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Shinichi Takaichi

Shinichi Takaichi

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9095
World Ranking
16265
National Ranking
1165

Shinichi Takaichi 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 Shinichi Takaichi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 217 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shinichi Takaichi 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 Shinichi Takaichi sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shinichi Takaichi is affiliated with Nippon Medical School in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly contributions cover multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Ecology, Biochemistry, and Plant Science.

Takaichi's research explores key topics such as Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Light Effects on Plants, and Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • An LH1-RC photocomplex from an extremophilic phototroph provides insight into origins of two photosynthesis proteins, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Carotenogenesis in cyanobacteria: CruA/CruP-type and CrtL-type lycopene cyclases, 2020, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
  • Light dependent accumulation of β-carotene enhances photo-acclimation of Euglena gracilis, 2020, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Uphill energy transfer mechanism for photosynthesis in an Antarctic alga, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Lycopene-Family Carotenoids Confer Thermostability on Photocomplexes from a New Thermophilic Purple Bacterium, 2020, Biochemistry

The frequent publication venues where Takaichi's work appears include Communications Biology, Nature Communications, The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Algal Research.

Takaichi often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors such as Zheng-Yu Wang-Otomo, Michael T. Madigan, Yukihiro Kimura, Shinji Kawasaki, and Kazutoshi Tani, reflecting a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to scientific inquiry.

Best Publications

  • Carotenoids in Algae: Distributions, Biosyntheses and Functions

    Shinichi Takaichi

  • Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes.

    Satoshi Hanada;Shinichi Takaichi;Katsumi Matsuura;Kazunori Nakamura

  • Carotenoids and carotenogenesis in cyanobacteria: unique ketocarotenoids and carotenoid glycosides.

    S Takaichi;M Mochimaru

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

    Norio Wakao;Naoto Yokoi;Naohito Isoyama;Akira Hiraishi

  • Novel hydroxycarotenoids with improved antioxidative properties produced by gene combination in Escherichia coli.

    Manuela Albrecht;Shinichi Takaichi;Sabine Steiger;Zheng-Yu Wang

  • Characterization of carotenoids in photosynthetic bacteria.

    Shinichi Takaichi;Keizo Shimada

  • Quinones in chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria and their role in the redox-dependent fluorescence studied in chlorosome-like bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates

    N.-U. Frigaard;Shinichi Takaichi;Masamitsu Hirota;Keizo Shimada

  • Genomic structure of an economically important cyanobacterium, Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis NIES-39.

    Takatomo Fujisawa;Rei Narikawa;Shinobu Okamoto;Shigeki Ehira

  • Rare carotenoids, (3R)-saproxanthin and (3R,2'S)-myxol, isolated from novel marine bacteria (Flavobacteriaceae) and their antioxidative activities.

    Kazutoshi Shindo;Kana Kikuta;Atsuko Suzuki;Atsuko Katsuta

  • Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov.

    Akira Hiraishi;Kenji V. P. Nagashima;Katsumi Matsuura;Keizo Shimada

  • Myxoxanthophyll in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is Myxol 2′-Dimethyl-Fucoside, (3R,2′S)-Myxol 2′-(2,4-di-O-Methyl-α-l-Fucoside), not Rhamnoside

    Shinichi Takaichi;Takashi Maoka;Kazumori Masamoto

  • Identification of carotenoids from the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica

    Rie Yatsunami;Ai Ando;Ying Yang;Shinichi Takaichi

  • Identification of a gene required for cis-to-trans carotene isomerization in carotenogenesis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

    Kazumori Masamoto;Hajime Wada;Takakazu Kaneko;Shinichi Takaichi

  • Complete Biosynthetic Pathway of the C50 Carotenoid Bacterioruberin from Lycopene in the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula japonica

    Ying Yang;Rie Yatsunami;Ai Ando;Nobuhiro Miyoko

  • Molecular structure and optical properties of carotenoids for the in vivo energy transfer function in the algal photosynthetic pigment system

    Mamoru Mimuro;Umpei Nagashima;Shinichi Takaichi;Yoshinobu Nishimura

  • The major carotenoid in all known species of heliobacteria is the C30 carotenoid 4,4'-diaponeurosporene, not neurosporene

    Shinichi Takaichi;Kazuhito Inoue;Mitsuhiro Akaike;Masami Kobayashi

  • The effect of growth conditions on the light-harvesting apparatus in Rhodopseudomonas acidophila

    Alastair T. Gardiner;Richard J. Cogdell;Shinichi Takaichi

  • Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria.

    Tetsushi Suyama;Toru Shigematsu;Shinichi Takaichi;Yoshinobu Nodasaka

  • Myxol and 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucosides, not rhamnosides, from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102, and proposal for the biosynthetic pathway of carotenoids.

    Shinichi Takaichi;Mari Mochimaru;Takashi Maoka;Hiroshi Katoh

  • Characterization of carotenes in a combination of a C18 HPLC column with isocratic elution and absorption spectra with a photodiode-array detector

    Shinichi Takaichi

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Hiraishi
Akira Hiraishi Toyohashi University of Technology
Michael T. Madigan
Michael T. Madigan Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Norihiko Misawa
Norihiko Misawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Gerhard Sandmann
Gerhard Sandmann Goethe University Frankfurt
Shigeru Itoh
Shigeru Itoh Nagoya University
Richard J. Cogdell
Richard J. Cogdell University of Glasgow
Mamoru Mimuro
Mamoru Mimuro Kyoto University
Iwao Yamazaki
Iwao Yamazaki Hokkaido University
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Kazuo Furihata
Kazuo Furihata University of Tokyo

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