Noboru Imai

3.2k total citations
84 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Noboru Imai is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Noboru Imai has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 20 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Noboru Imai's work include Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (40 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (16 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (15 papers). Noboru Imai is often cited by papers focused on Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (40 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (16 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (15 papers). Noboru Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Czechia. Noboru Imai's co-authors include Shigeru Terashima, S. Itoh, Atsushi Ando, Takashi Okai, Atsuyuki Ohta, Tatsuo Maekawa, Koichi Shimokawa, Hodaka Kawahata, Atsushi Suzuki and Tatsuro Fukuchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Noboru Imai

84 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Noboru Imai Japan 25 914 824 822 495 443 84 2.7k
Shigeru Terashima Japan 27 1.1k 1.2× 869 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 444 0.9× 476 1.1× 153 3.1k
John N. Christensen United States 35 1.6k 1.8× 866 1.1× 733 0.9× 1.0k 2.0× 208 0.5× 88 3.4k
Masaharu Tanimizu Japan 31 1.9k 2.1× 1.3k 1.6× 614 0.7× 916 1.9× 319 0.7× 73 3.8k
Christophe Cloquet France 33 749 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 641 0.8× 686 1.4× 1.3k 2.9× 74 3.7k
Atsushi Ando Japan 21 705 0.8× 504 0.6× 528 0.6× 550 1.1× 142 0.3× 46 2.1k
N.S. Belshaw United Kingdom 27 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 519 0.6× 1.4k 2.8× 295 0.7× 33 3.6k
Ernest S. Gladney United States 29 556 0.6× 621 0.8× 784 1.0× 570 1.2× 714 1.6× 118 3.4k
Barry J. Coles United Kingdom 37 670 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 785 1.0× 679 1.4× 1.6k 3.6× 80 4.1k
Michael Herron British Virgin Islands 28 1.2k 1.3× 936 1.1× 893 1.1× 1.2k 2.5× 243 0.5× 64 3.6k
Kürt Boström United States 30 1.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.7× 702 0.9× 657 1.3× 561 1.3× 80 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Noboru Imai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noboru Imai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Noboru Imai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Noboru Imai 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 Noboru Imai. Noboru Imai 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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Nakai, Izumi, Shunsuke C. Furuya, Hiroko Suzuki, et al.. (2012). Development of heavy mineral and heavy element database of soil sediments in Japan using synchrotron radiation X-ray powder diffraction and high-energy (116keV) X-ray fluorescence analysis. Forensic Science International. 220(1-3). 33–49. 17 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru. (2010). Investigation of the distribution of elements of the whole of Japan and their applications: Geochemical map of land and sea of Japan. 3(4). 281–291. 3 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru. (2010). Investigation of the distribution of elements of the whole of Japan and their applications. 3(4). 268–279. 2 indexed citations
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Terashima, Shigeru, Noboru Imai, Ken Ikehara, et al.. (2009). Variation of elemental concentrations of river and marine sediments according to the grain size classification. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. 59(9-10). 439–459. 7 indexed citations
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Tsuno, Hiroshi, Atsuyuki Ohta, Hiroyuki Kagi, et al.. (2006). Speciation of Chromium in Artificially Contaminated Soil Reference Material GSJ JSO‐2 Using XANES and Chemical Extraction Methods. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 30(1). 55–62. 9 indexed citations
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Kanai, Yutaka, Atsuyuki Ohta, Hikari Kamioka, et al.. (2005). Characterization of Aeolian Dust in East China and Japan from 2001 to 2003( ADEC-Aeolian Dust Experiment on Climate Impact-). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 83. 73–106. 2 indexed citations
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Terashima, Shigeru, et al.. (2005). Geochemistry of selenium in soils from the Kanto district, Japan.. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. 56(1-2). 9–23. 1 indexed citations
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Ohta, Atsuyuki, Shigeru Terashima, Yutaka Kanai, et al.. (2005). Seasonal change of chemical composition of water-insoluble components in aerosol particles collected in Tsukuba from February 2001 to June 2002.. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. 56(3-4). 99–116. 2 indexed citations
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Kanai, Yutaka, Atsuyuki Ohta, Hikari Kamioka, et al.. (2005). Characterization of Aeolian Dust in East China and Japan from 2001 to 2003. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 83A. 73–106. 17 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru, Shigeru Terashima, Takashi Okai, et al.. (2003). Geochemical Map of Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 67(18). 170. 42 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru, et al.. (2003). Geochemical map of the Tohoku region, northern Honshu, Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 67(18). 290. 2 indexed citations
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Okai, Takashi, et al.. (2003). Preparation of new GSJ geochemical reference material JA-1a (Andesite) and collaborative analysis of JA-1a and JSO-1 (Soil). 50. 49–49. 1 indexed citations
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Okai, Takashi, Atsushi Suzuki, Hodaka Kawahata, Shigeru Terashima, & Noboru Imai. (2002). Preparation of a New Geological Survey of Japan Geochemical Reference Material: Coral JCp‐1. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 26(1). 95–99. 200 indexed citations
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Terashima, Shigeru, et al.. (2001). Chemical composition of the alluvial soils from the Kanto District, Japan: Preliminary study for the soil geochemical mapping (part 2).. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. 52(8). 347–369. 9 indexed citations
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Maekawa, Tatsuo & Noboru Imai. (2000). Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in Water during Gas Hydrate Formation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 912(1). 452–459. 24 indexed citations
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Fukuchi, Tatsuro & Noboru Imai. (1998). ESR isochron dating of the Nojima Fault gouge, southwest Japan, using ICP-MS: an approach to fluid flow events in the fault zone. Geological Society London Special Publications. 144(1). 261–277. 7 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru, et al.. (1996). DATABASE ON INTERNET FOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN GEOCHEMICAL REFERENCE SAMPLES. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 20(2). 161–164. 11 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru, Shigeru Terashima, S. Itoh, & Atsushi Ando. (1995). 1994 COMPILATION OF ANALYTICAL DATA FOR MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN SEVENTEEN GSJ GEOCHEMICAL REFERENCE SAMPLES, “IGNEOUS ROCK SERIES”. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 19(2). 135–213. 408 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru. (1992). Microprobe analysis of geological materials by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta. 269(2). 263–268. 17 indexed citations
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Imai, Noboru, Yoji Arata, & Shizuo Fujiwara. (1981). 1H NMR Study of Dissociation and Re-association of Apoferritin and Ferritin. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 54(4). 1243–1244. 2 indexed citations

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