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Masatomo 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 Masatomo Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masatomo 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 Masatomo Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Masatomo Kobayashi is affiliated with the RIKEN BioResource Research Center in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in plant science and molecular biology. This work examines plant stress responses, aluminum toxicity and tolerance, micronutrient interactions, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

The main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Kobayashi has coauthored work with several researchers, including:

  • Yuriko Kobayashi
  • Satoshi Iuchi
  • Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto
  • Hiroyuki Koyama
  • Keisuke Nagai

The scientist's frequent publication venues feature journals in plant and molecular biology, including:

  • Nature
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Representative publications highlight Kobayashi's research contributions in plant growth regulation, aluminum stress responses, and genetic architecture studies:

  • "Antagonistic regulation of the gibberellic acid response during stem growth in rice," 2020, Nature
  • "High affinity promoter binding of STOP1 is essential for early expression of novel aluminum-induced resistance genes GDH1 and GDH2 in Arabidopsis," 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Genome-Wide Association Study and Genomic Prediction Elucidate the Distinct Genetic Architecture of Aluminum and Proton Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Green revolution: a mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice.

    A. Sasaki;M. Ashikari;M. Ueguchi-Tanaka;H. Itoh

  • Regulation of drought tolerance by gene manipulation of 9‐cis‐epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase, a key enzyme in abscisic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

    Satoshi Iuchi;Masatomo Kobayashi;Teruaki Taji;Masaaki Naramoto

  • GIBBERELLIN INSENSITIVE DWARF1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibberellin

    Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Motoyuki Ashikari;Masatoshi Nakajima;Hironori Itoh

  • Important roles of drought- and cold-inducible genes for galactinol synthase in stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Teruaki Taji;Chieko Ohsumi;Satoshi Iuchi;Motoaki Seki

  • Identification of CRE1 as a cytokinin receptor from Arabidopsis

    Tsutomu Inoue;Masayuki Higuchi;Yukari Hashimoto;Motoaki Seki

  • Functional Analysis of Rice DREB1/CBF-type Transcription Factors Involved in Cold-responsive Gene Expression in Transgenic Rice

    Yusuke Ito;Koji Katsura;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Teruaki Taji

  • Three Arabidopsis SnRK2 protein kinases, SRK2D/SnRK2.2, SRK2E/SnRK2.6/OST1 and SRK2I/SnRK2.3, involved in ABA signaling are essential for the control of seed development and dormancy

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yasunari Fujita;Norihito Kanamori;Takeshi Katagiri

  • An Overview of Gibberellin Metabolism Enzyme Genes and Their Related Mutants in Rice

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Koutarou Miura;Hironori Itoh;Tomoko Tatsumi

  • In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family

    Masayuki Higuchi;Melissa S. Pischke;Ari Pekka Mähönen;Kaori Miyawaki

  • Three SnRK2 protein kinases are the main positive regulators of abscisic acid signaling in response to water stress in Arabidopsis.

    Yasunari Fujita;Kazuo Nakashima;Takuya Yoshida;Takeshi Katagiri

  • Accumulation of Phosphorylated Repressor for Gibberellin Signaling in an F-box Mutant

    Akie Sasaki;Hironori Itoh;Kenji Gomi;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka

  • Comparative Genomics in Salt Tolerance between Arabidopsis and Arabidopsis-Related Halophyte Salt Cress Using Arabidopsis Microarray

    Teruaki Taji;Motoaki Seki;Masakazu Satou;Tetsuya Sakurai

  • Characterization of the ABA-regulated global responses to dehydration in Arabidopsis by metabolomics.

    Kaoru Urano;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Yoshiyuki Ogata;Yoshihiko Morishita

  • Identification and characterization of Arabidopsis gibberellin receptors.

    Masatoshi Nakajima;Asako Shimada;Yoshiyuki Takashi;Young-Cheon Kim

  • High Temperature-Induced Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Its Role in the Inhibition of Gibberellin Action in Arabidopsis Seeds

    Shigeo Toh;Akane Imamura;Asuka Watanabe;Kazumi Nakabayashi

  • Biological functions of proline in morphogenesis and osmotolerance revealed in antisense transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tokihiko Nanjo;Masatomo Kobayashi;Yoshu Yoshiba;Yukika Sanada

  • Zinc finger protein STOP1 is critical for proton tolerance in Arabidopsis and coregulates a key gene in aluminum tolerance.

    Satoshi Iuchi;Hiroyuki Koyama;Atsuko Iuchi;Yasufumi Kobayashi

  • A Stress-Inducible Gene for 9-cis-Epoxycarotenoid Dioxygenase Involved in Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis under Water Stress in Drought-Tolerant Cowpea

    Satoshi Iuchi;Masatomo Kobayashi;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • CYP707A3, a major ABA 8'-hydroxylase involved in dehydration and rehydration response in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Taishi Umezawa;Masanori Okamoto;Tetsuo Kushiro;Eiji Nambara

  • High Temperature-Induced Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Its Role in the Inhibition of Gibberellin Action in

    Shigeo Toh;Akane Imamura;Asuka Watanabe;Kazumi Nakabayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuriko Kobayashi
Yuriko Kobayashi Gifu University
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Yoshihiro Narusaka
Yoshihiro Narusaka Institute for Biological Sciences
Tomohiko Kato
Tomohiko Kato Kazusa DNA Research Institute
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki University of Tokyo
Yuji Kamiya
Yuji Kamiya RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University

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