Ken Sakata

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ken Sakata is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Sakata has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Organic Chemistry, 26 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ken Sakata's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (21 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (18 papers). Ken Sakata is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (21 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (18 papers). Ken Sakata collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Saudi Arabia. Ken Sakata's co-authors include Yoshiaki Nishibayashi, Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Shigeki Matsunaga, Motomu Kanai, T. Takenaka, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Hideya Ikemoto, Kazunari Nakajima, Yoshihiro Miyake and Tadashi Takenaka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ken Sakata

95 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

Pyrroloindolone Synthesis via a Cp*Co^III-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Directed C–H Alkenylation/Annulation Sequence

2014 425 citations Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Ken Sakata et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Sakata Japan	30	2.4k	742	675	371	354	100	3.5k
Thomas Daniel India	25	1.8k 0.7×	526 0.7×	410 0.6×	388 1.0×	231 0.7×	71	2.6k
Yan Xiong China	30	1.4k 0.6×	776 1.0×	560 0.8×	430 1.2×	127 0.4×	126	2.6k
Weng Kee Leong Singapore	28	1.9k 0.8×	627 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	145 0.4×	277 0.8×	208	3.0k
Philippe Richard France	32	2.4k 1.0×	959 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	192 0.5×	212 0.6×	146	3.4k
Emilio E. Bunel United States	27	2.4k 1.0×	528 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	192 0.5×	139 0.4×	42	3.0k
Shouguo Wang China	32	2.5k 1.0×	537 0.7×	871 1.3×	266 0.7×	121 0.3×	95	3.8k
Hongping Zhu China	22	1.1k 0.5×	718 1.0×	618 0.9×	156 0.4×	397 1.1×	60	2.5k
Sonia Mallet‐Ladeira France	39	3.8k 1.6×	811 1.1×	1.7k 2.5×	152 0.4×	215 0.6×	224	4.8k
Robert K. Rosen United States	9	2.7k 1.1×	634 0.9×	1.3k 2.0×	190 0.5×	146 0.4×	10	3.5k
Tienan Jin Japan	40	4.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	527 0.8×	401 1.1×	143 0.4×	119	4.9k

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Kuriyama, Shogo, et al.. (2025). Selective Borylation of C(sp³)−H Bond of Methyl Ethers Catalyzed by Iron Complexes Bearing Anionic Benzene‐Based PCP‐Pincer Ligands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 1 indexed citations

Ortiz, Eliezer, Cole C. Meyer, Peng Liu, et al.. (2024). Leveraging the Stereochemical Complexity of Octahedral Diastereomeric-at-Metal Catalysts to Unlock Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselectivity in Alcohol-Mediated C–C Couplings via Hydrogen Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(12). 7905–7914. 9 indexed citations

Ikabata, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2023). Theoretical Study on Controlling Factors of Conical Intersections Using Spin-Flip Frozen Orbital Analysis. Journal of Computer Chemistry Japan. 22(2). 41–49.

Zhang, Yulin, Yoshiaki Tanabe, Shogo Kuriyama, Ken Sakata, & Yoshiaki Nishibayashi. (2023). Interplay of diruthenium catalyst in controlling enantioselective propargylic substitution reactions with visible light-generated alkyl radicals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 859–859. 4 indexed citations

Sakata, Ken, et al.. (2023). Quantum Chemical Study of the Cycloaddition Reaction of Tropone with 1,1-Diethoxyethene Catalyzed by B(C₆F₅)₃ or BPh₃. ACS Omega. 8(33). 30410–30420.

Kanega, Ryoichi, Shogo Kuriyama, Kazunari Nakajima, et al.. (2021). Manganese‐Catalyzed Ammonia Oxidation into Dinitrogen under Chemical or Electrochemical Conditions**. ChemPlusChem. 86(11). 1511–1516. 46 indexed citations

Liu, Shiyao, Yoshiaki Tanabe, Shogo Kuriyama, Ken Sakata, & Yoshiaki Nishibayashi. (2021). Ruthenium‐ and Copper‐Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution Reactions of Propargylic Alcohol Derivatives with Hydrazones. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(63). 15562–15562. 1 indexed citations

Nakajima, Kazunari, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Ruthenium-catalysed oxidative conversion of ammonia into dinitrogen. Nature Chemistry. 12(4). 424–424. 2 indexed citations

Ito, Yoichi M., Taichi Kusakabe, Keisuke Takahashi, et al.. (2019). Total Synthesis of (−)-Graminin A Based on Asymmetric Cyclization Carbonylation of Propargyl Acetate. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(24). 16268–16277. 8 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Masahiro, Ken Sakata, Ken Yoshioka, Daisuke Uraguchi, & Takashi Ooi. (2016). Origin of High Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselectivities in 1,6-Addition of Azlactones to Dienyl N-Acylpyrroles: A Computational Study. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(1). 541–548. 15 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Kazunari, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of Phosphabenzenes by an Iron‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Diynes with Phosphaalkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(26). 7597–7601. 33 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Yudai, Bo Sun, Ken Sakata, et al.. (2015). Dehydrative Direct CH Allylation with Allylic Alcohols under [Cp*Co^III] Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(34). 9944–9947. 265 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Toru, et al.. (2015). Iridium‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of α,ω‐Diynes with Cyanamides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 357(18). 3901–3916. 35 indexed citations

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Sakata, Ken, Yoshihiro Miyake, & Yoshiaki Nishibayashi. (2008). A DFT Study on the Reaction Pathways for CarbonCarbon Bond‐Forming Reactions between Propargylic Alcohols and Alkenes or Ketones Catalyzed by Thiolate‐Bridged Diruthenium Complexes. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 4(1). 81–88. 34 indexed citations

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Sakata, Ken, et al.. (2004). Estimation of Genetic Parameters, and Genetic and Environmental Effects on Progeny Carcass Traits of a Nucleus Breeding Population in Japanese Black Cattle. Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research. 55(1). 1–10. 5 indexed citations

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Sakata, Ken, Noritsugu Kometani, & Kimihiko Hara. (2001). Ab initio calculation of the torsional potential for 2-alkenylanthracene in the ground and excited states. Chemical Physics Letters. 344(1-2). 185–192. 5 indexed citations

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Endoh, Yasushi, Ken Sakata, G Tamura, et al.. (2000). Cellular phenotypes of differentiated-type adenocarcinomas and precancerous lesions of the stomach are dependent on the genetic pathways. The Journal of Pathology. 191(3). 257–263. 70 indexed citations

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Nishizuka, Satoshi, Ken Sakata, Nobuhiro Sato, et al.. (1998). Infrequent frameshift mutations of polynucleotide repeats in multiple primary cancers affecting the esophagus and other organs. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 23(4). 317–322. 10 indexed citations

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Hozumi, Atsushi, et al.. (1993). Mechanical properties of (Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-based piezoelectric ceramics. 58. 136–142. 21 indexed citations

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Takenaka, Tadashi, et al.. (1990). Piezoelectric properties of (Bi _1/2 Na _1/2 )TiO ₃ -based ceramics. Ferroelectrics. 106(1). 375–380. 201 indexed citations

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