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Earth Science 41 5480 5067 140 129 317 6970

Yuki Morono publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yuki Morono between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yuki Morono published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 17.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 144 publications in 2021. 25 of the 417 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 144. Peak 144 publications in 2021. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 144 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 13 publications
2002 2025

417 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yuki Morono: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 0
2004 4
2005 1
2006 1
2007 3
2008 12
2009 6
2010 11
2011 8
2012 11
2013 15
2014 14
2015 14
2016 23
2017 26
2018 26
2019 24
2020 19
2021 144
2022 9
2023 20
2024 12
2025 13
Total 417
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Yuki Morono publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuki Morono sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 308–317 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 317 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107 317
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Yuki Morono D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuki Morono sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289 41
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Yuki Morono is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science, with a particular focus on environmental chemistry, molecular biology, and geophysics as subfields. Their work intersects with topics such as methane hydrates and related phenomena, microbial community ecology and physiology, and planetary science and exploration.

Their research output includes several recent papers published in reputable scientific venues. Notable publications include:

  • Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface, 2020, Nature
  • Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone, 2020, Science
  • Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Accessing the Subsurface Biosphere Within Rocks Undergoing Active Low-Temperature Serpentinization in the Samail Ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project), 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Yuki Morono has collaborated frequently with scientists including Verena B. Heuer, Andreas Teske, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Myriam A.C. Kars, and Ivano W. Aiello.

The scientist has published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications

In addition to journal articles, Morono has authored a book chapter in the publication Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. Expedition reports titled "Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere" from 2021.

The main scientific fields and specific topics that mark their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Geophysics

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Best Publications

  • Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote–eukaryote interface

    Hiroyuki Imachi;Masaru K. Nobu;Nozomi Nakahara;Nozomi Nakahara;Nozomi Nakahara;Yuki Morono

  • Significant contribution of Archaea to extant biomass in marine subsurface sediments

    Julius S. Lipp;Yuki Morono;Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment.

    Tatsuhiko Hoshino;Hideyuki Doi;Go-Ichiro Uramoto;Lars Wörmer

  • Carbon and nitrogen assimilation in deep subseafloor microbial cells.

    Yuki Morono;Takeshi Terada;Manabu Nishizawa;Motoo Ito

  • Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments

    Steven D'hondt;Steven D'hondt;Fumio Inagaki;Fumio Inagaki;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Carlos Alvarez Zarikian;Lewis J. Abrams

  • Discriminative detection and enumeration of microbial life in marine subsurface sediments

    Yuki Morono;Takeshi Terada;Noriaki Masui;Fumio Inagaki

  • An improved cell separation technique for marine subsurface sediments: applications for high-throughput analysis using flow cytometry and cell sorting

    Yuki Morono;Takeshi Terada;Jens Kallmeyer;Fumio Inagaki

  • Cultivation of methanogenic community from subseafloor sediments using a continuous-flow bioreactor

    Hiroyuki Imachi;Ken Aoi;Ken Aoi;Eiji Tasumi;Yumi Saito

  • Sedimentary membrane lipids recycled by deep-sea benthic archaea

    Yoshinori Takano;Yoshito Chikaraishi;Nanako O. Ogawa;Hidetaka Nomaki

  • Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote-eukaryote interface

    Hiroyuki Imachi;Masaru K. Nobu;Nozomi Nakahara;Nozomi Nakahara;Yuki Morono

  • Dehalogenation activities and distribution of reductive dehalogenase homologous genes in marine subsurface sediments.

    Taiki Futagami;Yuki Morono;Takeshi Terada;Anna H. Kaksonen

  • Methyl-compound use and slow growth characterize microbial life in 2-km-deep subseafloor coal and shale beds

    Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert;Yuki Morono;Akira Ijiri;Tatsuhiko Hoshino

  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone

    Verena B. Heuer;Fumio Inagaki;Yuki Morono;Yusuke Kubo

  • Phylogenetic and enzymatic diversity of deep subseafloor aerobic microorganisms in organics- and methane-rich sediments off Shimokita Peninsula.

    Tohru Kobayashi;Osamu Koide;Kozue Mori;Shigeru Shimamura

  • Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years

    Yuki Morono;Motoo Ito;Tatsuhiko Hoshino;Takeshi Terada

  • Acetogenesis in Deep Subseafloor Sediments of The Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank: A Synthesis of Geochemical, Thermodynamic, and Gene-based Evidence

    Mark A Lever;Verena B Heuer;Yuki Morono;Noriaki Masui

  • Deep-biosphere methane production stimulated by geofluids in the Nankai accretionary complex

    Akira Ijiri;Fumio Inagaki;Yusuke Kubo;Rishi Ram Adhikari

  • Microbial Diversity in Sediments from the Bottom of the Challenger Deep, the Mariana Trench

    Takuro Nunoura;Manabu Nishizawa;Miho Hirai;Shigeru Shimamura

  • Endospore abundance and d:l-amino acid modeling of bacterial turnover in holocene marine sediment (Aarhus Bay)

    Alice T. Langerhuus;Hans Røy;Mark A. Lever;Yuki Morono

  • Bioturbation as a key driver behind the dominance of Bacteria over Archaea in near-surface sediment.

    Xihan Chen;Thorbjørn Joest Andersen;Yuki Morono;Fumio Inagaki

  • Microbial dormancy in the marine subsurface: Global endospore abundance and response to burial

    Lars Wörmer;Tatsuhiko Hoshino;Marshall W. Bowles;Bernhard Viehweger

  • Niche Separation of Methanotrophic Archaea (ANME-1 and -2) in Methane-Seep Sediments of the Eastern Japan Sea Offshore Joetsu

    Katsunori Yanagawa;Michinari Sunamura;Mark Alexander Lever;Yuki Morono

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Hiroyuki Imachi
Hiroyuki Imachi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Mark A. Lever
Mark A. Lever ETH Zurich
Masataka Kinoshita
Masataka Kinoshita University of Tokyo
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jens Kallmeyer
Jens Kallmeyer Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Arthur J. Spivack
Arthur J. Spivack University of Rhode Island
Tina Treude
Tina Treude University of California, Los Angeles

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