Makoto Miyoshi

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Makoto Miyoshi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Makoto Miyoshi has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Makoto Miyoshi's work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (27 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (24 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (21 papers). Makoto Miyoshi is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (27 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (24 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (21 papers). Makoto Miyoshi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Makoto Miyoshi's co-authors include Makoto Inoue, Naomasa Nakai, P. J. Diamond, L. J. Greenhill, J. M. Moran, J. R. Herrnstein, Hiroshi Imai, Yoshiaki Hagiwara, Shuji Deguchi and C. Henkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Makoto Miyoshi

53 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence for a black hole from high rotation velocities i... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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. Evidence for a black hole from high rotation velocities in a sub-parsec region of NGC4258
    1995 559 citations Makoto Miyoshi, Naomasa Nakai et al. profile →
  2. A geometric distance to the galaxy NGC4258 from orbital motions in a nuclear gas disk
    1999 238 citations P. J. Diamond, Makoto Inoue et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Makoto Miyoshi Japan 17 1.5k 439 139 88 62 60 1.5k
Makoto Inoue Japan 21 1.8k 1.2× 943 2.1× 118 0.8× 55 0.6× 59 1.0× 104 1.8k
Keiichi Wada Japan 24 1.6k 1.1× 217 0.5× 224 1.6× 90 1.0× 37 0.6× 70 1.6k
K. Y. Lo United States 26 2.1k 1.4× 518 1.2× 341 2.5× 108 1.2× 98 1.6× 51 2.1k
G. Tenorio‐Tagle Mexico 27 2.2k 1.5× 359 0.8× 281 2.0× 106 1.2× 67 1.1× 130 2.3k
Mattia C. Sormani Germany 21 1.3k 0.9× 170 0.4× 238 1.7× 85 1.0× 67 1.1× 70 1.4k
I. Martí‐Vidal Spain 21 1.2k 0.8× 665 1.5× 95 0.7× 37 0.4× 53 0.9× 94 1.2k
Paul C. Duffell United States 20 2.5k 1.7× 365 0.8× 349 2.5× 47 0.5× 43 0.7× 40 2.6k
T. Kelsall United States 16 1.5k 1.0× 281 0.6× 278 2.0× 64 0.7× 61 1.0× 43 1.5k
M. Centurión Italy 17 805 0.6× 224 0.5× 182 1.3× 37 0.4× 104 1.7× 28 895
L. Dedes Germany 8 1.5k 1.0× 492 1.1× 121 0.9× 41 0.5× 30 0.5× 12 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Makoto Miyoshi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Makoto Miyoshi

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

All Works

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Dong, Liang, Makoto Miyoshi, Xiaodong Gu, et al.. (2025). An Ultra-Compact CPO Transceiver Based on a 1060-nm Single-Mode VCSEL Array and Multicore Fibers. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 43(13). 6176–6186. 1 indexed citations
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Miyoshi, Makoto, Y. Kato, & Junichiro Makino. (2024). An independent hybrid imaging of Sgr A* from the data in EHT 2017 observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534(4). 3237–3264. 3 indexed citations
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Miyoshi, Makoto, Y. Kato, Junichiro Makino, & Masato Tsuboi. (2024). The Jet and Resolved Features of the Central Supermassive Black Hole of M87 Observed with EHT in 2017—Comparison with the GMVA 86 GHz Results. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 963(1). L18–L18. 6 indexed citations
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Miyoshi, Makoto, Y. Kato, & Junichiro Makino. (2022). The Jet and Resolved Features of the Central Supermassive Black Hole of M87 Observed with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 36–36. 12 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masato, et al.. (2022). ALMA astrometry of the objects within 0.5 pc of Sagittarius A*. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 74(4). 738–756. 3 indexed citations
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Miyoshi, Makoto, et al.. (2022). Novel Packaging Structure Using VCSEL Array and Multi-Core Fiber for Co-Packaged Optics. 9–12. 10 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masato, et al.. (2020). Where is the western part of the Galactic Center Lobe located really?. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 72(5). 6 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masato, et al.. (2019). Rotating ionized gas ring around the Galactic center IRS13E3. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 71(5). 12 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Hiroshi, et al.. (2017). Capabilities and Present Status of The Sicaya Radio Telescope in Peru. 49. 59–59. 1 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masato, Yoshiharu Asaki, Yoshinori Yonekura, et al.. (2014). Progress Report of the Monitor of Sgr A* with Japanese VLBI Network at 22 GHz until 2014/76. The astronomer's telegram. 6004. 1.
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Tsuboi, Masato, Yoshiharu Asaki, Osamu Kameya, et al.. (2014). NO MICROWAVE FLARE OF SAGITTARIUS A* AROUND THE G2 PERIASTRON PASSING. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 798(1). L6–L6. 5 indexed citations
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Asaki, Yoshiharu, Shuji Deguchi, Hiroshi Imai, et al.. (2010). DISTANCE AND PROPER MOTION MEASUREMENT OF THE RED SUPERGIANT, S PERSEI, WITH VLBI H2O MASER ASTROMETRY. The Astrophysical Journal. 721(1). 267–277. 29 indexed citations
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Li, Juan, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Atsushi Miyazaki, et al.. (2009). THE VARIABILITY OF SAGITTARIUS A* AT 3 MILLIMETER. The Astrophysical Journal. 700(1). 417–425. 10 indexed citations
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Ishitsuka, M., N. Kaifu, Shoken M. Miyama, et al.. (2006). A New Astronomical Facility for Peru: Converting a Telecommunication's 32 Meter Parabolic Antenna into a Radio Telescope. 5. 55. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Zhi-Qiang, Mao‐Chang Liang, K. Y. Lo, & Makoto Miyoshi. (2003). Searching for Structural Variability in Sgr A*. Astronomische Nachrichten. 324(S1). 383–389. 4 indexed citations
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Imai, Hiroshi, Katsunori M. Shibata, Kevin B. Marvel, et al.. (2003). The Three‐dimensional Kinematics of Water Masers around the Semiregular Variable RT Virginis. The Astrophysical Journal. 590(1). 460–472. 19 indexed citations
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Nakai, Naomasa, Makoto Inoue, Yoshiaki Hagiwara, Makoto Miyoshi, & P. J. Diamond. (1998). VLBI Observations of a Megamaser in a Seyfert Galaxy IC 2560. International Astronomical Union Colloquium. 164. 237–238. 1 indexed citations
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Nakai, Naomasa, et al.. (1995). Search for Extremely-High-Velocity H2O Maser Emission in Seyfert Galaxies. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 47(6). 771–799. 4 indexed citations
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Takaba, Hiroshi, Nobuharu Ukita, & Makoto Miyoshi. (1994). Spectral Evolution of the H2O Maser in Late-Type Stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 46(6). 629–642. 3 indexed citations

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