Hirai-Morita

706
Citations
Hydrogen Rearrangement Rules: Computational MS/MS Fragmentation and Structure Elucidation Using MS-FINDER Software

Hiroshi Tsugawa;Tobias Kind;Ryo Nakabayashi;Daichi Yukihira

679
Citations
Sulfate Transport and Assimilation in Plants

Thomas Leustek;Kazuki Saito

655
Citations
The roles of three functional sulphate transporters involved in uptake and translocation of sulphate in Arabidopsis thaliana

Hideki Takahashi;Akiko Watanabe-Takahashi;Frank W. Smith;Mechteld Blake-Kalff

647
Citations
Characterization of the ABA-regulated global responses to dehydration in Arabidopsis by metabolomics.

Kaoru Urano;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Yoshiyuki Ogata;Yoshihiko Morishita

636
Citations
The AtGenExpress hormone and chemical treatment data set: experimental design, data evaluation, model data analysis and data access.

Hideki Goda;Eriko Sasaki;Kenji Akiyama;Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita

633
Citations
Members of the LBD Family of Transcription Factors Repress Anthocyanin Synthesis and Affect Additional Nitrogen Responses in Arabidopsis

Grit Rubin;Takayuki Tohge;Fumio Matsuda;Kazuki Saito

610
Citations
Elucidation of Gene-to-Gene and Metabolite-to-Gene Networks in Arabidopsis by Integration of Metabolomics and Transcriptomics

Masami Yokota Hirai;Marion Klein;Yuuta Fujikawa;Mitsuru Yano

572
Citations
Sulfur assimilatory metabolism. The long and smelling road.

Kazuki Saito

538
Citations