Taku Watanabe

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Taku Watanabe is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Taku Watanabe has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Taku Watanabe's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (9 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Taku Watanabe is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (9 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (9 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). Taku Watanabe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Taku Watanabe's co-authors include David S. Sholl, Yûichi Aihara, Ryo Omoda, Y. Park, Satoshi Fujiki, Nobuyoshi Yashiro, Tomoyuki Shiratsuchi, N. Suzuki, Simon R. Phillpot and Dongmin Im and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Taku Watanabe

49 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

High-energy long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal ba... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. High-energy long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enabled by silver–carbon composite anodes
    2020 1.4k citations Satoshi Fujiki, Taku Watanabe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taku Watanabe Japan 25 2.0k 1.5k 1.1k 1.1k 705 50 3.9k
Wen Yin China 33 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 626 0.6× 403 0.4× 831 1.2× 195 3.9k
Bruce J. Tatarchuk United States 34 1.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 202 0.2× 379 0.3× 1.3k 1.9× 162 3.6k
Chuan Shi China 39 3.4k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 173 0.2× 1.7k 1.5× 250 0.4× 78 6.6k
Jinlong Zhu China 29 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 193 0.2× 340 0.3× 444 0.6× 103 3.0k
Bo Liu China 38 3.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.3× 195 0.2× 712 0.7× 440 0.6× 136 4.8k
Huaiying Zhou China 32 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 427 0.4× 228 0.2× 545 0.8× 112 2.8k
Sun‐Hwa Yeon South Korea 31 1.3k 0.6× 979 0.7× 316 0.3× 217 0.2× 796 1.1× 68 3.2k
Lianmeng Zhang China 31 2.2k 1.1× 2.3k 1.6× 116 0.1× 599 0.6× 577 0.8× 234 4.2k
F. Maury France 32 886 0.4× 2.1k 1.4× 226 0.2× 147 0.1× 678 1.0× 218 3.6k
Hongliang Dong China 42 2.2k 1.1× 2.3k 1.6× 295 0.3× 144 0.1× 435 0.6× 176 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Taku Watanabe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taku Watanabe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taku Watanabe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Taku Watanabe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Taku Watanabe 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 Taku Watanabe. Taku Watanabe 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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Watanabe, Taku, Yuki Ueda, Ryuhei Motokawa, et al.. (2025). Particle Arrangements and Optical Changes Induced by the Water Swelling of Melanin-Like Polydopamine Layers. Langmuir. 41(34). 22762–22773.
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Watanabe, Taku & Runhe Huang. (2024). Adding Gaussian Noise to Sparse Frames from a mmWave Radar for Improving HAR. 22. 440–443. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, et al.. (2023). Multiple-person Tracking with mmWave Radar Using Adaptive Clustering and Ghost Removing. 668–675. 1 indexed citations
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Fujiki, Satoshi, et al.. (2014). The influence of the carbonate species on LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 surfaces for all-solid-state lithium ion battery performance. Journal of Power Sources. 269. 396–402. 53 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, et al.. (2013). Development of Non-contact Transportation for Substrate by Combination of Squeeze and Aerostatic pressure (1st report). Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 79(9). 868–872. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Sunho, Taku Watanabe, Tae‐Hyun Bae, David S. Sholl, & Christopher W. Jones. (2012). Modification of the Mg/DOBDC MOF with Amines to Enhance CO2 Adsorption from Ultradilute Gases. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 3(9). 1136–1141. 290 indexed citations
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Haldoupis, Emmanuel, Taku Watanabe, Sankar Nair, & David S. Sholl. (2012). Quantifying Large Effects of Framework Flexibility on Diffusion in MOFs: CH4 and CO2 in ZIF‐8. ChemPhysChem. 13(15). 3449–3452. 193 indexed citations
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Li, Shufeng, et al.. (2011). Microstructure and mechanical properties of ZrO2 (Y2O3)–Al2O3 nanocomposites prepared by spark plasma sintering. Particuology. 10(3). 345–351. 28 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, Thomas A. Manz, & David S. Sholl. (2011). Accurate Treatment of Electrostatics during Molecular Adsorption in Nanoporous Crystals without Assigning Point Charges to Framework Atoms. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(11). 4824–4836. 100 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku & Toshiyuki Tanaka. (2009). Vein authentication using color information and image matching with high performance on natural light. 2009 ICCAS-SICE. 3625–3629. 7 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, et al.. (2008). Processing of FGM with Five Concentric Layers by Spark Plasma Sintering and Analysis by the Finite Element Method-The Fabrication of TiH2-(SHAp-100+.BETA.-TCP) Functionally Graded Material (FGM)-. Journal of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy. 55(5). 365–372. 1 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, et al.. (2008). Thermal transport properties of MgO and Nd2Zr2O7 pyrochlore by molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 380(1-3). 1–7. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Shufeng, et al.. (2008). The Effects of Sintering Temperature and Pressure on the Sintering Behavior of Hydroxyapatite Powder Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering. Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering. 3(1). 1–12. 12 indexed citations
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Yao, Man, Taku Watanabe, Patrick K. Schelling, et al.. (2008). Phonon-defect scattering in doped silicon by molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Applied Physics. 104(2). 10 indexed citations
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Watanabe, Taku, Boris Ni, Simon R. Phillpot, Patrick K. Schelling, & Pawel Keblinski. (2007). Thermal conductance across grain boundaries in diamond from molecular dynamics simulation. Journal of Applied Physics. 102(6). 45 indexed citations
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Satô, Yoshiyuki, et al.. (2004). Solubility of HFC-134a, HCFC-142b, Butane, and Isobutane in Low-Density Polyethylene Melt. 2004. 987–987. 1 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, J., Toru Asahi, Masaaki Ichiki, et al.. (1995). Structural and optical properties of poly lactic acids. Journal of Applied Physics. 77(7). 2957–2973. 269 indexed citations

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