Sadamichi Maekawa

37.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
594 papers, 27.3k citations indexed

About

Sadamichi Maekawa is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Sadamichi Maekawa has authored 594 papers receiving a total of 27.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 404 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 376 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 218 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Sadamichi Maekawa's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (305 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (247 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (222 papers). Sadamichi Maekawa is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (305 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (247 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (222 papers). Sadamichi Maekawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Sadamichi Maekawa's co-authors include S. Takahashi, Eiji Saitoh, Takami Tohyama, Ken‐ichi Uchida, Wataru Koshibae, Jun-ichiro Inoue, Jun’ichi Ieda, K. Harii, Kazuya Ando and H. Adachi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sadamichi Maekawa

574 papers receiving 26.8k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of the spin Seebeck effect 2000 2026 2008 2017 2008 2010 2007 2000 2010 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Observation of the spin Seebeck effect
    2008 1.7k citations S. Takahashi, K. Harii et al. profile →
  2. Transmission of electrical signals by spin-wave interconversion in a magnetic insulator
    2010 1.2k citations K. Harii, S. Takahashi et al. profile →
  3. Room-Temperature Reversible Spin Hall Effect
    2007 807 citations Y. Otani, S. Takahashi et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Thermopower in cobalt oxides
    2000 667 citations Wataru Koshibae, Sadamichi Maekawa et al. profile →
  5. Observation of longitudinal spin-Seebeck effect in magnetic insulators
    2010 581 citations Sadamichi Maekawa, Eiji Saitoh et al. profile →
  6. Theory of magnon-driven spin Seebeck effect
    2010 524 citations Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa et al. profile →
  7. Electric Manipulation of Spin Relaxation Using the Spin Hall Effect
    2008 488 citations K. Harii, Jun’ichi Ieda et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  8. Theory of the spin Seebeck effect
    2013 448 citations Eiji Saitoh, Sadamichi Maekawa et al. profile →
  9. Inverse spin-Hall effect induced by spin pumping in metallic system
    2011 420 citations S. Takahashi, Jun’ichi Ieda et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sadamichi Maekawa Japan 79 18.1k 14.1k 9.8k 6.7k 6.2k 594 27.3k
Stefan Blügel Germany 82 21.0k 1.2× 9.9k 0.7× 8.4k 0.9× 10.6k 1.6× 6.1k 1.0× 603 27.9k
M. A. Kastner United States 78 10.9k 0.6× 12.0k 0.8× 7.0k 0.7× 7.0k 1.1× 7.6k 1.2× 271 24.1k
Jeroen van den Brink Germany 66 6.9k 0.4× 10.2k 0.7× 8.6k 0.9× 8.9k 1.3× 3.5k 0.6× 381 20.3k
R. A. Buhrman United States 68 25.3k 1.4× 10.2k 0.7× 11.2k 1.1× 11.2k 1.7× 13.1k 2.1× 275 34.7k
P. B. Littlewood United States 63 8.5k 0.5× 9.0k 0.6× 7.8k 0.8× 6.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.4× 275 18.5k
B. Hillebrands Germany 69 18.6k 1.0× 6.7k 0.5× 7.9k 0.8× 3.4k 0.5× 8.2k 1.3× 416 21.7k
Zhi‐Xun Shen United States 97 18.1k 1.0× 23.2k 1.6× 15.3k 1.6× 17.4k 2.6× 5.4k 0.9× 508 41.9k
O. Gunnarsson Germany 67 12.2k 0.7× 9.2k 0.7× 5.8k 0.6× 7.4k 1.1× 3.0k 0.5× 234 22.2k
T. M. Rice Switzerland 76 10.1k 0.6× 14.8k 1.0× 9.3k 1.0× 4.1k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 252 21.4k
J. B. Ketterson United States 61 8.2k 0.5× 5.3k 0.4× 5.6k 0.6× 6.9k 1.0× 4.4k 0.7× 692 17.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sadamichi Maekawa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Hanchen, Kei Yamamoto, Jinlong Wang, et al.. (2025). Control of spin currents by magnon interference in a canted antiferromagnet. Nature Physics. 21(5). 740–745. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guoqiang, Shuai Yang, Xiang Li, et al.. (2025). Doping Effects on Magnetic and Electronic Transport Properties in BaZn2As2. Crystals. 15(6). 582–582. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guoqiang, Yipeng Cai, Kenji Kojima, et al.. (2025). Magnetic Evolution of Carrier Doping and Spin Dynamics in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (Ba,Na)(Zn,Mn)2As2. Condensed Matter. 10(2). 30–30. 3 indexed citations
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Chudo, Hiroyuki, Naoto Yokoi, Mamoru Matsuo, et al.. (2025). Mechanical Multiplexer of Nuclear Spin States. Physical Review Letters. 134(13). 130603–130603.
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Yamamoto, Kei & Sadamichi Maekawa. (2023). Magnetostatic Field Induced by Mechanical Deformations. Annalen der Physik. 536(5).
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Maekawa, Sadamichi, Takashi Kikkawa, Hiroyuki Chudo, Jun’ichi Ieda, & Eiji Saitoh. (2023). Spin and spin current—From fundamentals to recent progress. Journal of Applied Physics. 133(2). 29 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianyu, Mingfeng Chen, Jilei Chen, et al.. (2021). Long decay length of magnon-polarons in BiFeO3/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 heterostructures. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7258–7258. 20 indexed citations
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Matsuoka, Hideki, S. E. Barnes, Jun’ichi Ieda, et al.. (2021). Spin–Orbit-Induced Ising Ferromagnetism at a van der Waals Interface. Nano Letters. 21(4). 1807–1814. 22 indexed citations
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Lange, F. F., Satoshi Ejima, Tomonori Shirakawa, et al.. (2021). Spin–charge conversion and current vortex in spin–orbit coupled systems. APL Materials. 9(6). 6 indexed citations
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Lange, F. F., Satoshi Ejima, Tomonori Shirakawa, et al.. (2021). Generation of Current Vortex by Spin Current in Rashba Systems. Physical Review Letters. 126(15). 157202–157202. 4 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Mamoru, et al.. (2019). Nonreciprocal Spin Current Generation in Surface-Oxidized Copper Films. Physical Review Letters. 122(21). 217701–217701. 55 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, N., Kenji Ikeda, Bo Gu, et al.. (2018). Giant Faraday Rotation in Metal-Fluoride Nanogranular Films. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4978–4978. 30 indexed citations
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Ogata, Yudai, Hiroyuki Chudo, Bo Gu, et al.. (2017). Enhanced orbital magnetic moment in FeCo nanogranules observed by Barnett effect. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 442. 329–331. 8 indexed citations
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Mori, Michiyasu, et al.. (2014). Possible method to observe the breathing mode of a magnetic domain wall in the Josephson junction. Jaea Originated Papers Searching System (National Research and Development Corporation Japan Atomic Energy Agency). 3 indexed citations
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Fukuma, Yasuhiro, et al.. (2011). Giant enhancement of spin accumulation and long-distance spin manipulation in metallic lateral spin valves. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Barnes, S. E. & Sadamichi Maekawa. (2005). Current-Spin Coupling for Ferromagnetic Domain Walls in Fine Wires. Physical Review Letters. 95(10). 107204–107204. 204 indexed citations
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Utsumi, Yasuhiro, J. Martinek, P. Bruno, J. Barnaś, & Sadamichi Maekawa. (2004). Many-body Effects in Nanospintronics Devices. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 28(11). 1081–1088. 1 indexed citations
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Iye, Yasuhiro & Sadamichi Maekawa. (2003). Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Low Temperature Physics. Physica B Condensed Matter. 329. 8 indexed citations
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Moritomo, Yutaka, T. Akimoto, Kenji Ohoyama, et al.. (2000). Interrelation between orbital polarization and magnetic structure in bilayer manganites. APS. 3 indexed citations
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Ohta, Y., Takami Tohyama, & Sadamichi Maekawa. (1990). Tc versus ΔVA correlation in Cu-oxide superconductors. Physica B Condensed Matter. 165-166. 983–984. 4 indexed citations

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