Junji Watanabe

20.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
683 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Junji Watanabe is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Junji Watanabe has authored 683 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 322 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 217 papers in Organic Chemistry and 137 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Junji Watanabe's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (312 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (109 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (92 papers). Junji Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (312 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (109 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (92 papers). Junji Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Junji Watanabe's co-authors include Hideo Takezoe, Kazuhíko Ishihara, Masatoshi Tokita, Teruki Niori, Tomoko Sekine, Yoichi Takanishi, T. Furukawa, Sungmin Kang, Jirakorn Thisayukta and Manabu Hayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Junji Watanabe

667 papers receiving 16.6k 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.

Distinct ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals consisting of banana shaped achiral molecules

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Author						Papers	Cites
Junji Watanabe	9.0k	6.1k	4.3k	3.4k	2.5k	683	17.1k
Quan Li	9.7k 1.1×	5.7k 0.9×	10.7k 2.5×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	545	26.2k
Edward T. Samulski	4.8k 0.5×	3.1k 0.5×	6.0k 1.4×	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	263	16.3k
János H. Fendler	4.0k 0.4×	4.6k 0.8×	8.2k 1.9×	1.7k 0.5×	3.8k 1.5×	343	18.8k
Ulrich Wiesner	4.4k 0.5×	4.3k 0.7×	15.4k 3.6×	818 0.2×	2.8k 1.1×	369	26.9k
Manuel Márquez	2.3k 0.3×	2.8k 0.5×	6.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	168	15.5k
Toyoichi Tanaka	1.9k 0.2×	5.4k 0.9×	3.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	2.6k 1.0×	169	21.6k
Martin Möller	2.9k 0.3×	8.1k 1.3×	7.9k 1.9×	693 0.2×	2.7k 1.1×	636	23.3k
Jingcheng Hao	1.6k 0.2×	6.1k 1.0×	7.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.5k 1.0×	659	18.7k
Tsuyoshi Kawai	3.6k 0.4×	7.9k 1.3×	14.9k 3.5×	2.0k 0.6×	753 0.3×	638	20.8k
Sanford A. Asher	2.5k 0.3×	1.9k 0.3×	5.4k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	4.9k 1.9×	301	20.9k

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Watanabe, Junji, et al.. (2025). An Unprecedented Impulse‐Type Response of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals under In‐Plane Switching. Advanced Electronic Materials. 11(14).

Manich, C. Saura, LA Carey, J. O’Shaughnessy, et al.. (2025). 297O Imlunestrant (Imlu) with or without abemaciclib (Abema) in advanced breast cancer (ABC): A subgroup analysis in CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i)-pretreated patients (pts) from EMBER-3. ESMO Open. 10. 104869–104869.

Kang, Sungmin, et al.. (2023). Three Distinct Polar Phases, Isotropic, Nematic, and Smectic-A Phases, Formed from a Fluoro-Substituted Dimeric Molecule with Large Dipole Moment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(29). 6585–6595. 7 indexed citations

Kang, Sungmin, et al.. (2022). Electric Switching Behaviors and Dielectric Relaxation Properties in Ferroelectric, Antiferroelectric, and Paraelectric Smectic Phases of Bent-Shaped Dimeric Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(26). 4967–4976. 2 indexed citations

Kang, Sungmin, et al.. (2022). Spontaneous Polarization Characteristics in Polar Smectic Phases of Fluoro-Substituted Bent-Shaped Dimeric Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(40). 8119–8127. 1 indexed citations

Kang, Sungmin, et al.. (2021). Huge dielectric constants of the ferroelectric smectic-A phase in bent-shaped dimeric molecules. Materials Advances. 2(21). 7017–7023. 5 indexed citations

Ichimiya, Hitoshi, Yasuhiro Uchida, Junji Watanabe, et al.. (2021). Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation without the use of a contrast medium: a combination of the intracardiac echocardiography and pressure wave monitoring guided approach. Heart and Vessels. 37(5). 765–774. 1 indexed citations

Sato, Osamu, Junji Watanabe, Masatoshi Tokita, et al.. (2019). Novel in-plane switching liquid crystal display with an extremely high transmittance using a well-designed bottlebrush as a zero-azimuth anchoring material. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 58(6). 66503–66503. 17 indexed citations

Sakajiri, Koichi, et al.. (2014). Nanodiamond-dispersed Transparent Screen. 53(5). 426–429. 2 indexed citations

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Itoh, Manabu, et al.. (2012). Enlarged helical twisting power in chiral cyclic dimers based on conventional chiral alkyl diols. Liquid Crystals. 40(3). 339–344. 7 indexed citations

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Touge, Mutsumi, et al.. (2011). . Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 77(1). 116–120. 4 indexed citations

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Touge, Mutsumi, et al.. (2009). Study on Precision Finishing of PCD by Constant-Pressure Grinding and UV-Polishing. Key engineering materials. 407-408. 388–391. 4 indexed citations

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Touge, Mutsumi, et al.. (2009). Study on Precision Finishing of PCD by Constant-Pressure Grinding and UV-Polishing. Key engineering materials. 407-409. 388–391. 2 indexed citations

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Nakano, Takayuki, et al.. (2009). Ultra-precision machining of PCD by UV-assisted polishing. 53(4). 242–247. 2 indexed citations

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Chiba, Naokazu, Masakazu Ueda, Hiromitsu Jinno, et al.. (2007). Development of Gene Vectors for Pinpoint Targeting to Human Hepatocytes by Cationically Modified Polymer Complexes. European Surgical Research. 39(1). 23–34. 16 indexed citations

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Ueda, Masakazu, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of the in vivo efficacy, toxicity and lymphatic drainage of loco-regional administered polymer-lipid hybrid nanoparticles (PLN) loaded with doxorubicin in a murine solid tumor model. Cancer Research. 66. 722–722. 5 indexed citations

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Shimojo, Kojiro, Junji Watanabe, Tatsuya Oshima, & Masahiro Goto. (2003). Protein Extraction by Calix[6]arene in An Aliphatic Organic Solvent. 10. 185–189. 11 indexed citations

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Maeda, Yoji, et al.. (1995). High-pressure DTA study on liquid crystalline polyesters with biphenyl as mesogen. Thermochimica Acta. 266. 189–202. 8 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Junji & Tadao Saito. (1987). Precision machining for microoptical devices with powder-particle collision. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Junji, et al.. (1987). Laser-assisted etching for Al2O3/TiC ceramics with Nd:YAG laser and KOH solution.. Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 53(7). 1027–1032. 5 indexed citations

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