Junji Sugiyama

15.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
239 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Junji Sugiyama is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Junji Sugiyama has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Biomaterials, 83 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 81 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Junji Sugiyama's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (105 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (54 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (49 papers). Junji Sugiyama is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (105 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (54 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (49 papers). Junji Sugiyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and France. Junji Sugiyama's co-authors include H. Chanzy, Tomoya Imai, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Takeshi Okano, Masahisa Wada, Paul Langan, R. Vuong, Yoshiki Horikawa, Henri Chanzy and William Helbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Junji Sugiyama

235 papers receiving 11.8k citations

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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.

Crystal Structure and Hydrogen Bonding System in Cellulose I_α from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

2003 1.2k citations Junji Sugiyama et al. profile →
Optically Transparent Composites Reinforced with Networks of Bacterial Nanofibers

2005 778 citations Junji Sugiyama et al. profile →
Electron diffraction study on the two crystalline phases occurring in native cellulose from an algal cell wall

1991 630 citations Junji Sugiyama et al. profile →
Combined infrared and electron diffraction study of the polymorphism of native celluloses

1991 453 citations Junji Sugiyama et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junji Sugiyama Japan	58	7.9k	4.8k	3.7k	2.0k	1.2k	239	12.2k
Yoshiharu Nishiyama France	52	12.9k 1.6×	6.8k 1.4×	4.0k 1.1×	891 0.4×	788 0.6×	160	16.2k
H. Chanzy France	57	7.5k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	892 0.7×	138	11.9k
Jean‐Luc Putaux France	57	6.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	250	12.8k
Brian H. Davison United States	40	2.3k 0.3×	10.5k 2.2×	2.3k 0.6×	4.2k 2.1×	689 0.6×	174	13.9k
William J. Orts United States	50	5.3k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	834 0.2×	981 0.5×	514 0.4×	195	9.6k
Derek G. Gray Canada	59	12.6k 1.6×	5.1k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	504 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	181	17.8k
Geoffrey Daniel Sweden	44	1.5k 0.2×	1.7k 0.3×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	384 0.3×	235	6.8k
Ritva Serimaa Finland	53	3.0k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	970 0.5×	2.0k 1.7×	220	9.3k
Mark F. Davis United States	44	1.3k 0.2×	6.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	351 0.3×	135	9.8k
Siqun Wang United States	55	5.1k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	483 0.2×	478 0.4×	288	10.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sugiyama, Junji, et al.. (2025). Tracheid anatomy of Cryptomeria japonica grown in a humid temperate region: A proxy for short-term climate variability and a crossdating index. Dendrochronologia. 92. 126363–126363. 1 indexed citations

Imai, Tomoya, Masato Naruse, Yoshiki Horikawa, et al.. (2023). Disturbance of the hydrogen bonding in cellulose by bacterial expansin. Cellulose. 30(13). 8423–8438. 6 indexed citations

Awano, Tatsuya, et al.. (2023). Potential of machine learning approaches for predicting mechanical properties of spruce wood in the transverse direction. Journal of Wood Science. 69(1). 12 indexed citations

Miyamoto, Takuji, Tatsuya Awano, Arata Yoshinaga, et al.. (2022). Limiting silicon supply alters lignin content and structures of sorghum seedling cell walls. Plant Science. 321. 111325–111325. 19 indexed citations

Sundaryono, Agus, et al.. (2017). Neighbourhood of vessels: chemical composition and microfibril angle of fibre within Acacia mangium.. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE. 29(3). 267–274. 3 indexed citations

Penttilä, Paavo A., Tomoya Imai, & Junji Sugiyama. (2017). Fibrillar assembly of bacterial cellulose in the presence of wood-based hemicelluloses. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 102. 111–118. 20 indexed citations

Hashimoto, Akira, et al.. (2011). Extraction of cellulose-synthesizing activity of Gluconacetobacter xylinus by alkylmaltoside. Carbohydrate Research. 346(17). 2760–2768. 12 indexed citations

Clair, Bruno, Tancrède Alméras, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Takashi Okuyama, & Junji Sugiyama. (2006). Mechanical Behavior of Cellulose Microfibrils in Tension Wood, in Relation with Maturation Stress Generation. Biophysical Journal. 91(3). 1128–1135. 63 indexed citations

Fukuda, Makoto, et al.. (2006). Parallel assembly of dipolar columns composed of a stacked cyclic tri-β-peptide. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 4(10). 1896–1901. 41 indexed citations

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Clair, Bruno, Joseph Gril, K. Baba, Bernard Thibaut, & Junji Sugiyama. (2005). Precautions for the Structural Analysis of the Gelatinous Layer in Tension Wood. IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal. 26(2). 189–195. 43 indexed citations

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Nishikawa, Hiroyuki, Tomoyuki Morita, Junji Sugiyama, & Shunsaku Kimura. (2004). Formation of gold nanoparticles in microreactor composed of helical peptide assembly in water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 280(2). 506–510. 11 indexed citations

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Wada, Masahisa, Laurent Heux, & Junji Sugiyama. (2004). Polymorphism of cellulose I family: reinvestigation of cellulose IV-I. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 3 indexed citations

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Park, Yong Woo, Rumi Tominaga, Junji Sugiyama, et al.. (2003). Enhancement of growth by expression of poplar cellulase in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 33(6). 1099–1106. 73 indexed citations

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Kimura, Shunsaku, et al.. (2001). Peptosome : Vesicle Structure by Helical Peptide Monolayer. 2000. 397–400. 1 indexed citations

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Hori, Ritsuko, Junji Sugiyama, Takaò Itoh, & Martin Müller. (2000). Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Cellulose in Developing Xylem Cell Walls from Cryptomeria japonica. 87. 19–20. 1 indexed citations

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Helbert, William, et al.. (2000). New Insight into Cellulose Structure by Atomic Force Microscopy Shows the Iα Crystal Phase at Near-Atomic Resolution. Biophysical Journal. 79(2). 1139–1145. 139 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Junji & Tomoya Imai. (1999). Aspects of Native Cellulose Microfibrils at Molecular Resolution.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 11(57). 23–31. 4 indexed citations

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Samejima, Masahiro, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Akira Isogai, et al.. (1997). The behaviour of Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiose dehydrogenase on adsorption to crystallineand amorphous celluloses. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 25(2). 135–141. 25 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Atsuko, Junji Sugiyama, & Takeshi Okano. (1994). Fine Structure and Tensile Properties of Ramie Fibers in the Crystalline Form of Cellulose I, II, and III_I. 81. 16–18. 2 indexed citations

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Sugiyama, Junji, et al.. (1990). Observations on the deformation of wood cells in the gluing process of veneer.. 82(82). 131–135. 1 indexed citations

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