Hiroshi Irie

15.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
266 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Irie is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Irie has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Organic Chemistry, 85 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 80 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Irie's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (74 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (43 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (42 papers). Hiroshi Irie is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (74 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (43 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (42 papers). Hiroshi Irie collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Russia. Hiroshi Irie's co-authors include Kazuhito Hashimoto, Akira Fujishima, Yuka Watanabe, Ryoji Asahi, Takeshi Morikawa, Takeshi Ohwaki, Huogen Yu, Shuhei Miura, Kazuhide Kamiya and Masahiro Miyauchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Irie

255 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

TiO₂ Photocatalysis: A Historical Overview and Future Prospects

2005 2.7k citations Kazuhito Hashimoto, Hiroshi Irie et al. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics profile →
Nitrogen-Concentration Dependence on Photocatalytic Activity of TiO₂_-_xN_x Powders

2003 1.8k citations Hiroshi Irie, Kazuhito Hashimoto et al. profile →
Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide as Visible-Light-Sensitive Photocatalyst: Designs, Developments, and Prospects

2014 1.1k citations Hiroshi Irie et al. profile →
Carbon-doped Anatase TiO2 Powders as a Visible-light Sensitive Photocatalyst

2003 822 citations Hiroshi Irie, Kazuhito Hashimoto et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Irie Japan	42	9.6k	8.5k	2.6k	1.6k	1.1k	266	13.7k
Bunsho Ohtani Japan	75	16.4k 1.7×	13.9k 1.6×	4.8k 1.9×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	356	21.0k
Jimin Xie China	57	6.2k 0.6×	5.4k 0.6×	4.1k 1.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	304	10.7k
Xiaobo Chen China	31	7.1k 0.7×	10.2k 1.2×	4.3k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	3.2k 2.9×	140	14.4k
Jun Fan China	51	4.4k 0.5×	5.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	933 0.6×	529 0.5×	151	7.7k
Nada M. Dimitrijević United States	49	3.7k 0.4×	5.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	653 0.4×	903 0.8×	95	7.5k
Yusuke Yamada Japan	58	5.0k 0.5×	6.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	840 0.8×	229	11.3k
Yongcai Zhang China	58	7.3k 0.8×	7.9k 0.9×	5.3k 2.1×	809 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	294	11.9k
Liqiang Jing China	76	14.8k 1.5×	13.2k 1.6×	6.1k 2.4×	970 0.6×	1.7k 1.6×	337	19.0k
Xinyong Li China	78	9.6k 1.0×	11.5k 1.4×	5.2k 2.0×	2.4k 1.5×	2.1k 1.9×	388	18.3k
Yang Yang China	55	4.9k 0.5×	7.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	803 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	236	10.8k

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Takashima, Toshihiro, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical synthesis of glycine from oxalate and nitrate ions using titanium oxide electrode. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 371. 125272–125272. 4 indexed citations

Takashima, Toshihiro, et al.. (2019). Induction of Concerted Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer during Oxygen Evolution on Hematite Using Lanthanum Oxide as a Solid Proton Acceptor. ACS Catalysis. 9(10). 9212–9215. 41 indexed citations

Irie, Hiroshi. (2018). 電気化学創刊のご挨拶. 86(Spring). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (2017). Ohmic Hetero-Junction of n-Type Silicon and Tungsten Trioxide for Visible-Light Sensitive Photocatalyst. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. 5(8). 33–43. 9 indexed citations

Akiyama, Kensuke, et al.. (2016). Metal–organic chemical vapor deposition growth of β-FeSi. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 55(6). 7 indexed citations

Shibata, Tatsuo, Hiroshi Irie, Donald A. Tryk, & Kazuhito Hashimoto. (2010). Surface residual stress dependence on photoinduced highly hydrophilic conversion and back-reaction in the dark of rutile single crystals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(28). 7911–7911. 4 indexed citations

Kumagai, Naoya, Lei Ni, & Hiroshi Irie. (2010). A visible-light-sensitive water splitting photocatalyst composed of Rh³⁺in a 4d⁶electronic configuration, Rh³⁺-doped ZnGa₂O₄. Chemical Communications. 47(6). 1884–1886. 34 indexed citations

Shibata, Tatsuo, Hiroshi Irie, & Kazuhito Hashimoto. (2009). Photoinduced hardness change on TiO2 single crystal surfaces. Chemical Communications. 3735–3735. 12 indexed citations

Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (2008). Non-destructive-testing Methods for Concrete Structures. NTT technical review. 6(5). 34–41. 9 indexed citations

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Sakai, Yuka, et al.. (2008). Enhancement of visible light-induced hydrophilicity on nitrogen and sulfur-codoped TiO2 thin films. Vacuum. 83(3). 683–687. 38 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (2005). Photo-induced Wettability Control on TiO2 Surface. 244–244. 2 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (2003). Visible-light induced hydrophilicity on nitrogen-substituted titanium dioxide films. Chemical Communications. 1298–1298. 180 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi & Kazuhito Hashimoto. (2002). Challenges to High Sensitive and Visible-light Reactive TiO2 Superhydrophilicity. Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material. 75(6). 281–285. 1 indexed citations

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Miyashita, Masaaki, et al.. (1994). Studies on the Structure-Toxicity Relationship of AK-Toxin, a Host-Specific Toxin to Japanese White Pear, Produced by Alternaria kikuchiana: Synthesis of Methyl (4S,5R)-4-(N-Acetylphenylalanyl)oxy-5,6-epoxy-5-methylhex-2(E)-enoate and Its Stereoisomers.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 42(6). 1328–1330. 3 indexed citations

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Ukita, Tatsuzo, Hisashi Miyagawa, Tetsu Tsurushima, et al.. (1994). Total Syntheses of (2S)-Antafumicins A and B. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 58(9). 1627–1631. 4 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi, Shoko Tanaka, Yong Zhang, et al.. (1988). Synthesis of Methoxyonychine and Use of <SUP>1</SUP>H- and <SUP>13</SUP>C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra for Structure Determination of Geometrical Isomers of Indan-1-one Oxime Derivatives. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 36(8). 3134–3137. 6 indexed citations

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Ueno, Tamio, et al.. (1981). . NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 697–704. 1 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (1981). Synthesis of Alkaloids, Tortuosamine, N-Formyltortuosamine, and Related Compound. Heterocycles. 16(6). 969–969. 7 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi, et al.. (1979). A study on application of sacrificial anode Al-Zn alloy to aluminum heat exchangers. Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals. 29(9). 410–417. 1 indexed citations

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Irie, Hiroshi. (1974). . Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 32(10). 777–782.

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