Masanari Kimura

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Masanari Kimura is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masanari Kimura has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Organic Chemistry, 44 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masanari Kimura's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (49 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (44 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (42 papers). Masanari Kimura is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (49 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (44 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (42 papers). Masanari Kimura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and Australia. Masanari Kimura's co-authors include Yoshinao Tamaru, Shuji Tanaka, Mitsuru Uesaka, Mitsunobu R. Kano, Horacio Cabral, M.T. Murakami, Kazue Mizuno, Kohei Miyazono, Yasuko Terada and Kazunori Kataoka and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Masanari Kimura

132 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Accumulation of sub-100 nm polymeric micelles in poorly p... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Accumulation of sub-100 nm polymeric micelles in poorly permeable tumours depends on size
    2011 2.1k citations Horacio Cabral, Yu Matsumoto et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masanari Kimura Japan 39 4.0k 1.5k 1.5k 1.4k 1.2k 140 6.2k
Helma Wennemers Switzerland 52 4.5k 1.1× 887 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 4.0k 2.9× 441 0.4× 199 7.0k
Tsuyoshi Matsumoto Japan 27 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 520 0.4× 359 0.3× 269 0.2× 90 2.7k
Michael Gottschaldt Germany 33 1.3k 0.3× 290 0.2× 757 0.5× 832 0.6× 564 0.5× 105 3.2k
Johan F. J. Engbersen Netherlands 49 2.5k 0.6× 583 0.4× 887 0.6× 3.3k 2.4× 817 0.7× 139 7.6k
Yao‐Rong Zheng United States 31 3.6k 0.9× 3.1k 2.1× 1.4k 1.0× 959 0.7× 742 0.6× 58 6.9k
Joseph M. Fox United States 49 7.7k 1.9× 610 0.4× 378 0.3× 4.0k 2.9× 732 0.6× 134 9.5k
Juan F. Miravet Spain 40 3.5k 0.9× 575 0.4× 4.6k 3.1× 2.4k 1.8× 470 0.4× 136 6.6k
Cassandra L. Fraser United States 49 2.8k 0.7× 492 0.3× 848 0.6× 636 0.5× 741 0.6× 115 7.9k
Masahiko Yamaguchi Japan 43 5.4k 1.3× 637 0.4× 372 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 171 0.1× 240 6.2k
Jonathan C. Barnes United States 30 2.0k 0.5× 575 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 900 0.7× 893 0.7× 72 4.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masanari Kimura

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All Works

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Onodera, Gen, H. Shimizu, Kaoru Kawasaki, et al.. (2025). Gold‐Catalyzed Conia‐Ene Reaction of Malonate Derivatives Bearing An Alkyne Moiety by Using a Phosphine–Borane Ligand. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(19).
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Kimura, Masanari, et al.. (2023). SHIFT15M: Fashion-specific dataset for set-to-set matching with several distribution shifts. 23. 3508–3513. 2 indexed citations
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Mori, Takamichi, et al.. (2014). Efficient and Selective Formation of Unsaturated Carboxylic and Phenylacetic Acids from Diketene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(39). 10434–10438. 10 indexed citations
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Hatakeyama, Tomomitsu, et al.. (2013). Alteration of the Carbohydrate-Binding Specificity of a C-type Lectin CEL-I Mutant with an EPN Carbohydrate-Binding Motif. Protein and Peptide Letters. 20(7). 796–801. 2 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari. (2012). Efficient C-C Bond Formation and Cleavage Reaction Promoted by Triethylborane and Late Transition Metal Catalysis. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 70(3). 216–226. 3 indexed citations
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Hatakeyama, Tomomitsu, et al.. (2012). An Assay for Carbohydrate-Binding Activity of Lectins Using Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Conjugated with Carbohydrates. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 76(10). 1999–2001. 7 indexed citations
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Cabral, Horacio, Yu Matsumoto, Kazue Mizuno, et al.. (2011). Accumulation of sub-100 nm polymeric micelles in poorly permeable tumours depends on size. Nature Nanotechnology. 6(12). 815–823. 2065 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kimura, Masanari, et al.. (2008). Convenient Synthesis of Pyrrolidines by Amphiphilic Allylation of Imines with 2‐Methylenepropane‐1,3‐diols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(31). 5803–5805. 24 indexed citations
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Horino, Yoshikazu, et al.. (2008). Gold-catalyzed intermolecular addition of alcohols toward the allenic bond of 4-vinylidene-2-oxazolidinones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(22). 4105–4105. 26 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari, Yoshikazu Horino, Masahiko Mori, & Yoshinao Tamaru. (2007). Chameleon Reactivity of the Allene Bond of 4‐Vinylidene‐2‐oxazolidinone: Novel Through‐Space Conjugative Nucleophilic Addition of Electron‐Rich Alkenes and Hetero‐Nucleophiles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 13(34). 9686–9702. 26 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari, Masahiko Mori, & Yoshinao Tamaru. (2007). Palladium-catalyzed 1,3-diol fragmentation: synthesis of ω-dienyl aldehydes. Chemical Communications. 4504–4504. 11 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari, et al.. (2006). Nickel catalyzed stereoselective conjugate addition of dimethylzinc upon aldimines across 1,3-dien-8-ynes and 1,3-dien-9-ynes. Chemical Communications. 2813–2813. 14 indexed citations
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Mori, Masahiko, et al.. (2006). Nickel catalyzed Grob fragmentation: ω-dienyl aldehydes synthesis. Chemical Communications. 4303–4305. 10 indexed citations
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Kojima, Keisuke, Masanari Kimura, & Yoshinao Tamaru. (2005). Nickel-catalyzed four-component connection of oraganoaluminium (organozinc), isoprene, aldehydes and amines: stereo- and regioselective synthesis of trisubstituted (E)-homoallylamines. Chemical Communications. 4717–4717. 24 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari, et al.. (2003). Pd‐Catalyzed Nucleophilic Alkylation of Aliphatic Aldehydes with Allyl Alcohols: Allyl, 2‐Tetrahydrofuryl, and 2‐Tetrahydropyranyl Ethers as Useful C3, C4, and C5 Sources. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(29). 3392–3395. 67 indexed citations
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Horino, Yoshikazu, Masanari Kimura, Shuji Tanaka, Toshiya Okajima, & Yoshinao Tamaru. (2003). Preparation, Structure, and Unique Thermal [2+2], [4+2], and [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of 4Vinylideneoxazolidin‐2‐one. Chemistry - A European Journal. 9(11). 2419–2438. 49 indexed citations
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Ezoe, Akihiro, Masanari Kimura, Takahiro Inoue, Masahiko Mori, & Yoshinao Tamaru. (2002). Remarkably High 1,5-Diastereoselectivity in a Nickel-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Me2Zn and Carbonyl Compounds to 1,-Dienynes with Through-Space Coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(15). 2784–2786. 43 indexed citations
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Kimura, Masanari, et al.. (1994). Palladium(II) catalysed 5-endo-trigonal cyclization of 2-hydroxybut-3-enylamines: synthesis of five-membered nitrogen heterocycles. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 2531–2531. 13 indexed citations

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