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Kazuo Nakashima 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 Kazuo Nakashima sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 106 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazuo Nakashima 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 Kazuo Nakashima 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.

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Overview

Kazuo Nakashima is affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Plant Science. Their work spans several interrelated subfields, including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, and Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

The scientist's research addresses key topics such as Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Soybean Genetics and Cultivation, Plant Responses to Water Stress, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, GABA and Rice Research, Genetics and Plant Breeding, and Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies.

Their recent publications reflect ongoing work in plant stress tolerance and genetic mechanisms under environmental challenges. Notable papers include:

  • Expression of the CCCH-tandem zinc finger protein gene OsTZF5 under a stress-inducible promoter mitigates the effect of drought stress on rice grain yield under field conditions, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Genetic engineering approaches to understanding drought tolerance in plants, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Reports
  • Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Conferring Heat Stress Tolerance in Tomato Plants, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Overexpression of AtNCED3 gene improved drought tolerance in soybean in greenhouse and field conditions, 2020, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Constitutive expression of Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor AREB1 activates cross-signaling responses in soybean under drought and flooding stresses, 2020, Journal of Plant Physiology

Kazuo Nakashima has collaborated frequently with several researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, Liliane Márcia Mertz-Henning, Norihito Kanamori, Kazuo Shinozaki, and Alexandre Lima Nepomuceno.

The scientist's work has been featured in various publication venues, with repeated contributions to the Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly (JARQ). Additional journals include:

  • Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly JARQ
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Plant Biotechnology Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Isolation and Functional Analysis of Arabidopsis Stress-Inducible NAC Transcription Factors That Bind to a Drought-Responsive cis-Element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 Promoter

    Lam Son Phan Tran;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoh Sakuma;Sean D. Simpson

  • Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Response to Abiotic Stresses in Arabidopsis and Grasses

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yusuke Ito;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • Functional analysis of a NAC-type transcription factor OsNAC6 involved in abiotic and biotic stress-responsive gene expression in rice

    Kazuo Nakashima;Lam-Son P. Tran;Dong Van Nguyen;Miki Fujita

  • NAC transcription factors in plant abiotic stress responses.

    Kazuo Nakashima;Hironori Takasaki;Junya Mizoi;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • Interaction between two cis-acting elements, ABRE and DRE, in ABA-dependent expression of Arabidopsis rd29A gene in response to dehydration and high-salinity stresses

    Yoshihiro Narusaka;Kazuo Nakashima;Zabta K. Shinwari;Yoh Sakuma

  • Molecular basis of the core regulatory network in ABA responses: sensing, signaling and transport.

    Taishi Umezawa;Kazuo Nakashima;Takuya Miyakawa;Takashi Kuromori

  • Three Arabidopsis SnRK2 protein kinases, SRK2D/SnRK2.2, SRK2E/SnRK2.6/OST1 and SRK2I/SnRK2.3, involved in ABA signaling are essential for the control of seed development and dormancy

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yasunari Fujita;Norihito Kanamori;Takeshi Katagiri

  • Regulation of Levels of Proline as an Osmolyte in Plants under Water Stress

    Yoshu Yoshiba;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Kazuo Nakashima;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • The transcriptional regulatory network in the drought response and its crosstalk in abiotic stress responses including drought, cold, and heat

    Kazuo Nakashima;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • Three SnRK2 protein kinases are the main positive regulators of abscisic acid signaling in response to water stress in Arabidopsis.

    Yasunari Fujita;Kazuo Nakashima;Takuya Yoshida;Takeshi Katagiri

  • ABA signaling in stress-response and seed development

    Kazuo Nakashima;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • Two different novel cis‐acting elements of erd1, a clpA homologous Arabidopsis gene function in induction by dehydration stress and dark‐induced senescence

    Sean D. Simpson;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoshihiro Narusaka;Motoaki Seki

  • The abiotic stress-responsive NAC-type transcription factor OsNAC5 regulates stress-inducible genes and stress tolerance in rice.

    Hironori Takasaki;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Satoshi Kidokoro;Yusuke Ito

  • Arabidopsis HsfA1 transcription factors function as the main positive regulators in heat shock-responsive gene expression.

    Takumi Yoshida;Naohiko Ohama;Jun Nakajima;Satoshi Kidokoro

  • Organization and expression of two Arabidopsis DREB2 genes encoding DRE-binding proteins involved in dehydration- and high-salinity-responsive gene expression

    Kazuo Nakashima;Zabta K. Shinwari;Yoh Sakuma;Motoaki Seki

  • An Arabidopsis gene family encoding DRE/CRT binding proteins involved in low-temperature-responsive gene expression

    Zabta K. Shinwari;Kazuo Nakashima;Setsuko Miura;Mie Kasuga

  • Transcriptional regulation of ABI3- and ABA-responsive genes including RD29B and RD29A in seeds, germinating embryos, and seedlings of Arabidopsis

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yasunari Fujita;Koji Katsura;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • Co‐expression of the stress‐inducible zinc finger homeodomain ZFHD1 and NAC transcription factors enhances expression of the ERD1 gene in Arabidopsis

    Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoh Sakuma;Yuriko Osakabe

  • An ABRE promoter sequence is involved in osmotic stress-responsive expression of the DREB2A gene, which encodes a transcription factor regulating drought-inducible genes in Arabidopsis

    June Sik Kim;Junya Mizoi;Takuya Yoshida;Yasunari Fujita

  • Regulons involved in osmotic stress‐responsive and cold stress‐responsive gene expression in plants

    Kazuo Nakashima;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki University of Tokyo
Kyonoshin Maruyama
Kyonoshin Maruyama Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Yasunari Fujita
Yasunari Fujita University of Tsukuba
Satoshi Kidokoro
Satoshi Kidokoro University of Tokyo
Junya Mizoi
Junya Mizoi University of Tokyo
José Renato Bouças Farias
José Renato Bouças Farias Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Yoshihiro Narusaka
Yoshihiro Narusaka Institute for Biological Sciences
Takuya Yoshida
Takuya Yoshida National Institute for Basic Biology

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