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2024

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D-Index
84
Citations
36156
World Ranking
1345
National Ranking
51

Takuji Sasaki publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 299 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Takuji Sasaki D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Takuji Sasaki is affiliated with Tokyo University of Agriculture in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within agricultural and biological sciences, with notable work in plant science, genetics, and agronomy. Sasaki's publication record reflects contributions to genetic mapping, plant disease resistance, plant-microbe interactions, seed physiology, and crop yield improvement.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Soybean Genetics and Cultivation
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

Sasaki has contributed to the following fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields include:

  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

The scientist's publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Euphytica

Recent significant publications by Sasaki are:

  • Evolutionary dynamics and impacts of chromosome regions carrying R-gene clusters in rice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Tamyb10-D1 restores red grain color and increases grain dormancy via suppressing expression of TaLTP2.128, non-specific lipid transfer protein in wheat, 2024, Euphytica

Frequent coauthors of Sasaki include:

  • Hiroshi Mizuno
  • Satoshi Katagiri
  • Hiroyuki Kanamori
  • Yoshiyuki Mukai
  • Takashi Matsumoto

Best Publications

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • Hd1, a Major Photoperiod Sensitivity Quantitative Trait Locus in Rice, Is Closely Related to the Arabidopsis Flowering Time Gene CONSTANS

    Masahiro Yano;Yuichi Katayose;Motoyuki Ashikari;Utako Yamanouchi

  • Hd3a, a rice ortholog of the Arabidopsis FT gene, promotes transition to flowering downstream of Hd1 under short-day conditions.

    Shoko Kojima;Yuji Takahashi;Yasushi Kobayashi;Lisa Monna

  • A High-Density Rice Genetic Linkage Map with 2275 Markers Using a Single F2 Population

    Yoshiaki Harushima;Masahiro Yano;Ayahiko Shomura;Mikiko Sato

  • Genome mapping, molecular markers and marker-assisted selection in crop plants

    Madan Mohan;Suresh Nair;A. Bhagwat;T. G. Krishna

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

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

  • Expression of Xa1, a bacterial blight-resistance gene in rice, is induced by bacterial inoculation

    Satomi Yoshimura;Utako Yamanouchi;Yuichi Katayose;Seiichi Toki

  • Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): an integrative and interactive database for rice genomics.

    Hiroaki Sakai;Sung Shin Lee;Tsuyoshi Tanaka;Hisataka Numa

  • The genome sequence of silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Kazuei Mita;Masahiro Kasahara;Shin Sasaki;Yukinobu Nagayasu

  • The Pib gene for rice blast resistance belongs to the nucleotide binding and leucine‐rich repeat class of plant disease resistance genes

    Zi-Xuan Wang;Masahiro Yano;Utako Yamanouchi;Utako Yamanouchi;Masao Iwamoto

  • The genome sequence and structure of rice chromosome 1

    Takuji Sasaki;Takashi Matsumoto;Kimiko Yamamoto;Katsumi Sakata

  • Hd6, a rice quantitative trait locus involved in photoperiod sensitivity, encodes the α subunit of protein kinase CK2

    Yuji Takahashi;Ayahiko Shomura;Takuji Sasaki;Masahiro Yano

  • Rice gibberellin-insensitive dwarf mutant gene Dwarf 1 encodes the α-subunit of GTP-binding protein

    Motoyuki Ashikari;Jianzhong Wu;Masahiro Yano;Takuji Sasaki

  • Rapid reorganization of resistance gene homologues in cereal genomes

    Dario Leister;Joachim Kurth;David A. Laurie;Masahiro Yano

  • Genetic and molecular dissection of quantitative traits in rice

    Masahiro Yano;Takuji Sasaki

  • Mapping quantitative trait loci controlling seed dormancy and heading date in rice, Oryza sativa L., using backcross inbred lines

    S. Y. Lin;T. Sasaki;M. Yano

  • Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling heading date in rice using a high-density linkage map

    M. Yano;Y. Harushima;Y. Nagamura;N. Kurata

  • A workshop report on wheat genome sequencing: international genome research on wheat consortium

    B.S. Gill;R. Appels;A.M. Botha-Oberholster;C.R. Buell

  • Genetic Control of Flowering Time in Rice, a Short-Day Plant

    Masahiro Yano;Shoko Kojima;Yuji Takahashi;Hongxuan Lin

  • Identification of Heading Date Quantitative Trait Locus Hd6 and Characterization of Its Epistatic Interactions With Hd2 in Rice Using Advanced Backcross Progeny

    Toshio Yamamoto;Hongxuan Lin;Takuji Sasaki;Masahiro Yano

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Yano
Masahiro Yano National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Yoshiaki Nagamura
Yoshiaki Nagamura National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Takashi Matsumoto
Takashi Matsumoto Tokyo University of Agriculture
Shoshi Kikuchi
Shoshi Kikuchi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hiroyuki Kanamori
Hiroyuki Kanamori Kyoto Prefectural University
Takeshi Itoh
Takeshi Itoh Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Akio Miyao
Akio Miyao National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Utako Yamanouchi
Utako Yamanouchi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Kimiko Yamamoto
Kimiko Yamamoto University of Tokyo
Nori Kurata
Nori Kurata National Institute of Genetics

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