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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Biology and Biochemistry 63 10206 9427 684 642 144 14455

Yutaka Sato publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yutaka Sato between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yutaka Sato published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 5.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2013. 9 of the 176 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2013. 1996: 5 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 5 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

176 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yutaka Sato: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 5
1997 6
1998 3
1999 5
2000 1
2001 4
2002 7
2003 4
2004 3
2005 1
2006 5
2007 6
2008 6
2009 7
2010 9
2011 12
2012 5
2013 15
2014 4
2015 5
2016 3
2017 2
2018 5
2019 8
2020 6
2021 5
2022 6
2023 9
2024 10
2025 8
2026 1
Total 176
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Yutaka Sato 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 Yutaka Sato sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 1,028+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 980. Most scientists, 980, have 127–136 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 137–146 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 8 scientists 57–66 publications: 35 scientists 67–76 publications: 106 scientists 77–86 publications: 231 scientists 87–96 publications: 413 scientists 97–106 publications: 546 scientists 107–116 publications: 704 scientists 117–126 publications: 848 scientists 127–136 publications: 980 scientists 137–146 publications: 942 scientists 147–156 publications: 969 scientists 157–166 publications: 949 scientists 167–176 publications: 951 scientists 177–186 publications: 915 scientists 187–196 publications: 787 scientists 197–206 publications: 840 scientists 207–216 publications: 733 scientists 217–226 publications: 708 scientists 227–236 publications: 651 scientists 237–246 publications: 605 scientists 247–256 publications: 510 scientists 257–266 publications: 524 scientists 267–276 publications: 434 scientists 277–286 publications: 417 scientists 287–296 publications: 350 scientists 297–306 publications: 363 scientists 307–316 publications: 315 scientists 317–326 publications: 296 scientists 327–336 publications: 261 scientists 337–346 publications: 240 scientists 347–356 publications: 219 scientists 357–366 publications: 196 scientists 367–376 publications: 154 scientists 377–386 publications: 161 scientists 387–396 publications: 155 scientists 397–406 publications: 145 scientists 407–416 publications: 124 scientists 417–426 publications: 112 scientists 427–436 publications: 132 scientists 437–446 publications: 116 scientists 447–456 publications: 99 scientists 457–466 publications: 81 scientists 467–476 publications: 91 scientists 477–486 publications: 80 scientists 487–496 publications: 80 scientists 497–506 publications: 59 scientists 507–516 publications: 36 scientists 517–526 publications: 46 scientists 527–536 publications: 54 scientists 537–546 publications: 44 scientists 547–556 publications: 43 scientists 557–566 publications: 43 scientists 567–576 publications: 42 scientists 577–586 publications: 25 scientists 587–596 publications: 34 scientists 597–606 publications: 23 scientists 607–616 publications: 33 scientists 617–626 publications: 31 scientists 627–636 publications: 27 scientists 637–646 publications: 25 scientists 647–656 publications: 28 scientists 657–666 publications: 34 scientists 667–676 publications: 18 scientists 677–686 publications: 16 scientists 687–696 publications: 10 scientists 697–706 publications: 12 scientists 707–716 publications: 21 scientists 717–726 publications: 12 scientists 727–736 publications: 12 scientists 737–746 publications: 10 scientists 747–756 publications: 7 scientists 757–766 publications: 13 scientists 767–776 publications: 15 scientists 777–786 publications: 13 scientists 787–796 publications: 9 scientists 797–806 publications: 9 scientists 807–816 publications: 7 scientists 817–826 publications: 4 scientists 827–836 publications: 9 scientists 837–846 publications: 7 scientists 847–856 publications: 3 scientists 857–866 publications: 5 scientists 867–876 publications: 5 scientists 877–886 publications: 11 scientists 887–896 publications: 3 scientists 897–906 publications: 4 scientists 907–916 publications: 7 scientists 917–926 publications: 5 scientists 927–936 publications: 6 scientists 937–946 publications: 6 scientists 947–956 publications: 3 scientists 957–966 publications: 7 scientists 967–976 publications: 2 scientists 977–986 publications: 2 scientists 987–996 publications: 1 scientist 997–1,006 publications: 5 scientists 1,007–1,016 publications: 2 scientists 1,017–1,026 publications: 2 scientists 1,027 publications: 1 scientist 1,028+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 144 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Biology and Biochemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 19,587 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 8
57–66 35
67–76 106
77–86 231
87–96 413
97–106 546
107–116 704
117–126 848
127–136 980
137–146 942 144
147–156 969
157–166 949
167–176 951
177–186 915
187–196 787
197–206 840
207–216 733
217–226 708
227–236 651
237–246 605
247–256 510
257–266 524
267–276 434
277–286 417
287–296 350
297–306 363
307–316 315
317–326 296
327–336 261
337–346 240
347–356 219
357–366 196
367–376 154
377–386 161
387–396 155
397–406 145
407–416 124
417–426 112
427–436 132
437–446 116
447–456 99
457–466 81
467–476 91
477–486 80
487–496 80
497–506 59
507–516 36
517–526 46
527–536 54
537–546 44
547–556 43
557–566 43
567–576 42
577–586 25
587–596 34
597–606 23
607–616 33
617–626 31
627–636 27
637–646 25
647–656 28
657–666 34
667–676 18
677–686 16
687–696 10
697–706 12
707–716 21
717–726 12
727–736 12
737–746 10
747–756 7
757–766 13
767–776 15
777–786 13
787–796 9
797–806 9
807–816 7
817–826 4
827–836 9
837–846 7
847–856 3
857–866 5
867–876 5
877–886 11
887–896 3
897–906 4
907–916 7
917–926 5
927–936 6
937–946 6
947–956 3
957–966 7
967–976 2
977–986 2
987–996 1
997–1,006 5
1,007–1,016 2
1,017–1,026 2
1,027 1
1,028+ 100
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Yutaka Sato 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 Yutaka Sato sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 65 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 167+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,253. Most scientists, 1,253, have 58–59 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62–63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Biology and Biochemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 19,587 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 80
42–43 183
44–45 316
46–47 504
48–49 718
50–51 899
52–53 1,025
54–55 1,149
56–57 1,235
58–59 1,253
60–61 1,162
62–63 1,130 63
64–65 1,031
66–67 897
68–69 814
70–71 714
72–73 709
74–75 596
76–77 512
78–79 473
80–81 412
82–83 373
84–85 358
86–87 285
88–89 273
90–91 227
92–93 208
94–95 193
96–97 153
98–99 157
100–101 148
102–103 120
104–105 113
106–107 100
108–109 86
110–111 67
112–113 71
114–115 73
116–117 64
118–119 53
120–121 60
122–123 54
124–125 43
126–127 38
128–129 49
130–131 26
132–133 18
134–135 23
136–137 32
138–139 32
140–141 27
142–143 19
144–145 22
146–147 12
148–149 16
150–151 14
152–153 10
154–155 13
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 9
162–163 13
164–165 4
166 4
167+ 98
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Overview

Yutaka Sato is affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan and has made significant contributions to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics of their research focus on plant molecular biology, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, plant reproductive biology, plant tissue culture and regeneration, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant responses to water stress, and plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Frequently publishing in scientific journals, Yutaka Sato has contributed to the fields through venues such as:

  • Breeding Science
  • Rice
  • The Plant Journal
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Yutaka Sato has worked closely with collaborators including Atsushi Toyoda, Misuzu Nosaka-Takahashi, Ken-Ichi Nonomura, Takanori Yoshikawa, and Sae Shimizu-Sato, among others.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yutaka Sato include:

  • Antagonistic regulation of the gibberellic acid response during stem growth in rice, 2020, Nature
  • WUSCHEL-related homeobox family genes in rice control lateral root primordium size, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Adaptive reduction of male gamete number in the selfing plant Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mutation of the imprinted geneOsEMF2ainduces autonomous endosperm development and delayed cellularization in rice, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Wild Oryza Species Using Immature Embryos, 2020, Rice

Best Publications

  • The Gibberellin Signaling Pathway Is Regulated by the Appearance and Disappearance of SLENDER RICE1 in Nuclei

    Hironori Itoh;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Yutaka Sato;Motoyuki Ashikari

  • Low-affinity cation transporter (OsLCT1) regulates cadmium transport into rice grains

    Shimpei Uraguchi;Takehiro Kamiya;Takuya Sakamoto;Koji Kasai

  • A Zinc Finger Transcription Factor ART1 Regulates Multiple Genes Implicated in Aluminum Tolerance in Rice

    Naoki Yamaji;Chao Feng Huang;Sakiko Nagao;Masahiro Yano

  • RiceXPro Version 3.0: expanding the informatics resource for rice transcriptome

    Yutaka Sato;Hinako Takehisa;Kaori Kamatsuki;Hiroshi Minami

  • Ectopic Expression of KNOTTED1-Like Homeobox Protein Induces Expression of Cytokinin Biosynthesis Genes in Rice

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Hitoshi Sakakibara;Mikiko Kojima;Yuko Yamamoto

  • RiceXPro: a platform for monitoring gene expression in japonica rice grown under natural field conditions

    Yutaka Sato;Baltazar A. Antonio;Nobukazu Namiki;Hinako Takehisa

  • Inflorescence Meristem Identity in Rice Is Specified by Overlapping Functions of Three AP1/FUL-Like MADS Box Genes and PAP2, a SEPALLATA MADS Box Gene

    Kaoru Kobayashi;Naoko Yasuno;Yutaka Sato;Masahiro Yoda

  • TAWAWA1, a regulator of rice inflorescence architecture, functions through the suppression of meristem phase transition

    Akiko Yoshida;Masafumi Sasao;Naoko Yasuno;Kyoko Takagi

  • Isolation and characterization of a rice WUSCHEL‐type homeobox gene that is specifically expressed in the central cells of a quiescent center in the root apical meristem

    Noriko Kamiya;Hiroshi Nagasaki;Atsushi Morikami;Yutaka Sato

  • LAX PANICLE2 of rice encodes a novel nuclear protein and regulates the formation of axillary meristems.

    Hiroaki Tabuchi;Yu Zhang;Susumu Hattori;Minami Omae

  • Deciphering and Prediction of Transcriptome Dynamics under Fluctuating Field Conditions

    Atsushi J. Nagano;Yutaka Sato;Motohiro Mihara;Baltazar A. Antonio

  • The small interfering RNA production pathway is required for shoot meristem initiation in rice.

    Hiroshi Nagasaki;Jun Ichi Itoh;Katsunobu Hayashi;Ken Ichiro Hibara

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the rice homeobox gene OSH15 affect the architecture of internodes resulting in dwarf plants.

    Yutaka Sato;Naoki Sentoku;Yoshio Miura;Hirohiko Hirochika

  • Gateway binary vectors with the bialaphos resistance gene, bar, as a selection marker for plant transformation.

    Shinya Nakamura;Shoji Mano;Shoji Mano;Yuji Tanaka;Masato Ohnishi

  • Regional Expression of the Rice KN1 -Type Homeobox Gene Family during Embryo, Shoot, and Flower Development

    Naoki Sentoku;Yutaka Sato;Nori Kurata;Yukihiro Ito

  • A rice homeobox gene, OSH1, is expressed before organ differentiation in a specific region during early embryogenesis.

    Yutaka Sato;Soon-Kwan Hong;Akemi Tagiri;Hidemi Kitano

  • Positive Autoregulation of a KNOX Gene Is Essential for Shoot Apical Meristem Maintenance in Rice

    Katsutoshi Tsuda;Yukihiro Ito;Yutaka Sato;Nori Kurata;Nori Kurata

  • Developmental Role and Auxin Responsiveness of Class III Homeodomain Leucine Zipper Gene Family Members in Rice

    Jun-Ichi Itoh;Ken-Ichiro Hibara;Yutaka Sato;Yasuo Nagato

  • Overexpression of rice OSH genes induces ectopic shoots on leaf sheaths of transgenic rice plants.

    Naoki Sentoku;Yutaka Sato;Makoto Matsuoka

  • RiceFREND: a platform for retrieving coexpressed gene networks in rice

    Yutaka Sato;Nobukazu Namiki;Hinako Takehisa;Kaori Kamatsuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiaki Nagamura
Yoshiaki Nagamura National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Yasuo Nagato
Yasuo Nagato University of Tokyo
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Motoyuki Ashikari
Motoyuki Ashikari Nagoya University
Nori Kurata
Nori Kurata National Institute of Genetics
Akio Miyao
Akio Miyao National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hirohiko Hirochika
Hirohiko Hirochika Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

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