Hiroshi Kontani

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
227 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Hiroshi Kontani is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroshi Kontani has authored 227 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 117 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 48 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Hiroshi Kontani's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (96 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (84 papers) and Rare-earth and actinide compounds (66 papers). Hiroshi Kontani is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (96 papers), Iron-based superconductors research (84 papers) and Rare-earth and actinide compounds (66 papers). Hiroshi Kontani collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Hiroshi Kontani's co-authors include Seiichiro Onari, Youichi Yamakawa, T. Tanaka, Yukio Tanaka, Hideo Aoki, Ryotaro Arita, Hidetomo Usui, Kazuhiko Kuroki, Dai S. Hirashima and Kenneth M. Yamada and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hiroshi Kontani

215 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Unconventional Pairing Originating from the Disconnected Fermi Surfaces of SuperconductingLaFeAsO1−xFx

2008 1.3k citations Kazuhiko Kuroki, Seiichiro Onari et al. profile →
Intrinsic spin Hall effect and orbital Hall effect in4dand5dtransition metals

2008 495 citations Hiroshi Kontani et al. Physical Review B profile →

Peers

Hiroshi Kontani

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R. W. Hill Canada

Z.-H. Pan United States

Kuan Zhang China

Daisuke Kikuchi Japan

M. Ishikawa Japan

Xiao‐Chuan Wang China

Huijun Liu China

Hiroyuki Ishii Japan

Isao Inoue Japan

R. W. Hill Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hiroshi Kontani

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Tazai, Rina, Youichi Yamakawa, Takahiro Morimoto, & Hiroshi Kontani. (2025). Quantum metric–induced giant and reversible nonreciprocal transport phenomena in chiral loop-current phases of kagome metals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(35). e2503645122–e2503645122.

Tazai, Rina, et al.. (2025). Giant impurity effects on charge loop current order states in kagome metals. Physical review. B.. 111(7).

Yamakawa, Youichi, et al.. (2025). Odd-parity bond order and induced nonreciprocal transport in the kagome metal CsTi3Bi5 driven by quantum interference. Physical review. B.. 111(12).

Wang, Ruihan, Youichi Yamakawa, Rina Tazai, et al.. (2025). Probing the Fine Symmetry Breaking in High-Temperature Superconductor Bi ₂ Sr ₂ CaCu ₂ O _8+δ with Angle-Resolved Nonreciprocal Transport. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(50). 68074–68082.

Asaba, Tomoya, Kei Ohtsuka, Y. Kohsaka, et al.. (2024). Evidence for an odd-parity nematic phase above the charge-density-wave transition in a kagome metal. Nature Physics. 20(1). 40–46. 32 indexed citations

Kageyama, Yoichi, Cédric Bareille, Kousuke Ishida, et al.. (2024). Coherence Length of Electronic Nematicity in Iron-Based Superconductors. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 93(10).

Tazai, Rina, Youichi Yamakawa, & Hiroshi Kontani. (2024). Drastic magnetic-field-induced chiral current order and emergent current-bond-field interplay in kagome metals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2303476121–e2303476121. 11 indexed citations

Tazai, Rina, Youichi Yamakawa, & Hiroshi Kontani. (2023). Charge-loop current order and Z3 nematicity mediated by bond order fluctuations in kagome metals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7845–7845. 28 indexed citations

Tazai, Rina, et al.. (2023). Rigorous formalism for unconventional symmetry breaking in Fermi liquid theory and its application to nematicity in FeSe. Physical review. B.. 107(3). 12 indexed citations

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Tazai, Rina, Youichi Yamakawa, Seiichiro Onari, & Hiroshi Kontani. (2022). Mechanism of exotic density-wave and beyond-Migdal unconventional superconductivity in kagome metal AV ₃ Sb ₅ (A = K, Rb, Cs). Science Advances. 8(13). eabl4108–eabl4108. 81 indexed citations

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Butler, C. J., Y. Kohsaka, Youichi Yamakawa, et al.. (2022). Correlation-driven electronic nematicity in the Dirac semimetal BaNiS ₂. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2212730119–e2212730119. 3 indexed citations

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Onari, Seiichiro, Youichi Yamakawa, & Hiroshi Kontani. (2015). Sign-Reversing Orbital Polarization in the Nematic Phase of FeSe Driven by Aslamazov-Larkin Processes. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Saito, Tetsuro, Seiichiro Onari, Youichi Yamakawa, et al.. (2014). Reproduction of experimental gap structure in LiFeAs based on orbital-spin fluctuation theory: S++ -wave, s± -wave, and hole- s± -wave states REPRODUCTION of EXPERIMENTAL GAP STRUCTURE in ... TETSURO SAITO et al.. Physical Review B. 90(3). 35104. 14 indexed citations

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Kuroki, Kazuhiko, Seiichiro Onari, Ryotaro Arita, et al.. (2008). Unconventional superconductivity originating from disconnected Fermi surfaces in LaO$_{1-x}$F$_x$FeAs}. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

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Murata, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2006). Adsorption of bile acid by chitosan salts prepared with cinnamic acid and analogue compounds. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 17(7). 781–789. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuanying, et al.. (2000). Combined effects of Stephania Radix and Astragali Radix in antihyperglycemic action of Boi-ogi-to (Fang-ji-huang-qi-tang) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice.. 17(6). 253–260. 4 indexed citations

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Kontani, Hiroshi, Mikiko Nakagawa, & Takeshi Sakai. (1989). Effects of central nervous system-acting drugs on urinary bladder contraction in unanesthetized rats.. The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. 50(3). 327–332. 11 indexed citations

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Kontani, Hiroshi, Ryozo Koshiura, Mitsuo Yamazaki, et al.. (1987). Central muscle relaxant activities of 2-methyl-3-aminopropiophenone derivatives.. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 89(2). 91–101. 3 indexed citations

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Kontani, Hiroshi & Ryozo Koshiura. (1981). . Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 77(2). 177–185. 1 indexed citations

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Kontani, Hiroshi, et al.. (1976). Action of divalent cations on the muscle spindle of the frog. Folia Pharmacologica Japonica. 72(3). 319–323. 2 indexed citations

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