Shiro Asano

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Shiro Asano is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shiro Asano has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Shiro Asano's work include Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (4 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (4 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (4 papers). Shiro Asano is often cited by papers focused on Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (4 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (4 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (4 papers). Shiro Asano collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Shiro Asano's co-authors include Eisuke Nishida, Makoto Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Yanagida, Takahiro Nakamura, Minoru Yoshida, Makoto Adachi, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Katsuya Okawa, Kenichi A. Tanaka and Yasutaka Ohta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Cell Biology and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

Shiro Asano

13 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

CRM1 is responsible for intracellular transport mediated by the nuclear export signal

1997 1.1k citations Makoto Fukuda, Shiro Asano et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shiro Asano Japan	7	1.1k	247	108	106	99	13	1.3k
Ludwig Englmeier Germany	9	1.4k 1.3×	123 0.5×	145 1.3×	104 1.0×	106 1.1×	10	1.6k
Piergiorgio Percipalle Sweden	11	671 0.6×	237 1.0×	80 0.7×	118 1.1×	56 0.6×	14	905
Laura I. Davis United States	12	2.1k 1.9×	294 1.2×	150 1.4×	202 1.9×	90 0.9×	15	2.3k
Einar Hallberg Sweden	21	1.6k 1.5×	274 1.1×	155 1.4×	97 0.9×	61 0.6×	56	1.8k
Karine Kindbeiter France	17	832 0.8×	135 0.5×	121 1.1×	137 1.3×	108 1.1×	32	1.2k
Urs Hoffmann‐Rohrer Germany	11	1.0k 0.9×	208 0.8×	112 1.0×	166 1.6×	118 1.2×	12	1.3k
Gregor Cicchetti United States	10	974 0.9×	337 1.4×	111 1.0×	215 2.0×	159 1.6×	10	1.5k
Nayanendu Saha United States	15	762 0.7×	186 0.8×	49 0.5×	93 0.9×	219 2.2×	24	1.2k
Karla L. Ewalt United States	17	1.5k 1.4×	107 0.4×	108 1.0×	227 2.1×	77 0.8×	21	1.7k
Allison Lange United States	9	1.1k 1.0×	107 0.4×	151 1.4×	83 0.8×	166 1.7×	11	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Shiro Asano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shiro Asano

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Tanigawa, Hisashi, Takanori Hirose, Yoshinori Kawamura, et al.. (2018). Cylindrical breeding blankets for fusion reactors. Fusion Engineering and Design. 136. 1221–1225. 8 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, S. Mizumaki, Masahiro Yamada, et al.. (2018). Design, manufacturing and installation of the JT-60SA vacuum vessel gravity support. Fusion Engineering and Design. 136. 661–666. 1 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Kazuhito, Nakamura Makoto, K. Tobita, et al.. (2015). Analysis on ex-vessel loss of coolant accident for a water-cooled fusion DEMO reactor. 9. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Shibama, Yusuke, A. Kaminaga, Y. Miyo, et al.. (2015). Welding technology on sector assembly of the JT-60SA vacuum vessel. Fusion Engineering and Design. 98-99. 1614–1619. 3 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, Atsushi Kikuchi, S. Mizumaki, et al.. (2011). Fundamental welding R&D results for manufacturing vacuum vessel of JT-60SA. Fusion Engineering and Design. 86(9-11). 1816–1820. 11 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, et al.. (2009). Robot catching with high manipulability grasp configuration using vision. 909–914. 1 indexed citations

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Tajima, Naoki, et al.. (2007). Advantage of Internal Irradiating Reactor for Ultraviolet-ray Decomposition of PCBs. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU. 33(4). 332–338. 2 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, Masanori Mishima, & Eisuke Nishida. (2001). Coronin forms a stable dimer through its C‐terminal coiled coil region: an implicated role in its localization to cell periphery. Genes to Cells. 6(3). 225–235. 27 indexed citations

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Sugihara, Kazuhiro, Shiro Asano, Kenichi A. Tanaka, et al.. (2001). The exocyst complex binds the small GTPase RalA to mediate filopodia formation. Nature Cell Biology. 4(1). 73–78. 202 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, K. Tsumori, Yasuo Suzuki, et al.. (1999). Effects of filament positions on the arc discharge characteristics of a negative hydrogen ion source for neutral beam injector. Review of Scientific Instruments. 70(5). 2338–2344. 12 indexed citations

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Fukuda, Makoto, Shiro Asano, Takahiro Nakamura, et al.. (1997). CRM1 is responsible for intracellular transport mediated by the nuclear export signal. Nature. 390(6657). 308–311. 1057 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hashimoto, Kiyoshi & Shiro Asano. (1995). Extraction of a negative hydrogen ion beam from a microwave ion source. Fusion Engineering and Design. 26(1-4). 495–500. 8 indexed citations

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Asano, Shiro, et al.. (1989). Efficient Trap of a Coaxial Gun Plasma in an Axisymmetric Mirror with an Internal Hoop. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 58(4). 1265–1272. 1 indexed citations

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