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Kazushige Tanabe

Kazushige Tanabe

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
30
Citations
3209
World Ranking
9138
National Ranking
287

Kazushige Tanabe publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazushige Tanabe sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 128 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Kazushige Tanabe D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazushige Tanabe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazushige Tanabe is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Paleontology, Aerospace Engineering, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Kazushige Tanabe has published multiple papers in various academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Late Cretaceous Dimorphic Scaphitid Ammonoid Genus Yezoites from the Circum-North Pacific Regions, 2022, Paleontological Research
  • Upper Cretaceous record of non-belemnitid coleoid jaws from Hokkaido, Japan, and its evolutionary implications, 2023, Cretaceous Research
  • Annual shell growth patterns of three venerid bivalve mollusk species in the subtropical northwestern Pacific as revealed by sclerochronological and stable oxygen isotope analyses, 2020, Marine Biology

Other significant publications where Tanabe contributed as a co-author include:

  • Report on ammonoid soft tissue remains revealed by computed tomography, 2021, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
  • EVIDENCE OF MASS MORTALITY OF THE LONG-LIVED BIVALVE Mercenaria Stimpsoni CAUSED BY A CATASTROPHIC TSUNAMI, 2021, Radiocarbon

The frequent publication venues for Tanabe's research are diverse and include:

  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
  • Paleontological Research
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Radiocarbon

Tanabe collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Kotaro Shirai
  • Naoko Murakami-Sugihara
  • Kaoru Kubota
  • Kazuyoshi Moriya
  • René Hoffmann

Best Publications

  • Environmental controls on shell growth rates and δ18O of the shallow-marine bivalve mollusk Phacosoma japonicum in Japan

    B. R. Schöne;K. Tanabe;D. L. Dettman;S. Sato

  • Demersal habitat of Late Cretaceous ammonoids: Evidence from oxygen isotopes for the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) northwestern Pacific thermal structure

    Kazuyoshi Moriya;Hiroshi Nishi;Hodaka Kawahata;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Palaeoecological analysis of ammonoid assemblages in the Turonian Scaphites facies of Hokkaido, Japan

    Kazushige Tanabe

  • Early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) oceanic anoxic event recorded in the shelf deposits in the northwestern Panthalassa: Evidence from the Nishinakayama Formation in the Toyora area, west Japan

    Kentaro Izumi;Tsuzumi Miyaji;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Chemosynthesis-Based Associations on Cretaceous Plesiosaurid Carcasses

    Andrzej Kaim;Yoshitsugu Kobayashi;Hiroki Echizenya;Robert G. Jenkins

  • Cretaceous plesiosaurs ate ammonites

    Tamaki Sato;Tamaki Sato;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Ammonoid Buccal Mass and Jaw Apparatus

    Kazushige Tanabe;Isabelle Kruta;Neil H. Landman

  • Early life history of Nautilus; evidence from isotopic analyses of aquarium-reared specimens

    Neil H. Landman;J. Kirk Cochran;Danny M. Rye;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Prevailing oxic environments in the Pacific Ocean during the mid-Cretaceous Oceanic anoxic event 2.

    Reishi Takashima;Hiroshi Nishi;Toshiro Yamanaka;Takashige Tomosugi

  • Belemnite extinction and the origin of modern cephalopods 35 m.y. prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene event

    Yasuhiro Iba;Jörg Mutterlose;Kazushige Tanabe;Shin-ichi Sano

  • Assessment of the mechanism of elemental incorporation into bivalve shells (Arctica islandica) based on elemental distribution at the microstructural scale

    Kotaro Shirai;Kotaro Shirai;Bernd R. Schöne;Tsuzumi Miyaji;Pascal Radarmacher

  • Methane‐flux‐dependent lateral faunal changes in a Late Cretaceous chemosymbiotic assemblage from the Nakagawa area of Hokkaido, Japan

    Robert G. Jenkins;Andrzej Kaim;Andrzej Kaim;Yoshinori Hikida;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Palaeotemperature curve for the Late Cretaceous of the northwestern circum-Pacific

    Yuri D. Zakharov;Nataliya G. Boriskina;Alexander V. Ignatyev;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Analysis of a Carboniferous embryonic ammonoid assemblage implications for ammonoid embryology

    Kazushige Tanabe;Neil H. Landman;Royal H. Mapes;Curtis J. Faulkner

  • Molecular structure of organic components in cephalopods: Evidence for oxidative cross linking in fossil marine invertebrates

    Neal S. Gupta;Neal S. Gupta;Derek E.G. Briggs;Neil H. Landman;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Rhyncholites and conchorhynchs as calcified jaw elements in some late Cretaceous ammonites

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  • Annual shell growth pattern of the Stimpson's hard clam Mercenaria stimpsoni as revealed by sclerochronological and oxygen stable isotope measurements

    Kaoru Kubota;Kotaro Shirai;Naoko Murakami-Sugihara;Koji Seike

  • Mollusks from late Mesozoic seep deposits, chiefly in California

    Andrzej Kaim;Robert G. Jenkins;Kazushige Tanabe;Steffen Kiel

  • A preliminary estimate of the trophic position of the deep-water ram’s horn squid Spirula spirula based on the nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

    Naohiko Ohkouchi;Ryuichi Tsuda;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Kazushige Tanabe

  • Longibelus gen. nov., a new Cretaceous coleoid genus linking Belemnoidea and early Decabrachia

    Dirk Fuchs;Yasuhiro Iba;Christina Ifrim;Tomohiro Nishimura

  • Early life history and habitat of Nautilus pompilius inferred from oxygen isotope examinations

    Tadamichi Oba;Masayoshi Kai;Kazushige Tanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil H. Landman
Neil H. Landman American Museum of Natural History
Bernd R. Schöne
Bernd R. Schöne Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Naohiko Ohkouchi
Naohiko Ohkouchi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yoshito Chikaraishi
Yoshito Chikaraishi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Hodaka Kawahata
Hodaka Kawahata University of Tokyo
Christian Klug
Christian Klug University of Zurich
David L. Dettman
David L. Dettman University of Arizona
Toshio Nakamura
Toshio Nakamura Nagoya University
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
William A. Cobban
William A. Cobban United States Geological Survey

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