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 Ken Shirasu sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 246 publications — 87th percentile
87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.
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 Ken Shirasu sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 91 D-Index — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.
Ken Shirasu is affiliated with the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan. Their research primarily contributes to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work focuses on subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cell Biology, and Immunology.
Their research portfolio encompasses a variety of key topics such as:
Shirasu's recent papers demonstrate contributions across leading journals and cover a range of subjects related to plant biology and interactions. Selected recent publications include:
The scientist collaborates frequently with peers including Arisa Shibata, Sachiko Masuda, Yasunori Ichihashi, Pamela Gan, and Nobuaki Ishihama, indicating an active engagement in team-based research efforts.
Ken Shirasu's work is regularly published in prominent venues with multiple contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, New Phytologist, Microbes and Environments, and Science, reflecting a range of dissemination channels within plant and molecular biology research.
Mikihisa Umehara;Atsushi Hanada;Satoko Yoshida;Kohki Akiyama
Ayako Miya;Premkumar Albert;Premkumar Albert;Tomonori Shinya;Yoshitake Desaki
Kiyoshi Mashiguchi;Keita Tanaka;Tatsuya Sakai;Satoko Sugawara
Richard J. O'Connell;Michael R. Thon;Stéphane Hacquard;Stefan G. Amyotte
Yasuhiro Kadota;Jan Sklenar;Paul Derbyshire;Lena Stransfeld
Cristina Azevedo;Ari Sadanandom;Katsumi Kitagawa;Andreas Freialdenhoven
K Shirasu;H Nakajima;V K Rajasekhar;R A Dixon
Kohki Yoshimoto;Yusuke Jikumaru;Yuji Kamiya;Miyako Kusano
Akira Takahashi;Catarina Casais;Kazuya Ichimura;Ken Shirasu
Yasuhiro Kadota;Ken Shirasu;Cyril Zipfel
Jack R. Peart;Rui Lu;Ari Sadanandom;Isabelle Malcuit
David A. Hubert;Pablo Tornero;Pablo Tornero;Youssef Belkhadir;Priti Krishna
Mari Narusaka;Ken Shirasu;Yoshiteru Noutoshi;Yasuyuki Kubo
Naoyuki Sugiyama;Hirofumi Nakagami;Keiichi Mochida;Arsalan Daudi
Ken Shirasu
Ken Shirasu;Thomas Lahaye;Man Wah Tan;Fasong Zhou
Hirofumi Nakagami;Naoyuki Sugiyama;Keiichi Mochida;Arsalan Daudi
Pamela Gan;Kyoko Ikeda;Hiroki Irieda;Mari Narusaka
Ken Shirasu;Alan H. Schulman;Thomas Lahaye;Paul Schulze-Lefert
Satoko Yoshida;Songkui Cui;Yasunori Ichihashi;Ken Shirasu
Kazuya Ichimura;Catarina Casais;Scott C. Peck;Kazuo Shinozaki
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