Junko Morikawa

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
172 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Junko Morikawa is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Junko Morikawa has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Materials Chemistry, 54 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Junko Morikawa's work include Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (42 papers), Thermal properties of materials (24 papers) and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (15 papers). Junko Morikawa is often cited by papers focused on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (42 papers), Thermal properties of materials (24 papers) and thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses (15 papers). Junko Morikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Lithuania. Junko Morikawa's co-authors include Toshimasa Hashimoto, Meguya Ryu, Saulius Juodkazis, Ryo Yoshida, Junichiro Shiomi, Stephen Wu, H. Yamada, Yuta Hikima, T. Hashimoto and Christoph Schick and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Junko Morikawa

166 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Machine-learning-assisted discovery of polymers with high thermal conductivity using a molecular design algorithm

2019 355 citations Stephen Wu, Isao Kuwajima et al. npj Computational Materials profile →
Predicting Materials Properties with Little Data Using Shotgun Transfer Learning

2019 282 citations Stephen Wu, Junko Morikawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junko Morikawa Japan	27	1.4k	668	559	462	424	172	2.9k
Ying Jiang China	28	1.1k 0.8×	680 1.0×	777 1.4×	244 0.5×	278 0.7×	145	3.4k
Sanket A. Deshmukh United States	28	1.6k 1.2×	465 0.7×	320 0.6×	677 1.5×	889 2.1×	76	3.0k
Xing Zhang China	33	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 2.0×	885 1.6×	297 0.6×	1.1k 2.5×	205	3.9k
Yonggang Zheng China	28	1.3k 0.9×	782 1.2×	241 0.4×	984 2.1×	681 1.6×	174	3.3k
Yunwei Mao United States	19	979 0.7×	751 1.1×	268 0.5×	311 0.7×	431 1.0×	28	2.0k
Hashem Rafii‐Tabar Iran	28	1.8k 1.3×	672 1.0×	330 0.6×	545 1.2×	206 0.5×	134	2.8k
Yuliang Wang China	31	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 2.1×	994 1.8×	218 0.5×	451 1.1×	141	3.8k
Christian Seidel Germany	35	814 0.6×	784 1.2×	876 1.6×	229 0.5×	1.1k 2.6×	151	3.8k
Uwe Thiele Germany	42	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.8×	1.3k 2.3×	548 1.2×	468 1.1×	145	5.7k
Wolfgang H. Müller Germany	31	1.2k 0.9×	383 0.6×	444 0.8×	1.1k 2.4×	581 1.4×	235	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Junko Morikawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junko Morikawa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Morikawa

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

All Works

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Ryu, Meguya, et al.. (2025). Alignment-assisted high thermal conductivity and thermal anisotropy in poly(methyl methacrylate)/graphene nanolaminates. Physical Review Applied. 24(1). 1 indexed citations

Yoshida, Erina, Yuqian Chen, Kan Hatakeyama‐Sato, et al.. (2025). Smectic liquid crystalline poly(ester imide)s with low dielectric dissipation factors for high-frequency applications. Polymer Journal. 57(6). 665–677. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Stephen, Erina Yoshida, Kan Hatakeyama‐Sato, et al.. (2025). Discovery of liquid crystalline polymers with high thermal conductivity using machine learning. npj Computational Materials. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Hasebe, Shodai, Yuki Hagiwara, Tomohiro Ogawa, et al.. (2024). Broad‐Wavelength Light‐Fueled Organic Crystal Oscillators Driven by Multimodal Photothermally Resonated Natural Vibration. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(52). 2 indexed citations

Bison, P., et al.. (2024). Periodic projection of a random spatial pattern for the assessment of the in-plane thermal diffusivity. IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). 51. 24–24.

Ryu, Meguya, Darius Gailevičius, Domas Paipulas, et al.. (2024). Interferometric microscale measurement of refractive index at VIS and IR wavelengths. SciPost Physics Core. 7(3). 1 indexed citations

Ryu, Meguya, Soon Hock Ng, Vygantas Mizeikis, et al.. (2024). Determination of Stokes Vector from a Single Image Acquisition. Annalen der Physik. 536(6). 2 indexed citations

Murakami, Yoichi, et al.. (2023). Composite formation of covalent organic framework crystals and sugar alcohols for exploring a new class of heat-storage materials. Materials Horizons. 10(11). 4922–4929. 3 indexed citations

Linklater, Denver P., Artūras Vailionis, Meguya Ryu, et al.. (2023). Structure and Optical Anisotropy of Spider Scales and Silk: The Use of Chromaticity and Azimuth Colors to Optically Characterize Complex Biological Structures. Nanomaterials. 13(12). 1894–1894. 3 indexed citations

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Nishijima, Yoshiaki, Shinya Morimoto, Armandas Balčytis, et al.. (2021). Coupling of molecular vibration and metasurface modes for efficient mid-infrared emission. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(2). 451–462. 23 indexed citations

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Juangsa, Firman Bagja, Meguya Ryu, Junko Morikawa, & Tomohiro Nozaki. (2020). Interfacial region effect on thermal conductivity of silicon nanocrystal and polystyrene nanocomposites. Plasma Processes and Polymers. 17(5). 2 indexed citations

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Минаков, А. А., Junko Morikawa, Evgeny Zhuravlev, Meguya Ryu, & Christoph Schick. (2020). Thermal contact conductance at melting and crystallization of metal micro-droplets. Materials Research Express. 7(6). 66524–66524. 8 indexed citations

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Минаков, А. А., Junko Morikawa, Evgeny Zhuravlev, et al.. (2019). High-speed dynamics of temperature distribution in ultrafast (up to 108 K/s) chip-nanocalorimeters, measured by infrared thermography of high resolution. Journal of Applied Physics. 125(5). 20 indexed citations

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Ryu, Meguya, et al.. (2019). Infrared thermo-spectroscopic imaging of prostate cancer tissue. 1 indexed citations

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Juangsa, Firman Bagja, Meguya Ryu, Junko Morikawa, & Tomohiro Nozaki. (2018). Nonthermal plasma synthesis of silicon nanoparticles and their thermal transport properties. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 51(50). 505301–505301.

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Juangsa, Firman Bagja, et al.. (2017). Comparative study of thermal conductivity in crystalline and amorphous nanocomposite. Applied Physics Letters. 110(25). 10 indexed citations

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Pradère, C., et al.. (2016). Multispectral IR thermotransmittance technique for temperature measurement. 1 indexed citations

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Morikawa, Junko, et al.. (2003). Phase Transition of Organic Molecular Crystal Observed by Thermal Diffusivity. Netsu sokutei. 30(3). 98–105. 4 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Toshimasa & Junko Morikawa. (2000). Fourier Transform Temperature Wave Analysis. Netsu sokutei. 27(3). 141–151. 2 indexed citations

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Takahashi, H., et al.. (1999). Improved IMD Characteristics in L/S-Band GaAs FET Power Amplifiers by Lowering Drain Bias Circuit Impedance. IEICE Transactions on Electronics. 82(5). 730–736. 5 indexed citations

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