K. Morikawa

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

K. Morikawa is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Morikawa has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in K. Morikawa's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (4 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (3 papers). K. Morikawa is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (4 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (3 papers). K. Morikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. K. Morikawa's co-authors include K. Barry Sharpless, Hoi‐Lun Kwong, Youssef L. Bennani, Willi M. Amberg, Gerard A. Crispino, Jens Hartung, Kyu‐Sung Jeong, Tomiki Hashiyama, Jeonghan Park and Pher G. Andersson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Macromolecules and Green Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

K. Morikawa

12 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation: a new li... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 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. The osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation: a new ligand class and a process improvement
    1992 1.3k citations K. Barry Sharpless, Willi M. Amberg et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 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. Morikawa Japan 10 1.2k 591 226 198 186 13 1.7k
Gerard A. Crispino United States 13 1.6k 1.3× 639 1.1× 286 1.3× 206 1.0× 216 1.2× 18 2.0k
Timothy J. Brocksom Brazil 25 1.4k 1.2× 441 0.7× 190 0.8× 154 0.8× 116 0.6× 116 2.5k
A. Venkateswarlu India 17 1.9k 1.5× 896 1.5× 152 0.7× 236 1.2× 136 0.7× 30 2.4k
Tadao Uyehara Japan 23 1.3k 1.1× 557 0.9× 127 0.6× 128 0.6× 142 0.8× 108 1.8k
Willi M. Amberg Switzerland 16 1.6k 1.3× 658 1.1× 304 1.3× 196 1.0× 205 1.1× 27 2.2k
Giovanni Piancatelli Italy 21 2.3k 1.8× 529 0.9× 236 1.0× 183 0.9× 135 0.7× 94 2.6k
Carlo Bonini Italy 26 1.6k 1.3× 617 1.0× 223 1.0× 166 0.8× 127 0.7× 115 2.4k
K. B. SHARPLESS United Kingdom 11 1.3k 1.1× 417 0.7× 222 1.0× 138 0.7× 97 0.5× 14 1.7k
André Luís Gemal Brazil 9 1.0k 0.9× 442 0.7× 183 0.8× 143 0.7× 100 0.5× 29 1.4k
Xinfu Pan China 24 1.3k 1.0× 536 0.9× 164 0.7× 257 1.3× 176 0.9× 129 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by K. Morikawa

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Fields of papers citing papers by K. Morikawa

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Morikawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. 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 K. Morikawa. K. 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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Tanaka, Ken, et al.. (2011). Analysis of biosynthetic fluctuations of cultured Taxus seedlings using a metabolomic approach. Phytochemistry. 72(14-15). 1760–1766. 14 indexed citations
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Tezuka, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2010). Cytochrome P450 3A4 Inhibitory Constituents of the Wood ofTaxus yunnanensis. Journal of Natural Products. 74(1). 102–105. 19 indexed citations
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Morikawa, K., Ken Tanaka, Feng Li, et al.. (2010). Analysis of MS/MS Fragmentation of Taxoids. Natural Product Communications. 5(10). 1551–6. 4 indexed citations
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Morikawa, K. & K. Barry Sharpless. (1993). Double diastereoselection in asymmetric dihydroxylation. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(35). 5575–5578. 39 indexed citations
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Hashiyama, Tomiki, K. Morikawa, & K. Barry Sharpless. (1993). ChemInform Abstract: α‐Hydroxy Ketones in High Enantiomeric Purity from Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Enol Ethers.. ChemInform. 24(12). 1 indexed citations
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Morikawa, K., Jeonghan Park, Pher G. Andersson, Tomiki Hashiyama, & K. Barry Sharpless. (1993). Catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation of tetrasubstituted olefins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(18). 8463–8464. 134 indexed citations
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Sharpless, K. Barry, Willi M. Amberg, Youssef L. Bennani, et al.. (1992). The osmium-catalyzed asymmetric dihydroxylation: a new ligand class and a process improvement. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(10). 2768–2771. 1285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hashiyama, Tomiki, K. Morikawa, & K. Barry Sharpless. (1992). .alpha.-Hydroxy ketones in high enantiomeric purity from asymmetric dihydroxylation of enol ethers. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(19). 5067–5068. 133 indexed citations
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Morikawa, K., et al.. (1969). Germacrene-c, precursor of δ-elemene. Tetrahedron Letters. 10(22). 1799–1801. 33 indexed citations
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Morikawa, K., et al.. (1968). δ - Elemenol and epi- δ -elemenol. Tetrahedron Letters. 9(24). 2899–2901. 2 indexed citations

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