Noboru Mataga

19.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
415 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

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Noboru Mataga is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Noboru Mataga has authored 415 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 332 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 139 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 133 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Noboru Mataga's work include Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (324 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (113 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (93 papers). Noboru Mataga is often cited by papers focused on Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (324 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (113 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (93 papers). Noboru Mataga collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Thailand and Belgium. Noboru Mataga's co-authors include Tadashi Okada, Y. Kaifu, Masao Koizumi, Hiroshi Masuhara, Tsuyoshi Asahi, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Toshiaki Kakitani, Atsuhiro Osuka, Yoshinori Hirata and Haik Chosrowjan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Noboru Mataga

410 papers receiving 15.7k 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.

Solvent Effects upon Fluorescence Spectra and the Dipolemoments of Excited Molecules

1956 1.5k citations Noboru Mataga et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan profile →
The Solvent Effect on Fluorescence Spectrum, Change of Solute-Solvent Interaction during the Lifetime of Excited Solute Molecule

1955 535 citations Noboru Mataga et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Noboru Mataga Japan	64	10.6k	7.4k	4.8k	4.3k	3.2k	415	16.4k
Wolfgang Rettig Germany	60	8.1k 0.8×	7.5k 1.0×	4.5k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	233	13.9k
Michael Kasha United States	51	6.2k 0.6×	7.6k 1.0×	3.9k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	115	14.8k
R. A. Marcus United States	40	7.7k 0.7×	4.5k 0.6×	3.2k 0.7×	6.5k 1.5×	3.4k 1.1×	86	17.8k
Mark Maroncelli United States	64	10.8k 1.0×	3.6k 0.5×	4.0k 0.8×	9.0k 2.1×	2.1k 0.7×	135	17.5k
Devens Gust United States	79	4.8k 0.5×	14.8k 2.0×	5.8k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	5.6k 1.7×	329	25.5k
Ana L. Moore United States	72	4.2k 0.4×	12.8k 1.7×	4.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	4.7k 1.5×	255	21.1k
Eric Vauthey Switzerland	62	5.5k 0.5×	6.1k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	310	12.5k
Dewey Holten United States	66	3.9k 0.4×	9.7k 1.3×	1.8k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	6.3k 2.0×	288	14.9k
George Porter United Kingdom	54	3.6k 0.3×	3.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	3.0k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	232	10.1k
Kankan Bhattacharyya India	54	5.5k 0.5×	2.8k 0.4×	3.6k 0.8×	4.7k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	256	10.7k

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Mataga, Noboru, Seiji Taniguchi, Haik Chosrowjan, Atsuhiro Osuka, & Naoya Yoshida. (2003). Ultrafast charge separation and radiationless relaxation processes from higher excited electronic states of directly linked porphyrin-acceptor dyads. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 2(5). 493–500. 19 indexed citations

Shibata, Yutaka, Haik Chosrowjan, Noboru Mataga, & Atsuhiro Osuka. (2000). Intramolecular energy relaxation and competing electron transfer in porphyrin-acceptor supermolecule systems. Journal of Luminescence. 87-89. 757–759. 1 indexed citations

Mataga, Noboru, Haik Chosrowjan, Yutaka Shibata, & Fumio Tanaka. (1998). Ultrafast Fluorescence Quenching Dynamics of Flavin Chromophores in Protein Nanospace. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 102(37). 7081–7084. 69 indexed citations

Hirata, Yoshinori, et al.. (1992). Picosecond transient absorption spectral studies on geminate electron—cation recombination in non-polar solvents: direct observation of the S1 state formation. Chemical Physics Letters. 189(2). 159–163. 7 indexed citations

Okada, Tadashi, et al.. (1990). Dynamics of Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Polar Solvents. ThB5–ThB5. 1 indexed citations

Kinoshita, S., Ito H, Hiroshi Murakami, et al.. (1990). Solvent relaxation effect on transient hole-burning spectra of organic dyes. Chemical Physics Letters. 166(2). 123–127. 26 indexed citations

Okada, Tadashi, Noboru Mataga, & W. Baumann. (1987). Sn .rarw. S1 absorption spectra of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile in various solvents: confirmation of the intramolecular ion pair state in polar solvent. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 91(4). 760–762. 60 indexed citations

Baumann, W., Beate Schwager, N. Detzer, Tadashi Okada, & Noboru Mataga. (1987). Spectroscopic Investigations on 9-(4-Dimethylaminophenyl)-10-cyanoanthracene. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 60(12). 4245–4250. 6 indexed citations

Tamai, Naoto, Tomoko Yamazaki, Iwao Yamazaki, & Noboru Mataga. (1986). Fractal Behaviors in Two-Dimensional Excitation Energy Transfer on Vesicle Surface. ThB3–ThB3. 1 indexed citations

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Hirata, Yoshinori & Noboru Mataga. (1985). Excimer laser flash and spectroscopy system.. Journal of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. 34(2). 104–108. 8 indexed citations

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Masuhara, Hiroshi, et al.. (1984). . NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 14–21. 1 indexed citations

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Tamai, Naoto, Hiroshi Masuhara, & Noboru Mataga. (1983). Excited and ionic states of polymers with pendant phenanthryl groups in solution. Model systems for photophysics in phenanthrene aggregates. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 87(22). 4461–4467. 18 indexed citations

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Masuhara, Hiroshi, Noriaki Ikeda, Hiroshi Miyasaka, & Noboru Mataga. (1982). . Journal of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. 31(1). 19–30. 45 indexed citations

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Itaya, Akira, Ken-ichi Okamoto, Hiroshi Masuhara, et al.. (1982). Picosecond fluorescence studies on poly(N-vinyl-5H-benzo[b]carbazole) in solution. Macromolecules. 15(4). 1213–1214. 3 indexed citations

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Masuhara, Hiroshi, et al.. (1981). . Journal of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. 30(2). 93–100. 10 indexed citations

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Masuhara, Hiroshi, Yasuhiro Maeda, Noboru Mataga, et al.. (1981). Exciplex emissions of intra- and intermolecular benzophenone and N,N-dimethylaniline systems. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(3). 634–640. 19 indexed citations

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Okada, Tadashi, et al.. (1980). Direct observation of intermediate heteroexcimer in the photoinduced hydrogen-atom transfer reaction by picosecond laser spectroscopy. Chemical Physics Letters. 75(2). 220–223. 13 indexed citations

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Mataga, Noboru, et al.. (1980). . NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 368–374. 1 indexed citations

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Masuhara, Hiroshi, et al.. (1972). Photophysical primary processes of electron donor—acceptor complex. 1. s-tetracyanobenzene—toluene complex at 77°K. Chemical Physics Letters. 12(3). 481–484. 21 indexed citations

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Mataga, Noboru. (1969). Intermolecular Charge Transfer and Electron Transfer Process in the Excited Electronic State. Journal of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. 18(2). 82–98.

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