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Takeshi Izawa

Takeshi Izawa

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
13045
World Ranking
19205
National Ranking
1385

Takeshi Izawa 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 Takeshi Izawa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 83 publications — 2nd percentile

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Takeshi Izawa 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 Takeshi Izawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Takeshi Izawa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses extensively on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, addressing complex processes in plant growth and development.

The main research topics covered by Takeshi Izawa include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Takeshi Izawa has contributed to a range of scientific publications, with a focus on hormonal control in flowering and genetic regulation in crop species, particularly rice. Notable recent papers include:

  • "What is going on with the hormonal control of flowering in plants?", 2020, The Plant Journal
  • "Reloading DNA History in Rice Domestication", 2022, Plant and Cell Physiology

Among the journals where Takeshi Izawa frequently publishes are:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Development
  • Breeding Research
  • The Plant Journal
  • Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Noriko Nishide
  • Manaki Mimura
  • Erika Toda
  • Shizuka Koshimizu
  • Atsuko Kinoshita

Takeshi Izawa's research covers a range of methodologies related to plant reproductive biology and genetics, contributing to understanding important agricultural traits such as flowering time and plant responses to environmental stressors. Recent works also explore genetic diversity and evolutionary aspects in crop species.

Best Publications

  • Deletion in a gene associated with grain size increased yields during rice domestication

    Ayahiko Shomura;Takeshi Izawa;Kaworu Ebana;Takeshi Ebitani

  • An SNP caused loss of seed shattering during rice domestication.

    Saeko Konishi;Takeshi Izawa;Shao Yang Lin;Kaworu Ebana

  • Ehd1, a B-type response regulator in rice, confers short-day promotion of flowering and controls FT-like gene expression independently of Hd1

    Kazuyuki Doi;Takeshi Izawa;Takuichi Fuse;Utako Yamanouchi

  • Fertile transgenic rice plants regenerated from transformed protoplasts

    Ko Shimamoto;Rie Terada;Takeshi Izawa;Hideya Fujimoto

  • Phytochrome mediates the external light signal to repress FT orthologs in photoperiodic flowering of rice

    Takeshi Izawa;Tetsuo Oikawa;Nobuko Sugiyama;Takatoshi Tanisaka

  • Loss-of-Function Mutations of the Rice GAMYB Gene Impair α-Amylase Expression in Aleurone and Flower Development

    Miyuki Kaneko;Yoshiaki Inukai;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Hironori Itoh

  • A naturally occurring functional allele of the rice waxy locus has a GT to TT mutation at the 5' splice site of the first intron

    Masayuki Isshiki;Kazuko Morino;Midori Nakajima;Ron J. Okagaki

  • Adaptation of flowering-time by natural and artificial selection in Arabidopsis and rice

    Takeshi Izawa

  • Ehd2, a Rice Ortholog of the Maize INDETERMINATE1 Gene, Promotes Flowering by Up-Regulating Ehd1

    Kazuki Matsubara;Utako Yamanouchi;Zi-Xuan Wang;Yuzo Minobe

  • A pair of floral regulators sets critical day length for Hd3a florigen expression in rice

    Hironori Itoh;Yasunori Nonoue;Masahiro Yano;Takeshi Izawa

  • Comparative biology comes into bloom: genomic and genetic comparison of flowering pathways in rice and Arabidopsis

    Takeshi Izawa;Yuji Takahashi;Masahiro Yano

  • Deciphering and Prediction of Transcriptome Dynamics under Fluctuating Field Conditions

    Atsushi J. Nagano;Yutaka Sato;Motohiro Mihara;Baltazar A. Antonio

  • Phytochromes confer the photoperiodic control of flowering in rice (a short-day plant).

    Takeshi Izawa;Tetsuo Oikawa;Satoru Tokutomi;Kazutoshi Okuno

  • ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION 2/RFL, the rice ortholog of Arabidopsis LEAFY, suppresses the transition from inflorescence meristem to floral meristem through interaction with APO1.

    Kyoko Ikeda-Kawakatsu;Masahiko Maekawa;Takeshi Izawa;Jun Ichi Itoh

  • Genetically engineered rice resistant to rice stripe virus, an insect-transmitted virus.

    Takahiko Hayakawa;Yafeng Zhu;Kimiko Itoh;Yusuke Kimura

  • Down-regulation of RFL, the FLO/LFY homolog of rice, accompanied with panicle branch initiation

    Junko Kyozuka;Saeko Konishi;Keisuke Nemoto;Takeshi Izawa

  • Os-GIGANTEA Confers Robust Diurnal Rhythms on the Global Transcriptome of Rice in the Field

    Takeshi Izawa;Motohiro Mihara;Yuji Suzuki;Meenu Gupta

  • Becoming a model plant: The importance of rice to plant science

    Takeshi Izawa;Ko Shimamoto

  • Hd1,a CONSTANS ortholog in rice, functions as an Ehd1 repressor through interaction with monocot-specific CCT-domain protein Ghd7.

    Yasue Nemoto;Yasunori Nonoue;Masahiro Yano;Takeshi Izawa

  • Isolation of Rice Genes Possibly Involved in the Photoperiodic Control of Flowering by a Fluorescent Differential Display Method

    Ryousuke Hayama;Takeshi Izawa;Ko Shimamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Ko Shimamoto
Ko Shimamoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masahiro Yano
Masahiro Yano National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Junko Kyozuka
Junko Kyozuka Tohoku University
Takeshi Itoh
Takeshi Itoh Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Yoshiaki Nagamura
Yoshiaki Nagamura National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Jun-ichi Yonemaru
Jun-ichi Yonemaru Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology
Shuichi Fukuoka
Shuichi Fukuoka Institute of Crop Science
Utako Yamanouchi
Utako Yamanouchi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hirohiko Hirochika
Hirohiko Hirochika Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Makoto Matsuoka
Makoto Matsuoka Nagoya University

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