Masanao Abe

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Masanao Abe is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masanao Abe has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Masanao Abe's work include Astro and Planetary Science (83 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (78 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (22 papers). Masanao Abe is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (83 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (78 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (22 papers). Masanao Abe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Masanao Abe's co-authors include Makoto Yoshikawa, Satoru Nakazawa, Yuichi Tsuda, Hiroyuki Minamino, Sunao Hasegawa, Toru Yada, Tatsuaki Okada, Arata Yanagisawa, Tohru Fukuyama and Atsushi Endo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Masanao Abe

101 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

  1. System design of the Hayabusa 2—Asteroid sample return mission to 1999 JU3
    2013 317 citations Makoto Yoshikawa, Masanao Abe et al. profile →

Peers

Masanao Abe
G. Bellucci Italy
Michael S. P. Kelley United States
I. Ribas Spain
Bernard Foing Netherlands
Sen Hu China
L. W. Beegle United States
R. P. Weaver United States
Shigeru Yamashita Japan
Hidetoshi Shibuya Japan
Jian‐Yang Li United States
G. Bellucci Italy
Masanao Abe
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Fields of papers citing papers by Masanao Abe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masanao Abe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masanao Abe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masanao Abe 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 Masanao Abe. Masanao Abe 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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Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Nicolas Dauphas, Ryota Fukai, et al.. (2025). The elemental abundances of Ryugu: Assessment of chemical heterogeneities and the nugget effect. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL. 59(2). 45–63. 3 indexed citations
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Hatakeda, Kentaro, Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, et al.. (2023). Homogeneity and heterogeneity in near-infrared FTIR spectra of Ryugu returned samples. Earth Planets and Space. 75(1). 6 indexed citations
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Nakato, Aiko, Shizuho Furuya, Masahiro Nishimura, et al.. (2022). Ryugu particles found outside the Hayabusa2 sample container. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL. 56(6). 197–222. 1 indexed citations
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Domingue, D. L., K. Kitazato, M. Matsuoka, et al.. (2021). Spectrophotometric Properties of 162173 Ryugu’s Surface from the NIRS3 Opposition Observations. The Planetary Science Journal. 2(5). 178–178. 1 indexed citations
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Ito, Motoo, Naotaka Tomioka, Kentaro Uesugi, et al.. (2020). The universal sample holders of microanalytical instruments of FIB, TEM, NanoSIMS, and STXM-NEXAFS for the coordinated analysis of extraterrestrial materials. Earth Planets and Space. 72(1). 10 indexed citations
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Uesugi, Masayuki, Kaori Hirahara, Kentaro Uesugi, et al.. (2020). Development of a sample holder for synchrotron radiation-based computed tomography and diffraction analysis of extraterrestrial materials. Review of Scientific Instruments. 91(3). 35107–35107. 6 indexed citations
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Nakauchi, Yusuke, Masanao Abe, M. Ohtake, et al.. (2020). The formation of H2O and Si-OH by H2+ irradiation in major minerals of carbonaceous chondrites. Icarus. 355. 114140–114140. 18 indexed citations
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Kitazato, K., R. E. Milliken, Takahiro Iwata, et al.. (2019). Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Surface composition as observed by Hayabusa2/NIRS3. 2019.
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Matsumoto, Toru, A. Tsuchiyama, Naoki Watanabe, et al.. (2015). Systematic Ion Irradiation Experiments to Olivine: Comparison with Space Weathered Rims of Itokawa Regolith Particles. LPICo. 1878. 2045. 2 indexed citations
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Yada, Toru, Masanao Abe, Masayuki Uesugi, et al.. (2014). A Nature of Particles in the Hayabusa Sample Catcher and Contamination Controls for Hayabusa 2 Sample Containers. JAXA Repository (JAXA). 77(1800). 5239. 2 indexed citations
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Iwata, Takahiro, K. Kitazato, Masanao Abe, et al.. (2014). Performances of Flight Model of NIRS3: the Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa-2. European Planetary Science Congress. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Abe, Masanao, A. Fujimura, Chisato Okamoto, et al.. (2011). Recovery, Transportation and Acceptance to the Curation Facility of the Hayabusa Re-Entry Capsule. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1638. 5 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Tomoki, T. Noguchi, M. Tanaka, et al.. (2011). Mineralogy and Major Element Abundance of the Dust Particles Recovered from Muses-C Regio on the Asteroid Itokawa. 1766. 5 indexed citations
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Hasegawa, Sunao, et al.. (2009). BRz' Phase Function of Asteroid 4 Vesta During the 2006 Opposition. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1503. 6 indexed citations
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Abe, Masanao, et al.. (2007). Ground-based Observation of Post-Hayabusa Mission Targets. LPI. 1638. 3 indexed citations
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Abe, Masanao, F. Vilas, K. Kitazato, et al.. (2007). In-Flight Calibration of the Hayabusa Near Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS). LPI. 2051. 1 indexed citations
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Kitazato, K., B. E. Clark, Masanao Abe, et al.. (2006). Surface scattering property of asteroid Itokawa from NIRS observations of HAYABUSA mission. 36. 2726. 1 indexed citations
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Sasaki, S., T. Hiroi, M. Ishiguro, et al.. (2006). Space Weathering of Rock Surface Without Regolith: Laboratory Simulation of Spectral Change. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1705. 2 indexed citations
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Yano, Hajime, Takuji Kubota, H. Miyamoto, et al.. (2006). Hayabusa's Touch Down Sites at the Smooth Terrain on Asteroid 25143 Itokawa. 37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2463. 1 indexed citations

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