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Shigeru Itoh

Shigeru Itoh

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8728
World Ranking
13211
National Ranking
1001

Shigeru Itoh publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 345 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Shigeru Itoh D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shigeru Itoh is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Plant Science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Algal Biology and Biofuel Production
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Saffron Plant Research Studies
  • Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology

Shigeru Itoh has published in several scientific journals, with a notable presence in:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Nature Communications
  • Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Photosynthesis Research

Recent papers include:

  • "Structure of the far-red light utilizing photosystem I of Acaryochloris marina," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Improved yield and antioxidant activity of essential oil from Alpinia zerumbet (Zingiberaceae) leaves by underwater shockwave pretreatment," 2020, Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • "Theoretical Model of the Far-Red-Light-Adapted Photosystem I Reaction Center of Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina Using Chlorophyll d and the Effect of Chlorophyll Exchange," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Direct Energy Transfer from Allophycocyanin-Free Rod-Type CpcL-Phycobilisome to Photosystem I," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Comparison between the Light-Harvesting Mechanisms of Type-I Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Heliobacteria and Photosystem I: Pigment Site Energy Distribution and Exciton State," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Akihiro Kimura
  • Hirotaka Kitoh-Nishioka
  • Keisuke Kawakami
  • Tasuku Hamaguchi
  • Kyoko Shinzawa-Itoh

Best Publications

  • High-performance TFTs fabricated by XeCl excimer laser annealing of hydrogenated amorphous-silicon film

    K. Sera;F. Okumura;H. Uchida;S. Itoh

  • A photosystem I reaction center driven by chlorophyll d in oxygenic photosynthesis

    Qiang Hu;Hideaki Miyashita;Ikuko Iwasaki;Norihide Kurano

  • Discovery of Natural Photosynthesis using Zn-Containing Bacteriochlorophyll in an Aerobic Bacterium Acidiphilium rubrum

    Norio Wakao;Naoto Yokoi;Naohito Isoyama;Akira Hiraishi

  • Enthalpy of hydrogen bond formation in a protein-ligand binding reaction.

    P R Connelly;R A Aldape;F J Bruzzese;S P Chambers

  • Destruction of photosystem I iron-sulfur centers in leaves of Cucumis sativus L. by weak illumination at chilling temperatures

    Kintake Sonoike;Ichiro Terashima;Masayao Iwaki;Shigeru Itoh

  • Heat stress causes inhibition of the de novo synthesis of antenna proteins and photobleaching in cultured Symbiodinium

    Shunichi Takahashi;Spencer Whitney;Shigeru Itoh;Tadashi Maruyama

  • Biochemical and Functional Characterization of BLUF-Type Flavin-Binding Proteins of Two Species of Cyanobacteria

    Koji Okajima;Shizue Yoshihara;Yoshimasa Fukushima;Xiaoxing Geng

  • A Novel Photoactive GAF Domain of Cyanobacteriochrome AnPixJ That Shows Reversible Green/Red Photoconversion

    Rei Narikawa;Yoshimasa Fukushima;Takami Ishizuka;Shigeru Itoh

  • Phosphatidylglycerol Requirement for the Function of Electron Acceptor Plastoquinone QB in the Photosystem II Reaction Center

    Zoltán Gombos;Zsuzsanna Várkonyi;Miki Hagio;Masayo Iwaki

  • Effects of chloride depletion on electron donation from the water-oxidizing complex to the photosystem II reaction center as measured by the microsecond rise of chlorophyll fluorescence in isolated pea chloroplasts

    Shigeru Itoh;Christine T. Yerkes;Hiroyuki Koike;Howard H. Robinson

  • Phosphatidylglycerol is essential for oligomerization of photosystem I reaction center.

    Ildikó Domonkos;Przemyslaw Malec;Anna Sallai;László Kovács

  • Photosystem I complexes associated with fucoxanthin-chlorophyll-binding proteins from a marine centric diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis

    Yohei Ikeda;Masayuki Komura;Mai Watanabe;Chie Minami

  • A biliverdin-binding cyanobacteriochrome from the chlorophyll d-bearing cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina.

    Rei Narikawa;Takahiro Nakajima;Yuki Aono;Keiji Fushimi

  • Modification of photosystem I reaction center by the extraction and exchange of chlorophylls and quinones.

    Shigeru Itoh;Masayo Iwaki;Isamu Ikegami

  • Extraction of vitamin K-1 from Photosystem I particles by treatment with diethyl ether and its effects on the A−1 EPR signal and System I photochemistry

    Shigeru Itoh;Masayo Iwaki;Isamu Ikegami

  • Primary intermediate in the photocycle of a blue-light sensory BLUF FAD-protein, Tll0078, of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1.

    Yoshimasa Fukushima;Koji Okajima;Yutaka Shibata;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • A high potential acceptor for photosystem II.

    Jane M. Bowes;Antony R. Crofts;Shigeru Itoh

  • Electron transfer between plastocyanin and P700 in highly-purified photosystem I reaction center complex. Effects of pH, cations, and subunit peptide composition.

    Teruhiro Takabe;Hiroshi Ishikawa;Satsuki Niwa;Shigeru Itoh

  • Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution in Mesoporous Silica Material: Adsorption of Photosystem II Reaction Center Complex into 23 nm Nanopores in SBA

    Tomoyasu Noji;Chihiro Kamidaki;Keisuke Kawakami;Jian Ren Shen

  • ΔG0 Dependence of the Electron Transfer Rate in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center of Plant Photosystem I: Natural Optimization of Reaction between Chlorophyll a (A0) and Quinone

    Masayo Iwaki;Shigeichi Kumazaki;Keitaro Yoshihara;and Tatsuo Erabi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiko Ikeuchi
Masahiko Ikeuchi University of Tokyo
Yoshiaki Fukushima
Yoshiaki Fukushima Advanced Institute of Materials Science
Hitoshi Tamiaki
Hitoshi Tamiaki Ritsumeikan University
Tatsuya Tomo
Tatsuya Tomo Tokyo University of Science
Kimiyuki Satoh
Kimiyuki Satoh Okayama University
Jian-Ren Shen
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama University
Hiroshi Matsubara
Hiroshi Matsubara Osaka Metropolitan University
Shinichi Takaichi
Shinichi Takaichi Nippon Medical School
Akira Hiraishi
Akira Hiraishi Toyohashi University of Technology
Mamoru Mimuro
Mamoru Mimuro Kyoto University

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