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Tomoo Sawabe

Tomoo Sawabe

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7137
World Ranking
18975
National Ranking
1366

Tomoo Sawabe 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 Tomoo Sawabe sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 179 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tomoo Sawabe 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 Tomoo Sawabe 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: 46 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tomoo Sawabe is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and has an extensive publication record in environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research output includes a focus on molecular biology, ecology, aquatic science, immunology, and endocrinology, with specific attention to genomic and phylogenetic studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, and echinoderm biology and ecology.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • Vibrio Clade 3.0: New Vibrionaceae Evolutionary Units Using Genome-Based Approach (2021, Current Microbiology)
  • Biogeochemical Implications of N2O-Reducing Thermophilic Campylobacteria in Deep-Sea Vent Fields, and the Description of Nitratiruptor labii sp. nov. (2020, iScience)
  • Taxonomic revision of the genus Amphritea supported by genomic and in silico chemotaxonomic analyses, and the proposal of Aliamphritea gen. nov. (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Unveiling the early life core microbiome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus and the unexpected abundance of the growth-promoting Sulfitobacter (2023, Animal Microbiome)
  • Tracking the dynamics of individual gut microbiome of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus during gut regeneration (2020, PeerJ)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated most often with Tomoo Sawabe include Sayaka Mino, Yuichi Sakai, Juanwen Yu, Chunqi Jiang, and Ryota Yamano.

Publication venues where this scientist most frequently publishes their work are:

  • Current Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • PLoS ONE
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • iScience

The main fields of study attributed to Tomoo Sawabe are Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields covered include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Immunology
  • Endocrinology

Key topics in Sawabe's research encompass:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Best Publications

  • Inferring the Evolutionary History of Vibrios by Means of Multilocus Sequence Analysis

    Tomoo Sawabe;Kumiko Kita-Tsukamoto;Fabiano L. Thompson

  • Vibriosis in Fish: A Review on Disease Development and Prevention

    M. Y. Ina-Salwany;Nurhidayu Al-saari;Nurhidayu Al-saari;Aslah Mohamad;Fathin-Amirah Mursidi

  • Updating the Vibrio clades defined by multilocus sequence phylogeny: Proposal of eight new clades, and the description of Vibrio tritonius sp. nov.

    Tomoo Sawabe;Yoshitoshi Ogura;Yuta Matsumura;Gao Feng

  • Pseudoalteromonas bacteriolytica sp. nov., a marine bacterium that is the causative agent of red spot disease of Laminaria japonica

    Tomoo Sawabe;Hideyuki Makino;Masahiro Tatsumi;Kazuaki Nakano

  • Alginate degradation by bacteria isolated from the gut of sea urchins and abalones

    Tomoo Sawabe;Y. Oda;Y. Shiomi;Y. Ezura

  • Biodiversity and in situ abundance of gut microflora of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) determined by culture-independent techniques

    Reiji Tanaka;Masashi Ootsubo;Tomoo Sawabe;Yoshio Ezura

  • Multilocus Sequence Analysis Reveals that Vibrio harveyi and V. campbellii Are Distinct Species

    Fabiano L. Thompson;Bruno Gomez-Gil;Ana Teresa Ribeiro Vasconcelos;Tomoo Sawabe

  • Vibriosis in cultured marine fishes: a review

    Nurliyana Mohamad;Mohammad Noor Azmai Amal;Ina Salwany Md Yasin;Mohd Zamri Saad

  • Sulfitobacter delicatus sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter dubius sp. nov., respectively from a starfish (Stellaster equestris) and sea grass (Zostera marina)

    Elena P. Ivanova;Elena P. Ivanova;Natalia M. Gorshkova;Tomoo Sawabe;Natalia V. Zhukova

  • Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef

    F. L. Thompson;Y. Barash;T. Sawabe;G. Sharon

  • Shewanella japonica sp. nov.

    Elena P. Ivanova;Tomoo Sawabe;Nataliya M. Gorshkova;Vassillii I. Svetashev

  • Vibrio halioticoli sp. nov., a non-motile alginolytic marine bacterium isolated from the gut of the abalone Haliotis discus hannai.

    Tomoo Sawabe;Itsuro Sugimura;Miwa Ohtsuka;Kazuaki Nakano

  • Poly(ethylene terephthalate) polymer surfaces as a substrate for bacterial attachment and biofilm formation.

    Hayden K. Webb;Russell J. Crawford;Tomoo Sawabe;Elena P. Ivanova

  • Sulfurovum aggregans sp. nov., a hydrogen-oxidizing, thiosulfate-reducing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, and an emended description of the genus Sulfurovum

    Sayaka Mino;Hideaki Kudo;Takayuki Arai;Tomoo Sawabe

  • Assignment of Alteromonas elyakovii KMM 162T and five strains isolated from spot-wounded fronds of Laminaria japonica to Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii comb. nov. and the extended description of the species.

    T. Sawabe;R. Tanaka;Mohamed Mahabubu Iqbal;K. Tajima

  • Microbial taxonomy in the post-genomic era: Rebuilding from scratch?

    Cristiane C. Thompson;Gilda R. Amaral;Mariana Campeão;Robert A. Edwards;Robert A. Edwards;Robert A. Edwards

  • Acetic acid production of Vibrio halioticoli from alginate: a possible role for establishment of abalone–V. halioticoli association

    Tomoo Sawabe;Naka Setoguchi;Sahoko Inoue;Reiji Tanaka

  • Novel alginate lyases from marine bacterium Alteromonas sp. strain H-4.

    Tomoo Sawabe;Miwa Ohtsuka;Yoshio Ezura

  • Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus

    Isao Yumoto;Koji Yamazaki;Tomoo Sawabe;Kazuaki Nakano

  • Metagenomic Analysis of Healthy and White Plague-Affected Mussismilia braziliensis Corals

    Gizele D. Garcia;Gustavo B. Gregoracci;Eidy de O. Santos;Pedro M. Meirelles

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabiano L. Thompson
Fabiano L. Thompson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Elena P. Ivanova
Elena P. Ivanova RMIT University
Richard Christen
Richard Christen Université Côte d'Azur
Valery V. Mikhailov
Valery V. Mikhailov Russian Academy of Sciences
Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Tetsuya Hayashi
Tetsuya Hayashi Kyushu University
Yoshitoshi Ogura
Yoshitoshi Ogura Kurume University
Kenshiro Oshima
Kenshiro Oshima University of Tokyo

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