Akira Nakajima

19.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
442 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Akira Nakajima is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Nakajima has authored 442 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Materials Chemistry, 106 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 95 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Akira Nakajima's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (81 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (77 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (72 papers). Akira Nakajima is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (81 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (77 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (72 papers). Akira Nakajima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and United States. Akira Nakajima's co-authors include Kazuhito Hashimoto, Toshiya Watanabe, Akira Fujishima, Kiyoshi Okada, Yoshikazu Kameshima, Toshihiro Isobe, Masahiro Miyauchi, Masashi Miwa, Munetoshi Sakai and Ren‐De Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Akira Nakajima

431 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of the Surface Roughness on Sliding Angles of Wat... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2000 2002 2001 2001 1999 250 500 750 1000
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Effects of the Surface Roughness on Sliding Angles of Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
    2000 1.1k citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  2. Effects of Surface Structure on the Hydrophobicity and Sliding Behavior of Water Droplets
    2002 1.0k citations Akira Nakajima et al. profile →
  3. Photoinduced Surface Wettability Conversion of ZnO and TiO2 Thin Films
    2001 699 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  4. Recent Studies on Super-Hydrophobic Films
    2001 688 citations Akira Nakajima et al. profile →
  5. Preparation of Transparent Superhydrophobic Boehmite and Silica Films by Sublimation of Aluminum Acetylacetonate
    1999 674 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  6. Transparent Superhydrophobic Thin Films with Self-Cleaning Properties
    2000 644 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  7. Photocatalysis and Photoinduced Hydrophilicity of Various Metal Oxide Thin Films
    2002 583 citations Akira Nakajima et al. profile →
  8. Defect-induced Raman spectra in dopedCeO2
    1994 436 citations Akira Nakajima et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akira Nakajima Japan 56 6.2k 6.1k 3.5k 3.4k 3.3k 442 16.9k
Toshiya Watanabe Japan 41 5.4k 0.9× 8.2k 1.3× 3.8k 1.1× 3.2k 0.9× 8.3k 2.5× 151 17.5k
Junping Zhang China 74 6.1k 1.0× 3.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 5.3k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 351 16.7k
Jianying Huang China 82 7.5k 1.2× 6.8k 1.1× 5.5k 1.5× 6.7k 2.0× 6.7k 2.0× 313 21.7k
Dong Wu China 67 3.5k 0.6× 4.8k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 5.9k 1.7× 1.8k 0.5× 464 15.2k
Lin Feng China 57 12.8k 2.1× 5.3k 0.9× 4.4k 1.2× 8.0k 2.3× 1.4k 0.4× 234 18.8k
Robin H. A. Ras Finland 54 7.0k 1.1× 4.5k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 4.4k 1.3× 666 0.2× 179 14.2k
Yan Liu China 60 3.9k 0.6× 4.3k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.3× 907 0.3× 581 14.0k
Per M. Claesson Sweden 63 5.3k 0.9× 3.1k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 3.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.4× 368 15.8k
Jian Li China 68 7.7k 1.2× 4.1k 0.7× 3.8k 1.1× 4.9k 1.4× 2.6k 0.8× 358 14.6k
Bing Liu China 47 3.3k 0.5× 4.9k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 691 0.2× 445 13.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ogawa, Nanako O., et al.. (2025). Processing and antiviral activity of Cu-modified (Ce<sub>0.8</sub>,Gd<sub>0.2</sub>)O<sub>2−δ</sub> in the dark and under visible light. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan. 133(8). 474–480.
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Sunada, Kayano, et al.. (2024). Effects of UV illumination on organic dye decomposition activity and antibacterial and antiviral activities of rare earth iodates. Journal of Materials Science. 59(37). 17558–17572.
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Isobe, Toshihiro, et al.. (2023). Effect of magnetic force on O2 gas transmission rate for porous alumina. Ceramics International. 49(11). 17348–17353. 1 indexed citations
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Takei, Takahiro, et al.. (2023). Effect of aliovalent substitution on the crystal distortion and negative thermal expansion properties of Zr2SP2O12. Ceramics International. 49(13). 22197–22203. 2 indexed citations
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Sunada, Kayano, et al.. (2023). Decomposition of 2-naphthol in water and its antibacterial and antiviral activities by LaMnO<sub>3</sub> and LaCoO<sub>3</sub> in the dark. Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan. 131(5). 117–125. 8 indexed citations
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Sunada, Kayano, Toshihiro Isobe, Sachiko Matsushita, et al.. (2023). Preparation of rare earth iodates and their decomposition activity on organic dyes and antibacterial/antiviral activities. Ceramics International. 49(9). 14681–14688. 7 indexed citations
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Mei, Biao, et al.. (2022). Electrolyte Thickness Dependence upon Ge-Sensitized Thermal Cells. Energy & Fuels. 36(19). 11619–11626. 5 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Rie, et al.. (2020). Aluminium metal–insulator–metal structure fabricated by the bottom-up approach. Nanoscale Advances. 2(6). 2271–2275. 7 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Sachiko, et al.. (2019). A sensitized thermal cell recovered using heat. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(31). 18249–18256. 9 indexed citations
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Isobe, Toshihiro, et al.. (2019). Preparation and decomposition activity of MnO -modified (Ce0.73, Bi0.27)O2-δ on 2-naphthol in water in the dark or under visible light. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 233. 346–352. 8 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Hideki, Kumiko Nakai, Fumiko Murakami, et al.. (2018). Continuous application of compressive force induces fusion of osteoclast-like RAW264.7 cells via upregulation of RANK and downregulation of LGR4. Life Sciences. 201. 30–36. 19 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Sachiko, et al.. (2017). Redox reactions by thermally excited charge carriers: towards sensitized thermal cells. Materials Horizons. 4(4). 649–656. 16 indexed citations
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NISHIOKA, Kunio, et al.. (2015). Simple fabrication of micro-polygons and micro-honeycombs utilizing thermal deformation of monolayer colloidal crystals during reactive ion etching. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 486. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Sachiko, Akihiro Matsutani, Kunio NISHIOKA, et al.. (2015). Calculation and fabrication of two-dimensional complete photonic bandgap structures composed of rutile TiO2 single crystals in air/liquid. Journal of Materials Science. 51(2). 1066–1073. 5 indexed citations
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Negishi, Hideo, M. Shoji, Naoko Taguchi‐Atarashi, et al.. (2012). Essential contribution of IRF3 to intestinal homeostasis and microbiota-mediated Tslp gene induction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(51). 21016–21021. 40 indexed citations
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Shimada, Koichi, et al.. (2011). CD47 regulates the TGF-β signaling pathway in osteoblasts and is distributed in Meckel's cartilage. Journal of Oral Science. 53(2). 169–175. 10 indexed citations
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Wagata, Hajime, Ken‐ichi Katsumata, Naoki Ohashi, et al.. (2011). Photocatalytic Activity and Related Surface Properties of Transparent ZnO Films Prepared by a Low‐temperature Aqueous Route. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 87(5). 1009–1015. 7 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Tetsu, K. Itagaki, Akira Nakajima, & K. Horio. (2009). Physics-based simulation of field-plate effects on substrate- and surface-related current slump in GaAs FETs. 164–167. 1 indexed citations
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Kameshima, Yoshikazu, et al.. (2009). Intercalation Behavior of Various Fatty Acids into Mg-Al-Layered Double Hydroxide. Clay science. 14(2). 87–94. 2 indexed citations
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Sato, Hiroko, Yoshitsugu Kojima, & Akira Nakajima. (1993). SPECIAL ARTICLE ON BIOCOLLOIDS AND BIOSURFACES: FIBRINOGEN ADSORPTION ON ARTIFICIAL SURFACES AND ITS EFFECTS ON PLATELETS. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 14(1). 117–128. 1 indexed citations

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