Noboru Nakamura

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
301 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Noboru Nakamura is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Noboru Nakamura has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 64 papers in Atmospheric Science and 47 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Noboru Nakamura's work include Astro and Planetary Science (90 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (53 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (39 papers). Noboru Nakamura is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (90 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (53 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (39 papers). Noboru Nakamura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Noboru Nakamura's co-authors include Akimasa Masuda, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Clare S. Y. Huang, Yukinori Kuwano, M. Tatsumoto, Douglas Allen, Shinya Tsuda, Shoichi Nakano, K. Misawa and Yoshihiro Hishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Noboru Nakamura

284 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Determination of REE, Ba, Fe, Mg, Na and K in carbonaceou... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1974 1973 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Determination of REE, Ba, Fe, Mg, Na and K in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites
    1974 1.8k citations Noboru Nakamura profile →
  2. Fine structures of mutually normalized rare-earth patterns of chondrites
    1973 713 citations Akimasa Masuda, Noboru Nakamura et al. profile →

Peers

Noboru Nakamura
Edward Young United States
Tsuyoshi Tanaka Japan
Herbert E. Huppert United Kingdom
P. B. Price United States
Yuji Sano Japan
R. C. Reedy United States
Klaus Peter Jochum Germany
I. D. Hutcheon United States
Brigitte Stoll Germany
Richard Wirth Germany
Edward Young United States
Noboru Nakamura
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Countries citing papers authored by Noboru Nakamura

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Fields of papers citing papers by Noboru Nakamura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Noboru Nakamura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Noboru Nakamura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Noboru Nakamura 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 Nakamura. Noboru Nakamura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Huang, Clare S. Y., et al.. (2025). Falwa: Python Package to Implement Finite‐Amplitude Local Wave Activity Diagnostics on Climate Data. Geoscience Data Journal. 12(2). 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru & Clare S. Y. Huang. (2018). Atmospheric blocking as a traffic jam in the jet stream. Science. 361(6397). 42–47. 143 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Isao, et al.. (2018). Communications Protocol Used in the Wireless Token Rings for Bird-to-Bird. Journal of Multimedia Information System. 5(3). 163–170. 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Clare S. Y. & Noboru Nakamura. (2017). Local wave activity budgets of the wintertime Northern Hemisphere: Implication for the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(11). 5673–5682. 32 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, et al.. (2009). GEOMETRIC MEANS OF POSITIVE OPERATORS II. Scientiae mathematicae Japonicae. 69(1). 35–44. 9 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, et al.. (2006). Analyses of Stable Chlorine Isotopes in Chondrites (2): Characteristic Isotope Compositions of C-, E- and O-Chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement. 41. 5033.
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Misawa, K., et al.. (2000). Incorporation of Radiogenic Lead into Plagioclase During Shock Metamorphism. M&PSA. 35. 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, Noritoshi Morikawa, R. Hutchison, et al.. (1994). Trace element and isotopic characteristics of inclusions in the Yamato ordinary chondrites Y-75097, Y-793241 and Y-794046. Institutional Repository National Institute of Polar Research (National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)). 7. 125–143. 8 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, et al.. (1993). Correlated Study of Rb-Sr Systematics and Petrologic Properties of Chondrules from Allende (CV): Evidence for Secondary Alteration. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 28(3). 407. 2 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, et al.. (1993). Chemical fractionations in impact-melted L-chondrites: Point of Rocks and Chico.. 18. 208–210. 1 indexed citations
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Misawa, K., et al.. (1993). A RELICT Spinel Grain in an Allende Ferromagnesian Chondrule. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 28(3). 401. 3 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, et al.. (1992). Additional Evidence of a Young Impact-Melting Event on the L-Chondrite Parent Body. LPI. 23. 387. 9 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Koshi & Noboru Nakamura. (1990). REE characteristics of Yamato-82162 and -86720 meteorites and their inference to classification. Institutional Repository National Institute of Polar Research (National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)). 3. 69–79. 6 indexed citations
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Misawa, K. & Noboru Nakamura. (1987). The Hedjaz Meteorite: REE Abundances in Chondrules and Lithic Fragments. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 18. 645. 1 indexed citations
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Nagahara, H., H. Nagasawa, Noboru Nakamura, & Takafumi Matsui. (1987). HN3-1 (Type B-1 CAI) Formed From Isotopically and Chemically Heterogeneous Interstellar Minerals and Condensates of the Solar System by Incomplete Melting. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 18. 694. 2 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Noboru, Daniel M. Unruh, & M. Tatsumoto. (1986). REE, Rb-Sr and Pb isotopic characteristics of the Yamato-791197 meteorite: Evidence for a lunar highland origin. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue. 41(41). 106–115. 4 indexed citations
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Masuda, Akimasa, et al.. (1974). Possible REE anomalies of Apollo 17 REE patterns.. 2. 1247–1253. 9 indexed citations

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