Katsumi Imi

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Katsumi Imi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Katsumi Imi has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Katsumi Imi's work include Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (3 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (3 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (2 papers). Katsumi Imi is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (3 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (3 papers) and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology (2 papers). Katsumi Imi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Russia. Katsumi Imi's co-authors include Norio Okada, Yutaka Komiyama, Fumiaki Nakata, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masami Ouchi, Masaru Hamabe, Hisanori Furusawa, M. Sekiguchi, Naoki Yasuda and Masafumi Yagi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan and Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.

In The Last Decade

Katsumi Imi

6 papers receiving 548 citations

Hit Papers

Subaru Prime Focus Camera — Suprime-Cam 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400
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. Subaru Prime Focus Camera — Suprime-Cam
    2002 419 citations Satoshi Miyazaki, Yutaka Komiyama et al. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan profile →

Peers

Katsumi Imi
Brett S. Blacker United States
I. Heyer United States
Zolt Levay United States
P. Royle United States
O. Cordes Germany
O. Le Fèvre France
Hiroshi Karoji Japan
É. Pécontal France
N. Scoville United States
M. Casali United Kingdom
Brett S. Blacker United States
Katsumi Imi
Citations per year, relative to Katsumi Imi Katsumi Imi (= 1×) peers Brett S. Blacker

Countries citing papers authored by Katsumi Imi

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Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Katsumi Imi'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 Katsumi Imi with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Katsumi Imi more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Katsumi Imi

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Katsumi Imi. 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 Katsumi Imi. The network helps show where Katsumi Imi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katsumi Imi

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Komiyama, Yutaka, Sadanori Okamura, Masafumi Yagi, et al.. (2003). Discovery of Latent Star Formation in the Extended H i Gas around the Local Group Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NGC 6822. The Astrophysical Journal. 590(1). L17–L20. 21 indexed citations
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Hamana, Takashi, Satoshi Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, et al.. (2003). Cosmic Shear Statistics in the Suprime‐Cam 2.1 Square Degree Field: Constraints on Ωmand σ8. The Astrophysical Journal. 597(1). 98–110. 60 indexed citations
3.
Miyazaki, Satoshi, Yutaka Komiyama, M. Sekiguchi, et al.. (2002). Subaru Prime Focus Camera — Suprime-Cam. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 54(6). 833–853. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miyazaki, Satoshi, Takashi Hamana, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, et al.. (2002). Searching for Dark Matter Halos in the Suprime-Cam 2 Square Degree Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 580(2). L97–L100. 40 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Takeshi, Tomio Kanzawa, Tomio Kurakami, et al.. (2000). <title>Coating and cleaning of the Subaru Telescope mirrors</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4003. 391–395. 1 indexed citations
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Miyazaki, Satoshi, et al.. (1998). <title>Characterization and mosaicking of CCDs and the applications to the Subaru wide-field camera (Suprime-Cam)</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3355. 363–374. 17 indexed citations

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