Masahiro Kawaji

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Kawaji is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Kawaji has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 89 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 73 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Kawaji's work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (71 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (51 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (38 papers). Masahiro Kawaji is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (71 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Mixing (51 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (38 papers). Masahiro Kawaji collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Masahiro Kawaji's co-authors include Peter M.-Y. Chung, Akimaro KAWAHARA, Dinesh V. Kalaga, A. M. C. Chan, K.E. ArunKumar, Ch. Mohan Sai Kumar, Timothy M. Brenza, R. Dowlati, Gholamreza Karimi and Rafael M. Santos and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Engineering Journal and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Kawaji

171 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Investigation of two-phase flow pattern, void fraction and pressure drop in a microchannel

2002 484 citations Peter M.-Y. Chung, Masahiro Kawaji et al. International Journal of Multiphase Flow profile →
Comparative analysis of Gated Recurrent Units (GRU), long Short-Term memory (LSTM) cells, autoregressive Integrated moving average (ARIMA), seasonal autoregressive Integrated moving average (SARIMA) for forecasting COVID-19 trends

2022 154 citations K.E. ArunKumar, Dinesh V. Kalaga et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masahiro Kawaji Canada	33	2.3k	1.9k	1.8k	502	371	174	4.2k
Afshin J. Ghajar United States	30	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	484 1.0×	326 0.9×	136	3.9k
Yogesh Jaluria United States	36	2.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	2.9k 1.6×	575 1.1×	275 0.7×	290	6.1k
Mostafa Safdari Shadloo France	49	3.2k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	402 0.8×	286 0.8×	129	6.7k
Giulio Lorenzini Italy	42	4.4k 1.9×	3.2k 1.7×	2.4k 1.4×	294 0.6×	208 0.6×	358	6.7k
Clifford K. Ho United States	37	2.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	287 0.6×	399 1.1×	274	5.9k
S. A. Sherif United States	30	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	555 1.1×	126 0.3×	201	5.5k
Leon R. Glicksman United States	37	1.6k 0.7×	692 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	495 1.0×	550 1.5×	138	5.1k
Feng‐Chen Li China	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	474 0.9×	258 0.7×	247	4.0k
A. A. Mohamad Canada	42	2.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	4.7k 2.7×	622 1.2×	181 0.5×	197	7.1k
W.J. Minkowycz United States	37	2.6k 1.1×	2.6k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	705 1.4×	173 0.5×	166	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Kawaji

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Bindra, Hitesh, et al.. (2025). Effects of break geometry and orientation on helium-air mixing in simulated reactor cavities of high temperature gas reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 433. 113878–113878. 1 indexed citations

Kalaga, Dinesh V., et al.. (2024). Helium-air mixing in simulated reactor cavities of high temperature gas reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 420. 113014–113014. 2 indexed citations

Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (2023). Multiplexable fiber Bragg grating flow sensor enabled by femtosecond laser. 16–16. 1 indexed citations

ArunKumar, K.E., Dinesh V. Kalaga, Ch. Mohan Sai Kumar, Masahiro Kawaji, & Timothy M. Brenza. (2021). Forecasting of COVID-19 using deep layer Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cells. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 146. 110861–110861. 129 indexed citations

Swank, W. David, et al.. (2017). Thermal Conductivity of G-348 Isostatic Graphite. Nuclear Technology. 199(1). 103–109. 9 indexed citations

Cortés, Pablo, et al.. (2015). The effect of gravity on moisture loss and oil absorption profiles during a simulated frying process using glass micromodels. Food and Bioproducts Processing. 95. 133–145. 11 indexed citations

Santos, Rafael M. & Masahiro Kawaji. (2012). DEVELOPMENTS ON WETTING EFFECTS IN MICROFLUIDIC SLUG FLOW. Chemical Engineering Communications. 199(12). 1626–1641. 24 indexed citations

Liang, Ruquan, Shuang Liang, Junhong Ji, et al.. (2011). Effect of G-Jitter on multiphase fluid systems. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 31(3). 355–355. 1 indexed citations

Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (2011). Vibration-Induced Attraction of a Particle Towards a Wall in Microgravity—The Mechanism of Attraction Force. Microgravity Science and Technology. 24(1). 53–64. 15 indexed citations

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Fumoto, Koji, Masahiro Kawaji, & Tsuyoshi Kawanami. (2010). Study on Tetradecane Nanoemulsion for Thermal Energy Transportation and Storage. 27(4). 347–354. 1 indexed citations

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Pan, Shu, et al.. (2007). Theoretical approach to evaluate thermodiffusion in aqueous alkanol solutions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 126(1). 14502–14502. 29 indexed citations

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Kimura, Ryuji, et al.. (2007). Optical Measurement of Void Fraction and Bubble Size Distributions in a Microchannel. Heat Transfer Engineering. 28(8-9). 713–719. 30 indexed citations

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Lyubimova, Tatyana, et al.. (2005). Motion of a Sphere Suspended in a Vibrating Liquid-Filled Container. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 73(1). 72–78. 19 indexed citations

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Moran, Kevin, et al.. (2002). Instantaneous hydrodynamics of a laminar wavy liquid film. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 28(5). 731–755. 92 indexed citations

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Chung, Peter M.-Y., et al.. (2001). Turbulence Modification Due to Wave Action at Low Reynolds Numbers in Horizontal Open-Channel Flow. Nuclear Technology. 134(1). 84–96. 2 indexed citations

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Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (1999). Large Bubble Motion in a Fluid Cell under Microgravity:ISCAP Experiments on the Effects of g-jitter and Forced Vibration (g-ジッター特集). 16(4). 245–254. 6 indexed citations

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Ohta, Haruhiko, et al.. (1998). Heat Transfer in Nucleate Pool Boiling under Microgravity Condition. 2. 401–406. 10 indexed citations

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Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (1995). Investigation of Centrifugal Pump Performance Under Two-Phase Flow Conditions. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 117(1). 129–137. 23 indexed citations

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Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (1993). Flow visualization of two-phase flows using photochromic dye activation method. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 141(1-2). 343–355. 27 indexed citations

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Kawaji, Masahiro, et al.. (1990). Investigation of interfacial area and void fraction in upward, cocurrent gas‐liquid flow. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 68(6). 904–912. 12 indexed citations

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