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Teiji Sota

Teiji Sota

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6615
World Ranking
5346
National Ranking
25

Teiji Sota publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Teiji Sota sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 224 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Teiji Sota D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Teiji Sota sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Teiji Sota is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and is active in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research covers a broad range of topics related to ecology, evolution, genetics, and insect biology.

The scientist's work prominently features contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Insect Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Research topics frequently addressed by Teiji Sota include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Teiji Sota include:

  • Global phylogeography and invasion history of the spotted lanternfly revealed by mitochondrial phylogenomics, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Advances in the Evolution and Ecology of 13- and 17-Year Periodical Cicadas, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology
  • Global dispersal and diversification in ground beetles of the subfamily Carabinae, 2021, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Evolutionary fine-tuning of background-matching camouflage among geographical populations in the sandy beach tiger beetle, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types, 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Teiji Sota frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Yasuoki Takami
  • Shota Nomura
  • Hiroshi Ikeda
  • Hongbin Liang
  • Takuya Kobayashi

Publication venues where Teiji Sota has contributed multiple articles include:

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution

In addition to journal articles, Teiji Sota has authored a book titled Evolutionary Biology of Carabus Ground Beetles, published by Springer Nature in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Incongruence of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Trees in the Carabid Beetles Ohomopterus

    Teiji Sota;Alfried P. Vogler

  • Interspecific variation in desiccation survival time of Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito eggs is correlated with habitat and egg size

    T. Sota;M. Mogi

  • GENITAL LOCK-AND-KEY AS A SELECTIVE AGENT AGAINST HYBRIDIZATION.

    Teiji Sota;Kohei Kubota

  • Imbalance of predator and prey armament: geographic clines in phenotypic interface and natural selection.

    Hirokazu Toju;Teiji Sota

  • Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification

    Hiroshi Ikeda;Masaaki Nishikawa;Teiji Sota

  • Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of Alignment Gaps Within Intron Sequences of Three Nuclear Genes in Bumble Bees (Bombus)

    Atsushi Kawakita;Teiji Sota;John S. Ascher;Masao Ito

  • Survival time and resistance to desiccation of diapause and non-diapause eggs of temperate Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes

    T. Sota;M. Mogi

  • Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils

    Hirokazu Toju;Akifumi S Tanabe;Akifumi S Tanabe;Yutaka Notsu;Teiji Sota

  • COSPECIATION ANALYSIS OF AN OBLIGATE POLLINATION MUTUALISM: HAVE GLOCHIDION TREES (EUPHORBIACEAE) AND POLLINATING EPICEPHALA MOTHS (GRACILLARIIDAE) DIVERSIFIED IN PARALLEL?

    Atsushi Kawakita;Atsushi Takimura;Toru Terachi;Teiji Sota

  • Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    Satoshi Yamamoto;Teiji Sota

  • Effectiveness of zooprophylaxis in malaria control: a theoretical inquiry, with a model for mosquito populations with two bloodmeal hosts

    T. Sota;M. Mogi

  • Interspecific body size differentiation in species assemblages of the carabid subgenus Ohomopterus in Japan

    Teiji Sota;Yasuoki Takami;Kohei Kubota;Masayuki Ujiie

  • Habitat Stability and the Larval Mosquito Community in Treeholes and Other Containers on a Temperate Island

    T. Sota;M. Mogi;E. Hayamizu

  • Mitochondrial Genomics Reveals Shared Phylogeographic Patterns and Demographic History among Three Periodical Cicada Species Groups.

    Zhenyong Du;Hiroki Hasegawa;John R Cooley;Chris Simon

  • Reconstructing species phylogeny of the carabid beetles Ohomopterus using multiple nuclear DNA sequences: heterogeneous information content and the performance of simultaneous analyses.

    Teiji Sota;Alfried P Vogler;Alfried P Vogler

  • Complex copulatory behavior and the proximate effect of genital and body size differences on mechanical reproductive isolation in the millipede genus Parafontaria.

    Tsutomu Tanabe;Teiji Sota

  • Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences.

    Atsushi Kawakita;Teiji Sota;Masao Ito;John S. Ascher

  • Extensive trans-species mitochondrial polymorphisms in the carabid beetles Carabus subgenus Ohomopterus caused by repeated introgressive hybridization

    T. Sota;R. Ishikawa;M. Ujiie;F. Kusumoto

  • Activity patterns, diets and interspecific interactions of coexisting spring and autumn breeding carabids: Carabusyaconinus and Leptocarabus kumagaii (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Teiji Sota

  • Application of RAD-based phylogenetics to complex relationships among variously related taxa in a species flock

    Tetsumi Takahashi;Nobuaki Nagata;Teiji Sota

  • Corrigendum: Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification

    Hiroshi Ikeda;Masaaki Nishikawa;Teiji Sota

  • Biology of Ohomopterus

    Teiji Sota

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Simon
Chris Simon University of Connecticut
Makoto Kato
Makoto Kato Kyoto University
Hirokazu Toju
Hirokazu Toju Kyoto University
Alfried P. Vogler
Alfried P. Vogler Imperial College London
Atsushi Kawakita
Atsushi Kawakita University of Tokyo
Takashi Osono
Takashi Osono Doshisha University
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Ichiro Tayasu
Ichiro Tayasu Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Hu Li
Hu Li Guizhou University
Haruhiko Fujiwara
Haruhiko Fujiwara University of Tokyo

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