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Maki Kawai-Yamada

Maki Kawai-Yamada

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
8042
World Ranking
2425
National Ranking
81

Maki Kawai-Yamada publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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 Maki Kawai-Yamada sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 164 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Maki Kawai-Yamada D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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 Maki Kawai-Yamada sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells

    Juntaro Negi;Osamu Matsuda;Takashi Nagasawa;Yasuhiro Oba

  • Morphological classification of plant cell deaths.

    W G van Doorn;E P Beers;J L Dangl;V E Franklin-Tong

  • Dissection of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 Suppressing Bax–, Hydrogen Peroxide–, and Salicylic Acid–Induced Cell Death

    Maki Kawai-Yamada;Yuri Ohori;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Mammalian Bax-induced plant cell death can be down-regulated by overexpression of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 (AtBI-1)

    Maki Kawai-Yamada;Lihua Jin;Keiko Yoshinaga;Aiko Hirata

  • Nitrate Addition Alleviates Ammonium Toxicity Without Lessening Ammonium Accumulation, Organic Acid Depletion and Inorganic Cation Depletion in Arabidopsis thaliana Shoots

    Takushi Hachiya;Chihiro K. Watanabe;Masaru Fujimoto;Toshiki Ishikawa

  • Overexpression of Bax inhibitor suppresses the fungal elicitor-induced cell death in rice (Oryza sativa L) cells.

    H. Matsumura;S. Nirasawa;A. Kiba;N. Urasaki

  • Evolutionally conserved plant homologue of the Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) gene capable of suppressing Bax-induced cell death in yeast1

    Maki Kawai;Maki Kawai;Ling Pan;John C. Reed;Hirofumi Uchimiya;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Cellular dissection of the degradation pattern of cortical cell death during aerenchyma formation of rice roots

    M. Kawai;P. K. Samarajeewa;R. A. Barrero;M. Nishiguchi

  • Excessive ammonium assimilation by plastidic glutamine synthetase causes ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Takushi Hachiya;Jun Inaba;Mayumi Wakazaki;Mayuko Sato

  • Abolition of the tapetum suicide program ruins microsporogenesis.

    Takahiro Kawanabe;Tohru Ariizumi;Maki Kawai-Yamada;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Plasma Membrane Microdomains are Essential for Rac1-RbohB/H-Mediated Immunity in Rice

    Minoru Nagano;Minoru Nagano;Toshiki Ishikawa;Masayuki Fujiwara;Masayuki Fujiwara;Yoichiro Fukao;Yoichiro Fukao

  • Enhanced dihydroflavonol-4-reductase activity and NAD homeostasis leading to cell death tolerance in transgenic rice

    Mitsunori Hayashi;Hideyuki Takahashi;Katsunori Tamura;Jirong Huang

  • Cell death suppressor Arabidopsis bax inhibitor-1 is associated with calmodulin binding and ion homeostasis.

    Yuri Ihara-Ohori;Minoru Nagano;Shoshi Muto;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Bax-induced cell death of Arabidopsis is meditated through reactive oxygen-dependent and -independent processes.

    Dongwon Baek;Jaesung Nam;Yoon Duck koo;Doh Hoon kim

  • Molecular distinction in genetic regulation of nonphotochemical quenching in rice

    Ichiro Kasajima;Kaworu Ebana;Toshio Yamamoto;Kentaro Takahara

  • Metabolome and Photochemical Analysis of Rice Plants Overexpressing Arabidopsis NAD Kinase Gene

    Kentaro Takahara;Ichiro Kasajima;Hideyuki Takahashi;Shin-nosuke Hashida

  • Pleiotropic modulation of carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the NAD kinase2 gene.

    Hideyuki Takahashi;Kentaro Takahara;Shin-nosuke Hashida;Takayuki Hirabayashi

  • Metabolome Analysis of Response to Oxidative Stress in Rice Suspension Cells Overexpressing Cell Death Suppressor Bax Inhibitor-1

    Toshiki Ishikawa;Kentaro Takahara;Takayuki Hirabayashi;Hideo Matsumura

  • Mitochondrial behaviour in the early stages of ROS stress leading to cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Keiko Yoshinaga;Shin-Ichi Arimura;Yasuo Niwa;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

  • Chloroplast NAD Kinase is Essential for Energy Transduction Through the Xanthophyll Cycle in Photosynthesis

    Hideyuki Takahashi;Ayako Watanabe;Ayumi Tanaka;Shin Nosuke Hashida

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University
Jenny C. Mortimer
Jenny C. Mortimer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Henrik Vibe Scheller
Henrik Vibe Scheller Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ko Noguchi
Ko Noguchi Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Aiko Hirata
Aiko Hirata University of Tokyo
Edward E. K. Baidoo
Edward E. K. Baidoo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Dominique Loqué
Dominique Loqué Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ichiro Terashima
Ichiro Terashima National Chung Hsing University

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