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Kazuyuki Kuchitsu

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
30387
World Ranking
14127
National Ranking
1000

Kazuyuki Kuchitsu publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazuyuki Kuchitsu 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 Kazuyuki Kuchitsu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kazuyuki Kuchitsu is affiliated with the Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics explored in Kuchitsu's research include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Enzyme-mediated dye degradation

Kuchitsu has authored several recent publications, including:

  • Identification of the sex-determining factor in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha reveals unique evolution of sex chromosomes in a haploid system (2021), published in Current Biology
  • Functional nitrogen science based on plasma processing: quantum devices, photocatalysts and activation of plant defense and immune systems (2021), published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • Interactions between pH, reactive species, and cells in plasma-activated water can remove algae (2022), published in RSC Advances
  • An efficient direct screening system for microorganisms that activate plant immune responses based on plant-microbe interactions using cultured plant cells (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Multicolour chemical imaging of plant tissues with hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy (2020), published in The Analyst

Frequent co-authors in Kuchitsu's research include:

  • Kenji Hashimoto
  • Shoko Tsuboyama
  • Kazunori Koga
  • Takamasa Okumura
  • Masaharu Shiratani

Kuchitsu has published multiple articles in various journals, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Current Biology

In addition to journal articles, Kuchitsu has contributed to book publications, including a title released by Springer Science+Business Media:

  • Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants (2022)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Local positive feedback regulation determines cell shape in root hair cells.

    Seiji Takeda;Catherine Gapper;Hidetaka Kaya;Elizabeth Bell

  • Synergistic Activation of the Arabidopsis NADPH Oxidase AtrbohD by Ca2+ and Phosphorylation

    Yoko Ogasawara;Hidetaka Kaya;Goro Hiraoka;Fumiaki Yumoto;Fumiaki Yumoto

  • Differential abscisic acid regulation of guard cell slow anion channels in Arabidopsis wild-type and abi1 and abi2 mutants.

    Zhen Ming Pei;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;John M. Ward;Martin Schwarz

  • The Calcineurin B-Like Calcium Sensors CBL1 and CBL9 Together with Their Interacting Protein Kinase CIPK26 Regulate the Arabidopsis NADPH Oxidase RBOHF

    Maria Magdalena Drerup;Kathrin Schlücking;Kenji Hashimoto;Prabha Manishankar

  • Arabidopsis abi1-1 and abi2-1 Phosphatase Mutations Reduce Abscisic Acid–Induced Cytoplasmic Calcium Rises in Guard Cells

    Gethyn J. Allen;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;Sarah P. Chu;Yoshiyuki Murata

  • Reactive oxygen species in cell wall metabolism and development in plants.

    Anna Kärkönen;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu

  • Ca2+-Activated Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Arabidopsis RbohH and RbohJ Is Essential for Proper Pollen Tube Tip Growth

    Hidetaka Kaya;Ryo Nakajima;Megumi Iwano;Masahiro M. Kanaoka

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Disruption of a Guard Cell–Expressed Protein Phosphatase 2A Regulatory Subunit, RCN1, Confers Abscisic Acid Insensitivity in Arabidopsis

    June M. Kwak;Ji Hye Moon;Yoshiyuki Murata;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu

  • Protein phosphorylation is a prerequisite for the Ca2+-dependent activation of Arabidopsis NADPH oxidases and may function as a trigger for the positive feedback regulation of Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species.

    Sachie Kimura;Hidetaka Kaya;Tomoko Kawarazaki;Goro Hiraoka

  • OsATG7 is required for autophagy-dependent lipid metabolism in rice postmeiotic anther development

    Takamitsu Kurusu;Tomoko Koyano;Shigeru Hanamata;Takahiko Kubo

  • Plant signaling networks involving Ca2+ and Rboh/Nox-mediated ROS production under salinity stress

    Takamitsu Kurusu;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;Yuichi Tada

  • N-Acetylchitooligosaccharides, biotic elicitor for phytoalexin production, induce transient membrane depolarization in suspension-cultured rice cells

    K. Kuchitsu;M. Kikuyama;N. Shibuya

  • EPR evidence for generation of hydroxyl radical triggered by N -acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor and a protein phosphatase inhibitor in suspension-cultured rice cells

    K. Kuchitsu;H. Kosaka;T. Shiga;N. Shibuya

  • Identification of a novel high-affinity binding site for N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor in the membrane fraction from suspension-cultured rice cells

    Naoto Shibuya;Hanae Kaku;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;Mary J. Maliarik

  • Plant mechanosensing and Ca2+ transport.

    Takamitsu Kurusu;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;Masataka Nakano;Yoshitaka Nakayama

  • Identification of a putative voltage-gated Ca2+ channel as a key regulator of elicitor-induced hypersensitive cell death and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in rice.

    Takamitsu Kurusu;Toshikazu Yagala;Akio Miyao;Hirohiko Hirochika

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuhiro Kadota
Yasuhiro Kadota RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Naoto Shibuya
Naoto Shibuya Meiji University
Seiichiro Hasezawa
Seiichiro Hasezawa University of Tokyo
Hirohiko Hirochika
Hirohiko Hirochika Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Shigetoh Miyachi
Shigetoh Miyachi University of Tokyo
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Akio Miyao
Akio Miyao National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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