Junko Yano

26.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
269 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

Junko Yano is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junko Yano has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Materials Chemistry, 75 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 74 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Junko Yano's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (53 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (36 papers). Junko Yano is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (53 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (36 papers). Junko Yano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Junko Yano's co-authors include Vittal K. Yachandra, Sheraz Gul, Yujie Sun, Benedikt Lassalle‐Kaiser, Paul L. Fidel, Ethan J. Crumlin, Yogesh Surendranath, Mircea Dincă, Jan Kern and Marco Favaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Junko Yano

261 papers receiving 18.9k 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.

Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn ₄ Ca Cluster

2006 662 citations Junko Yano, Jan Kern et al. Science profile →
Structure and Valency of a Cobalt−Phosphate Water Oxidation Catalyst Determined by in Situ X-ray Spectroscopy

2010 648 citations Junko Yano, Vittal K. Yachandra et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Structure–Activity Correlations in a Nickel–Borate Oxygen Evolution Catalyst

2012 633 citations Junko Yano, Vittal K. Yachandra et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
High-Performance Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalysts Derived from Cobalt-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks

2015 591 citations Sheraz Gul, Junko Yano et al. profile →
Mn₄Ca Cluster in Photosynthesis: Where and How Water is Oxidized to Dioxygen

2014 551 citations Junko Yano, Vittal K. Yachandra profile →
Electrodeposited Cobalt-Sulfide Catalyst for Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation from Water

2013 527 citations Junko Yano, Jeffrey R. Long et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigation of a Bifunctional Manganese Oxide Catalyst with High Activity for Electrochemical Water Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction

2013 491 citations Sheraz Gul, Vittal K. Yachandra et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Junko Yano	9.3k	7.0k	5.6k	3.8k	3.4k	269	19.1k
Hyungjun Kim	8.9k 1.0×	8.3k 1.2×	6.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	354	19.5k
Xin Xu	4.4k 0.5×	7.4k 1.1×	3.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	410	17.3k
Sean C. Smith	15.9k 1.7×	17.6k 2.5×	9.2k 1.6×	962 0.3×	5.1k 1.5×	536	35.8k
Young‐Kyu Han	2.9k 0.3×	5.9k 0.8×	10.0k 1.8×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	415	17.5k
Jean‐Michel Léger	5.6k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	5.0k 0.9×	638 0.2×	2.2k 0.7×	357	13.7k
Jackie Y. Ying	5.3k 0.6×	21.1k 3.0×	4.7k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	5.0k 1.5×	393	34.7k
Thomas A. Moore	5.4k 0.6×	13.5k 1.9×	7.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.3×	6.9k 2.0×	370	28.1k
Keith J. Stevenson	5.4k 0.6×	6.6k 0.9×	14.1k 2.5×	589 0.2×	1.6k 0.5×	413	20.7k
Jinlan Wang	10.4k 1.1×	21.3k 3.0×	10.4k 1.9×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	536	29.7k
Richard M. Crooks	4.7k 0.5×	9.5k 1.4×	10.3k 1.8×	839 0.2×	6.8k 2.0×	374	31.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junko Yano

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Liu, Mengxin, C. Martin, V. Crăciun, et al.. (2025). Optical and Plasmonic Properties of High-Electron-Density Epitaxial and Oxidative Controlled Titanium Nitride Thin Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(7). 3762–3774. 2 indexed citations

Noverr, Mairi C., Junko Yano, Michael Hagensee, et al.. (2023). Effect of MMR Vaccination to Mitigate Severe Sequelae Associated With COVID-19: Challenges and Lessons Learned. Medical Research Archives. 11(2). 3 indexed citations

Makita, Hiroki, Philipp S. Simon, Jan Kern, Junko Yano, & Vittal K. Yachandra. (2023). Combining on-line spectroscopy with synchrotron and X-ray free electron laser crystallography. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 80. 102604–102604. 5 indexed citations

Stavila, Vitalie, Sichi Li, Chaochao Dun, et al.. (2021). Defying Thermodynamics: Stabilization of Alane Within Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Reversible Hydrogen Storage. Angewandte Chemie. 133(49). 26019–26028. 2 indexed citations

Derrick, Jeffrey S., Matthias Loipersberger, Ruchira Chatterjee, et al.. (2020). Metal–Ligand Cooperativity via Exchange Coupling Promotes Iron- Catalyzed Electrochemical CO ₂ Reduction at Low Overpotentials. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(48). 20489–20501. 101 indexed citations

Torrisi, Steven B., Matthew R. Carbone, Brian A. Rohr, et al.. (2020). Random forest machine learning models for interpretable X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectrum-property relationships. npj Computational Materials. 6(1). 133 indexed citations

Yano, Junko, Elizabeth A. Lilly, Mairi C. Noverr, & Paul L. Fidel. (2020). A Contemporary Warming/Restraining Device for Efficient Tail Vein Injections in a Murine Fungal Sepsis Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

Yano, Junko, Yusuke Kaida, Takashi Maeda, et al.. (2020). l‐carnitine supplementation vs cycle ergometer exercise for physical activity and muscle status in hemodialysis patients: A randomized clinical trial. Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis. 25(3). 304–313. 12 indexed citations

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Lee, Heui Beom, David A. Marchiori, Ruchira Chatterjee, et al.. (2020). S = 3 Ground State for a Tetranuclear Mn^IV₄O₄ Complex Mimicking the S₃ State of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(8). 3753–3761. 22 indexed citations

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Ye, Yifan, Jin Qian, Hao Yang, et al.. (2020). Synergy between a Silver–Copper Surface Alloy Composition and Carbon Dioxide Adsorption and Activation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(22). 25374–25382. 20 indexed citations

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Zaia, Edmond W., Madeleine P. Gordon, Valerie A. Niemann, et al.. (2019). Molecular Level Insight into Enhanced n‐Type Transport in Solution‐Printed Hybrid Thermoelectrics. Advanced Energy Materials. 9(13). 18 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Ruchira, Clemens Weninger, Sheraz Gul, et al.. (2019). XANES and EXAFS of dilute solutions of transition metals at XFELs. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 26(5). 1716–1724. 14 indexed citations

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Stoerzinger, Kelsey A., Marco Favaro, Philip N. Ross, et al.. (2018). Stabilizing the Meniscus for Operando Characterization of Platinum During the Electrolyte-Consuming Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Topics in Catalysis. 61(20). 2152–2160. 29 indexed citations

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Fransson, Thomas, Ruchira Chatterjee, Franklin D. Fuller, et al.. (2018). X-ray Emission Spectroscopy as an in Situ Diagnostic Tool for X-ray Crystallography of Metalloproteins Using an X-ray Free-Electron Laser. Biochemistry. 57(31). 4629–4637. 29 indexed citations

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Favaro, Marco, Jinhui Yang, Silvia Nappini, et al.. (2017). Understanding the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on CoO_x using Operando Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(26). 8960–8970. 280 indexed citations

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Favaro, Marco, Hai Xiao, Tao Cheng, et al.. (2017). Subsurface oxide plays a critical role in CO ₂ activation by Cu(111) surfaces to form chemisorbed CO ₂ , the first step in reduction of CO ₂. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(26). 6706–6711. 435 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Shreya, Jamie A. Stull, Junko Yano, et al.. (2012). Synthetic model of the asymmetric [Mn ₃ CaO ₄ ] cubane core of the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(7). 2257–2262. 231 indexed citations

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Yano, Junko. (2011). Participation of Glutamate-354 of the CP43 Polypeptide in the Ligation of Mn and the Binding of Substrate Water in Photosystem II. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Yano, Junko, Jan Kern, Kenneth Sauer, et al.. (2006). Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn ₄ Ca Cluster. Science. 314(5800). 821–825. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

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