Ikuru Iwata

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 899 citations indexed

About

Ikuru Iwata is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ikuru Iwata has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 899 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 20 papers in Instrumentation and 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Ikuru Iwata's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers). Ikuru Iwata is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (28 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (20 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (14 papers). Ikuru Iwata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Ikuru Iwata's co-authors include Akio Inoue, Masayuki Tanaka, Ikkoh Shimizu, Kouji Ohta, Masayuki Akiyama, Masataka Ando, Kentaro Aoki, Naoyuki Tamura, Genoveva Micheva and D. Burgarella and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

In The Last Decade

Ikuru Iwata

48 papers receiving 855 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.

  1. An updated analytic model for attenuation by the intergalactic medium
    2014 246 citations Akio Inoue, Ikkoh Shimizu et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ikuru Iwata Japan 15 854 362 126 96 78 49 899
K. Boutsia Italy 18 1.1k 1.2× 521 1.4× 167 1.3× 65 0.7× 62 0.8× 49 1.1k
Simon Conseil France 13 892 1.0× 380 1.0× 157 1.2× 78 0.8× 42 0.5× 16 930
G. B. Caminha Italy 22 1.2k 1.4× 624 1.7× 129 1.0× 185 1.9× 69 0.9× 67 1.3k
G. W. Wilson United States 17 891 1.0× 359 1.0× 169 1.3× 49 0.5× 38 0.5× 71 944
E. M. Malumuth United States 18 842 1.0× 373 1.0× 87 0.7× 64 0.7× 36 0.5× 50 883
M. Zemcov United States 16 747 0.9× 221 0.6× 230 1.8× 39 0.4× 55 0.7× 52 820
Nicholas P. Konidaris United States 14 839 1.0× 472 1.3× 83 0.7× 54 0.6× 32 0.4× 19 881
J. Mack United States 15 1.5k 1.8× 666 1.8× 99 0.8× 72 0.8× 39 0.5× 42 1.5k
Olivier Hernandez Canada 18 907 1.1× 451 1.2× 111 0.9× 52 0.5× 38 0.5× 44 977
Bruno Milliard France 12 688 0.8× 306 0.8× 134 1.1× 45 0.5× 40 0.5× 36 751

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ikuru Iwata

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ikuru Iwata

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mawatari, Ken, Akio Inoue, Tōru Yamada, et al.. (2023). The SSA22 H i Tomography Survey (SSA22-HIT). I. Data Set and Compiled Redshift Catalog. The Astronomical Journal. 165(5). 208–208. 3 indexed citations
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Блинников, С. И., et al.. (2022). A Rapidly Declining Transient Discovered with the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam. UTUPub (University of Turku). 3 indexed citations
3.
Bassett, Robert, Emma Ryan‐Weber, Jeff Cooke, et al.. (2022). A cautionary tale of Ly C escape fraction estimates from high-redshift galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511(4). 5730–5741. 3 indexed citations
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Ohta, Kouji, Fumihide Iwamuro, Ikuru Iwata, et al.. (2019). KOOLS–IFU: Kyoto Okayama Optical Low-dispersion Spectrograph with optical-fiber Integral Field Unit. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 71(5). 34 indexed citations
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Rigaut, François, Yosuke Minowa, Masayuki Akiyama, et al.. (2018). A conceptual design study for Subaru ULTIMATE GLAO. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 9908. 77–77. 7 indexed citations
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Micheva, Genoveva, Ikuru Iwata, Akio Inoue, et al.. (2016). Searching for candidates of Lyman continuum sources – revisiting the SSA22 field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(1). 316–336. 26 indexed citations
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Micheva, Genoveva, Ikuru Iwata, & Akio Inoue. (2016). Lyman continuum leaking AGN in the SSA22 field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(1). 302–315. 32 indexed citations
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Hayano, Yutaka, Masayuki Akiyama, Takashi Hattori, et al.. (2014). ULTIMATE-SUBARU: project status. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9148. 91482S–91482S. 6 indexed citations
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Inoue, Akio, Ikkoh Shimizu, Ikuru Iwata, & Masayuki Tanaka. (2014). An updated analytic model for attenuation by the intergalactic medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 442(2). 1805–1820. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oya, Shin, Masayuki Akiyama, Yutaka Hayano, et al.. (2012). A preliminary simulation result of the next-generation wide-field AO at Subaru Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8447. 84473V–84473V. 4 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, et al.. (2011). Is the far border of the Local Void expanding?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 531. A87–A87. 1 indexed citations
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Uraguchi, Fumihiro, et al.. (2008). First results from turbulence profiling with SODAR at Subaru Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7012. 70123X–70123X. 1 indexed citations
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Yanagisawa, K., Kiichi Okita, Masaaki Otsuka, et al.. (2008). ISLE: near-infrared imager/spectrograph for the 1.88m Telescope at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7014. 701437–701437. 4 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, Kouji Ohta, N. Tamura, et al.. (2007). Differential evolution of the UV luminosity function of Lyman break galaxies from z ∼ 5 to 3*. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 376(4). 1557–1576. 42 indexed citations
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Inoue, Akio, Ikuru Iwata, J. M. Deharveng, V. Buat, & D. Burgarella. (2005). VLT narrow-band photometry in the Lyman continuum of two galaxies atz$\mathsf{\sim3}$. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 435(2). 471–482. 43 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, Akio Inoue, & D. Burgarella. (2005). Spectroscopy and stellar populations of star-forming galaxies atz~ 3 in the Hubble Deep Field – South. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 440(3). 881–892. 11 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, Kouji Ohta, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Kotaro Kohno, & R. G. McMahon. (2001). CO ($J=6-5$) Observations of the Quasar SDSS 1044$-$0125 at $z = 5.8$. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 53(5). 871–874.
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Saitō, Mamoru, et al.. (1999). Near-Infrared Photometry of Evolved Planetary Nebulae. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 51(5). 673–676. 5 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, Shin-ichiro Okumura, & Mamoru Saitō. (1999). Possible Young Stellar Objects without Detectable CO Emission. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 51(5). 653–662. 4 indexed citations
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Iwata, Ikuru, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, et al.. (1997). A Near-Infrared Imaging Search for Invisible Galaxies behind the Milky Way. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 49(1). 47–58. 1 indexed citations

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