Masahiko Kimura

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Masahiko Kimura is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiko Kimura has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Instrumentation and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Masahiko Kimura's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (14 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers). Masahiko Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (14 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (8 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers). Masahiko Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and Australia. Masahiko Kimura's co-authors include Mamoru Doi, Masaru Hamabe, Naoki Yasuda, Hisanori Furusawa, Masafumi Yagi, Sadanori Okamura, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masami Ouchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku and Yutaka Komiyama and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Masahiko Kimura

19 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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

Masahiko Kimura
Alexander B. Rogers United Kingdom
T. Dahlén United States
Emma Curtis-Lake United Kingdom
Fumiaki Nakata Japan
Carrie Bridge United States
Takatoshi Shibuya Japan
Xianzhong Zheng China
H. Bushouse United States
Kazuaki Ota Japan
Masaru Hamabe Japan
Alexander B. Rogers United Kingdom
Masahiko Kimura
Citations per year, relative to Masahiko Kimura Masahiko Kimura (= 1×) peers Alexander B. Rogers

Countries citing papers authored by Masahiko Kimura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masahiko Kimura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiko Kimura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masahiko Kimura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masahiko Kimura 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 Masahiko Kimura. Masahiko Kimura 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
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Motohara, Kentaro, Ichi Tanaka, Takashi Hattori, et al.. (2020). ULTIMATE-Subaru: conceptual design of WFI, a near-infrared wide field imager. NPARC. 22–22. 3 indexed citations
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Yabe, Kiyoto, Kouji Ohta, Fumihide Iwamuro, et al.. (2013). The mass–metallicity relation at z ∼ 1.4 revealed with Subaru/FMOS★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(4). 3647–3663. 51 indexed citations
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Yamada, Takumi, et al.. (2006). Effectiveness of Cough Exercise and Expiratory Muscle Training: A Meta-analysis. Journal of Physical Therapy Science. 18(1). 5–10. 7 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Masami, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Sadanori Okamura, et al.. (2004). Subaru Deep Survey. VI. A Census of Lyman Break Galaxies atz ≃ 4 and 5 in the Subaru Deep Fields: Clustering Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 611(2). 685–702. 109 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Masami, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Sadanori Okamura, et al.. (2004). Subaru Deep Survey. V. A Census of Lyman Break Galaxies atz ≃ 4 and 5 in the Subaru Deep Fields: Photometric Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 611(2). 660–684. 262 indexed citations
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Iwamuro, Fumihide, Masahiko Kimura, Shigeru Eto, et al.. (2004). Feii/MgiiEmission‐Line Ratios of QSOs. II.z> 6 Objects. The Astrophysical Journal. 614(1). 69–74. 39 indexed citations
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Yoshida, M., Youichi Ohyama, Masanori Iye, et al.. (2004). Subaru Deep Spectroscopy of the Very Extended Emission-Line Region of NGC 4388: Ram Pressure Stripped Gas Ionized by Nuclear Radiation. The Astronomical Journal. 127(1). 90–104. 38 indexed citations
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Eto, Shigeru, Toshinori Maihara, Kouji Ohta, et al.. (2004). The fiber multi-object spectrograph (FMOS) for the Subaru Telescope III. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5492. 1314–1314.
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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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Iwamuro, Fumihide, Kentaro Motohara, Toshinori Maihara, et al.. (2003). Infrared Spectroscopy of 15 Radio Galaxies at [FORMULA][F]2<z<2.6[/F][/FORMULA]. The Astrophysical Journal. 598(1). 178–189. 19 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
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Komiyama, Yutaka, Satoshi Miyazaki, Masafumi Yagi, et al.. (2003). Suprime-Cam: Subaru prime focus camera. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 152–152. 9 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Masami, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Hisanori Furusawa, et al.. (2003). Subaru Deep Survey. II. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Properties of Lyα Emitters atz = 4.86 in the Subaru Deep Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 582(1). 60–68. 167 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masahiko, Toshinori Maihara, Kouji Ohta, et al.. (2003). Fibre-Multi-Object Spectrograph (FMOS) for Subaru Telescope. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4841. 974–974. 8 indexed citations
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Okamura, Sadanori, Naoki Yasuda, M. Arnaboldi, et al.. (2002). Candidates for Intracluster Planetary Nebulae in the Virgo Cluster Based on the Suprime-Cam Narrow-Band Imaging in [O III] and $\mathrm{H}\alpha$. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 54(6). 883–889. 19 indexed citations
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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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Iwamuro, Fumihide, Kentaro Motohara, Toshinori Maihara, et al.. (2002). Feii/MgiiEmission‐Line Ratios of QSOs within 0 <z< 5.3. The Astrophysical Journal. 565(1). 63–77. 43 indexed citations
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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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Yoshida, M., Masafumi Yagi, Sadanori Okamura, et al.. (2002). Discovery of a Very Extended Emission‐Line Region around the Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 4388. The Astrophysical Journal. 567(1). 118–129. 69 indexed citations
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Ouchi, Masami, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Sadanori Okamura, et al.. (2001). Clustering Properties of Galaxies at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ∼ 4 in the Subaru/[ITAL]XMM[/ITAL] Deep Survey Field. The Astrophysical Journal. 558(2). L83–L86. 45 indexed citations

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