Hirokazu Kobayashi

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Hirokazu Kobayashi is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hirokazu Kobayashi has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Materials Chemistry, 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hirokazu Kobayashi's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (38 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (26 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (24 papers). Hirokazu Kobayashi is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (38 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (26 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (24 papers). Hirokazu Kobayashi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Hirokazu Kobayashi's co-authors include Hiroshi Kitagawa, Yoshiki Kubota, Syo Matsumura, Miho Yamauchi, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Kohei Kusada, Masaki Takata, Kenichi Kato, Guangqin Li and Ryuichi Ikeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hirokazu Kobayashi

173 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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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.

Missing-linker metal-organic frameworks for oxygen evolution reaction

2019 574 citations Ziqian Xue, Kang Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Hydrogen storage in Pd nanocrystals covered with a metal–organic framework

2014 419 citations Guangqin Li, Hirokazu Kobayashi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hirokazu Kobayashi Japan	40	3.4k	2.3k	1.6k	1.2k	1.0k	179	6.2k
Lei Li China	42	4.4k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	440 0.4×	623 0.6×	221	6.7k
Xuefei Xu China	41	1.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	601 0.5×	939 0.9×	157	6.1k
Min Zhang China	38	2.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	692 0.6×	799 0.8×	330	5.4k
Jing‐yao Liu China	37	2.2k 0.6×	739 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	643 0.5×	856 0.8×	291	5.0k
Alexey A. Sokol United Kingdom	39	4.8k 1.4×	1.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	788 0.7×	260 0.3×	138	6.6k
Russell F. Howe United Kingdom	43	4.4k 1.3×	2.1k 0.9×	988 0.6×	2.4k 2.0×	494 0.5×	180	7.6k
Stephan N. Steinmann France	37	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	446 0.4×	735 0.7×	125	4.7k
Ke Yang China	44	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	377 0.3×	484 0.5×	132	6.5k
Yan Su China	42	3.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	382 0.3×	422 0.4×	221	7.1k
Hui Li China	39	3.5k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.8×	466 0.4×	412 0.4×	241	7.2k

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Anzai, Akihiko, Takayoshi Ishimoto, Takeharu Sugiyama, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Hydrogen Supply to Atomically Dispersed Copper Sites through Close Cooperation with Oxygen Vacancies in Black TiO₂ to Promote CH₄ Production in CO₂ Electrolysis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(15). 22665–22676.

Yoon, Ki-Seok, et al.. (2024). Defect-Driven Optimization of TiO₂-Based Electrodes for High-Efficiency Electrochemical 1,4-NADH Generation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(26). 9874–9881. 4 indexed citations

Khudozhitkov, Alexander E., Naoki Ogiwara, Hirokazu Kobayashi, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of Linkers in Metal–Organic Framework Glasses. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(19). 12950–12957. 13 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Hirokazu, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the Enhanced N₂ Activity on CuNi Alloy Catalysts for Ammonia Production: Experiments, DFT, and Statistical Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(9). 3703–3717. 7 indexed citations

Aso, Kohei, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Xuan Quy Tran, et al.. (2022). Singular behaviour of atomic ordering in Pt–Co nanocubes starting from core–shell configurations. Nanoscale. 14(27). 9842–9848. 7 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Hirokazu, Kohei Kusada, Tomokazu Yamamoto, et al.. (2021). Boosting reverse water-gas shift reaction activity of Pt nanoparticles through light doping of W. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(28). 15613–15617. 35 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Keigo, Kohei Kusada, Dongshuang Wu, et al.. (2020). Crystalline to amorphous transformation in solid-solution alloy nanoparticles induced by boron doping. Chemical Communications. 56(85). 12941–12944. 10 indexed citations

Xue, Ziqian, Kang Liu, Qinglin Liu, et al.. (2019). Missing-linker metal-organic frameworks for oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5048–5048. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

Kobayashi, Hirokazu. (2019). Simple Calculation Method for Conformal Beam-Scanning Array Pattern. European Conference on Antennas and Propagation. 5 indexed citations

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Ogiwara, Naoki, Hirokazu Kobayashi, Patricia Concepción, Fernando Rey, & Hiroshi Kitagawa. (2019). The First Study on the Reactivity of Water Vapor in Metal–Organic Frameworks with Platinum Nanocrystals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(34). 11731–11736. 21 indexed citations

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Chen, Yanna, Osami Sakata, Yūsuke Nanba, et al.. (2018). Author Correction: Electronic origin of hydrogen storage in MOF-covered palladium nanocubes investigated by synchrotron X-rays. Communications Chemistry. 1(1). 2 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hirokazu, et al.. (2018). A Simple Expression for Curved Rectangular Patch Antenna Pattern. International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. 1 indexed citations

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Song, Chulho, Anli Yang, Osami Sakata, et al.. (2018). Size effects on rhodium nanoparticles related to hydrogen-storage capability. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(22). 15183–15191. 13 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hirokazu, et al.. (2012). Radar imaging by using GTD near-field model and antenna array-factor. International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. 616–619. 1 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hirokazu, Dharmendra Singh, & Yoshio Yamaguchi. (2011). Near-field to far-field transformation by using antenna array factor. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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Osipov, Andrey, et al.. (2010). An improved image-based Near-Field-to-Far-Field Transformation. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1693–1696. 4 indexed citations

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Ito, Yoshihiko, Yuko Taki, Satomi Onoue, et al.. (2009). Literature Search on the Interaction Between Warfarin and Vitamin K. Rinsho yakuri/Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 41(1). 43–52. 1 indexed citations

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Oyama, Genko, Nana Izawa, Kenji Fujishima, et al.. (2005). Fusió d’imatges de satèl·lit. Implementació en OpenEV. PubMed. 57(11). 1003–6. 2 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Hiroshi, Hirokazu Kobayashi, & Yoichi Inoue. (1996). A case of pigmentary glaucoma.. 90(10). 1287–1289. 1 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Hirokazu. (1970). Comparative chromosome studies in the genus Carassius, especially with a finding of polyploidy in the ginbuna (C. auratus langsdorfii). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 17. 158–160. 1 indexed citations

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