Shinji Yuasa

22.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
405 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Shinji Yuasa is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Shinji Yuasa has authored 405 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 360 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 139 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 139 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Shinji Yuasa's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (334 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (139 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (90 papers). Shinji Yuasa is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (334 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (139 papers) and ZnO doping and properties (90 papers). Shinji Yuasa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and Poland. Shinji Yuasa's co-authors include Akio Fukushima, Yoshishige Suzuki, Koji Ando, Hitoshi Kubota, Taro Nagahama, Kay Yakushiji, D. D. Djayaprawira, H. Maehara, K. Tsunekawa and Naoki Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shinji Yuasa

389 papers receiving 16.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in single-crystal Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions

2004 2.5k citations Shinji Yuasa, Taro Nagahama et al. Nature Materials profile →
Neuromorphic computing with nanoscale spintronic oscillators

2017 945 citations Sumito Tsunegi, Damien Querlioz et al. profile →
230% room-temperature magnetoresistance in CoFeB∕MgO∕CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions

2005 767 citations D. D. Djayaprawira, K. Tsunekawa et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Spin-torque diode effect in magnetic tunnel junctions

2005 607 citations Ashwin A. Tulapurkar, Yoshishige Suzuki et al. profile →
Giant tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions with a crystalline MgO(0 0 1) barrier

2007 473 citations Shinji Yuasa, D. D. Djayaprawira profile →
Vowel recognition with four coupled spin-torque nano-oscillators

2018 359 citations M. Romera, Philippe Talatchian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shinji Yuasa Japan	57	13.6k	6.8k	5.8k	5.0k	3.8k	405	17.0k
Vincent Cros France	52	13.5k 1.0×	5.6k 0.8×	5.8k 1.0×	3.1k 0.6×	6.0k 1.6×	192	16.6k
Akio Fukushima Japan	48	9.3k 0.7×	5.2k 0.8×	3.9k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	245	12.2k
M. D. Stiles United States	55	11.0k 0.8×	4.8k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.6×	4.3k 1.1×	160	13.3k
Weisheng Zhao China	62	8.3k 0.6×	9.1k 1.3×	3.0k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	640	14.1k
J. A. Katine United States	53	11.3k 0.8×	5.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.5×	3.4k 0.9×	197	12.7k
Shunsuke Fukami Japan	46	6.4k 0.5×	4.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	222	8.9k
Kay Yakushiji Japan	43	5.8k 0.4×	3.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	195	7.9k
B. Diény France	63	15.1k 1.1×	5.4k 0.8×	8.5k 1.5×	5.0k 1.0×	5.7k 1.5×	461	18.0k
Julie Grollier France	42	5.2k 0.4×	5.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	131	9.8k
Yan Zhou China	50	8.1k 0.6×	3.2k 0.5×	3.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.4×	3.6k 1.0×	377	10.6k

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Jansen, R. & Shinji Yuasa. (2025). Large magnetoresistance in a quantum dot between two reservoirs with spin accumulation. Physical review. B.. 111(10).

Nozaki, Tomohiro, Shingo Tamaru, Hiroyasu Nakayama, et al.. (2025). Dielectric constant of MgO tunnel barrier with epitaxial strain. NPG Asia Materials. 17(1). 1 indexed citations

Higo, Y., Masanori Hosomi, Rie Matsumoto, et al.. (2025). Write error reduction in magnetic tunnel junctions for voltage-controlled magnetoresistive random access memory by using exchange coupled free layer. Applied Physics Letters. 126(2). 2 indexed citations

Matsumoto, Rie, Shinji Yuasa, & Hiroshi Imamura. (2023). Substantial reduction of write-error rate for voltage-controlled magnetoresistive random access memory by in-plane demagnetizing field and voltage-induced negative out-of-plane anisotropy field. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 579. 170804–170804. 1 indexed citations

Spiesser, A., R. Jansen, H. Saito, & Shinji Yuasa. (2023). Optimum contact resistance for two-terminal magnetoresistance in a lateral spin valve. Applied Physics Letters. 122(6). 1 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Tatsuya, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Fe segregation and its influence on magnetic properties of CoFeB/MgFeO multilayers. Applied Physics Express. 16(11). 113002–113002. 4 indexed citations

Nakayama, Hiroyasu, Takayuki Nozaki, Tomohiro Nozaki, & Shinji Yuasa. (2023). Strong Impact of Underlayers on the Voltage‐Controlled Magnetic Anisotropy in Interface Engineered Co/MgO Junctions with Heavy Metals. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(16). 6 indexed citations

Nozaki, Takayuki, Tomohiro Ichinose, Jun Uzuhashi, et al.. (2023). Large voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy effect in magnetic tunnel junctions prepared by deposition at cryogenic temperatures. APL Materials. 11(12). 5 indexed citations

Romera, M., Philippe Talatchian, Sumito Tsunegi, et al.. (2022). Binding events through the mutual synchronization of spintronic nano-neurons. Nature Communications. 13(1). 883–883. 24 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Takayuki, Takayuki Nozaki, Tomohiro Nozaki, et al.. (2022). Precise interface engineering using a post-oxidized ultrathin MgAl layer for the voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy effect. APL Materials. 10(8). 14 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Tomohiro, Tomohiro Nozaki, Makoto Konoto, et al.. (2020). Control of the magnetic domain of Pt/Co/Ru/MgO multilayer: Effect of Co thickness and Ru insertion. AIP Advances. 10(3). 4 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Tatsuya, Hitoshi Kubota, Akio Fukushima, et al.. (2020). Generation of charge current from magnetization oscillation via the inverse of voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy effect. Science Advances. 6(32). eabc2618–eabc2618. 6 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Takayuki, Takayuki Nozaki, Minori Goto, et al.. (2019). Brownian motion of skyrmion bubbles and its control by voltage applications. Applied Physics Letters. 114(1). 73 indexed citations

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Nozaki, Tomohiro, Makoto Konoto, Takayuki Nozaki, et al.. (2019). Voltage-induced coercivity change in Co film grown on Cr ₂ O ₃ barrier. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 58(10). 100911–100911. 3 indexed citations

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Yuasa, Shinji, K. Hono, G. Hu, & D. C. Worledge. (2018). Materials for spin-transfer-torque magnetoresistive random-access memory. MRS Bulletin. 43(5). 352–357. 46 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Tatsuya, Takayuki Nozaki, Hiroshi Imamura, et al.. (2018). Voltage-driven magnetization switching using inverse-bias scheme. The Japan Society of Applied Physics. 1 indexed citations

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Spiesser, A., S. Watanabe, H. Saito, Shinji Yuasa, & Koji Ando. (2013). Effective Creation of Spin Polarization in p-Type Ge from a Fe/GeO. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 52(4). 3 indexed citations

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Wada, Takahiro, T. Yamane, Takeshi Seki, et al.. (2009). Field Orientation Dependence of Spin-Torque-Induced RF Oscillations in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 33(4). 379–383. 1 indexed citations

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Yuasa, Shinji, Rie Matsumoto, Akio Fukushima, et al.. (2006). Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions and its industrial applications. 186–187.

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Yuasa, Shinji, Taro Nagahama, Akio Fukushima, Yoshishige Suzuki, & Koji Ando. (2004). Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in single-crystal Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions. Nature Materials. 3(12). 868–871. 2516 indexed citations breakdown →

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