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D-Index
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9502
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5218
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92

Nobuko Saigusa publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nobuko Saigusa sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 206 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Nobuko Saigusa D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nobuko Saigusa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nobuko Saigusa is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, ecology, and pollution.

Saigusa's research covers a broad range of topics, such as atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, climate variability and models, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, fire effects on ecosystems, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

The scientist has contributed to several papers published in recognized venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Global terrestrial carbon fluxes of 1999-2019 estimated by upscaling eddy covariance data with a random forest, 2020, Scientific Data
  • The impact of interventions in the global land and agri-food sectors on Nature's Contributions to People and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sectors, Coal Mining and Ruminant Farming Drive Methane Growth over the Past Three Decades, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Observation of vertical profiles of NO, O3, and VOCs to estimate their sources and sinks by inverse modeling in a Japanese larch forest, 2020, Journal of Agricultural Meteorology
  • The greenhouse gas observation mission with Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW): objectives, conceptual framework and scientific contributions, 2025, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Frequent publication venues for Saigusa include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), TRENDS IN THE SCIENCES, Scientific Data, Global Change Biology, and the Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Saigusa's research. They have frequently co-authored works with Hiroyuki Muraoka, Tsuneo Matsunaga, Prabir K. Patra, Shohei Murayama, and Hiroaki Kondo.

Best Publications

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Influence of spring and autumn phenological transitions on forest ecosystem productivity

    Andrew D. Richardson;T. Andy Black;Philippe Ciais;Nicolas Delbart

  • Carbon, energy and water fluxes at mature and disturbed forest sites, Saskatchewan, Canada

    Amiro Bd;Barr Ag;Black Ta;Iwashita H

  • A Parameterization of Evaporation from Bare Soil Surfaces.

    Junsei Kondo;Nobuko Saigusa;Takeshi Sato

  • Which practices co‐deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification?

    Pete Smith;Katherine Calvin;Johnson Nkem;Donovan Campbell

  • Gross primary production and net ecosystem exchange of a cool-temperate deciduous forest estimated by the eddy covariance method

    Nobuko Saigusa;Susumu Yamamoto;Shohei Murayama;Hiroaki Kondo

  • Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

    Chuixiang Yi;Daniel Ricciuto;Runze Li;John Wolbeck

  • Inter-annual variability of carbon budget components in an AsiaFlux forest site estimated by long-term flux measurements

    Nobuko Saigusa;Susumu Yamamoto;Shohei Murayama;Hiroaki Kondo

  • Seasonal and annual variations in soil respiration in a cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest in Japan

    Wenhong Mo;Mi Sun Lee;Masaki Uchida;Motoko Inatomi

  • Spatial distribution of carbon balance in forest ecosystems across East Asia

    Ryuichi Hirata;Nobuko Saigusa;Susumu Yamamoto;Yoshikazu Ohtani

  • Temporal and spatial variations in the seasonal patterns of CO2 flux in boreal, temperate, and tropical forests in East Asia

    Nobuko Saigusa;Susumu Yamamoto;Ryuichi Hirata;Yoshikazu Ohtani

  • Global terrestrial carbon fluxes of 1999–2019 estimated by upscaling eddy covariance data with a random forest

    Jiye Zeng;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Zheng-Hong Tan;Nobuko Saigusa

  • Seasonal and inter-annual variation of CO2 flux between a temperate forest and the atmosphere in Japan

    Susumu Yamamoto;Shohei Murayama;Nobuko Saigusa;Hiroaki Kondo

  • Carbon sequestration in boreal jack pine stands following harvesting

    Tianshan Zha;Alan G. Barr;T. Andy Black;J. Harry McCAUGHEY

  • New data-driven estimation of terrestrial CO2 fluxes in Asia using a standardized database of eddy covariance measurements, remote sensing data, and support vector regression

    Kazuhito Ichii;Kazuhito Ichii;Kazuhito Ichii;Masahito Ueyama;Masayuki Kondo;Masayuki Kondo;Nobuko Saigusa

  • Seasonal and interannual variations in carbon dioxide exchange of a temperate larch forest

    Ryuichi Hirata;Takashi Hirano;Nobuko Saigusa;Yasumi Fujinuma

  • Effects of seasonal and interannual variations in leaf photosynthesis and canopy leaf area index on gross primary production of a cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest in Takayama, Japan.

    Hiroyuki Muraoka;Nobuko Saigusa;Kenlo N. Nasahara;Hibiki Noda

  • Temperature and precipitation control of the spatial variation of terrestrial ecosystem carbon exchange in the Asian region

    Zhi Chen;Guirui Yu;Jianping Ge;Xiaomin Sun

  • A model and experimental study of evaporation from bare-soil surfaces

    Junsei Kondo;Nobuko Saigusa;Takeshi Sato

  • CO2 and water vapor exchange of a larch forest in northern Japan

    Takashi Hirano;Ryuichi Hirata;Yasumi Fujinuma;Nobuko Saigusa

  • The impact of interventions in the global land and agri-food sectors on Nature's Contributions to People and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

    Pamela McElwee;Katherine Calvin;Donovan Campbell;Francesco Cherubini

  • Late-summer carbon fluxes from Canadian forests and peatlands along an east-west continental transect

    Carole Coursolle;Hank A Margolis;Alan G Barr;T Andrew Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhito Ichii
Kazuhito Ichii Chiba University
Takashi Hirano
Takashi Hirano Hokkaido University
Masahito Ueyama
Masahito Ueyama Osaka Metropolitan University
Kentaro Takagi
Kentaro Takagi Hokkaido University
Akihiko Ito
Akihiko Ito University of Tokyo
Yoshiki Yamagata
Yoshiki Yamagata Keio University
Takeshi Ohta
Takeshi Ohta Nagoya University
Hiroyuki Muraoka
Hiroyuki Muraoka Gifu University
Huimin Wang
Huimin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hideki Kobayashi
Hideki Kobayashi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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