Isao Yoshikawa

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Isao Yoshikawa is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Isao Yoshikawa has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Materials Chemistry, 34 papers in Organic Chemistry and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Isao Yoshikawa's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (20 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (19 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (18 papers). Isao Yoshikawa is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (20 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (19 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (18 papers). Isao Yoshikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Kazakhstan. Isao Yoshikawa's co-authors include Koji Araki, Toshiki Mutai, Yoshimitsu Sagara, Hirohiko Houjou, Jun Sawayama, Joe Otsuki, Terumi Mukai, Chittaranjan Sinha, Toshihiro Takatsuji and Kazuya Suwa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Isao Yoshikawa

99 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Material Design for Piezo... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Material Design for Piezochromic Luminescence:  Hydrogen-Bond-Directed Assemblies of a Pyrene Derivative
    2007 577 citations Toshiki Mutai, Isao Yoshikawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Isao Yoshikawa Japan 24 1.4k 821 422 414 392 104 2.3k
Kang Cai China 31 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.5× 488 1.2× 417 1.0× 277 0.7× 84 2.7k
Dennis Cao United States 23 1.2k 0.9× 971 1.2× 392 0.9× 422 1.0× 189 0.5× 41 2.1k
Benjamin Fimmel Germany 14 1.6k 1.1× 825 1.0× 298 0.7× 503 1.2× 208 0.5× 14 2.5k
Edzard M. Geertsema Netherlands 22 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 2.1× 547 1.3× 334 0.8× 751 1.9× 37 2.9k
Yuanning Feng United States 23 817 0.6× 952 1.2× 328 0.8× 288 0.7× 231 0.6× 48 1.7k
Alexandre Fürstenberg Switzerland 27 1.2k 0.8× 493 0.6× 282 0.7× 170 0.4× 679 1.7× 52 2.3k
Giulio Ragazzon Italy 26 1.0k 0.7× 951 1.2× 334 0.8× 499 1.2× 666 1.7× 54 2.3k
Shin‐ichiro Sato Japan 25 644 0.5× 830 1.0× 386 0.9× 457 1.1× 239 0.6× 108 1.9k
Qing‐Hui Guo China 29 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.9× 688 1.6× 358 0.9× 223 0.6× 65 2.3k
Yuya Tanaka Japan 27 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 309 0.7× 285 0.7× 306 0.8× 123 2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isao Yoshikawa

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yamaji, Minoru, Isao Yoshikawa, Toshiki Mutai, et al.. (2025). Elucidation of the relationship between solid‐state photoluminescence and crystal structures in 2,6‐substituted naphthalene derivatives. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 72(10). 1145–1152.
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Yamaji, Minoru, Toshiki Mutai, Isao Yoshikawa, Hirohiko Houjou, & Hideki Okamoto. (2024). Solid-State Photoluminescence of Diphenylnaphthalenes Studied by Photophysical Measurements and Crystallographic Analysis. Molecules. 29(24). 5941–5941. 2 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Yui, Riku Kubota, Shin‐ya Takizawa, et al.. (2020). Accurate chiral pattern recognition for amines from just a single chemosensor. Chemical Science. 11(15). 3790–3796. 42 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, et al.. (2018). Insight into Structural Demand for Cold Crystallization of a Small Molecule. A Case Study for Schiff Base Compounds that Exhibit Prototropic Tautomerization. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 91(4). 669–677. 18 indexed citations
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Otsuki, Joe, Kosuke Sugawa, Ashraful Islam, et al.. (2013). Heteroleptic ruthenium complexes with 6-(ortho-substituted phenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine derivatives. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 749. 312–319. 5 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, et al.. (2012). Solid-state luminescence of tetraphenylpyrene derivatives: mechano/vapochromic luminescence of 1,3,6,8-tetra(4′-carboxyphenyl)pyrene. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(37). 20065–20065. 35 indexed citations
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Houjou, Hirohiko, Kazunari Matsumura, Hidetake Seino, et al.. (2011). Blue/Red Linear Dichroic Emission from a Highly Anisotropic Crystal of Triarylmethane Dye Conjugated with Phenoxo‐Zinc Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(4). 1122–1127. 7 indexed citations
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Takatsuji, Toshihiro, Hiroki Takayanagi, Kumie Nojima, et al.. (2010). Induction of Micronuclei in Germinating Onion Seed Root Tip Cells Irradiated with High Energy Heavy Ions. Journal of Radiation Research. 51(3). 315–323. 10 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, Jun Li, Yuka Sakata, & Koji Araki. (2003). Design and Fabrication of a Flexible and Self‐Supporting Supramolecular Film by Hierarchical Control of the Interaction between Hydrogen‐Bonded Sheet Assemblies. Angewandte Chemie. 116(1). 102–105. 7 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, et al.. (2002). Design, Fabrication and Properties of Triamidecyclohexane Supramolecular Fibers Consisted of Hydrogen-Bonded Pseudo-Polymer Chains.. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 59(10). 616–622. 3 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Masayoshi, Masaharu Hoshi, Jun Takada, et al.. (2002). Some aspects of environmental radioactivity around the former Soviet Union"""s Semipalatinsk nuclear test site: Local fallout Pu in Ust"""-Kamenogorsk district. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 252(2). 373–394. 34 indexed citations
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Taniguchi, Atsuo, Isao Yoshikawa, & Kojiro Matsumoto. (2001). Genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of human Gal 1,3GalNAc  2,3-sialyltransferase (hST3Gal I) gene. Glycobiology. 11(3). 241–247. 24 indexed citations
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Takatsuji, Toshihiro, et al.. (2000). Relationship Between the 137Cs Whole-Body Counting Results and Soil and Food Contamination in Farms Near Chernobyl. Health Physics. 78(1). 86–89. 15 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, Toshihiro Takatsuji, Masaaki Nagano, et al.. (1999). RBE-LET Relationships of High-LET Radiations in Drosophila Mutations.. Journal of Radiation Research. 40(Suppl.). 106–116. 1 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Shinya, Hideki Sawa, Kaoruko Shimizu, et al.. (1996). [Questionnaire survey of AIDS examination recipients at government-run public health center regarding AIDS awareness promotion and HIV examinations].. PubMed. 43(4). 276–85. 1 indexed citations
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Yoshikawa, Isao, Masakazu Iwasaka, & Shinji Ueno. (1995). Genetic Effects of Static Magnetic Fields for Somatic Mutation Inductions in Drosophila melanogaster.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 19(2). 597–600.
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Mukai, Terumi & Isao Yoshikawa. (1964). Heterozygous effects of radiation-induced mutations on viability in homozygous and heterozygous genetic backgrounds in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> (Preliminary report). The Japanese Journal of Genetics. 38(4). 282–287. 6 indexed citations

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