Ken Shirasu
Ken Shirasu publishes mostly in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cell Biology, on topics such as Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Molecular Biology Research.
- World rank
- #170,730 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in Japan
- #4,275 of 114,622
- Works
- 37
- Citations
- 230
- Citations per work
- 6.2
What does Ken Shirasu research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Plant Science74% of their works
- 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics9% of their works
- 3Cell Biology6% of their works
- 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
- 5Insect Science2% of their works
- 6Agronomy and Crop Science2% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Ken Shirasu's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Host Recognition, Plant Hormones, Strigolactones, Plant Immunity, Rhizosphere Interactions, Development, Legumes and Phylogenetic Analysis.
- Rhizoctonia solani
- Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes
- Pollinator Decline
- Endophytic Fungi
- Symbiosis
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Development
- Plant Immunity
- Plant Hormones
- Host Recognition
- Strigolactones
- Rhizosphere Interactions
- Legumes
- Plant
- Ecosystem Services
- Fungal Pathogens
- Electrical Signals
- Plasmodiophora brassicae
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 18 words, with their numbers
- Host Recognition132 topics
- Plant Hormones81 topic
- Strigolactones81 topic
- Plant Immunity61 topic
- Rhizosphere Interactions61 topic
- Development51 topic
- Legumes51 topic
- Phylogenetic Analysis52 topics
- Plant51 topic
- Symbiosis51 topic
- Ecosystem Services31 topic
- Endophytic Fungi31 topic
- Fungal Pathogens31 topic
- Pollinator Decline31 topic
- Electrical Signals21 topic
- Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes21 topic
- Plasmodiophora brassicae21 topic
- Rhizoctonia solani21 topic
Where does Ken Shirasu work?
Ken Shirasu's main affiliation in the publication record is RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan.
How many publications and citations does Ken Shirasu have?
Science Explorer counts 37 works and 230 citations for Ken Shirasu, ranking #170,730 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.
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