2026 Motoo Kimura: Genetics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	82	1433	52	145	117760

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D-Index

World Ranking

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Publications

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Genetics

1433

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117760

Research.com Recognitions

1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Motoo Kimura was affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan during their scientific career.

The scientist was recognized as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973.

Kimura's profile does not include specific information regarding recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues. Similarly, no detailed data on book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or main research topics were recorded.

Best Publications

A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences.

Motoo Kimura

50033
Citations
The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

Motoo Kimura

14006
Citations
An introduction to population genetics theory

James F. Crow;Motoo Kimura

6498
Citations
Evolutionary Rate at the Molecular Level

Motoo Kimura

5101
Citations
The Number of Alleles That Can Be Maintained in a Finite Population

Motoo Kimura;James F. Crow

3724
Citations
The Stepping Stone Model of Population Structure and the Decrease of Genetic Correlation with Distance.

Motoo Kimura;George H. Weiss

2402
Citations
A model of mutation appropriate to estimate the number of electrophoretically detectable alleles in a finite population

Tomoko Ohta;Motoo Kimura

1708
Citations
On the probability of fixation of mutant genes in a population.

Motoo Kimura

1588
Citations
Estimation of Evolutionary Distances between Homologous Nucleotide Sequences

Motoo Kimura

1480
Citations
The number of heterozygous nucleotide sites maintained in a finite population due to steady flux of mutations.

Motoo Kimura

1165
Citations
Diffusion models in population genetics

Motoo Kimura

996
Citations
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF GENERATIONS UNTIL FIXATION OF A MUTANT GENE IN A FINITE POPULATION

Motoo Kimura;Tomoko Ohta

846
Citations
Preponderance of synonymous changes as evidence for the neutral theory of molecular evolution

Motoo Kimura

841
Citations
Evolution in Sexual and Asexual Populations

James F. Crow;Motoo Kimura

778
Citations
Theoretical aspects of population genetics

Kimura M;Ota T

778
Citations
Stepwise mutation model and distribution of allelic frequencies in a finite population.

Motoo Kimura;Tomoko Ohta

717
Citations
The mutational load with epistatic gene interactions in fitness.

Motoo Kimura;Takeo Maruyama

716
Citations
On Some Principles Governing Molecular Evolution

Motoo Kimura;Tomoko Ohta

676
Citations
Protein polymorphism as a phase of molecular evolution.

Motoo Kimura;Tomoko Ohta

627
Citations
Some Problems of Stochastic Processes in Genetics

Motoo Kimura

614
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoko Ohta National Institute of Genetics

James F. Crow University of Wisconsin–Madison

Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Etsuko N. Moriyama University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Stanford University

William F. Dove University of Wisconsin–Madison

Thomas H. Jukes University of California, Berkeley

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