Joji Nasu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Joji Nasu 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, Joji Nasu has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 48 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Joji Nasu's work include Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (66 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (58 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (44 papers). Joji Nasu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (66 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (58 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (44 papers). Joji Nasu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United Kingdom. Joji Nasu's co-authors include Yukitoshi Motome, Masafumi Udagawa, Junki Yoshitake, Sumio Ishihara, Akihisa Koga, M. Naka, Johannes Knolle, D. L. Kovrizhin, R. Moessner and Yasuyuki Kato and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Joji Nasu

73 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Majorana fermions in the Kitaev quantum spin system α-RuCl3 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. Majorana fermions in the Kitaev quantum spin system α-RuCl3
    2017 311 citations Junki Yoshitake, Joji Nasu et al. profile →

Peers

Joji Nasu
Jeffrey G. Rau Canada
Ioannis Rousochatzakis Germany
Jiří Chaloupka Czechia
Johannes Reuther Germany
Shun-Li Yu China
G. B. Martins United States
Oleg A. Starykh United States
Arkady Shekhter United States
Masafumi Udagawa Japan
Dirk K. Morr United States
Jeffrey G. Rau Canada
Joji Nasu
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joji Nasu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joji Nasu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joji Nasu 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 Joji Nasu. Joji Nasu 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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Kato, Yasuyuki, Joji Nasu, Masahiro Sato, et al.. (2025). Spin Seebeck Effect as a Probe for Majorana Fermions in Kitaev Spin Liquids. Physical Review X. 15(1). 3 indexed citations
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Mizukami, Yuta, K. Hashimoto, Kenichi Ohtsuka, et al.. (2024). Majorana-fermion origin of the planar thermal Hall effect in the Kitaev magnet α-RuCl 3. Science Advances. 10(11). eadk3539–eadk3539. 16 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Akihiko, Yasuhiro H. Matsuda, Keisuke Sato, & Joji Nasu. (2024). A Review on Magnetic Field Induced Spin Crossover in LaCoO3 up to 600 T. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 93(12). 1 indexed citations
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Misawa, Takahiro, Joji Nasu, & Yukitoshi Motome. (2023). Interedge spin resonance in the Kitaev quantum spin liquid. Physical review. B.. 108(11). 3 indexed citations
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Nasu, Joji, et al.. (2023). Field-driven spatiotemporal manipulation of Majorana zero modes in a Kitaev spin liquid. Physical review. B.. 108(24). 3 indexed citations
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Kato, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2022). Ground-state phase diagram of spin-S Kitaev-Heisenberg models. Physical review. B.. 106(17). 14 indexed citations
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Kato, Yasuyuki, et al.. (2022). Feasibility of Kitaev quantum spin liquids in ultracold polar molecules. Physical review. B.. 106(1). 7 indexed citations
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Katayama, Naoyuki, Shin Nakamura, T. Katsufuji, et al.. (2022). Do electron distributions with orbital degree of freedom exhibit anisotropy?. Materials Advances. 3(7). 3192–3198. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yiping, Gavin B. Osterhoudt, Yao Tian, et al.. (2020). The range of non-Kitaev terms and fractional particles in α-RuCl3. npj Quantum Materials. 5(1). 44 indexed citations
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Yoshitake, Junki, Joji Nasu, Yasuyuki Kato, & Yukitoshi Motome. (2020). Majorana-magnon crossover by a magnetic field in the Kitaev model: Continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo study. Physical review. B.. 101(10). 19 indexed citations
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Nasu, Joji & Yukitoshi Motome. (2020). Thermodynamic and transport properties in disordered Kitaev models. Physical review. B.. 102(5). 31 indexed citations
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Yoshitake, Junki, et al.. (2020). Two-step gap opening across the quantum critical point in the Kitaev honeycomb magnet α−RuCl3. Physical review. B.. 101(2). 31 indexed citations
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Murakami, Yuta, et al.. (2020). Majorana-Mediated Spin Transport in Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquids. Physical Review Letters. 125(4). 47204–47204. 29 indexed citations
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Kamiya, Yoshitomo, Junki Yoshitake, Yasuyuki Kato, Joji Nasu, & Yukitoshi Motome. (2019). Nonlinear magnetic susceptibility in the Kitaev model. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Osterhoudt, Gavin B., Yao Tian, Arnab Banerjee, et al.. (2018). High Temperature Fermi Statistics from Majorana Fermions in an Insulating Magnet. arXiv (Cornell University). 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Kasahara, Y., K. Sugii, Tomohiro Ohnishi, et al.. (2018). Unusual Thermal Hall Effect in a Kitaev Spin Liquid Candidate α−RuCl3. Physical Review Letters. 120(21). 217205–217205. 148 indexed citations
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Nasu, Joji & Yukitoshi Motome. (2015). Thermodynamics of Chiral Spin Liquids with Abelian and Non-Abelian Anyons. Physical Review Letters. 115(8). 87203–87203. 25 indexed citations
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Nasu, Joji, Masafumi Udagawa, & Yukitoshi Motome. (2014). Vaporization of Kitaev Spin Liquids. Physical Review Letters. 113(19). 197205–197205. 148 indexed citations

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