Masahiro Kawakami

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Kawakami is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Kawakami has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Kawakami's work include Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (39 papers), Iron and Steelmaking Processes (17 papers) and Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes (11 papers). Masahiro Kawakami is often cited by papers focused on Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (39 papers), Iron and Steelmaking Processes (17 papers) and Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes (11 papers). Masahiro Kawakami collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Australia. Masahiro Kawakami's co-authors include Eiji HASEGAWA, Mizuho Morita, T. Ohmi, Toshihide Takenaka, Seiji Yokoyama, K. K. Suma, Kazuhiro S. Goto, Hirofumi Saito, Giovanni B. Flores d’Arcais and S. K. Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Kawakami

95 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Growth of native oxide on a silicon surface 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Growth of native oxide on a silicon surface
    1990 708 citations Mizuho Morita, T. Ohmi et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masahiro Kawakami Japan 16 781 677 667 467 241 98 1.9k
Shichao Song China 23 862 1.1× 313 0.5× 558 0.8× 462 1.0× 242 1.0× 60 1.9k
D. Chandra United States 22 510 0.7× 706 1.0× 521 0.8× 797 1.7× 334 1.4× 84 2.1k
C.R.M. Grovenor United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.4× 960 1.4× 305 0.5× 555 1.2× 388 1.6× 75 2.5k
Kevin M. Knowles United Kingdom 22 1.3k 1.6× 499 0.7× 855 1.3× 252 0.5× 130 0.5× 87 2.3k
Xuan Zhang China 19 890 1.1× 454 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 706 1.5× 239 1.0× 65 2.6k
Vijay Sivan Australia 16 543 0.7× 596 0.9× 530 0.8× 698 1.5× 96 0.4× 41 1.8k
Rong Ji Singapore 29 818 1.0× 636 0.9× 601 0.9× 568 1.2× 252 1.0× 134 2.2k
Steven B. Fairchild United States 17 1.2k 1.5× 489 0.7× 308 0.5× 501 1.1× 257 1.1× 54 1.7k
Xuegeng Yang Germany 27 481 0.6× 814 1.2× 315 0.5× 553 1.2× 139 0.6× 79 1.8k
Guoqiang Li China 24 1.2k 1.5× 746 1.1× 244 0.4× 396 0.8× 308 1.3× 60 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masahiro Kawakami

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Kawakami

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masahiro Kawakami. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masahiro Kawakami 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 Masahiro Kawakami. Masahiro Kawakami 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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Takenaka, Toshihide, et al.. (2008). Desiliconization and Decarburization of Molten Pig Iron by Injection of Weakly Oxidizing Gas. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 94(11). 483–490. 3 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Seiji, et al.. (2007). Control of Formation of Spinel Inclusion in Type 304 Stainless Steel by Slag Composition. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 93(7). 475–482. 36 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Seiji, et al.. (2007). Formation Mechanism of Inclusions Containing MgO Al2O3 Spinet in Type 304 Stainless Steel. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 93(3). 208–214. 27 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, Shigeru Shimamura, Yusuke Moriyoshi, et al.. (2006). PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE BY A REACTION OF CALCIUM TUNGSTATE WITH PHOSPHATE. Phosphorus Research Bulletin. 20. 171–174. 1 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (2004). Possibility of Several Steelmaking Reactions by the Injection of H<SUB>2</SUB> into Molten Steel. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 90(6). 422–428. 2 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (2004). Micro Pore Structure and Reaction Rate of Coke, Wood Charcoal and Graphite with CO2. ISIJ International. 44(12). 2018–2022. 13 indexed citations
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CHINO, Atsushi, et al.. (1996). Applicability of Several Estimation Methods of Inclusions in Steel.. ISIJ International. 36(Suppl). S144–S147. 5 indexed citations
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d’Arcais, Giovanni B. Flores, Hirofumi Saito, & Masahiro Kawakami. (1995). Phonological and semantic activation in reading kanji characters.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 21(1). 34–42. 33 indexed citations
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Kim, Jeongsik, et al.. (1995). Effect of Ar Bubbling on Removal Rate of Alumina Inclusion in Al Deoxidized Steel. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 81(3). 167–172. 7 indexed citations
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Takenaka, Toshihide, et al.. (1994). Synthesis of Calcium Hydride from Calcium Carbide in H<SUB>2</SUB> Gas Stream. Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials. 58(3). 283–290. 1 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (1992). Mechanism of Bubble Disintegration and Acceleration of Gas-Liquid Reaction with Ultrasonic Vibrating Nozzle in Water Model Experiment. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 78(5). 745–752. 5 indexed citations
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Yokoyama, Seiji, et al.. (1992). Rate of Smelting Reduction of Chromite Ore by the Dissolved Carbon in Molten Iron and Slag Foaming during the Reduction. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 78(2). 223–230. 6 indexed citations
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Matsugi, Kazuhiro, Masahiro Kawakami, Yoshinori Murata, Masahiko Morinaga, & Natsuo Yukawa. (1991). Accelerated Oxidation of Single Crystal Ni-10Cr-12Al-Ta-W Superalloys Coated with a Na<SUB>2</SUB>SO<SUB>4</SUB>-NaCl Salt. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 77(9). 1503–1510. 8 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (1990). Metallurgical Characteristics of Combined Blowing Converter. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 76(11). 1791–1800. 3 indexed citations
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Morita, Mizuho, T. Ohmi, Eiji HASEGAWA, Masahiro Kawakami, & K. K. Suma. (1989). Control factor of native oxide growth on silicon in air or in ultrapure water. Applied Physics Letters. 55(6). 562–564. 163 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (1987). Kinetic Study on the Smelting Reduction of Bottom-injected Chromite Ore Powder by Dissolved Carbon in Iron Melt. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 73(7). 820–827. 2 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro, et al.. (1982). Statistical Analysis of Gas Bubbles Dispersion in Liquid Phase. Tetsu-to-Hagane. 68(7). 774–783. 9 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro & Kazuhiro S. Goto. (1976). Oxygen Diffusivity in Molten Iron Determined by Oxygen Concentration Cell Technique at 1550℃. Transactions of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan. 16(4). 204–207. 4 indexed citations
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Kawakami, Masahiro. (1958). Some Fundamental Considerations on Active Four-Terminal Linear Networks. IRE Transactions on Circuit Theory. 5(2). 115–121. 5 indexed citations

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