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Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
74
Citations
18371
World Ranking
1234
National Ranking
100

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 421 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa is affiliated with Japan Women's University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields within biological and environmental sciences, focusing on molecular and cellular mechanisms as well as ecological perspectives.

The main fields of study for Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study prominently feature:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Cell Biology
  • Oceanography

The primary research topics associated with Kuroiwa cover:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Frequent publication venues for Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa's work are diverse and include:

  • PROTOPLASMA
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • CYTOLOGIA
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

A selection of recent papers illustrating the scope of research includes:

  • Recent insights into peroxisome biogenesis and associated diseases, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • Efficient open cultivation of cyanidialean red algae in acidified seawater, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • ESCRT Machinery Mediates Cytokinetic Abscission in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Ultrastructural characterization of microlipophagy induced by the interaction of vacuoles and lipid bodies around generative and sperm cells in Arabidopsis pollen, 2020, PROTOPLASMA
  • Genomic analysis of an ultrasmall freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo, 2023, Communications Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with a network of coauthors, including:

  • Haruko Kuroiwa
  • Yuuta Imoto
  • Fumi Yagisawa
  • Osami Misumi
  • Mio Ohnuma

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

    Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Tadasu Shin-I;Shinichiro Maruyama

  • Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

    Satohiro Okuda;Hiroki Tsutsui;Keiko Shiina;Stefanie Sprunck

  • GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1 is essential for angiosperm fertilization

    Toshiyuki Mori;Haruko Kuroiwa;Tetsuya Higashiyama;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Pollen Tube Attraction by the Synergid Cell

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Shizu Yabe;Narie Sasaki;Yoshiki Nishimura

  • A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

    Hisayoshi Nozaki;Hiroyoshi Takano;Osami Misumi;Kimihiro Terasawa

  • The Division Apparatus of Plastids and Mitochondria

    Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa;Haruko Kuroiwa;Atsushi Sakai;Hidenori Takahashi

  • Guidance in Vitro of the Pollen Tube to the Naked Embryo Sac of Torenia fournieri

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Haruko Kuroiwa;Shigeyuki Kawano;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Improvement of Culture Conditions and Evidence for Nuclear Transformation by Homologous Recombination in a Red Alga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

    Ayumi Minoda;Rei Sakagami;Fumi Yagisawa;Fumi Yagisawa;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Complete sequence and analysis of the plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.

    Niji Ohta;Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Shin-ya Miyagishima

  • Fluorescence microscopic studies of mitochondrial nucleoids during meiosis and sporulation in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    I. Miyakawa;H. Aoi;N. Sando;T. Kuroiwa

  • Structure and organization of the mitochondrial genome of the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae deduced from the complete nucleotide sequence

    Niji Ohta;Naoki Sato;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • A Plant-Specific Dynamin-Related Protein Forms a Ring at the Chloroplast Division Site

    Shin-ya Miyagishima;Keiji Nishida;Toshiyuki Mori;Motomichi Matsuzaki

  • The Chloroplast clpP Gene, Encoding a Proteolytic Subunit of ATP-Dependent Protease, is Indispensable for Chloroplast Development in Tobacco

    Toshiharu Shikanai;Katsumi Shimizu;Katsumi Ueda;Yoshiki Nishimura

  • A complex and mobile structure forms a distinct subregion within the continuous vacuolar membrane in young cotyledons of Arabidopsis

    Chieko Saito;Takashi Ueda;Hiroshi Abe;Yoh Wada

  • The selective increase or decrease of organellar DNA in generative cells just after pollen mitosis one controls cytoplasmic inheritance

    Noriko Nagata;Chieko Saito;Atsushi Sakai;Haruko Kuroiwa

  • Active digestion of sperm mitochondrial DNA in single living sperm revealed by optical tweezers

    Yoshiki Nishimura;Tomoya Yoshinari;Kiyoshi Naruse;Takeshi Yamada

  • Three-dimensional analysis of the senescence program in rice (Oryza sativa L.) coleoptiles: Investigations of tissues and cells by fluorescence microscopy

    Noriko Inada;Atsushi Sakai;Haruko Kuroiwa;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Dynamic recruitment of dynamin for final mitochondrial severance in a primitive red alga.

    Keiji Nishida;Manabu Takahara;Shin-ya Miyagishima;Haruko Kuroiwa

  • Pollen-tube guidance: beacons from the female gametophyte.

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Haruko Kuroiwa;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Plastid Division Is Driven by a Complex Mechanism That Involves Differential Transition of the Bacterial and Eukaryotic Division Rings

    Shin-ya Miyagishima;Manabu Takahara;Toshiyuki Mori;Haruko Kuroiwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruko Kuroiwa
Haruko Kuroiwa Japan Women's University
Shigeyuki Kawano
Shigeyuki Kawano University of Tokyo
Shin-ya Miyagishima
Shin-ya Miyagishima National Institute of Genetics
Tetsuya Higashiyama
Tetsuya Higashiyama University of Tokyo
Hisayoshi Nozaki
Hisayoshi Nozaki University of Tokyo
Kan Tanaka
Kan Tanaka Tokyo Institute of Technology
Sachihiro Matsunaga
Sachihiro Matsunaga Tokyo University of Science
Naoki Sato
Naoki Sato University of Tokyo
Yukio Fujiki
Yukio Fujiki Kyushu University
Tadasu Shin-I
Tadasu Shin-I National Institute of Genetics

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