Nobuo Yajima

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Nobuo Yajima is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuo Yajima has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Nobuo Yajima's work include Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (21 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (20 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (15 papers). Nobuo Yajima is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (21 papers), Nonlinear Photonic Systems (20 papers) and Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (15 papers). Nobuo Yajima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Czechia and Hungary. Nobuo Yajima's co-authors include Tosiya Taniuti, Junkichi Satsuma, Masayuki Oikawa, Naruyoshi Asano, Mitsuo Kono, Shinsuke Watanabe, Masayoshi Y. Tanaka, K. Kobayakawa, Yoshi H. Ichikawa and K. Takano and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Journal of Mathematical Physics and Progress of Theoretical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Nobuo Yajima

46 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

B. Initial Value Problems of One-Dimensional Self-Modulat... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 200 400 600
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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. B. Initial Value Problems of One-Dimensional Self-Modulation of Nonlinear Waves in Dispersive Media
    1974 616 citations Junkichi Satsuma, Nobuo Yajima Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nobuo Yajima Japan 19 1.6k 1.6k 504 260 235 52 2.4k
V. I. Karpman Russia 30 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 2.1× 352 1.4× 410 1.7× 154 3.4k
E. Infeld Poland 22 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 375 0.7× 76 0.3× 238 1.0× 112 1.8k
E. A. Kuznetsov Russia 20 723 0.4× 1.0k 0.6× 323 0.6× 113 0.4× 222 0.9× 49 1.9k
Flora Y. F. Chu United States 7 747 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 88 0.2× 120 0.5× 127 0.5× 10 1.5k
V.G. Makhankov Russia 20 586 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 198 0.4× 97 0.4× 238 1.0× 62 1.8k
F. B. Estabrook United States 21 737 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.6k 3.2× 102 0.4× 505 2.1× 65 3.0k
R. K. Dodd Ireland 13 742 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 79 0.2× 149 0.6× 97 0.4× 40 2.3k
K. H. Spatschek Germany 28 1.1k 0.7× 724 0.5× 797 1.6× 249 1.0× 1.3k 5.7× 148 2.4k
D. R. Nicholson United States 19 484 0.3× 401 0.2× 708 1.4× 159 0.6× 479 2.0× 49 1.6k
G. M. Zaslavskiĭ Russia 14 353 0.2× 930 0.6× 192 0.4× 39 0.1× 195 0.8× 57 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yajima, Nobuo. (2007). Restoration of Isotropy in the Ising Model on the Sierpinski Gasket. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 118(1). 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo. (1983). On a Growing Mode of the Boussinesq Equation. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 69(2). 678–680. 24 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo, et al.. (1983). Soliton and Nonlinear Explosion Modes in an Ion-Beam Plasma System. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 52(10). 3414–3423. 26 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo, et al.. (1982). Interaction of Ion-Acoustic Solitons in Multi-Dimensional Space. II. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 51(1). 311–322. 28 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Shinsuke, et al.. (1979). Method of Conservation Laws for Solving Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 46(5). 1653–1659. 13 indexed citations
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Kono, Mitsuo & Nobuo Yajima. (1978). A Reply to Ichimaru's Comment. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 44(6). 2004–2004.
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Kono, Mitsuo & Nobuo Yajima. (1977). Modulational Instability of Ion Acoustic Wave in a Turbulent Phonon Field. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 43(5). 1745–1754. 2 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo & Masayuki Oikawa. (1976). Formation and Interaction of Sonic-Langmuir Solitons: Inverse Scattering Method. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 56(6). 1719–1739. 271 indexed citations
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Satsuma, Junkichi & Nobuo Yajima. (1975). B Initial Value Problems of One-Dimensional self-Modulation of Nonlinear Waves in Dispersive Media (Part V. Initial Value Problems). 284–306.
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Yajima, Nobuo, Masayuki Oikawa, Junkichi Satsuma, & C. Namba. (1975). MODULATED LANGMUIR WAVES AND NONLINEAR LANDAU DAMPING. Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University). 22(70). 89–100. 4 indexed citations
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Oikawa, Masayuki & Nobuo Yajima. (1974). A. Generalization of the Reductive Perturbation Method to Multi-Wave Systems. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 55. 36–51. 20 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo. (1974). Stability of Envelope Soliton. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 52(3). 1066–1067. 32 indexed citations
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Oikawa, Masayuki & Nobuo Yajima. (1974). A Perturbation Approach to Nonlinear Systems. II. Interaction of Nonlinear Modulated Waves. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 37(2). 486–496. 24 indexed citations
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Taniuti, Tosiya & Nobuo Yajima. (1973). Perturbation method for a nonlinear wave modulation. III. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 14(10). 1389–1397. 61 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo. (1972). Effect of Bottom Irregularities on Small Amplitude Shallow Water Waves. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 33(5). 1471–1477. 15 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo, et al.. (1971). A New Example of Stable Solitary Waves. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 45(6). 1997–1998. 20 indexed citations
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Asano, Naruyoshi, Tosiya Taniuti, & Nobuo Yajima. (1969). Perturbation Method for a Nonlinear Wave Modulation. II. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 10(11). 2020–2024. 362 indexed citations
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Taniuti, Tosiya, et al.. (1965). Non-Linear Motion of Two Ion Streams in a Background of High Temperature Electrons. National Institute for Fusion Science Repository (National Institute for Fusion Science). 41. 1–25. 1 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo, et al.. (1965). Analysis of the High Energy Jet Showers. I. Progress of Theoretical Physics. 33(2). 184–198. 3 indexed citations
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Yajima, Nobuo, et al.. (1963). Radiation by Plasma Waves in a Homogeneous Plasma. National Institute for Fusion Science Repository (National Institute for Fusion Science). 9. 1–24.

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