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Kenta Shirasawa

Kenta Shirasawa

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
48
Citations
12862
World Ranking
4037
National Ranking
177

Kenta Shirasawa publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenta Shirasawa sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 212 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Kenta Shirasawa D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenta Shirasawa is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has an extensive publication record in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientific topics covered in their work include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Shirasawa's recent research publications include the following papers:

  • "Structural variation in the pangenome of wild and domesticated barley," 2024, Nature
  • "orf137 triggers cytoplasmic male sterility in tomato," 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the transformation-amenable common wheat cultivar 'Fielder'," 2021, DNA Research
  • "A chromosome-level genome sequence of Chrysanthemum seticuspe, a model species for hexaploid cultivated chrysanthemum," 2021, Communications Biology
  • "The persimmon genome reveals clues to the evolution of a lineage-specific sex determination system in plants," 2020, PLoS Genetics

Frequent co-authors in Shirasawa's work include:

  • Sachiko Isobe
  • Hideki Hirakawa
  • Atsushi Toyoda
  • Tohru Ariizumi
  • Takashi Akagi

The scientist often publishes in several key venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • DNA Research
  • Breeding Science
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Euphytica

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut.

    David John Bertioli;David John Bertioli;Steven B Cannon;Lutz Froenicke;Guodong Huang

  • The genome sequence of segmental allotetraploid peanut Arachis hypogaea

    David J. Bertioli;Jerry Jenkins;Josh Clevenger;Olga Dudchenko

  • Draft Genome Sequence of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): the Representative Solanum Species Indigenous to the Old World

    Hideki Hirakawa;Kenta Shirasawa;Koji Miyatake;Tsukasa Nunome

  • The genome sequence of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) for use in genomics-assisted breeding

    Kenta Shirasawa;Kanji Isuzugawa;Mitsunobu Ikenaga;Yutaro Saito

  • Dissection of the Octoploid Strawberry Genome by Deep Sequencing of the Genomes of Fragaria Species

    Hideki Hirakawa;Kenta Shirasawa;Shunichi Kosugi;Kosuke Tashiro

  • Draft Sequences of the Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Genome

    Hiroyasu Kitashiba;Feng Li;Hideki Hirakawa;Takahiro Kawanabe

  • Genome-wide survey of artificial mutations induced by ethyl methanesulfonate and gamma rays in tomato.

    Kenta Shirasawa;Hideki Hirakawa;Tsukasa Nunome;Satoshi Tabata

  • In silico polymorphism analysis for the development of simple sequence repeat and transposon markers and construction of linkage map in cultivated peanut

    Kenta Shirasawa;Padmalatha Koilkonda;Koh Aoki;Hideki Hirakawa

  • Sequence Analysis of the Genome of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

    Masafumi Yagi;Shunichi Kosugi;Hideki Hirakawa;Akemi Ohmiya

  • Identification of the carotenoid modifying gene PALE YELLOW PETAL 1 as an essential factor in xanthophyll esterification and yellow flower pigmentation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

    Tohru Ariizumi;Sanae Kishimoto;Ryo Kakami;Takashi Maoka

  • Analytical workflow of double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing based on empirical and in silico optimization in tomato.

    Kenta Shirasawa;Hideki Hirakawa;Sachiko Isobe

  • Mutant Selection from Progeny of Gamma-ray-irradiated Rice by DNA Heteroduplex Cleavage using Brassica Petiole Extract

    Yutaka Sato;Kenta Shirasawa;Yoshinobu Takahashi;Minoru Nishimura

  • Integrated Consensus Map of Cultivated Peanut and Wild Relatives Reveals Structures of the A and B Genomes of Arachis and Divergence of the Legume Genomes

    Kenta Shirasawa;David J. Bertioli;Rajeev K. Varshney;Marcio C. Moretzsohn

  • Survey of genome sequences in a wild sweet potato, Ipomoea trifida (H. B. K.) G. Don.

    Hideki Hirakawa;Yoshihiro Okada;Hiroaki Tabuchi;Kenta Shirasawa

  • An interspecific linkage map of SSR and intronic polymorphism markers in tomato

    Kenta Shirasawa;Erika Asamizu;Hiroyuki Fukuoka;Akio Ohyama

  • SNP Discovery and Linkage Map Construction in Cultivated Tomato

    Kenta Shirasawa;Sachiko N. Isobe;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the transformation-amenable common wheat cultivar 'Fielder'.

    Kazuhiro Sato;Fumitaka Abe;Martin Mascher;Georg Haberer

  • SSR and EST-SSR-based genetic linkage map of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

    Supajit Sraphet;Athipong Boonchanawiwat;Thanwanit Thanyasiriwat;Opas Boonseng

  • An EST-SSR Linkage Map of Raphanus sativus and Comparative Genomics of the Brassicaceae

    Kenta Shirasawa;Maki Oyama;Hideki Hirakawa;Shusei Sato

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideki Hirakawa
Hideki Hirakawa Kyushu University
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Takeshi Nishio
Takeshi Nishio Tohoku University
Rajeev K. Varshney
Rajeev K. Varshney Murdoch University
Manish K. Pandey
Manish K. Pandey International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Erika Asamizu
Erika Asamizu University of Tsukuba
Hiroyuki Fukuoka
Hiroyuki Fukuoka National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli
Soraya C. M. Leal-Bertioli University of Georgia
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia

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