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Tomo'omi Kumagai

Tomo'omi Kumagai

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5746
World Ranking
8115
National Ranking
162

Tomo'omi Kumagai publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomo'omi Kumagai sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 139 publications — 35th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Tomo'omi Kumagai D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tomo'omi Kumagai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tomo'omi Kumagai is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in environmental science with a focus on several interconnected subfields and topics. The scientist's research addresses complex aspects of global and planetary change, water science and technology, environmental engineering, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology. Their work encompasses a range of subjects including plant water relations and carbon dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, forest ecology and management, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, climate variability and models, flood risk assessment and management, and remote sensing in agriculture.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with diverse topics within environmental and hydrological sciences. Selected papers include: "Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle" (2020), Nature Geoscience; "Inferring CO2 fertilization effect based on global monitoring land-atmosphere exchange with a theoretical model" (2020), Environmental Research Letters; "Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities" (2020), Ecohydrology; "Carbon stock in Japanese forests has been greatly underestimated" (2020), Scientific Reports; and "Forest canopy interception can reduce flood discharge: Inferences from model assumption analysis" (2023), Journal of Hydrology.

The scientist frequently publishes in several notable journals including Environmental Research Letters, Journal of Hydrology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hydrological Processes, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Collaboration is also a significant feature of Kumagai's research. Frequent coauthors include Tomohiro Egusa, Takanori Shimizu, Hiroki Momiyama, S. Iida, and Kazuhito Ichii.

  • Environmental Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Inferring CO2 fertilization effect based on global monitoring land-atmosphere exchange with a theoretical model, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities, 2020, Ecohydrology
  • Carbon stock in Japanese forests has been greatly underestimated, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Forest canopy interception can reduce flood discharge: Inferences from model assumption analysis, 2023, Journal of Hydrology

  • Tomohiro Egusa
  • Takanori Shimizu
  • Hiroki Momiyama
  • S. Iida
  • Kazuhito Ichii

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Hydrological Processes
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Drivers and Mechanisms of Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Paulo M. Brando

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics

    Joshua B. Fisher;Yadvinder Malhi;Damien Bonal;Humberto R. Da Rocha

  • Experimental analysis of moisture dynamics of litter layers: the effects of rainfall conditions and leaf shapes

    Yoshinobu Sato;Tomo'omi Kumagai;Atsushi Kume;Kyoichi Otsuki

  • Annual water balance and seasonality of evapotranspiration in a Bornean tropical rainforest

    Tomo’omi Kumagai;Taku M. Saitoh;Yoshinobu Sato;Hiroshi Takahashi

  • Transpiration, canopy conductance and the decoupling coefficient of a lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Sarawak, Borneo: dry spell effects

    Tomo’omi Kumagai;Tomo’omi Kumagai;Taku M Saitoh;Yoshinobu Sato;Toshiyuki Morooka

  • Transpiration and canopy conductance at two slope positions in a Japanese cedar forest watershed

    Tomo ' omi Kumagai;Makiko Tateishi;Takanori Shimizu;Kyoichi Otsuki

  • Sap flow estimates of stand transpiration at two slope positions in a Japanese cedar forest watershed

    Tomo'omi Kumagai;Sayaka Aoki;Takanori Shimizu;Kyoichi Otsuki

  • Ten-year evapotranspiration estimates in a Bornean tropical rainforest

    Tomonori Kume;Nobuaki Tanaka;Koichiro Kuraji;Hikaru Komatsu

  • Effects of tree-to-tree and radial variations on sap flow estimates of transpiration in Japanese cedar

    Tomo ' omi Kumagai;Sayaka Aoki;Hisami Nagasawa;Tetsuya Mabuchi

  • Effect of forest structure on the spatial variation in soil respiration in a Bornean tropical rainforest

    Ayumi Katayama;Tomonori Kume;Hikaru Komatsu;Mizue Ohashi

  • Transport and retention of coarse woody debris in mountain streams: An in situ field experiment of log transport and a field survey of coarse woody debris distribution

    Hirokazu Haga;Tomo'omi Kumagai;Kyoichi Otsuki;Shigeru Ogawa

  • Persistence and memory timescales in root-zone soil moisture dynamics

    Khaled Ghannam;Taro Nakai;Athanasios Paschalis;Christopher A. Oishi

  • Spatial variations in xylem sap flux density in evergreen oak trees with radial-porous wood: comparisons with anatomical observations

    Makiko Tateishi;Tomo’omi Kumagai;Yasuhiro Utsumi;Toshihiro Umebayashi

  • Sources of error in estimating stand transpiration using allometric relationships between stem diameter and sapwood area for Cryptomeria japonica and Chamaecyparis obtusa

    Tomo ' omi Kumagai;Hisami Nagasawa;Tetsuya Mabuchi;Shigeru Ohsaki

  • Strategies of a Bornean tropical rainforest water use as a function of rainfall regime: isohydric or anisohydric?

    Tomo'Omi Kumagai;Amilcare Michele M. Porporato

  • Effects of sample size on sap flux-based stand-scale transpiration estimates

    Tomonori Kume;Kenji Tsuruta;Hikaru Komatsu;Tomo'omi Kumagai

  • Inter-annual variation in growing season length of a tropical seasonal forest in northern Thailand

    Natsuko Yoshifuji;Tomo’omi Kumagai;Katsunori Tanaka;Nobuaki Tanaka

  • Water cycling in a Bornean tropical rain forest under current and projected precipitation scenarios

    Tomo`omi Kumagai;Tomo`omi Kumagai;Gabriel G. Katul;Taku M. Saitoh;Yoshinobu Sato

  • Evapotranspiration of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) cultivated at two plantation sites in Southeast Asia

    Thomas W. Giambelluca;Ryan G. Mudd;Wen Liu;Alan D. Ziegler

  • Comparison of soil moisture dynamics between a tropical rain forest and a tropical seasonal forest in Southeast Asia: Impact of seasonal and year-to-year variations in rainfall

    Tomo'omi Kumagai;Natsuko Yoshifuji;Nobuaki Tanaka;Masakazu Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomonori Kume
Tomonori Kume Kyushu University
Kyoichi Otsuki
Kyoichi Otsuki Kyushu University
Masakazu Suzuki
Masakazu Suzuki University of Tokyo
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Delphis F. Levia
Delphis F. Levia University of Delaware
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Takeshi Ohta
Takeshi Ohta Nagoya University
Thomas W. Giambelluca
Thomas W. Giambelluca University of Hawaii at Manoa
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

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