Kan Tanaka

336 total papers · 13.1k total citations
245 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Kan Tanaka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kan Tanaka has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Molecular Biology, 82 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 45 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kan Tanaka’s work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (100 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (79 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers). Kan Tanaka is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (100 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (79 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (40 papers). Kan Tanaka collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Kan Tanaka's co-authors include S. Imamura, Hideo Takahashi, Akio Toh‐e, Keisuke Matsumoto, Mitsumasa Hanaoka, Hideo Takahashi, Takashi Osanai, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Kengo Kanamaru and Paul Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kan Tanaka

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kan Tanaka. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kan Tanaka based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kan Tanaka. Kan Tanaka is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Kan Tanaka

238 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Kan Tanaka

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kan Tanaka. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kan Tanaka. The network helps show where Kan Tanaka may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Kan Tanaka

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