Masahiro Watanabe

29.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
451 papers, 25.5k citations indexed

About

Masahiro Watanabe is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Masahiro Watanabe has authored 451 papers receiving a total of 25.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 296 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 244 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 147 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Masahiro Watanabe's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (248 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (237 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (82 papers). Masahiro Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (248 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (237 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (82 papers). Masahiro Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and France. Masahiro Watanabe's co-authors include Hiroyuki Uchida, Satoshi Motoo, Kenji Miyatake, Hiroshi Igarashi, Makoto Uchida, Takako Toda, Byungchan Bae, Hiroshi Yano, P. Stonehart and Katsuyoshi Kakinuma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Masahiro Watanabe

437 papers receiving 24.9k citations

Hit Papers

Enhancement of the Electroreduction of Oxygen... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1999 1975 1975 2006 1987 250 500 750 1000
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. Enhancement of the Electroreduction of Oxygen on Pt Alloys with Fe, Ni, and Co
    1999 1.2k citations Hiroyuki Uchida, Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  2. Electrocatalysis by ad-atoms
    1975 1.1k citations Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  3. Electrocatalysis by ad-atoms
    1975 692 citations Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  4. Aliphatic/Aromatic Polyimide Ionomers as a Proton Conductive Membrane for Fuel Cell Applications
    2006 588 citations Kenji Miyatake, Hiroyuki Uchida et al. profile →
  5. Preparation of highly dispersed Pt + Ru alloy clusters and the activity for the electrooxidation of methanol
    1987 511 citations Masahiro Watanabe, Makoto Uchida et al. profile →
  6. Anion Conductive Block Poly(arylene ether)s: Synthesis, Properties, and Application in Alkaline Fuel Cells
    2011 481 citations Kenji Miyatake, Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →
  7. Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on Various Metal Electrodes in Low‐Temperature Aqueous  KHCO 3 Media
    1990 424 citations Masashi Azuma, Masahiro Watanabe et al. profile →

Peers

Masahiro Watanabe
Ulrich Stimming Germany
Wei Xing China
Chuan Zhao Australia
Yung‐Eun Sung South Korea
Zhi‐You Zhou China
Qing Peng China
Shibo Xi Singapore
Ming Gong China
Xi‐Wen Du China
Minhua Shao Hong Kong
Ulrich Stimming Germany
Masahiro Watanabe
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masahiro Watanabe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masahiro Watanabe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masahiro Watanabe 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 Watanabe. Masahiro Watanabe 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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Kunimatsu, Keiji, Hiroyuki Uchida, & Masahiro Watanabe. (2024). Interactions between adsorbed hydrogen and water molecules on a polycrystalline Pt electrode studied by in-situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 954. 118037–118037. 8 indexed citations
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Yanai, Hiroshi, Naoki Hirayama, Junji Inukai, et al.. (2022). Neutron imaging of generated water inside polymer electrolyte fuel cell using newly-developed gas diffusion layer with gas flow channels during power generation. Journal of Power Sources. 530. 231251–231251. 36 indexed citations
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Miyake, Junpei, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and properties of sulfonated block poly(arylene ether)s containing m-terphenyl groups as proton conductive membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 476. 156–161. 28 indexed citations
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Nagase, Kenichi, Takeo Suga, Makoto Uchida, et al.. (2014). Real-time visualization of oxygen partial pressures in straight channels of running polymer electrolyte fuel cell with water plugging. Journal of Power Sources. 273. 873–877. 8 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (2013). Design Appearance-Preserving Recoloring System Based on Color Saliency for the People with Color Vision Deficiencies. 96(1). 144–153. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and Properties of Metal-Templated Polyrotaxane. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 68(10). 702–709. 1 indexed citations
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Noguchi, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2006). Voxel Based Simulation for Blood Flow and Blood Wall Interaction Using Image of Medical Treatment. Theoretical and applied mechanics Japan. 55. 271–278.
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Uchida, Hiroyuki & Masahiro Watanabe. (2003). Status and Research Subjects of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells.. MEMBRANE. 28(1). 2–7.
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Yabukami, S., et al.. (1997). Electromagnetic Noise Measurement System Using a Magnetic Field Sensing Coil Array. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 21(4_2). 809–812.
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Yabukami, S., et al.. (1996). High-Frequency Permeance Measurements Using a Microstrip Coil. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 20(2). 589–593. 6 indexed citations
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Yabukami, S., et al.. (1996). Measuring Noise from a Personal Computer by Using a Microstrip Coil Array.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 20(2). 529–532. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro. (1994). Carbon Materials Used in Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells. TANSO. 1994(165). 307–314. 4 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (1991). Design of Allory Electrocatalysts for CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction (I)．The Selective and Reversible Reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> at Cu-Ni Alloy Electrodes. Denki Kagaku oyobi Kogyo Butsuri Kagaku. 59(6). 508–516. 9 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Masahiro, et al.. (1991). AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE SAFETY BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN IN A DASHING-OUT SITUATION - EFFECTS OF VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON SAFETY BEHAVIOR. IATSS Research. 15(1). 39–46. 12 indexed citations

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