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Masamitsu Wada

Masamitsu Wada

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Japan
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
68
Citations
18368
World Ranking
774
National Ranking
22

Masamitsu Wada 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 Masamitsu Wada sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 283 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masamitsu Wada 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 Masamitsu Wada sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Japan Leader Award
  • 1980 - Society for Information Display Fellow

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

Masamitsu Wada focuses on Phototropin, Cell biology, Botany, Chloroplast relocation and Chloroplast. As part of his studies on Phototropin, Masamitsu Wada frequently links adjacent subjects like Phototropism. The concepts of his Cell biology study are interwoven with issues in Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabidopsis, Chloroplast Proteins, Green fluorescent protein and Cryptochrome.

In his research on the topic of Botany, Microbeam and Cytoplasm is strongly related with Wild type. The various areas that he examines in his Chloroplast relocation study include Light intensity, Biophysics and Chloroplast avoidance movement. Masamitsu Wada has researched Chloroplast in several fields, including Microfilament, Microtubule, Mutant and Actin.

His most cited work include:

  • phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening (662 citations)
  • phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening (662 citations)
  • Arabidopsis nph1 and npl1: Blue light receptors that mediate both phototropism and chloroplast relocation (568 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Botany, Chloroplast, Biophysics, Phototropin and Cell biology. His study in Botany is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Phototropism and Phytochrome. He has included themes like Photosynthesis, Arabidopsis thaliana and Actin in his Chloroplast study.

His study on Biophysics also encompasses disciplines like

  • Protonema that intertwine with fields like Cell,
  • Microtubule which connect with Microfilament and Cytoskeleton. His Phototropin study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chloroplast relocation, Blue light, Signal transduction and Plant physiology. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Cell biology, Plastid is strongly linked to Arabidopsis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (67.18%)
  • Chloroplast (42.37%)
  • Biophysics (37.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2020)?

  • Chloroplast (42.37%)
  • Phototropin (37.02%)
  • Botany (67.18%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Chloroplast, Phototropin, Botany, Cell biology and Arabidopsis thaliana. His Chloroplast research incorporates themes from Photosynthesis, Actin cytoskeleton and Actin. His study with Phototropin involves better knowledge in Arabidopsis.

His is involved in several facets of Botany study, as is seen by his studies on Fern and Adiantum. His research in Cell biology intersects with topics in Transgene, Molecular mechanism and Cell division. The study incorporates disciplines such as Light intensity, Gene isoform and Microfilament in addition to Arabidopsis thaliana.

Between 2012 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Interaction between avoidance of photon absorption, excess energy dissipation and zeaxanthin synthesis against photooxidative stress in Arabidopsis. (85 citations)
  • Evolution of three LOV blue light receptor families in green plants and photosynthetic stramenopiles: Phototropin, ZTL/FKF1/LKP2, and Aureochrome (79 citations)
  • Both phototropin 1 and 2 localize on the chloroplast outer membrane with distinct localization activity. (51 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

His primary scientific interests are in Phototropin, Chloroplast, Botany, Arabidopsis and Cell biology. His Phototropin study is concerned with the larger field of Arabidopsis thaliana. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Photosynthesis, Biophysics and Phototropism.

His Biophysics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Non-photochemical quenching, Quenching, Photosystem II, Biochemistry and Chloroplast relocation. His Arabidopsis study combines topics in areas such as Cell nucleus, Plastid and Blue light. His Cell biology research includes elements of Molecular mechanism, Mutant, Actin cytoskeleton and Phytochrome.

Best Publications

  • phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Michio Doi;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Takatoshi Kagawa;Takatoshi Kagawa

  • Arabidopsis nph1 and npl1: Blue light receptors that mediate both phototropism and chloroplast relocation

    Tatsuya Sakai;Takatoshi Kagawa;Masahiro Kasahara;Trevor E. Swartz

  • Arabidopsis NPL1: a phototropin homolog controlling the chloroplast high-light avoidance response.

    Takatoshi Kagawa;Tatsuya Sakai;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Kazusato Oikawa

  • LOV (light, oxygen, or voltage) domains of the blue-light photoreceptor phototropin (nph1): Binding sites for the chromophore flavin mononucleotide

    John M. Christie;Michael Salomon;Kazunari Nozue;Masamitsu Wada

  • Chloroplast avoidance movement reduces photodamage in plants

    Masahiro Kasahara;Takatoshi Kagawa;Takatoshi Kagawa;Kazusato Oikawa;Kazusato Oikawa;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Noriyuki Suetsugu

  • The Phototropin Family of Photoreceptors

    W.R. Briggs;C.F. Beck;A.R. Cashmore;J.M. Christie

  • The Electronic Plant Gene Register

    Matthias Schmidt;Juergen Feierabend;Ya-Hsuan Hsu;Kin-Ying To

  • Chloroplast movement.

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  • CHLOROPLAST UNUSUAL POSITIONING1 Is Essential for Proper Chloroplast Positioning

    Kazusato Oikawa;Kazusato Oikawa;Masahiro Kasahara;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Takatoshi Kagawa

  • The plant MITE mPing is mobilized in anther culture

    Kazuhiro Kikuchi;Kazuki Terauchi;Kazuki Terauchi;Masamitsu Wada;Masamitsu Wada;Hiro-Yuki Hirano

  • AUREOCHROME, a photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles.

    Fumio Takahashi;Daisuke Yamagata;Mié Ishikawa;Yosuke Fukamatsu

  • A Role for LKP2 in the Circadian Clock of Arabidopsis

    Thomas F. Schultz;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Marcelo Yanovsky;Masamitsu Wada;Masamitsu Wada

  • Responses of ferns to red light are mediated by an unconventional photoreceptor

    Hiroko Kawai;Takeshi Kanegae;Steen Christensen;Steen Christensen;Tomohiro Kiyosue;Tomohiro Kiyosue

  • Short actin-based mechanism for light-directed chloroplast movement in Arabidopsis

    Akeo Kadota;Noboru Yamada;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Mana Hirose

  • A phytochrome from the fern Adiantum with features of the putative photoreceptor NPH1

    Kazunari Nozue;Takeshi Kanegae;Takato Imaizumi;Shunsuke Fukuda

  • Cryptochrome Light Signals Control Development to Suppress Auxin Sensitivity in the Moss Physcomitrella patens

    Takato Imaizumi;Takato Imaizumi;Akeo Kadota;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Masamitsu Wada;Masamitsu Wada

  • An Auxilin-Like J-Domain Protein, JAC1, Regulates Phototropin-Mediated Chloroplast Movement in Arabidopsis

    Noriyuki Suetsugu;Takatoshi Kagawa;Masamitsu Wada

  • Blue light activates calcium-permeable channels in Arabidopsis mesophyll cells via the phototropin signaling pathway

    Sonja Stoelzle;Takatoshi Kagawa;Masamitsu Wada;Rainer Hedrich

  • Chloroplast Outer Envelope Protein CHUP1 Is Essential for Chloroplast Anchorage to the Plasma Membrane and Chloroplast Movement

    Kazusato Oikawa;Akihiro Yamasato;Sam-Geun Kong;Masahiro Kasahara

  • Two kinesin-like proteins mediate actin-based chloroplast movement in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Noriyuki Suetsugu;Noboru Yamada;Takatoshi Kagawa;Hisashi Yonekura

  • A chimeric photoreceptor gene, NEOCHROME, has arisen twice during plant evolution

    Noriyuki Suetsugu;Franz Mittmann;Gottfried Wagner;Jon Hughes

  • Phototropins Mediate Blue and Red Light-Induced Chloroplast Movements in Physcomitrella patens

    Masahiro Kasahara;Takatoshi Kagawa;Yoshikatsu Sato;Tomohiro Kiyosue

  • Blue light-induced chloroplast relocation in Arabidopsis thaliana as analyzed by microbeam irradiation.

    Takatoshi Kagawa;Masamitsu Wada

  • Choice of tracks, microtubules and/or actin filaments for chloroplast photo-movement is differentially controlled by phytochrome and a blue light receptor

    Y. Sato;M. Wada;A. Kadota

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomohiro Kiyosue
Tomohiro Kiyosue Gakushuin University
Takato Imaizumi
Takato Imaizumi University of Washington
Masaki Furuya
Masaki Furuya Hitachi (Japan)
Akira Nagatani
Akira Nagatani Kyoto University
Winslow R. Briggs
Winslow R. Briggs Carnegie Institution for Science
John M. Christie
John M. Christie University of Glasgow
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Kyushu University
Tilman Lamparter
Tilman Lamparter Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Tatsuya Sakai
Tatsuya Sakai Niigata University
Kiyotaka Okada
Kiyotaka Okada National Institute for Basic Biology

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