Shiro Sakai

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
200 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Shiro Sakai is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shiro Sakai has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 116 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shiro Sakai's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (90 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (83 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (36 papers). Shiro Sakai is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (90 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (83 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (36 papers). Shiro Sakai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, France and United States. Shiro Sakai's co-authors include Ryotaro Arita, Masatoshi Imada, Beomjoon Kim, Takashi Komesu, H. Ohsumi, T. Morita, H. Takagi, T. Arima, Tomoya Sugahara and Masayoshi Umeno and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shiro Sakai

194 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Phase-Sensitive Observation of a Spin-Orbital Mott State ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Phase-Sensitive Observation of a Spin-Orbital Mott State in Sr 2 IrO 4
    2009 900 citations Shiro Sakai et al. profile →

Peers

Shiro Sakai
W. P. Pratt United States
Pratap Raychaudhuri India
S. Müller Germany
I. Turek Czechia
T. Prokscha Switzerland
T. Shinjo Japan
P.M. Martin United States
S. D. Bader United States
M. Gurvitch United States
S. Pizzini France
W. P. Pratt United States
Shiro Sakai
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shiro Sakai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shiro Sakai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shiro Sakai 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 Sakai. Shiro Sakai 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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Katayama, Tsukasa, et al.. (2024). Cation-placement control in double-perovskite GdBaCo2O6 and its impact on magnetism via spin-state modification. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(28). 10428–10436.
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Koga, Akihisa & Shiro Sakai. (2024). Hyperuniformity in two-dimensional periodic and quasiperiodic point patterns. Physical review. E. 109(4). 44103–44103. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Meng, Katsuhiro Tanaka, Shiro Sakai, et al.. (2023). Emergent zero-field anomalous Hall effect in a reconstructed rutile antiferromagnetic metal. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8240–8240. 36 indexed citations
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Kohama, Yoshimitsu, Shiro Sakai, Makoto Okubo, et al.. (2023). Unveiling phase diagram of the lightly doped high-Tc cuprate superconductors with disorder removed. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4064–4064. 13 indexed citations
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Backes, Steffen, Yuta Murakami, Shiro Sakai, & Ryotaro Arita. (2023). Dynamical mean-field theory for the Hubbard-Holstein model on a quantum device. Physical review. B.. 107(16). 9 indexed citations
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Takemori, Nayuta, et al.. (2023). Supercurrent Distribution on Ammann-Beenker Structure. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2461(1). 12014–12014. 3 indexed citations
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Sakai, Shiro, Ryotaro Arita, & Tomi Ohtsuki. (2022). Quantum phase transition between hyperuniform density distributions. Physical Review Research. 4(3). 16 indexed citations
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Yamada, R., J. Fujioka, Minoru Kawamura, et al.. (2022). Field-induced multiple metal-insulator crossovers of correlated Dirac electrons of perovskite CaIrO3. npj Quantum Materials. 7(1). 6 indexed citations
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Sakai, Shiro, Ryotaro Arita, & Tomi Ohtsuki. (2022). Hyperuniform electron distributions controlled by electron interactions in quasicrystals. Physical review. B.. 105(5). 15 indexed citations
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Nomura, Yusuke, Shiro Sakai, & Ryotaro Arita. (2022). Fermi Surface Expansion above Critical Temperature in a Hund Ferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. 128(20). 5 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Ryoma, Kentaro Ueda, Shiro Sakai, et al.. (2021). Fully filling-controlled pyrochlore ruthenates: Emergent ferromagnetic-metal state and geometrical Hall effect. Physical review. B.. 103(20). 4 indexed citations
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Takemori, Nayuta, Ryotaro Arita, & Shiro Sakai. (2020). Physical properties of weak-coupling quasiperiodic superconductors. Physical review. B.. 102(11). 28 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Sunao, Junichi Shiogai, Nayuta Takemori, et al.. (2019). Giant thermoelectric power factor in ultrathin FeSe superconductor. Nature Communications. 10(1). 825–825. 66 indexed citations
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Yamada, R., J. Fujioka, Minoru Kawamura, et al.. (2019). Large Variation of Dirac Semimetal State in Perovskite CaIrO3 with Pressure-Tuning of Electron Correlation. Physical Review Letters. 123(21). 216601–216601. 19 indexed citations
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Bragança, Helena, Shiro Sakai, M. C. O. Aguiar, & Marcello Civelli. (2018). Correlation-Driven Lifshitz Transition at the Emergence of the Pseudogap Phase in the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model. Physical Review Letters. 120(6). 67002–67002. 22 indexed citations
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Sakai, Shiro, Mitsuhiro Nakayama, Kenta Kuroda, et al.. (2017). Observation of Bogoliubov Band Hybridization in the Optimally Doped Trilayer Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ. Physical Review Letters. 119(21). 217001–217001. 11 indexed citations
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Arita, Ryotaro, et al.. (2017). Nonempirical Calculation of Superconducting Transition Temperatures in Light‐Element Superconductors. Advanced Materials. 29(25). 20 indexed citations
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Kondo, Takeshi, Masayuki Ochi, Mitsuhiro Nakayama, et al.. (2016). Orbital-Dependent Band Narrowing Revealed in an Extremely Correlated Hund’s Metal Emerging on the Topmost Layer of Sr2RuO4. Physical Review Letters. 117(24). 247001–247001. 18 indexed citations
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Sakai, Shiro, Yukitoshi Motome, & Masatoshi Imada. (2009). Evolution of Electronic Structure of Doped Mott Insulators: Reconstruction of Poles and Zeros of Green’s Function. Physical Review Letters. 102(5). 56404–56404. 152 indexed citations
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Soga, Tetsuo, et al.. (1986). MOCVD Growth of GaAs_ P_ on Si Substrate. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 25(4). 1 indexed citations

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