K. Kurata

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

K. Kurata is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Kurata has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in K. Kurata's work include Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (15 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (11 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (11 papers). K. Kurata is often cited by papers focused on Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control (15 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (11 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (11 papers). K. Kurata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Finland. K. Kurata's co-authors include Takanobu Fukunaga, Josef Penninger, Mikihito Hayashi, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Tomoki Nakashima, Masatsugu Oh‐hora, Hiroshi Takayanagi, Jian Q. Feng, Erwin F. Wagner and Anton Wutz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

K. Kurata

106 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis thr... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression
    2011 1.3k citations Tomoki Nakashima, Mikihito Hayashi et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Kurata Japan 22 1.3k 770 506 286 280 115 2.7k
Qing Luo China 37 1.8k 1.3× 577 0.7× 251 0.5× 649 2.3× 79 0.3× 166 4.2k
Wenzhong Liu China 18 2.5k 1.8× 591 0.8× 387 0.8× 102 0.4× 294 1.1× 52 3.8k
Hiroyuki Takai Japan 25 3.9k 2.9× 1.3k 1.6× 206 0.4× 61 0.2× 283 1.0× 62 5.1k
David A. Conner United States 37 4.3k 3.2× 507 0.7× 375 0.7× 178 0.6× 118 0.4× 88 6.9k
Lifang Hu China 28 1.0k 0.7× 210 0.3× 241 0.5× 201 0.7× 202 0.7× 67 2.1k
Nobuhiro Takahashi Japan 26 1.2k 0.9× 684 0.9× 193 0.4× 45 0.2× 122 0.4× 136 4.4k
Ken Yamazaki Japan 33 1.1k 0.8× 721 0.9× 92 0.2× 116 0.4× 92 0.3× 120 3.3k
David Castel France 32 2.1k 1.6× 289 0.4× 103 0.2× 620 2.2× 120 0.4× 107 4.7k
Katsuya Suzuki Japan 36 867 0.6× 406 0.5× 125 0.2× 158 0.6× 238 0.8× 281 4.8k
Aiguo Li China 32 2.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 68 0.1× 475 1.7× 315 1.1× 112 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by K. Kurata

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Kurata

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Kurata

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Kurata. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Kurata 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 K. Kurata. K. Kurata 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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Shimada, Shoichi, J. Suzuki, K. Kurata, et al.. (2025). A Back-Illuminated 10 μm-Pitch SPAD Depth Sensor with 42.5% PDE at 940 nm using an Optimized Doping Design. 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Wijayanta, Agung Tri & K. Kurata. (2023). Comprehensive review on thermal aspects of nonthermal irreversible electroporation. Heat Transfer. 52(6). 4357–4381. 8 indexed citations
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Kurata, K., Kazuki Shimada, & Hiroshi Takamatsu. (2022). Application of the Taguchi method to explore a robust condition of tumor-treating field treatment. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0262133–e0262133. 1 indexed citations
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Kurata, K.. (2020). Open-source colorimeter assembled from laser-cut plates and plug-in circuits. HardwareX. 9. e00161–e00161. 9 indexed citations
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Ayukawa, Yasunori, Akihiro Furuhashi, Yasuko Moriyama, et al.. (2018). Effect of a Single Injection of Benidipine-Impregnated Biodegradable Microcarriers on Bone and Gingival Healing at the Tooth Extraction Socket. Advances in Wound Care. 8(3). 108–117. 5 indexed citations
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Asano, Yuka, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Wataru Goto, et al.. (2016). Tumour-infiltrating CD8 to FOXP3 lymphocyte ratio in predicting treatment responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy of aggressive breast cancer. British journal of surgery. 103(7). 845–854. 92 indexed citations
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Wang, Haidong, K. Kurata, Takanobu Fukunaga, et al.. (2016). In-situ measurement of the heat transport in defect- engineered free-standing single-layer graphene. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21823–21823. 28 indexed citations
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Kurata, K., et al.. (2015). Microheterogeneity in frozen protein solutions. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 487(1-2). 91–100. 12 indexed citations
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Hama, Shinji, et al.. (2014). Scale-up of an enzymatic biodiesel production system.. 92(6). 262–269. 1 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Tomoki, Mikihito Hayashi, Takanobu Fukunaga, et al.. (2011). Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression. Nature Medicine. 17(10). 1231–1234. 1321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kurata, K., Junji Matsuda, T. Fukunaga, et al.. (2007). 3C2 Bone & Ligament I. Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering. 2(Suppl.1). S207–S211.
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Mawatari, Taro, Hiromasa Miura, Tsutomu Kawano, et al.. (2004). [Bone quantity and quality to its mechanical integrity].. PubMed. 14(4). 555–60. 2 indexed citations
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Kurata, K., et al.. (2003). Short-term and long-term effects of low total pressure on gas exchange rates of spinach. Advances in Space Research. 31(1). 241–244. 31 indexed citations
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Ibaraki, Yasuomi, Yukiko Kaneko, & K. Kurata. (1998). Evaluation of embryogenic potential of cell suspension cultures by texture analysis. Transactions of the ASABE. 41(1). 247–252. 3 indexed citations
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Kurata, K.. (1993). Effects of greenhouse orientation and latitude on direct solar radiation transmissivity. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 9(2). 52–56. 4 indexed citations
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Амари, Шун-ичи, K. Kurata, & Hiroshi Nagaoka. (1992). Information geometry of Boltzmann machines. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 3(2). 260–271. 110 indexed citations
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Kurata, K., et al.. (1992). AUTOMATION OF SELECTING EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS BY SIEVING. Acta Horticulturae. 563–566. 2 indexed citations
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Kurata, K., et al.. (1982). Evaluation of Two Different HEDP Content Kits: Stability Study Against Dilution Both in Vivo and in Vitro. Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine. 21(3). 121–125. 1 indexed citations

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