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Yoko Yamamoto

Yoko Yamamoto

Okayama University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
13698
World Ranking
11900
National Ranking
815

Yoko Yamamoto 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 Yoko Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 204 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoko Yamamoto 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 Yoko Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 41st percentile

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

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

Overview

Yoko Yamamoto is a researcher affiliated with Okayama University in Japan, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on Plant Science. Their work primarily explores plant stress responses, including aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals. The research domain extends into molecular biology, with particular attention to plant molecular biology, biochemistry, and biosynthesis.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on plant physiological and biochemical processes under stress conditions, as well as microbial metabolic engineering. Notable recent papers include:

  • Fermentative production of enantiopure (S)-linalool using a metabolically engineered Pantoea ananatis (2021) in Microbial Cell Factories
  • Functional roles of ALMT-type anion channels in malate-induced stomatal closure in tomato and Arabidopsis (2022) in Plant Cell & Environment
  • Physiological Role of Aerobic Fermentation Constitutively Expressed in an Aluminum-Tolerant Cell Line of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) (2021) in Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Erratum To: Physiological Role of Aerobic Fermentation Constitutively Expressed in an Aluminum-Tolerant Cell Line of Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum) (2021) in Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Oxygen supply is a prerequisite for response to aluminum in cultured cells of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) (2025) in Plant and Cell Physiology

Throughout their career, Yamamoto has frequently collaborated with other researchers such as Takayuki Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Tsuchiya, Maki Katsuhara, Takuji Nakamura, and Yohei Izumi.

Their work is regularly published in specialized scientific journals, particularly in:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Microbial Cell Factories
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • JAAD Case Reports

The main research topics that Yamamoto has contributed to include:

  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction
  • Enzyme catalysis and immobilization
  • Plant molecular biology research

Best Publications

  • A wheat gene encoding an aluminum‐activated malate transporter

    Takayuki Sasaki;Yoko Yamamoto;Bunichi Ezaki;Maki Katsuhara

  • Lipid peroxidation is an early symptom triggered by aluminum, but not the primary cause of elongation inhibition in pea roots

    Yoko Yamamoto;Yukiko Kobayashi;Hideaki Matsumoto

  • AtALMT1, which encodes a malate transporter, is identified as one of several genes critical for aluminum tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Owen A. Hoekenga;Lyza G. Maron;Miguel A. Piñeros;Geraldo M. A. Cançado;Geraldo M. A. Cançado

  • Aluminum toxicity is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and the production of reactive oxygen species in plant cells.

    Yoko Yamamoto;Yukiko Kobayashi;S. Rama Devi;Sanae Rikiishi

  • Engineering high-level aluminum tolerance in barley with the ALMT1 gene

    Emmanuel Delhaize;Peter R. Ryan;Diane M. Hebb;Yoko Yamamoto

  • The identification of aluminium-resistance genes provides opportunities for enhancing crop production on acid soils

    P. R. Ryan;S. D. Tyerman;T. Sasaki;T. Furuichi

  • Quality control of photosystem II: impact of light and heat stresses

    Yasusi Yamamoto;Ryota Aminaka;Miho Yoshioka;Mahbuba Khatoon

  • Overexpression of dehydroascorbate reductase, but not monodehydroascorbate reductase, confers tolerance to aluminum stress in transgenic tobacco

    Lina Yin;Shiwen Wang;Amin Elsadig Eltayeb;Md. Imtiaz Uddin

  • Site-specific PEGylation of a lysine-deficient TNF-α with full bioactivity

    Yoko Yamamoto;Yasuo Tsutsumi;Yasuo Yoshioka;Toshihide Nishibata

  • The use of PVP as a polymeric carrier to improve the plasma half-life of drugs.

    Yoshihisa Kaneda;Yasuo Tsutsumi;Yasuo Yoshioka;Haruhiko Kamada

  • Accumulation of aluminium in the cell wall pectin in cultured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cells treated with a combination of aluminium and iron

    Y. C. Chang;Yoko Yamamoto;H. Matsumoto

  • Oxidative stress triggered by aluminum in plant roots

    Yoko Yamamoto;Yukiko Kobayashi;Saddikuti Rama Devi;Sanae Rikiishi

  • Closing Plant Stomata Requires a Homolog of an Aluminum-Activated Malate Transporter

    Takayuki Sasaki;Izumi C. Mori;Takuya Furuichi;Shintaro Munemasa

  • Citrate Secretion Coupled with the Modulation of Soybean Root Tip under Aluminum Stress. Up-Regulation of Transcription, Translation, and Threonine-Oriented Phosphorylation of Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase

    Hong Shen;Long Fei He;Takayuki Sasaki;Yoko Yamamoto

  • Molecular characterization and mapping of ALMT1, the aluminium-tolerance gene of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

    Harsh Raman;Kerong Zhang;Mehmet Cakir;Rudi Appels

  • Comparative genetic studies on the APRR5 and APRR7 genes belonging to the APRR1/TOC1 quintet implicated in circadian rhythm, control of flowering time, and early photomorphogenesis.

    Yoko Yamamoto;Eriko Sato;Tomo Shimizu;Norihito Nakamich

  • Lignin deposition induced by aluminum in wheat (Triticum aestivum) roots

    Masao Sasaki;Yoko Yamamoto;Hideaki Matsumoto

  • Sequence upstream of the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) ALMT1 gene and its relationship to aluminum resistance.

    Takayuki Sasaki;Peter R. Ryan;Emmanuel Delhaize;Diane M. Hebb

  • Oxidative Damage to Membranes by a Combination of Aluminum and Iron in Suspension-Cultured Tobacco Cells

    Yoko Yamamoto;Akiko Hachiya;Hideaki Matsumoto

  • Root plasma membrane H+-ATPase is involved in the adaptation of soybean to phosphorus starvation

    Hong Shen;Jianhong Chen;Zhanyi Wang;Cunyi Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideaki Matsumoto
Hideaki Matsumoto Kibi International University
Peter R. Ryan
Peter R. Ryan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Emmanuel Delhaize
Emmanuel Delhaize Australian National University
Shao Jian Zheng
Shao Jian Zheng Zhejiang University
Maki Katsuhara
Maki Katsuhara Okayama University
Sanjib Kumar Panda
Sanjib Kumar Panda National University of Singapore
Wen-Hao Zhang
Wen-Hao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Harsh Raman
Harsh Raman New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Leon V. Kochian
Leon V. Kochian University of Saskatchewan
Yasutaka Kubo
Yasutaka Kubo Okayama University

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