2026 Toyoji Kaneko: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	13402	12325	937	875	198	9782

Overview

Toyoji Kaneko is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Aquatic Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Physiology.

The main research topics addressed by Kaneko include:

Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Kaneko has published articles in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Fisheries Science
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
Frontiers in Physiology
Gene
Fish & Shellfish Immunology

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Kaneko include:

"Why can Mozambique Tilapia Acclimate to Both Freshwater and Seawater? Insights From the Plasticity of Ionocyte Functions in the Euryhaline Teleost" (2022, Frontiers in Physiology)
"Effects of size and nitrite exposure on respiration, oxygen partitioning, and growth of obligate air-breathing fish Channa striata" (2021, Fisheries Science)
"Capacity for freshwater acclimation and differences in the transcription of ion transporter genes underlying different migratory life histories of Takifugu fish" (2020, Gene)
"Hemocyte migration and expression of four Sox genes during wound healing in Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai" (2021, Fish & Shellfish Immunology)
"Involvement of IGF-1R-PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway in increased number of GnRH3 neurons during androgen-induced sex reversal of the brain in female tilapia" (2022, Scientific Reports)

Kaneko has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Nguyễn Thành Phương
Đỗ Thị Thanh Hương
Soichi Watanabe
Akari Oda
Ryo Kaneko

Best Publications

Molecular biology of major components of chloride cells.

Shigehisa Hirose;Toyoji Kaneko;Nobuko Naito;Yoshio Takei

373
Citations
Mechanism of acid adaptation of a fish living in a pH 3.5 lake

Taku Hirata;Toyoji Kaneko;Toshihiro Ono;Takeru Nakazato

311
Citations
Evidence for an apical Na-Cl cotransporter involved in ion uptake in a teleost fish.

Junya Hiroi;Junya Hiroi;Shigeki Yasumasu;Stephen D. McCormick;Stephen D. McCormick;Pung-Pung Hwang

300
Citations
Morphometrical analysis chloride cell activity in the gill filaments and lamellae and changes in Na+, K+-ATPase activity during seawater adaptation in chum salmon fry

Katsuhisa Uchida;Toyoji Kaneko;Kohei Yamauchi;Tetsuya Hirano

214
Citations
Gene expression of Na+/H+ exchanger in zebrafish H+ -ATPase-rich cells during acclimation to low-Na+ and acidic environments.

Jia-Jiun Yan;Ming-Yi Chou;Toyoji Kaneko;Pung-Pung Hwang

211
Citations
Functional classification of mitochondrion-rich cells in euryhaline mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) embryos, by means of triple immunofluorescence staining for Na+/K+-ATPase, Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter and CFTR anion channel

Junya Hiroi;Stephen D. McCormick;Stephen D. McCormick;Ritsuko Ohtani-Kaneko;Toyoji Kaneko

203
Citations
Short-term transformation and long-term replacement of branchial chloride cells in killifish transferred from seawater to freshwater, revealed by morphofunctional observations and a newly established 'time-differential double fluorescent staining' technique.

Fumi Katoh;Toyoji Kaneko

181
Citations
Excellent Salinity Tolerance of Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus): Elevated Chloride Cell Activity in the Branchial and Opercular Epithelia of the Fish Adapted to Concentrated Seawater

Katsuhisa Uchida;Toyoji Kaneko;Hiroaki Miyazaki;Sanae Hasegawa

177
Citations
Knockdown of V-ATPase subunit A (atp6v1a) impairs acid secretion and ion balance in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Jiun Lin Horng;Li Yih Lin;Chang Jen Huang;Fumi Katoh

175
Citations
Functional Morphology of Mitochondrion-Rich Cells in Euryhaline and Stenohaline Teleosts

Toyoji Kaneko;Soichi Watanabe;Kyung Mi Lee

165
Citations
Intestinal water absorption through aquaporin 1 expressed in the apical membrane of mucosal epithelial cells in seawater-adapted Japanese eel.

Mayumi Aoki;Toyoji Kaneko;Fumi Katoh;Sanae Hasegawa

152
Citations
In vivo sequential changes in chloride cell morphology in the yolk-sac membrane of mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) embryos and larvae during seawater adaptation

Junya Hiroi;Toyoji Kaneko;Masaru Tanaka

151
Citations
Gene expression and morphological localization of NHE3, NCC and NKCC1a in branchial mitochondria-rich cells of Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) acclimated to a wide range of salinities.

Mayu Inokuchi;Junya Hiroi;Soichi Watanabe;Kyung Mi Lee

146
Citations
Effects of feeding, fasting, background adaptation, acute stress, and exhaustive exercise on the plasma somatolactin concentrations in rainbow trout.

Kakizawa S;Kaneko T;Hasegawa S;Hirano T

145
Citations
Aquaporin-3 expressed in the basolateral membrane of gill chloride cells in Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus adapted to freshwater and seawater

Soichi Watanabe;Toyoji Kaneko;Katsumi Aida

136
Citations
Vacuolar-type proton pump in the basolateral plasma membrane energizes ion uptake in branchial mitochondria-rich cells of killifish Fundulus heteroclitus, adapted to a low ion environment.

Fumi Katoh;Susumu Hyodo;Toyoji Kaneko

135
Citations
Identification of the growth hormone receptor in an advanced teleost, the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) with special reference to its distinct expression pattern in the ovary.

S Kajimura;N Kawaguchi;T Kaneko;I Kawazoe

132
Citations
Development of mitochondrion-rich cells in the yolk-sac membrane of embryos and larvae of tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus, in fresh water and seawater

Felix G. Ayson;Toyoji Kaneko;Sanae Hasegawa;Tetsuya Hirano

125
Citations
Cell Biology of Somatolactin

Toyoji Kaneko

123
Citations
Chloride cells during early life stages of fish and their functional differentiation

Toyoji Kaneko;Kiyono Shiraishi;Fumi Katoh;Sanae Hasegawa

122
Citations