Akira Nakamura

15.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
512 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Akira Nakamura is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Nakamura has authored 512 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 273 papers in Organic Chemistry, 181 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 81 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Akira Nakamura's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (153 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (78 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (61 papers). Akira Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (153 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (78 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (61 papers). Akira Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Akira Nakamura's co-authors include Hajime Yasuda, Norikazu Ueyama, Kazushi Mashima, Sei Otsuka, Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Taka‐aki Okamura, H. Yamamoto, Yasushi Kai, Nobue Hagihara and Shigenobu Miyake and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Akira Nakamura

499 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A new model for dioxygen binding in hemocyanin. Synthesis, characterization, and molecular structure of the .mu.-.eta.2:.eta.2 peroxo dinuclear copper(II) complexes, [Cu(HB(3,5-R2pz)3)]2(O2) (R = isopropyl and Ph)

1992 544 citations Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Akira Nakamura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akira Nakamura Japan	56	7.6k	5.1k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	512	12.3k
Jeremy M. Smith United States	49	4.2k 0.6×	3.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	137	9.0k
R. Bruce King United States	59	12.5k 1.7×	9.0k 1.8×	4.3k 2.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	965	18.7k
Shubin Liu United States	55	7.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	4.7k 2.7×	748 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	300	17.5k
Kenichi Fukui Japan	47	9.3k 1.2×	2.3k 0.4×	6.5k 3.7×	708 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	480	21.5k
Péter Mayer Germany	58	8.1k 1.1×	3.8k 0.8×	4.6k 2.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	626	13.9k
Hans W. Horn United States	33	7.0k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	6.3k 3.6×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	57	21.4k
James D. Patterson United States	8	4.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	3.1k 1.8×	622 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	42	11.1k
R. F. W. Bader Canada	52	5.7k 0.8×	2.8k 0.5×	4.3k 2.5×	473 0.3×	1.7k 1.2×	117	15.7k
Frank De Proft Belgium	60	10.6k 1.4×	2.8k 0.5×	5.6k 3.2×	724 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	432	19.7k
Paul Geerlings Belgium	60	10.6k 1.4×	2.4k 0.5×	6.6k 3.8×	741 0.5×	1.7k 1.3×	475	21.1k

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Maegawa, Tomohiro, et al.. (2023). Regioselective Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Isoxazoles by Using a Chalcone-Rearrangement Strategy. Synlett. 34(11). 1253–1258. 1 indexed citations

Nakamura, Akira. (2023). Development of Synthetic Methods for Heterocyclic Compounds Using the Oxidative Rearrangement of Chalcones and Application to Total Synthesis. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. 143(2). 105–110. 1 indexed citations

Nakamura, Akira, et al.. (2012). An approach of susceptibility analysis for deep-seated landslide induced by earthquake within pre-existing landslide topography using logistic regression. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society. 49(1). 12–21.

Nakamura, Akira, et al.. (2012). Groundwater logging using thermocouples in two landslide areas. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society. 49(5). 275–281. 1 indexed citations

Ishíi, Yasuo, et al.. (2011). Distribution and scale of landslides induced by recent reverse-fault earthquakes in Japan. Journal of the Japan Landslide Society. 48(1). 23–38. 4 indexed citations

Ishíi, Yasuo, et al.. (2010). Controls on distribution and scale of earthquake-induced landslides caused by the Iwate-Miyagi Inland earthquake in 2008, Japan. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3827. 4 indexed citations

Inoue, Hiroshi, et al.. (2005). Specific Ion Exchange Properties of a New Porous Ion Exchange Resin Having an Open-celled Monolith Structure. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 62(1). 7–16. 5 indexed citations

KOSAKA, Tatsuro, et al.. (2005). Real-Time Cure and Health Monitoring of FW FRP by Using Built-In FBG Sensors. Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan. 54(5). 507–512.

Nakamura, Akira, et al.. (1996). The Development of Surface-treated Cements for Cement Powder Grouting.. Journal of the Society of Powder Technology Japan. 33(9). 734–739. 1 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira & Kazushi Mashima. (1995). Recent progress in the chemistry of 1,3-diene complexes of niobium and tantalum. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 500(1-2). 261–267. 25 indexed citations

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Ueyama, Norikazu, Hiroyuki Oku, Wei‐Yin Sun, Akira Nakamura, & Keiichi Fukuyama. (1992). Nature of Fe-Se Bond in (NR4)₂[Fe(SePh)₄]. Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements. 67(1-4). 151–154.

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Ueyama, Norikazu, et al.. (1980). . KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 37(10). 671–676. 1 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Hajime, et al.. (1980). . KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 37(10). 677–684. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira & Hajime Yasuda. (1979). . Kobunshi. 28(11). 795–798. 1 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira, Kenji Doi, Kazuyuki Tatsumi, & Sei Otsuka. (1976). Catalysis by low-valent diamagnetic transition-metal complexes of the cis—trans isomerization of azobenzenes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis. 1(6). 417–429. 7 indexed citations

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Otsuka, Seinosuke, Akira Nakamura, & Kazuhide Tani. (1967). Polymerization of Allene with Rhodium Complexes. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 70(11). 2007–2011. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira & Nobue Hagihara. (1963). The Reaction of Tolan with Methyl-cyclopentadienyldicarbonyls of Iron and Molybdenum. Nippon kagaku zassi. 84(4). 344–348,A24. 20 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira, et al.. (1961). Phenylcyclooctatetraene Iron Tricarbonyl. Nippon kagaku zassi. 82(10). 1387–1389. 5 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira, et al.. (1961). Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt Cyclooctatetraene and Related Compounds. Nippon kagaku zassi. 82(10). 1392–1394. 8 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Akira & Nobue Hagihara. (1960). Cyclooctatetraene Iron Tricarbonyl and Related Compounds. Nippon kagaku zassi. 81(7). 1072–1075. 3 indexed citations

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