Hiroshi Kita

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Kita is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Kita has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Kita's work include Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (36 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (24 papers). Hiroshi Kita is often cited by papers focused on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (36 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (31 papers) and Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (24 papers). Hiroshi Kita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Hiroshi Kita's co-authors include William Van der Kloot, Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Kazuhiko Narita, Shizuo Tokito, Fumio Satō, Toshimitsu Tsuzuki, Hideo Taka, Fumiko Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Isobe and W. Van der Kloot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Kita

137 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Confinement of triplet energy on phosphorescent molecules for highly-efficient organic blue-light-emitting devices

2003 563 citations Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Hiroshi Kita et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroshi Kita Japan	31	1.3k	1.3k	987	826	546	140	3.7k
Dieter G. Weiss Germany	39	365 0.3×	882 0.7×	2.1k 2.1×	636 0.8×	982 1.8×	180	5.5k
Thomas Gensch Germany	35	470 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	2.0k 2.1×	275 0.3×	1.3k 2.5×	106	4.0k
Alexander G. Volkov United States	33	836 0.6×	362 0.3×	943 1.0×	262 0.3×	861 1.6×	171	4.5k
Takashi Fujii Japan	37	398 0.3×	462 0.4×	1.8k 1.9×	540 0.7×	256 0.5×	196	4.5k
Harold G. Monbouquette United States	32	912 0.7×	546 0.4×	927 0.9×	182 0.2×	440 0.8×	84	2.7k
Masuo Aizawa Japan	39	2.0k 1.5×	412 0.3×	2.1k 2.1×	209 0.3×	429 0.8×	255	5.0k
K. Peter R. Nilsson Sweden	48	544 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	4.1k 4.2×	735 0.9×	726 1.3×	189	8.6k
Hiroyuki Watanabe Japan	36	341 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.8×	1.2k 1.4×	235 0.4×	226	5.4k
Peter Konradsson Sweden	34	388 0.3×	502 0.4×	2.6k 2.6×	2.2k 2.7×	200 0.4×	123	4.4k
J. Wallace Parce United States	24	1.3k 1.0×	544 0.4×	1.7k 1.8×	163 0.2×	486 0.9×	62	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Kita

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

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Kitamoto, Yuichi, Aiko Ogawa, Yutaka Fujimoto, et al.. (2025). Molecular Design and Synthesis of Narrowband Near‐Ultraviolet and Pure Deep‐Blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials by an Ether Group Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202510891–e202510891. 5 indexed citations

Ikemoto, Koki, Asami Yoshii, Hideo Taka, et al.. (2015). Modular Synthesis of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Macrocycles for Simplified, Single-Layer Organic Light-Emitting Devices. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(2). 662–666. 48 indexed citations

Nakamura, Yu, Takashi Nishikawa, Masahiro Shigeta, et al.. (2012). CIBIC Plus-J Assessment Using a Videotaped Method in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra. 2(1). 271–277. 3 indexed citations

Ichihashi, Norikazu, et al.. (2010). Constructing Partial Models of Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 2(6). a004945–a004945. 35 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Waka, Shunpei Hitosugi, Yusuke Shimada, et al.. (2010). Disilanyl Double‐Pillared Bisanthracene: A Bipolar Carrier Transport Material for Organic Light‐Emitting Diode Devices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(40). 7239–7242. 46 indexed citations

Hosoda, Kazufumi, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroshi Kita, et al.. (2008). A novel sequence-specific RNA quantification method using nicking endonuclease, dual-labeled fluorescent DNA probe, and conformation-interchangeable oligo-DNA. RNA. 14(3). 584–592. 15 indexed citations

Kawakami, Akira, et al.. (2008). Current-Induced Spectrum Change of Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diode Constructed with Vinyl Compounds. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 47(2S). 1284–1284. 4 indexed citations

Ichihashi, Norikazu, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroshi Kita, et al.. (2008). Importance of Translation–Replication Balance for Efficient Replication by the Self‐Encoded Replicase. ChemBioChem. 9(18). 3023–3028. 22 indexed citations

Karatsu, Takashi, et al.. (2007). Blue electroluminescence of silyl substituted anthracene derivatives. Organic Electronics. 8(4). 357–366. 38 indexed citations

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Hosoda, Kazufumi, Tomoaki Matsuura, Hiroshi Kita, et al.. (2007). Kinetic Analysis of the Entire RNA Amplification Process by Qβ Replicase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(21). 15516–15527. 22 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Fumiko & Hiroshi Kita. (1996). Physiological and Immunocytochemical Determination of the Neurotransmitter at Cricket Neuromuscular Junctions. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 13(4). 503–507. 1 indexed citations

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Kita, Hiroshi, et al.. (1992). The effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on prostaglandin E2 and leukotriene B4 activities in synovial fluid in osteoarthritis; Especially the effects of dual inhibitor.. Ensho. 12(3). 257–260.

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Yoshimura, Toshiaki, et al.. (1991). Mechanism of Reaction of S,S-Diphenyl-S-methoxythiazyne with Thiols. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 64(10). 3176–3178. 6 indexed citations

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Kita, Hiroshi, et al.. (1987). High-performance liquid chromatographic separation of enantiomers upon chiral N-acylamino acids chemically bonded to 11-aminoundecylsilanized silica gel.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 441–445. 4 indexed citations

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Fredenhagen, Andreas, Susan Y. Tamura, Peter T.M. Kenny, et al.. (1987). Andrimid, a new peptide antibiotic produced by an intracellular bacterial symbiont isolated from a brown planthopper. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(14). 4409–4411. 141 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Takaharu & Hiroshi Kita. (1978). Site of action of mating factor in a-mating type cell of Saccharomycescerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 83(4). 1319–1324. 4 indexed citations

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Kita, Hiroshi & W. Van der Kloot. (1976). Effects of the ionophore X‐537A on acetylcholine release at the frog neuromuscular junction.. The Journal of Physiology. 259(1). 177–198. 53 indexed citations

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Kloot, William Van der, et al.. (1975). Action of the “calcium-antagonist”, prenylamine, on skeletal muscle, the myoneural junction, and the adrenal of the frog. General Pharmacology The Vascular System. 6(1). 63–67. 1 indexed citations

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Kloot, William Van der & Hiroshi Kita. (1974). Mechanisms for Neurotransmitter Release. BioScience. 24(1). 13–13. 5 indexed citations

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Cohen, Ira S., Hiroshi Kita, & William Van der Kloot. (1974). Stochastic properties of spontaneous transmitter release at the crayfish neuromuscular junction. The Journal of Physiology. 236(2). 363–371. 14 indexed citations

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