Akira Kitani

2.6k total citations
87 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Akira Kitani is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Bioengineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Kitani has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 42 papers in Bioengineering. Recurrent topics in Akira Kitani's work include Conducting polymers and applications (62 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (50 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (42 papers). Akira Kitani is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (62 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (50 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (42 papers). Akira Kitani collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Akira Kitani's co-authors include Kazuo Sasaki, Jun Yano, Heqing Tang, Larry L. Miller, Sotaro Ito, Masaru Shiotani, Atsutaka Kunai, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Kenji Sugimoto and Chantal Degrand and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Akira Kitani

86 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akira Kitani Japan 23 1.6k 1.4k 899 742 368 87 2.2k
Johna Leddy United States 21 507 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 488 0.5× 801 1.1× 238 0.6× 64 1.6k
Teresa Łuczak Poland 20 329 0.2× 930 0.7× 308 0.3× 751 1.0× 124 0.3× 60 1.3k
Emma I. Rogers United Kingdom 19 275 0.2× 683 0.5× 323 0.4× 1.0k 1.4× 173 0.5× 29 1.6k
Genghuang Wu China 14 372 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 247 0.3× 645 0.9× 289 0.8× 19 2.0k
Antonı́n Trojánek Czechia 23 166 0.1× 685 0.5× 614 0.7× 935 1.3× 268 0.7× 79 1.5k
Liza Rassaei Netherlands 22 281 0.2× 817 0.6× 355 0.4× 618 0.8× 419 1.1× 49 1.7k
José L. Fernández Argentina 21 244 0.1× 1.1k 0.8× 261 0.3× 877 1.2× 133 0.4× 54 2.1k
Martin C. Henstridge United Kingdom 21 372 0.2× 1.0k 0.7× 231 0.3× 1.0k 1.4× 81 0.2× 40 1.4k
Xia Zuo China 23 306 0.2× 913 0.7× 175 0.2× 277 0.4× 198 0.5× 65 1.4k
Pankaj Kumar Rastogi India 21 219 0.1× 730 0.5× 196 0.2× 413 0.6× 121 0.3× 43 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Akira Kitani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Akira Kitani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Kitani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akira Kitani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akira Kitani 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 Akira Kitani. Akira Kitani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yano, Jun, et al.. (2023). Trial Fabrication of NADH-Dependent Enzymatic Ethanol Biofuel Cell Providing H2 Gas as well as Electricity. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 96(4). 331–338. 4 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun, et al.. (2018). Anodic reactions of NADH model compound by utilizing both light irradiation and riboflavin as a redox mediator. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 82(11). 1849–1854. 3 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun, Hiroshi Fukuoka, & Akira Kitani. (2016). Electro-oxidation of polyaniline in the presence of electronic acceptors and the magnetic properties of the resulting polyaniline. Thin Solid Films. 618. 165–171. 3 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun, et al.. (2010). Polyaniline Film as a Metal-free Electrocatalyst for the Anode Reaction of the Direct Ascorbic Acid Fuel Cells. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems. 13(2). 95–98. 2 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun, et al.. (2008). Electrochemical preparation of polyaniline microspheres incorporated with DNA. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 39(5). 747–750. 3 indexed citations
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Takaki, Ken, Kimihiro Komeyama, Mitsuhiro Takeda, et al.. (2003). Intermolecular Hydrophosphination of Alkynes and Related Carbon−Carbon Multiple Bonds Catalyzed by Organoytterbiums. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 68(17). 6554–6565. 85 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (2001). Electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol on platinum modified polyaniline electrodes. Synthetic Metals. 121(1-3). 1301–1302. 99 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1999). Properties of Polyanilines Containing Oxyethylene Units. Synthetic Metals. 102(1-3). 1173–1173. 5 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1999). Electrochemical Behaviors of Polyaniline/Poly (aniline-2,5-disulfonic Acid) Composites. Electrochemistry. 67(12). 1262–1263. 1 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1997). Electrochemical, Optical and Electrical Properties of Poly-N-Heptylanilines. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 296(1). 349–356. 5 indexed citations
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Tang, Heqing, Akira Kitani, & Masaru Shiotani. (1996). Effects of anions on electrochemical formation and overoxidation of polyaniline. Electrochimica Acta. 41(9). 1561–1567. 94 indexed citations
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Yano, Jun & Akira Kitani. (1995). Multicolor expressible ECD materials consisted of polyaniline and anionic quinone. Synthetic Metals. 69(1-3). 117–118. 11 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1995). Fe(III)-ion-catalysed non-enzymatic transformation of adenosine diphosphate into adenosine triphosphate part II. Evidence of catalytic nature of Fe ions. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 36(1). 47–51. 14 indexed citations
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Tang, Heqing, et al.. (1995). Electropolymerization of aniline modified by para-phenylenediamine. Electrochimica Acta. 40(7). 849–857. 50 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1994). Effect of flavin coenzymes on current response for glucose at glucose oxidase/polypyrrole modified electrodes. Electrochimica Acta. 39(1). 7–8. 10 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1992). Hydroxylation of aromatic ring in corroding metal systems. Electrochimica Acta. 37(2). 345–347. 2 indexed citations
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Kitani, Akira, et al.. (1984). Polyaniline as the Positive Electrode of Storage Batteries. Denki Kagaku oyobi Kogyo Butsuri Kagaku. 52(12). 847–848. 21 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Kazuo & Akira Kitani. (1978). The role of metal cations in the homogeneous phase redox reaction of a NADH model compound. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 94(3). 201–208. 5 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Kazuo, et al.. (1973). Substituent Effect on the Electrooxidation of p-Substituted Aniline and Anisole Derivatives. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 2269–2274. 8 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Nobuyuki, Akira Kitani, Akifumi Yamada, & Kazuo Sasaki. (1973). The use of modified potentiostatic method in the study of electrode kinetics. Electrochimica Acta. 18(9). 675–677. 5 indexed citations

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