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Satoshi Okabe

Satoshi Okabe

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
19408
World Ranking
1307
National Ranking
36

Satoshi Okabe publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Satoshi Okabe sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 240 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Satoshi Okabe D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Satoshi Okabe is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has contributed to the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, focusing particularly on Pollution, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their research centers around key topics including Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Ecological niche differentiation among anammox bacteria, 2020, Water Research
  • High voltage generation from wastewater by microbial fuel cells equipped with a newly designed low voltage booster multiplier (LVBM), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Bioelectrochemical anoxic ammonium nitrogen removal by an MFC driven single chamber microbial electrolysis cell, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Wastewater-based prediction of COVID-19 cases using a highly sensitive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection method combined with mathematical modeling, 2023, Environment International
  • Required Chlorination Doses to Fulfill the Credit Value for Disinfection of Enteric Viruses in Water: A Critical Review, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Satoshi Okabe frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in the following journals:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere
  • Microbes and Environments
  • Water Research

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Mamoru Oshiki, Masaaki Kitajima, Ryo Iwamoto, Kanae Kobayashi, and N'Dah Joel Koffi. These partnerships reflect a diverse network contributing to various studies within related scientific domains.

Best Publications

  • In vitro toxicity of silver nanoparticles at noncytotoxic doses to HepG2 human hepatoma cells.

    Koji Kawata;Masato Osawa;Satoshi Okabe

  • In Situ Analysis of Nitrifying Biofilms as Determined by In Situ Hybridization and the Use of Microelectrodes

    Satoshi Okabe;Hisashi Satoh;Yoshimasa Watanabe

  • Functional bacterial and archaeal community structures of major trophic groups in a full-scale anaerobic sludge digester

    Herto Dwi Ariesyady;Tsukasa Ito;Satoshi Okabe

  • Development of high-rate anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (ANAMMOX) biofilm reactors

    Ikuo Tsushima;Yuji Ogasawara;Tomonori Kindaichi;Hisashi Satoh

  • Ecophysiological Interaction between Nitrifying Bacteria and Heterotrophic Bacteria in Autotrophic Nitrifying Biofilms as Determined by Microautoradiography-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization

    Tomonori Kindaichi;Tsukasa Ito;Satoshi Okabe

  • Alternative indicators of fecal pollution: relations with pathogens and conventional indicators, current methodologies for direct pathogen monitoring and future application perspectives.

    Olga Savichtcheva;Satoshi Okabe

  • Anammox-based technologies for nitrogen removal: Advances in process start-up and remaining issues

    Muhammad Ali;Satoshi Okabe

  • Ecology and physiology of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria

    Mamoru Oshiki;Hisashi Satoh;Satoshi Okabe

  • Succession of Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in the Microbial Community on Corroding Concrete in Sewer Systems

    Satoshi Okabe;Mitsunori Odagiri;Tsukasa Ito;Hisashi Satoh

  • Increased Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli in Mature Biofilms

    Akinobu Ito;Asami Taniuchi;Thithiwat May;Koji Kawata

  • Physiological characteristics of the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium 'Candidatus Brocadia sinica'.

    Mamoru Oshiki;Masaki Shimokawa;Naoki Fujii;Hisashi Satoh

  • Bacterial community structures in MBRs treating municipal wastewater: Relationship between community stability and reactor performance

    Yuki Miura;Mirian Noriko Hiraiwa;Tsukasa Ito;Takanori Itonaga

  • Quantification of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in enrichment cultures by real-time PCR

    Ikuo Tsushima;Tomonori Kindaichi;Satoshi Okabe

  • Membrane biofouling in pilot-scale membrane bioreactors (MBRs) treating municipal wastewater: impact of biofilm formation.

    Yuki Miura;Yoshimasa Watanabe;Satoshi Okabe

  • Significance of Chloroflexi in performance of submerged membrane bioreactors (MBR) treating municipal wastewater.

    Yuki Miura;Yoshimasa Watanabe;Satoshi Okabe

  • Physiological characterization of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacterium 'Candidatus Jettenia caeni'

    Muhammad Ali;Mamoru Oshiki;Takanori Awata;Kazuo Isobe

  • Quantification of host-specific Bacteroides-Prevotella 16S rRNA genetic markers for assessment of fecal pollution in freshwater.

    Satoshi Okabe;Noriko Okayama;Olga Savichtcheva;Tsukasa Ito

  • Analyses of spatial distributions of sulfate-reducing bacteria and their activity in aerobic wastewater biofilms.

    Satoshi Okabe;Tsukasa Itoh;Hisashi Satoh;Yoshimasa Watanabe

  • Maximum specific growth rate of anammox bacteria revisited.

    Lei Zhang;Yuko Narita;Lin Gao;Muhammad Ali

  • N2O emission from a partial nitrification-anammox process and identification of a key biological process of N2O emission from anammox granules.

    Satoshi Okabe;Mamoru Oshiki;Yoshitaka Takahashi;Hisashi Satoh

  • Nitrogen removal performance and microbial community analysis of an anaerobic up-flow granular bed anammox reactor

    Sunja Cho;Sunja Cho;Yoshitaka Takahashi;Naoki Fujii;Yohei Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Yamada
Koji Yamada National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Osamu Nakagomi
Osamu Nakagomi Nagasaki University
Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
Akiyoshi Ohashi
Akiyoshi Ohashi Hiroshima University
Naohiro Yoshida
Naohiro Yoshida Tokyo Institute of Technology
Guanghao Chen
Guanghao Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Takuro Nunoura
Takuro Nunoura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Akira Hiraishi
Akira Hiraishi Toyohashi University of Technology
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Yoichi Kamagata
Yoichi Kamagata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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