Masaki Saitoh

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Masaki Saitoh is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaki Saitoh has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masaki Saitoh's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (10 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (10 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Masaki Saitoh is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (10 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (10 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Masaki Saitoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Masaki Saitoh's co-authors include Masahiro Yamada, Kenji Watanabe, H. Tamada, Michio Nomura, Harumi Okuyama, Akihiro Moriuchi, Naohiro Yamamoto, Atsuo Yamada, Hiroyuki Matsumoto and Keitaro Hashimoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Masaki Saitoh

66 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

First-order quasi-phase matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodic... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 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. First-order quasi-phase matched LiNbO3 waveguide periodically poled by applying an external field for efficient blue second-harmonic generation
    1993 696 citations Masahiro Yamada, Masaki Saitoh et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaki Saitoh Japan 19 927 823 277 268 219 73 2.0k
Michael Walsh United States 25 628 0.7× 482 0.6× 682 2.5× 45 0.2× 541 2.5× 53 2.2k
Keiichi Ikegami Japan 26 550 0.6× 320 0.4× 460 1.7× 56 0.2× 685 3.1× 176 2.4k
Masahiro Takahashi Japan 27 192 0.2× 272 0.3× 322 1.2× 82 0.3× 599 2.7× 200 2.9k
Jong Yeon Kim South Korea 19 208 0.2× 363 0.4× 55 0.2× 78 0.3× 193 0.9× 101 1.3k
John Weaver United Kingdom 27 467 0.5× 349 0.4× 443 1.6× 30 0.1× 299 1.4× 90 2.0k
Makoto Miyoshi Japan 24 201 0.2× 453 0.6× 453 1.6× 113 0.4× 512 2.3× 161 2.2k
Thomas R. Wood United States 20 399 0.4× 428 0.5× 65 0.2× 99 0.4× 141 0.6× 88 1.6k
Steven H. Grossman United States 25 212 0.2× 283 0.3× 289 1.0× 71 0.3× 873 4.0× 67 2.8k
Frank Fischer Germany 32 497 0.5× 598 0.7× 435 1.6× 45 0.2× 1.3k 5.8× 123 3.7k
Wondong Kim South Korea 25 521 0.6× 363 0.4× 561 2.0× 40 0.1× 1.1k 4.8× 61 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masaki Saitoh

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaki Saitoh

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All Works

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Yamamoto, Daisuke, Emiko Tsuda, Masaki Saitoh, Tomihiro Imai, & Shun Shimohama. (2014). A case of atypical Tolosa-Hunt syndrome with a contrast enhanced lesion of the oculomotor and trigeminal nerves on MRI. Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 54(11). 903–906.
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Imai, Tomihiro, Emiko Tsuda, Masaki Saitoh, et al.. (2012). Early effect of tacrolimus in improving excitation–contraction coupling in myasthenia gravis. Clinical Neurophysiology. 123(9). 1886–1890. 15 indexed citations
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Han, Meng, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Michio Nonaka, et al.. (2011). Relationship between dysphagia and depressive states in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 17(6). 437–439. 46 indexed citations
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Sanaka, Masaki, Hajime Anjiki, Hiroko Tsutsumi, et al.. (2005). Effect of cigarette smoking on gastric emptying of solids in Japanese smokers: a crossover study using the 13C-octanoic acid breath test. Journal of Gastroenterology. 40(6). 578–582. 32 indexed citations
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Imai, Tomihiro, Masaki Saitoh, & Hiroyuki Matsumoto. (2003). Eosinophilic fasciitis: MRI evaluation. Neurology. 61(3). 416–416. 8 indexed citations
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Mitani, Akiko, Fumiko Yamaki, Hikaru Tanaka, et al.. (2001). HNS-32, a novel azulene-1-carboxamidine derivative, inhibits nifedipine-sensitive and -insensitive contraction of the isolated rabbit aorta. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 363(3). 344–352. 6 indexed citations
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Saitoh, Masaki, Hitomi Sano, Hirofumi Chiba, et al.. (2000). Importance of the Carboxy-Terminal 25 Amino Acid Residues of Lung Collectins in Interactions with Lipids and Alveolar Type II Cells. Biochemistry. 39(5). 1059–1066. 16 indexed citations
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Chiba, Susumu, Toshiro Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, et al.. (1998). Antibodies against Helicobacter pylori were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid obtained from patients with guillain‐barré syndrome. Annals of Neurology. 44(4). 686–688. 19 indexed citations
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Yamada, Masahiro & Masaki Saitoh. (1998). Fabrication of a periodically poled laminar domain structure with a pitch of a few micrometers by applying an external electric field. Journal of Applied Physics. 84(4). 2199–2206. 16 indexed citations
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Saitoh, Masaki, Jun Yano, Tomoo Nakazawa, Yoshikazu Sugihara, & Keitaro Hashimoto. (1996). Voltammetric behavior and electronic molecular structures of several azulenylketones. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 418(1-2). 139–145. 16 indexed citations
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Seki, Tomohisa, et al.. (1995). Studies on Agents with Vasodilator and .BETA.-Blocking Activities. III. Synthesis and Activity of Optical Isomers of TZC-1370.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 43(10). 1719–1723. 2 indexed citations
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Yamada, Atsuo, H. Tamada, & Masaki Saitoh. (1993). Liquid phase epitaxial growth of LiNbO3 thin film using Li2O-B2O3 flux system. Journal of Crystal Growth. 132(1-2). 48–60. 29 indexed citations
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Tamada, H., et al.. (1992). Blue Second-harmonic Generation with Low Cerenkov Angles from Ta2O5/KTiOPO4 Waveguides. QE26. FC3–FC3. 1 indexed citations
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Yamada, Atsuo, H. Tamada, & Masaki Saitoh. (1992). LiNbO3 thin-film optical waveguide grown by liquid phase epitaxy using Li2O-B2O3 flux. Applied Physics Letters. 61(24). 2848–2850. 41 indexed citations
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Ogino, Kenji, et al.. (1991). Clinical significance of hypouricemia in hospitalized patients.. PubMed. 22(2). 76–82. 26 indexed citations
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Tamada, H., Atsuo Yamada, & Masaki Saitoh. (1991). LiNbO3 thin-film optical waveguide grown by liquid phase epitaxy and its application to second-harmonic generation. Journal of Applied Physics. 70(5). 2536–2541. 63 indexed citations
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Saitoh, Masaki, et al.. (1988). Logic simulation system using simulation processor (SP). Design Automation Conference. 225–230. 9 indexed citations

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