Kiwamu Saito

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kiwamu Saito is a scholar working on Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kiwamu Saito has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Radiation, 16 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kiwamu Saito's work include Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (17 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (12 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (7 papers). Kiwamu Saito is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (17 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (12 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (7 papers). Kiwamu Saito collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Italy. Kiwamu Saito's co-authors include Toshio Yanagida, Makio Tokunaga, Yoshie Harada, Takashi Funatsu, Noriyuki Kodera, Daisuke Maruyama, Eisuke Takai, A. Toda, Toshio Ando and Atsuko H. Iwane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kiwamu Saito

41 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A high-speed atomic force microscope for studying biological macromolecules

2001 811 citations Toshio Ando, Noriyuki Kodera et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Imaging of single fluorescent molecules and individual ATP turnovers by single myosin molecules in aqueous solution

1995 795 citations Takashi Funatsu, Yoshie Harada et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kiwamu Saito Japan	17	1.2k	1.2k	592	568	499	47	2.6k
Kengo Adachi Japan	27	683 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	165 0.3×	221 0.4×	292 0.6×	94	3.2k
Joshua C. Vaughan United States	28	845 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	2.4k 4.1×	1.3k 2.3×	232 0.5×	51	4.7k
Hongyun Wang United States	30	354 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	79 0.1×	743 1.3×	311 0.6×	114	3.0k
José-Angel Conchello United States	16	417 0.3×	713 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	1.1k 1.9×	166 0.3×	41	2.7k
Marco Lazzarino Italy	26	813 0.7×	504 0.4×	94 0.2×	853 1.5×	624 1.3×	135	2.2k
Osamu Miyashita Japan	26	537 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	100 0.2×	110 0.2×	292 0.6×	115	2.8k
Atsuko H. Iwane Japan	26	645 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	400 0.7×	256 0.5×	227 0.5×	68	2.3k
Bernd Rieger Netherlands	30	463 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	2.3k 4.0×	1.2k 2.1×	287 0.6×	91	3.8k
Gerhard A. Blab Netherlands	20	280 0.2×	700 0.6×	722 1.2×	723 1.3×	184 0.4×	43	1.8k
Marcel Leutenegger Germany	28	539 0.5×	942 0.8×	1.7k 2.9×	1.1k 2.0×	204 0.4×	57	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kiwamu Saito

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kiwamu Saito

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Takeuchi, Akihiro, Kiwamu Saito, Y. Kishimoto, Takahiro Oyama, & Toshiya Sanami. (2020). Scintillation and ionization yields of helium–xenon gas mixture for application in neutron detectors. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 59(4). 46001–46001.

Tachibana, Keisuke, Kiwamu Saito, Tokuyuki Yoshida, et al.. (2014). Design and evaluation of locked nucleic acid-based splice-switching oligonucleotidesin vitro. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(12). 8174–8187. 52 indexed citations

Sasaki, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2011). Average energy to produce an ion pair in gases for high energy heavy ions. 1873–1876.

Arakaki, Takemitsu, et al.. (2009). Contribution of fulvic acid to the photochemical formation of Fe(II) in acidic Suwannee River fulvic acid solutions. Chemosphere. 78(8). 1023–1027. 6 indexed citations

Sasaki, Shin‐ichi, et al.. (2009). W-values for heavy ions in gases. 702–705. 2 indexed citations

Sasaki, Shin‐ichi, Hiroko Tawara, Kiwamu Saito, M. Miyajima, & E. Shibamura. (2006). Average Energies Required per Scintillation Photon and Energy Resolutions in NaI(Tl) and CsI(Tl) Crystals for Gamma Rays. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45(8R). 6420–6420. 17 indexed citations

Saito, Kiwamu, et al.. (2005). Analysis of induced radionuclides in low-activation concrete (limestone concrete) using the 12 GeV proton synchrotron accelerator facility at KEK. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 116(1-4). 647–652. 7 indexed citations

Kawai, M., Kiwamu Saito, Toshiya Sanami, Noriaki Nakao, & F. Maekawa. (2005). Study of the neutron beam line shield design for JSNS. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 115(1-4). 580–586. 4 indexed citations

Kawaguchi, Kenichi, et al.. (2003). SDH cross-connect system architecture. j61 b. 847–852. 1 indexed citations

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Ando, Toshio, Noriyuki Kodera, Eisuke Takai, et al.. (2001). A high-speed atomic force microscope for studying biological macromolecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12468–12472. 811 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iko, Yuko, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Mikio Tanabe, et al.. (2001). ATP Synthase F1 Sector Rotation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(50). 47508–47511. 21 indexed citations

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Tawara, Hiroko, et al.. (2000). A Monte-Carlo method for determining absolute scintillation-photon yields and energy resolution of scintillators for gamma rays. 5 indexed citations

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Omote, Hiroshi, Kiwamu Saito, Yoshihiro Sambongi, et al.. (1999). The γ-subunit rotation and torque generation in F ₁ -ATPase from wild-type or uncoupled mutant Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(14). 7780–7784. 115 indexed citations

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Yokota, Hiroaki, Kiwamu Saito, & Toshio Yanagida. (1998). Single Molecule Imaging of Fluorescently Labeled Proteins on Metal by Surface Plasmons in Aqueous Solution. Physical Review Letters. 80(20). 4606–4609. 74 indexed citations

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Funatsu, Takashi, Yoshie Harada, Hideo Higuchi, et al.. (1997). Imaging and nano-manipulation of single biomolecules. Biophysical Chemistry. 68(1-3). 63–72. 42 indexed citations

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Harada, Yoshie, Takashi Funatsu, Makio Tokunaga, et al.. (1997). Chapter 7 Single Molecule Imaging and Nanomanipulation of Biomolecules. Methods in cell biology. 55. 117–128. 17 indexed citations

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Tokunaga, Makio, K. Kitamura, Kiwamu Saito, Atsuko H. Iwane, & Toshio Yanagida. (1997). Single Molecule Imaging of Fluorophores and Enzymatic Reactions Achieved by Objective-Type Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 235(1). 47–53. 240 indexed citations

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Funatsu, Takashi, Yoshie Harada, Makio Tokunaga, Kiwamu Saito, & Toshio Yanagida. (1995). Imaging of single fluorescent molecules and individual ATP turnovers by single myosin molecules in aqueous solution. Nature. 374(6522). 555–559. 795 indexed citations breakdown →

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Debertin, K., et al.. (1994). 3. Ground-Level Gamma-Ray Spectrometry. Journal of the ICRU. os27(2). 15–27. 1 indexed citations

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Saito, Kiwamu, Takayuki Aoki, Takayuki Aoki, & Toshio Yanagida. (1994). Movement of single myosin filaments and myosin step size on an actin filament suspended in solution by a laser trap. Biophysical Journal. 66(3). 769–777. 69 indexed citations

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