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Tetsuro Okuno

Tetsuro Okuno

Ryukoku University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
8265
World Ranking
18044
National Ranking
1300

Tetsuro Okuno publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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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.

Tetsuro Okuno 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 Tetsuro Okuno sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 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: 71 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: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tetsuro Okuno is affiliated with Ryukoku University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on plant-related biological processes.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including Plant Science, Endocrinology, and Cell Biology. The main research topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics

Okuno's recent papers demonstrate research in plant pathology and virology. Notable publications include:

  • "Trade-Off Relation between Fungicide Sensitivity and Melanin Biosynthesis in Plant Pathogenic Fungi" (2020), published in iScience
  • "Complete genome sequence of a novel partitivirus from a wild brassicaceous plant, Arabidopsis halleri" (2020), published in Archives of Virology
  • "CoGRIM19 is required for invasive hyphal growth of Colletotrichum orbiculare inside epidermal cells of cucumber cotyledons" (2021), published in Microbial Pathogenesis
  • "Characterization of citrus leaf blotch virus from Nandina domestica 'Otafukunanten'" (2021), published in Journal of General Plant Pathology

Frequent publication venues for Okuno include:

  • iScience
  • Archives of Virology
  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Journal of General Plant Pathology

Throughout their research career, Okuno has collaborated with several co-authors, with multiple publications alongside Ken Harata and Mari Kamitani. Other frequent collaborators include Kiwamu Hyodo, Hiroyuki Daimon, and Hiroshi Kudoh.

Best Publications

  • Identification and characterization of two novel classes of small RNAs in the mouse germline: retrotransposon-derived siRNAs in oocytes and germline small RNAs in testes

    Toshiaki Watanabe;Atsushi Takeda;Atsushi Takeda;Tomoyuki Tsukiyama;Kazuyuki Mise

  • Identification of a novel RNA silencing suppressor, NSs protein of Tomato spotted wilt virus.

    Atsushi Takeda;Kazuhiko Sugiyama;Hideaki Nagano;Masashi Mori

  • Fungicide activity through activation of a fungal signalling pathway.

    Kaihei Kojima;Yoshitaka Takano;Akira Yoshimi;Chihiro Tanaka

  • STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PKS1, A POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENE INVOLVED IN MELANIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM

    Yoshitaka Takano;Yasuyuki Kubo;Kiminori Shimizu;Kazuyuki Mise

  • Peroxisomal metabolic function is required for appressorium-mediated plant infection by Colletotrichum lagenarium.

    Akiko Kimura;Yoshitaka Takano;Iwao Furusawa;Tetsuro Okuno

  • Stage-specific expression of microRNAs during Xenopus development.

    Toshiaki Watanabe;Atsushi Takeda;Kazuyuki Mise;Tetsuro Okuno

  • Nonhost Resistance in Arabidopsis-Colletotrichum Interactions Acts at the Cell Periphery and Requires Actin Filament Function

    Chiyumi Shimada;Volker Lipka;Richard O'Connell;Tetsuro Okuno

  • Characterization of Striped jack nervous necrosis virus subgenomic RNA3 and biological activities of its encoded protein B2.

    Tokinori Iwamoto;Kazuyuki Mise;Atsushi Takeda;Yasushi Okinaka

  • Identification of Host-Specificity Determinants in Betanodaviruses by Using Reassortants between Striped Jack Nervous Necrosis Virus and Sevenband Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus

    Tokinori Iwamoto;Yasushi Okinaka;Kazuyuki Mise;Koh-Ichiro Mori

  • Atg26-Mediated Pexophagy Is Required for Host Invasion by the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare

    Makoto Asakura;Sachiko Ninomiya;Miki Sugimoto;Masahide Oku

  • A plant RNA virus suppresses RNA silencing through viral RNA replication

    Atsushi Takeda;Misato Tsukuda;Hiroyuki Mizumoto;Kimiyuki Okamoto

  • The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Gene MAF1 Is Essential for the Early Differentiation Phase of Appressorium Formation in Colletotrichum lagenarium

    Kaihei Kojima;Taisei Kikuchi;Yoshitaka Takano;Eriko Oshiro

  • cAMP-pKA signaling regulates multiple steps of fungal infection cooperatively with Cmk1 MAP kinase in Colletotrichum lagenarium.

    Junko Yamauchi;Naoyuki Takayanagi;Kenichi Komeda;Yoshitaka Takano

  • Proper Regulation of Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Required for Growth, Conidiation, and Appressorium Function in the Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum lagenarium

    Yoshitaka Takano;Kenichi Komeda;Kaihei Kojima;Tetsuro Okuno

  • Establishment of an infectious RNA transcription system for Striped jack nervous necrosis virus, the type species of the betanodaviruses.

    Tokinori Iwamoto;Kazuyuki Mise;Koh-ichiro Mori;Misao Arimoto

  • Entry Mode–Dependent Function of an Indole Glucosinolate Pathway in Arabidopsis for Nonhost Resistance against Anthracnose Pathogens

    Kei Hiruma;Mariko Onozawa-Komori;Fumika Takahashi;Makoto Asakura

  • Multiple Contributions of Peroxisomal Metabolic Function to Fungal Pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium

    Makoto Asakura;Tetsuro Okuno;Yoshitaka Takano

  • Arabidopsis ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE 1 is required for pathogen‐induced expression of plant defensins in nonhost resistance, and acts through interference of MYC2‐mediated repressor function

    Kei Hiruma;Takumi Nishiuchi;Tomoaki Kato;Paweł Bednarek

  • Cloning of a melanin biosynthetic gene essential for appressorial penetration of Colletotrichum lagenarium

    Y. Kubo;H. Nakamura;K. Kobayashi;T. Okuno

  • A Viral Noncoding RNA Generated by cis-Element-Mediated Protection against 5′→3′ RNA Decay Represses both Cap-Independent and Cap-Dependent Translation

    Hiro-oki Iwakawa;Hiroyuki Mizumoto;Hideaki Nagano;Yuka Imoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshitaka Takano
Yoshitaka Takano Kyoto University
Hisaaki Taniguchi
Hisaaki Taniguchi University of Tokushima
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Nobuhiro Suzuki
Nobuhiro Suzuki Okayama University
Paweł Bednarek
Paweł Bednarek Polish Academy of Sciences
Toshihiro Nakai
Toshihiro Nakai Hiroshima University
Ralph A. Dean
Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University
Tsutomu Suzuki
Tsutomu Suzuki University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Sasaki
Hiroyuki Sasaki Kyushu University
Hiroshi Kudoh
Hiroshi Kudoh Kyoto University

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