Naoki Asao

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
179 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Naoki Asao is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Naoki Asao has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Organic Chemistry, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Naoki Asao's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (39 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (33 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (32 papers). Naoki Asao is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (39 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (33 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (32 papers). Naoki Asao collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Naoki Asao's co-authors include Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tsutomu Nogami, Tienan Jin, Yoshifumi Ishikawa, Sun Young Lee, Kumiko Takahashi, Kenichiro Sato, Haruo Aikawa, Mingwei Chen and Salprima Yudha S. and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Naoki Asao

173 papers receiving 10.3k citations

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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.

Selective reactions using allylic metals

1993 1.4k citations Yoshinori Yamamoto, Naoki Asao profile →
Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold

2012 805 citations Takeshi Fujita, Akihiko Hirata et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Naoki Asao Japan	55	8.0k	2.5k	1.4k	1.2k	1.1k	179	10.5k
Joji Ohshita Japan	50	5.5k 0.7×	3.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	359 0.3×	480	10.7k
Yael Diskin‐Posner Israel	51	4.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	4.7k 3.4×	1.1k 1.0×	822 0.7×	161	8.0k
Jaimé Ruiz France	49	4.8k 0.6×	3.4k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	673 0.6×	1.8k 1.6×	193	8.5k
Rinaldo Poli France	53	9.9k 1.2×	2.9k 1.2×	5.4k 4.0×	1.1k 1.0×	555 0.5×	472	12.9k
Ali Trabolsi United States	48	2.8k 0.3×	4.1k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	515 0.4×	719 0.6×	121	6.3k
Yi Pan China	61	8.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	3.4k 2.4×	336 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	324	12.0k
Gregory Leitus Israel	55	5.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	5.9k 4.3×	1.1k 1.0×	831 0.7×	167	10.3k
Youssry Y. Botros United States	40	2.3k 0.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	356 0.3×	546 0.5×	65	5.9k
Alexander M. Spokoyny United States	40	3.0k 0.4×	2.9k 1.2×	2.8k 2.0×	415 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	114	7.4k
Martin Albrecht Switzerland	60	13.6k 1.7×	2.0k 0.8×	5.2k 3.8×	988 0.8×	771 0.7×	268	16.5k

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Murata, Tomiyasu, Tomoki Nakayoshi, Akifumi Oda, et al.. (2020). (S)-Erypoegin K, an isoflavone isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana, is a novel inhibitor of topoisomerase IIα: Induction of G2 phase arrest in human gastric cancer cells. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 30. 115904–115904. 3 indexed citations

Takeuchi, Yuto, Kuniki Kato, Tomiyasu Murata, et al.. (2020). Induction of enantio-selective apoptosis in human leukemia HL-60 cells by (S)-erypoegin K, an isoflavone isolated from Erythrina poeppigiana. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 28(11). 115490–115490. 8 indexed citations

Kanagasekaran, Thangavel, Hidekazu Shimotani, Rahul D. Kavthe, et al.. (2019). The first evidence of current-injection organic semiconductor laser with field-effect transistor. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Takeda, Yuji, Hidetoshi Nara, Akemi Araki, et al.. (2016). Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 1/Redox Factor-1 (Ape1/Ref-1) Modulates Antigen Presenting Cell-mediated T Helper Cell Type 1 Responses. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(45). 23672–23680. 10 indexed citations

Guo, Xianwei, Jiuhui Han, Pan Liu, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical nanoporosity enhanced reversible capacity of bicontinuous nanoporous metal based Li-O2 battery. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33466–33466. 57 indexed citations

Jiang, Hua, Giovanni Ferrara, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2015). Triflic Acid Mediated Cascade Cyclization of Aryldiynes for the Synthesis of Indeno[1,2‐c]chromenes: Application to Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(10). 4065–4070. 27 indexed citations

Zhao, Jian, Zhanqiang Xu, Kazuaki Oniwa, et al.. (2015). FeCl₃‐Mediated Oxidative Spirocyclization of Difluorenylidene Diarylethanes Leading to Dispiro[fluorene‐9,5′‐indeno[2,1‐a]indene‐10′,9′′‐fluorene]s. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(1). 259–263. 22 indexed citations

Ketov, S.V., Xuetao Shi, Guoqiang Xie, et al.. (2015). Nanostructured Zr-Pd Metallic Glass Thin Film for Biochemical Applications. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 7799–7799. 58 indexed citations

Jin, Tienan, Jian Zhao, Naoki Asao, & Yoshinori Yamamoto. (2014). Metal‐Catalyzed Annulation Reactions for π‐Conjugated Polycycles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(13). 3554–3576. 148 indexed citations

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Chen, Qiang, Shinya Tanaka, Takeshi Fujita, et al.. (2014). The synergistic effect of nanoporous AuPd alloy catalysts on highly chemoselective 1,4-hydrosilylation of conjugated cyclic enones. Chemical Communications. 50(25). 3344–3344. 30 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Shinya, Taketoshi Minato, Eisuke Ito, et al.. (2013). Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Methanol in the Coexistence of Amines by Nanoporous Gold Catalysts: Highly Efficient Synthesis of Formamides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(36). 11832–11836. 76 indexed citations

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Asao, Naoki, Menggenbateer, Taketoshi Minato, et al.. (2012). Aerobic oxidation of alcohols in the liquid phase with nanoporous gold catalysts. Chemical Communications. 48(38). 4540–4540. 66 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Shinya, Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto, et al.. (2011). A nanostructured skeleton catalyst: Suzuki-coupling with a reusable and sustainable nanoporous metallic glass Pd-catalyst. Chemical Communications. 47(21). 5985–5985. 52 indexed citations

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Akhtaruzzaman, Md., Ashraful Islam, Fan Yang, et al.. (2011). A novel metal-free panchromatic TiO2 sensitizer based on a phenylenevinylene-conjugated unit and an indoline derivative for highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. Chemical Communications. 47(45). 12400–12400. 59 indexed citations

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Aikawa, Haruo, et al.. (2011). Gold-catalyzed alkylation of silyl enol ethers with ortho-alkynylbenzoic acid esters. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 648–652. 9 indexed citations

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Miyoshi, Ken, Mikiro Takaishi, Kimiko Nakajima, et al.. (2010). Stat3 as a Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Psoriasis: A Clinical Feasibility Study with STA-21, a Stat3 Inhibitor. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 131(1). 108–117. 202 indexed citations

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Asao, Naoki, et al.. (2003). Functionalized 1,2‐Dihydronaphthalenes from the Cu(OTf)₂‐Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of o‐Alkynyl(oxo)benzenes with Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(30). 3504–3506. 179 indexed citations

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Ooi, Takashi, Naoki Asao, & Keiji Maruoka. (1998). High Activation of Carbonyl Groups with Bidentate Lewis Acid Catalysts.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 56(5). 377–385. 6 indexed citations

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Kadota, Isao, et al.. (1995). Chiral γ-(tetrahydropyranyloxy)allylstannane: a new chiral reagent for the asymmetric synthesis of syn 1,2-diols. 132. 615–623.

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Yamamoto, Yoshinori & Naoki Asao. (1993). Syntheses of Nitrogen Containing Compounds Using Reactive Organometallics.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 51(11). 1005–1012. 2 indexed citations

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