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Masao Ishimoto

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
8104
World Ranking
15840
National Ranking
1131

Masao Ishimoto 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 Masao Ishimoto sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 184 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masao Ishimoto 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 Masao Ishimoto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masao Ishimoto is affiliated with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science, which accounts for the majority of their publications. Other subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology, and Cell Biology.

The research topics covered by Ishimoto include:

  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Ishimoto's work has been published in multiple scientific venues with recurring contributions to Breeding Science, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Nature Genetics, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Nature Communications.

Some notable papers by Ishimoto include:

  • A cellulose synthase-derived enzyme catalyses 3-O-glucuronosylation in saponin biosynthesis (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Whole-genome sequence diversity and association analysis of 198 soybean accessions in mini-core collections (2021, DNA Research)
  • Whole-Genome Sequencing of the NARO World Rice Core Collection (WRC) as the Basis for Diversity and Association Studies (2020, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • Identification of a cytochrome P450 hydroxylase, CYP81E22, as a causative gene for the high sensitivity of soybean to herbicide bentazon (2020, Theoretical and Applied Genetics)
  • Investigation of the Genetic Diversity of a Rice Core Collection of Japanese Landraces using Whole-Genome Sequencing (2020, Plant and Cell Physiology)

Frequent collaborators in Ishimoto's research include Akito Kaga, with whom they have coauthored 15 papers, followed by Yuko Yokota and Takashi Sayama with 7 papers each. Other coauthors include Susumu Hiraga and Eri Ogiso-Tanaka.

Best Publications

  • Map-Based Cloning of the Gene Associated With the Soybean Maturity Locus E3

    Satoshi Watanabe;Rumiko Hideshima;Zhengjun Xia;Yasutaka Tsubokura

  • Bruchid resistance of transgenic azuki bean expressing seed α‐amylase inhibitor of common bean

    Masao Ishimoto;Takashi Sato;Maarten J. Chrispeels;Keisuke Kitamura

  • Growth Inhibitory Effects of an α-Amylase Inhibitor from the Kidney Bean, Phaseolus vulgaris (L.) on Three Species of Bruchids (Coleoptera : Bruchidae)

    Masao Ishimoto;Keisuke Kitamura

  • Protective mechanism of the Mexican bean weevil against high levels of alpha-amylase inhibitor in the common bean.

    Masao Ishimoto;Maarten J. Chrispeels

  • Natural variation in the genes responsible for maturity loci E1, E2, E3 and E4 in soybean

    Yasutaka Tsubokura;Satoshi Watanabe;Satoshi Watanabe;Zhengjun Xia;Hiroyuki Kanamori

  • High-density Integrated Linkage Map Based on SSR Markers in Soybean

    Tae Young Hwang;Takashi Sayama;Masakazu Takahashi;Yoshitake Takada

  • Accumulation of high levels of free amino acids in soybean seeds through integration of mutations conferring seed protein deficiency

    Masakazu Takahashi;Yoshihiko Uematsu;Koichi Kashiwaba;Kazuhiro Yagasaki

  • The Sg-1 Glycosyltransferase Locus Regulates Structural Diversity of Triterpenoid Saponins of Soybean

    Takashi Sayama;Eiichiro Ono;Kyoko Takagi;Yoshitake Takada

  • Sequencing and analysis of approximately 40,000 soybean cDNA clones from a full-length-enriched cDNA library.

    Taishi Umezawa;Tetsuya Sakurai;Yasushi Totoki;Atsushi Toyoda

  • Pathogenic diversity of Phytophthora sojae and breeding strategies to develop Phytophthora-resistant soybeans

    Takuma Sugimoto;Masayasu Kato;Shinya Yoshida;Isao Matsumoto

  • Construction of a high-density mutant library in soybean and development of a mutant retrieval method using amplicon sequencing

    Mai Tsuda;Akito Kaga;Toyoaki Anai;Takehiko Shimizu

  • A major and stable QTL associated with seed weight in soybean across multiple environments and genetic backgrounds

    Shin Kato;Takashi Sayama;Kenichiro Fujii;Setsuzo Yumoto

  • The composition of newly synthesized proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum determines the transport pathways of soybean seed storage proteins

    Takashi Mori;Nobuyuki Maruyama;Keito Nishizawa;Takahiko Higasa

  • Molecular characterization of a bean α-amylase inhibitor that inhibits the α-amylase of the Mexican bean weevil Zabrotes subfasciatus

    M. F. Grossi De Sa;T. E. Mirkov;M. Ishimoto;G. Colucci

  • Oryzacystatins Exhibit Growth-inhibitory and Lethal Effects on Different Species of Bean Insect Pests, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera) and Riptortus clavatus (Hemiptera).

    Masaharu Kuroda;Masao Ishimoto;Kazunori Suzuki;Hiroto Kondo

  • Inheritance of Resistance to Infestation with Azuki Bean Weevil in Vigna sublobata and Successful Incorporation to V.radiata

    Keisuke Kitamura;Masao Ishimoto;Megumi Sawa

  • Simultaneous site-directed mutagenesis of duplicated loci in soybean using a single guide RNA

    Yuhei Kanazashi;Aya Hirose;Ippei Takahashi;Masafumi Mikami

  • A Thaumatin-Like Protein, Rj4, Controls Nodule Symbiotic Specificity in Soybean

    Masaki Hayashi;Sokichi Shiro;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Satomi Mori-Hosokawa

  • Recent advances in soybean transformation and their application to molecular breeding and genomic analysis.

    Tetsuya Yamada;Kyoko Takagi;Masao Ishimoto

  • A red fluorescent protein, DsRed2, as a visual reporter for transient expression and stable transformation in soybean.

    Keito Nishizawa;Yoichi Kita;Masahiko Kitayama;Masao Ishimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Akito Kaga
Akito Kaga National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Kyuya Harada
Kyuya Harada University of Tsukuba
Toshiya Muranaka
Toshiya Muranaka Osaka University
Shigeru Utsumi
Shigeru Utsumi Kyoto University
Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa
Tatsuhiko Shiraiwa Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Kanamori
Hiroyuki Kanamori Kyoto Prefectural University
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Maarten J. Chrispeels
Maarten J. Chrispeels University of California, San Diego
Takeshi Nishio
Takeshi Nishio Tohoku University
Seiichi Toki
Seiichi Toki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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