Sakae Yagi

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sakae Yagi is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sakae Yagi has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Computational Mechanics, 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sakae Yagi's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (16 papers), Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media (8 papers) and Mineral Processing and Grinding (8 papers). Sakae Yagi is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (16 papers), Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media (8 papers) and Mineral Processing and Grinding (8 papers). Sakae Yagi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Austria and United States. Sakae Yagi's co-authors include Daizō Kunii, Noriaki Wakao, Terukatsu Miyauchi, Hiroshi Iino, Hakuai Inoue, Iwao Muchi, Eiji O’Shima, Hirohiko Sakamoto, Yasuo Kato and Toshio Kobayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Science, AIChE Journal and Computers & Chemical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Sakae Yagi

41 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Studies on effective thermal conductivities in packed beds 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 100 200 300 400 500
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. Studies on effective thermal conductivities in packed beds
    1957 590 citations Sakae Yagi, Daizō Kunii AIChE Journal profile →

Peers

Sakae Yagi
D.J. Gunn United Kingdom
Peter Zehner United States
Daizō Kunii Japan
P.H. Calderbank United Kingdom
S. H. Lin Taiwan
Yatish T. Shah United States
Terukatsu Miyauchi Japan
Hugo S. Caram United States
S. Kaguei Japan
G. Baldi Italy
D.J. Gunn United Kingdom
Sakae Yagi
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Countries citing papers authored by Sakae Yagi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sakae Yagi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sakae Yagi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sakae Yagi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sakae Yagi 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 Sakae Yagi. Sakae Yagi 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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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1967). Optimization of Process Network by the Linear Model Method. Chemical engineering. 31(2). 183–191,a1. 4 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Eiji, Eiji O’Shima, & Sakae Yagi. (1966). Kinetic Studies on the Production of Zinic Dithionite. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 69(9). 1841–1844. 1 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, Hiroyoshi Inoue, Eiji O’Shima, & Toshio Kobayashi. (1965). The Rate Constant Measurements of Liquid Phase Rapid Reactions. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 68(1). 63–67. 4 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, Hakuai Inoue, & Hirohiko Sakamoto. (1963). Investigation of Countercurrent Crystallization Purification Apparatus. Chemical engineering. 27(6). 415–423. 5 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae. (1961). Introduction to Chemical Reaction Engineering. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 64(10). 1693–1695. 5 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1961). Studies on Axial Mixing of Particles in Moving Beds. Chemical engineering. 25(6). 469–476. 4 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae & Hiroshi Iino. (1961). Radiation from soot particles in luminous flames. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 8(1). 288–293. 14 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, Daizō Kunii, & Noriaki Wakao. (1960). Studies on axial effective thermal conductivities in packed beds. AIChE Journal. 6(4). 543–546. 208 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1960). Studies on heat transfer near wall surface in packed beds. AIChE Journal. 6(1). 97–104. 193 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1959). Theoretical Temperature Distribution in Packed Bed. Chemical engineering. 23(3). 161–163. 3 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1958). Viscosity of Suspensions. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 61(11). 1404–1407. 12 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1955). Thermodynamic Studies on Gasifiers (I-II). Journal of the Fuel Society of Japan. 34(7). 426–441.
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Yagi, Sakae & Yasuo Kato. (1954). Fundamental Studies on Horizontal Pipe Reactor. Chemical engineering. 18(1). 9–15. 1 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae & Daizō Kunii. (1954). Studies on Effective Thermal Conductivities in Packed Beds. Chemical engineering. 18(12). 576–585. 11 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae & Terukatsu Miyauchi. (1953). On the Residence Time Curves of the Continuous Reactors. Chemical engineering. 17(10). 382–386. 36 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1953). Problems of turbulent diffusion and flame jet. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 4(1). 771–781. 4 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1952). On the Conditions of Fluidization of Bed. 16(9). 307–312. 4 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae & Daizō Kunii. (1952). Theory of Infrared Transfer in the Infrared Oven and its Design. 16(1). 13–17. 1 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae & Daizō Kunii. (1951). Infrared Drying Characteristics of Granular or Powdery Materials. 15(3). 108–116. 7 indexed citations
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Yagi, Sakae, et al.. (1951). On Conditions of Fluidization of Bed.. 15(5). 212–217. 1 indexed citations

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