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Makoto Kobayashi

Makoto Kobayashi

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
13333
World Ranking
13700
National Ranking
961

Makoto Kobayashi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Makoto Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 156 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Makoto Kobayashi 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 Makoto Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Makoto Kobayashi is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their work focuses on several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, and Ophthalmology.

The scientist's main research topics include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, Plant responses to water stress, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Makoto Kobayashi has contributed to a range of publication venues. Frequent publication outlets include Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Plant and Cell Physiology, Biomedical Optics Express, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include Miyako Kusano, Junya Tamaoki, Kazuki Saito, Shuichi Makita, and Yoshiaki Yasuno.

Selected recent papers authored by Makoto Kobayashi include:

  • Multi-omics analysis on an agroecosystem reveals the significant role of organic nitrogen to increase agricultural crop yield, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Splicing- and demethylase-independent functions of LSD1 in zebrafish primitive hematopoiesis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Integrative omics approaches revealed a crosstalk among phytohormones during tuberous root development in cassava, 2020, Plant Molecular Biology
  • Fruit setting rewires central metabolism via gibberellin cascades, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genetic Manipulation of Transcriptional Regulators Alters Nicotine Biosynthesis in Tobacco, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms activating the Nrf2-Keap1 pathway of antioxidant gene regulation.

    Makoto Kobayashi;Masayuki Yamamoto

  • Nrf2-Keap1 regulation of cellular defense mechanisms against electrophiles and reactive oxygen species.

    Makoto Kobayashi;Masayuki Yamamoto

  • A transposon-mediated gene trap approach identifies developmentally regulated genes in zebrafish.

    Koichi Kawakami;Hisashi Takeda;Noriko Kawakami;Makoto Kobayashi

  • Two chains of rhamnogalacturonan II are cross-linked by borate-diol ester bonds in higher plant cell walls

    M. Kobayashi;T. Matoh;J.-I. Azuma

  • The Antioxidant Defense System Keap1-Nrf2 Comprises a Multiple Sensing Mechanism for Responding to a Wide Range of Chemical Compounds

    Makoto Kobayashi;Li Li;Noriko Iwamoto;Yaeko Nakajima-Takagi

  • Identification of the interactive interface and phylogenic conservation of the Nrf2-Keap1 system.

    Makoto Kobayashi;Ken Itoh;Takafumi Suzuki;Hitoshi Osanai

  • Metabolomics reveals comprehensive reprogramming involving two independent metabolic responses of Arabidopsis to UV-B light

    Miyako Kusano;Takayuki Tohge;Atsushi Fukushima;Makoto Kobayashi

  • Impact of clock-associated Arabidopsis pseudo-response regulators in metabolic coordination.

    Atsushi Fukushima;Miyako Kusano;Norihito Nakamichi;Makoto Kobayashi

  • Early subdivisions in the neural plate define distinct competence for inductive signals

    Daisuke Kobayashi;Makoto Kobayashi;Ken Matsumoto;Toshihiko Ogura

  • The structure of paraherquamide, a toxic metabolite from penicillium paraherquei

    Mikio Yamazaki;Emi Okuyama;Makoto Kobayashi;Hironao Inoue

  • Overexpression of the forebrain-specific homeobox gene six3 induces rostral forebrain enlargement in zebrafish

    Makoto Kobayashi;Reiko Toyama;Hiroyuki Takeda;Igor B. Dawid

  • A new class of plant lipid is essential for protection against phosphorus depletion

    Yozo Okazaki;Hitomi Otsuki;Tomoko Narisawa;Makoto Kobayashi

  • Monitoring disease activity in pemphigus with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant desmogleins 1 and 3.

    S.W. Cheng;M. Kobayashi;A. Tanikawa;K. Kinoshita-Kuroda

  • The homeobox protein Six3 interacts with the groucho corepressor and acts as a transcriptional repressor in eye and forebrain formation

    Makoto Kobayashi;Keizo Nishikawa;Takafumi Suzuki;Masayuki Yamamoto

  • Functional expression of a full-length cDNA coding for rat neural cell adhesion molecule L1 mediates homophilic intercellular adhesion and migration of cerebellar neurons.

    M Miura;H Asou;M Kobayashi;K Uyemura

  • Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice

    Miyako Kusano;Mayumi Tabuchi;Atsushi Fukushima;Kazuhiro Funayama

  • Application of a metabolomic method combining one-dimensional and two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight/mass spectrometry to metabolic phenotyping of natural variants in rice.

    Miyako Kusano;Atsushi Fukushima;Makoto Kobayashi;Naomi Hayashi

  • Conservation of the Keap1-Nrf2 System: An Evolutionary Journey through Stressful Space and Time

    Yuji Fuse;Makoto Kobayashi

  • MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY OF THE INFLUENZA VIRUS RNA POLYMERASE : DETERMINATION OF THE SUBUNIT-SUBUNIT CONTACT SITES

    Tetsuya Toyoda;Djanybek M. Adyshev;Makoto Kobayashi;Akira Iwata

  • Unbiased characterization of genotype-dependent metabolic regulations by metabolomic approach in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Miyako Kusano;Atsushi Fukushima;Masanori Arita;Pär Jonsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Miyako Kusano
Miyako Kusano University of Tsukuba
Masayuki Yamamoto
Masayuki Yamamoto Tohoku University
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Akira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama Hosei University
Takayuki Tohge
Takayuki Tohge Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Satoru Takahashi
Satoru Takahashi University of Tsukuba
Takeharu Nagai
Takeharu Nagai Osaka University
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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