K. Shirai

5.5k total citations
48 papers, 557 citations indexed

About

K. Shirai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Shirai has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 557 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11 papers in Geophysics and 7 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in K. Shirai's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (27 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). K. Shirai is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (27 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). K. Shirai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Kenya. K. Shirai's co-authors include Tatsuaki Okada, Masahiko Arakawa, Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Tomoki Nakamura, T. Noguchi, M. E. Zolensky, Y. Ishibashi, Manabu Kato and Makoto Kimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. Shirai

47 papers receiving 514 citations

Peers

K. Shirai
C. J. Snead United States
D. T. Young United States
R. Rieder Germany
A. D. Morse United Kingdom
K. Seiferlin Germany
J. Leitner Germany
C. J. Snead United States
K. Shirai
Citations per year, relative to K. Shirai K. Shirai (= 1×) peers C. J. Snead

Countries citing papers authored by K. Shirai

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of K. Shirai's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by K. Shirai with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites K. Shirai more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by K. Shirai

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by K. Shirai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by K. Shirai. The network helps show where K. Shirai may publish in the future.

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of K. Shirai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of K. Shirai 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. Shirai. K. Shirai 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
1.
Kadono, Toshihiko, et al.. (2025). Charge density on fracture surfaces and contact electrification of identical materials. Physical review. E. 111(1). 15502–15502. 1 indexed citations
2.
Kadono, Toshihiko, Kazunori Ogawa, K. Shirai, et al.. (2022). Experimental Investigation of Visible-Light and X-ray Emissions during Rock and Mineral Fracture: Role of Electrons Traveling between Fracture Surfaces. Minerals. 12(6). 778–778. 3 indexed citations
3.
Kadono, Toshihiko, Masahiko Arakawa, Minami Yasui, et al.. (2022). Effect of projectile shape and interior structure on crater size in strength regime. Earth Planets and Space. 74(1). 4 indexed citations
4.
Kadono, Toshihiko, Masahiko Arakawa, Rie Honda, et al.. (2020). Impact Experiment on Asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Structure beneath the Impact Point Revealed by In Situ Observations of the Ejecta Curtain. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 899(1). L22–L22. 8 indexed citations
5.
Kawamura, T., Noriyuki Namiki, Benjamin Fernando, et al.. (2020). An Absence of Seismic Shaking on Ryugu Induced by the Impact Experiment on the Hayabusa2 Mission. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1806. 1 indexed citations
6.
Wada, Koji, Hirotaka Sawada, Kazunori Ogawa, et al.. (2016). Deployable Camera system 5 (DCAM5) proposed for Martian Moon Exploration mission (MMX). Japan Geoscience Union. 1 indexed citations
7.
Arakawa, Masahiko, Takanao Saiki, Hitoshi Imamura, et al.. (2014). Large Scale Impact Experiments Simulating Small Carry-On Impactor (SCI) Equipped on Hayabusa-2. LPI. 1768. 2 indexed citations
8.
Yada, Toru, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, et al.. (2013). Mineral Ratios of Itokawa Samples — Difference Between Two Rooms of a Hayabusa Sample Catcher. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1948. 1 indexed citations
9.
Abe, Masanao, Hajime Yano, Tatsuaki Okada, et al.. (2012). Hayabusa2, C-type Asteroid Sample Return Mission, Scientific objective and Instruments. 39. 8. 1 indexed citations
10.
Abe, Masanao, A. Fujimura, Chisato Okamoto, et al.. (2011). Recovery, Transportation and Acceptance to the Curation Facility of the Hayabusa Re-Entry Capsule. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1638. 5 indexed citations
11.
Nakamura, Tomoki, T. Noguchi, M. Tanaka, et al.. (2011). Mineralogy and Major Element Abundance of the Dust Particles Recovered from Muses-C Regio on the Asteroid Itokawa. 1766. 5 indexed citations
12.
Takagi, Y., Makoto Yoshikawa, Masanao Abe, et al.. (2011). Hayabusa2, C-type Asteroid Sample Return Mission. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations
13.
Kitajima, F., Takuo Ohkochi, Hiroshi Naraoka, et al.. (2011). A Micro-Spectroscopic Approach to the Carbonaceous Matter in the Particles Recovered by the Hayabusa Mission. LPI. 1855. 6 indexed citations
14.
Fujimura, A., Masanao Abe, Toru Yada, et al.. (2011). Processes to Open the Container and the Sample Catcher of the Hayabusa Returned Capsule in the Planetary Material Sample Curation Facility of JAXA. 1 indexed citations
15.
Miura, Yayoi N., Takahito Osawa, Ken‐ichi Bajo, et al.. (2011). Noble Gases Recovered from the Hayabusa Sample Container. LPI. 1653. 5 indexed citations
16.
Kawamoto, Yoshi, et al.. (2007). Status Report of Hybridization in an Introduced Population of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) with Native Japanese Macaques (M. fuscata) in the Bousou Peninsula, Chiba, Japan. Primate Research. 23(2). 81–89. 2 indexed citations
17.
Ogawa, Kazunori, Tatsuaki Okada, K. Shirai, et al.. (2006). Development of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Onboard SELENE. LPI. 2244. 2 indexed citations
18.
Okada, Tatsuaki, Yukio Yamamoto, Tomohiro Inoue, et al.. (2006). Thermal Radiometry of Asteroid Itokawa by the XRS Onboard Hayabusa. LPI. 1965. 2 indexed citations
19.
Okada, Tatsuaki, T. Arai, Kuniaki Hosono, et al.. (2005). First X-Ray Observation of Lunar Farside from Hayabusa X-Ray Spectrometer. 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1175. 1 indexed citations
20.
Okada, Tatsuaki, K. Shirai, Yukio Yamamoto, et al.. (2004). X-ray fluorescence spectrometer onboard Hayabusa: instrument, science and observation plan. cosp. 35. 3348. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026