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Tatsuru Masuda

Tatsuru Masuda

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10720
World Ranking
16112
National Ranking
1151

Tatsuru Masuda 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 Tatsuru Masuda sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 167 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tatsuru Masuda 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 Tatsuru Masuda 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

Tatsuru Masuda is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and focuses their research on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also spanning agricultural and biological sciences. Their research domain includes molecular biology, plant science, biochemistry, ecology, and sustainability-related fields.

Their scholarly output emphasizes topics such as photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant responses to water stress, sulfur compounds in biology, protist diversity and phylogeny, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant parasitism and resistance, as well as heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide.

Masuda's frequent collaborators include Takayuki Shimizu, with whom they have coauthored numerous publications, as well as Shinji Masuda, Qian Tang, Duorong Xu, and Benjamin Lenzen.

Their publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant and Cell Physiology, Plants, PNAS Nexus, and Plant Communications.

  • The Role of Tetrapyrrole- and GUN1-Dependent Signaling on Chloroplast Biogenesis (2021, Plants)
  • Polysulfide metabolizing enzymes influence SqrR-mediated sulfide-induced transcription by impacting intracellular polysulfide dynamics (2023, PNAS Nexus)
  • Proteomic analysis of haem-binding protein from Arabidopsis thaliana and Cyanidioschyzon merolae (2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • GENOMES UNCOUPLED PROTEIN1 binds to plastid RNAs and promotes their maturation (2024, Plant Communications)
  • Persulfide-Responsive Transcription Factor SqrR Regulates Gene Transfer and Biofilm Formation via the Metabolic Modulation of Cyclic di-GMP in Rhodobacter capsulatus (2022, Microorganisms)

The research conducted by Masuda explores molecular mechanisms in plants and microorganisms, often focusing on chloroplast development, sulfur metabolism, and protein interactions. Their work involves understanding the integration of signaling pathways in chloroplast biogenesis and gene regulation responsive to sulfur compounds.

Best Publications

  • Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

    Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi

  • 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid triggers expression of a distinct set of genes and plays a role in wound-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis.

    Nozomi Taki;Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto;Takeshi Obayashi;Akihiro Kikuta

  • Two types of MGDG synthase genes, found widely in both 16:3 and 18:3 plants, differentially mediate galactolipid syntheses in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Koichiro Awai;Eric Maréchal;Maryse A. Block;Delphine Brun

  • Coordinated activation of metabolic pathways for antioxidants and defence compounds by jasmonates and their roles in stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto;Nozomi Taki;Takeshi Obayashi;Mitsuko Aono

  • Monitoring of methyl jasmonate-responsive genes in Arabidopsis by cDNA macroarray: self-activation of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and crosstalk with other phytohormone signaling pathways.

    Yuko Sasaki;Erika Asamizu;Daisuke Shibata;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • Cloning of chlorophyllase, the key enzyme in chlorophyll degradation: finding of a lipase motif and the induction by methyl jasmonate.

    Tohru Tsuchiya;Hiroyuki Ohta;Katsuya Okawa;Akihiro Iwamatsu

  • The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: a life and death struggle.

    Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Ryouichi Tanaka;Bernhard Grimm;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Tetrapyrrole Metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Ryouichi Tanaka;Koichi Kobayashi;Tatsuru Masuda

  • A novel phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase C induced by phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis.

    Yuki Nakamura;Koichiro Awai;Koichiro Awai;Tatsuru Masuda;Yasushi Yoshioka

  • Regulation and evolution of chlorophyll metabolism

    Tatsuru Masuda;Yuichi Fujita

  • The steady-state level of Mg-protoporphyrin IX is not a determinant of plastid-to-nucleus signaling in Arabidopsis.

    Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Ryouichi Tanaka;Ayumi Tanaka;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Regulation of Root Greening by Light and Auxin/Cytokinin Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Koichi Kobayashi;Shinsuke Baba;Takeshi Obayashi;Mayuko Sato

  • Truncated chlorophyll antenna size of the photosystems—a practical method to improve microalgal productivity and hydrogen production in mass culture

    Juergen E.W. Polle;Saradadevi Kanakagiri;Eon Seon Jin;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Recent overview of the Mg branch of the tetrapyrrole biosynthesis leading to chlorophylls.

    Tatsuru Masuda

  • Novel Insights into the Enzymology, Regulation and Physiological Functions of Light-dependent Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase in Angiosperms.

    Tatsuru Masuda;Ken-ichiro Takamiya

  • Type-B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are involved in phosphate starvation-induced lipid remodeling, and are crucial for low-phosphate adaptation.

    Koichi Kobayashi;Koichiro Awai;Masanobu Nakamura;Akira Nagatani

  • Cloning of the gene for monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase and its evolutionary origin

    Mie Shimojima;Hiroyuki Ohta;Akihiro Iwamatsu;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Gene expression profiling of the tetrapyrrole metabolic pathway in Arabidopsis with a mini-array system.

    Fuminori Matsumoto;Takeshi Obayashi;Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • Chlorophyll antenna size adjustments by irradiance in Dunaliella salina involve coordinate regulation of chlorophyll a oxygenase (CAO) and Lhcb gene expression

    Tatsuru Masuda;Ayumi Tanaka;Anastasios Melis

  • Identification and light-induced expression of a novel gene of NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase isoform in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Naoki Oosawa;Tatsuru Masuda;Koichiro Awai;Naoki Fusada

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Ohta
Hiroyuki Ohta Tokyo Institute of Technology
Koichi Kobayashi
Koichi Kobayashi Osaka Metropolitan University
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science
Hajime Wada
Hajime Wada University of Tokyo
Yasukazu Nakamura
Yasukazu Nakamura National Institute of Genetics
Tomohiko Kato
Tomohiko Kato Kazusa DNA Research Institute
Naoki Sato
Naoki Sato University of Tokyo
Akihiro Iwamatsu
Akihiro Iwamatsu Osaka University
Erika Asamizu
Erika Asamizu University of Tsukuba

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