Taro Kihara

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Taro Kihara is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Taro Kihara has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 20 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Taro Kihara's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (18 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (17 papers) and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (14 papers). Taro Kihara is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (18 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (17 papers) and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (14 papers). Taro Kihara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Taro Kihara's co-authors include Yukio Midzuno, Osamu Aono, Akio Koide, Hiroshi Shimeno, Shinji Soeda, Joseph O. Hirschfelder, Koji Kobashi, Hiroo Totsuji, Tsutomu Yokomatsu and Shiroshi Shibuya and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Reviews of Modern Physics and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Taro Kihara

60 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Virial Coefficients and M... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 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. Virial Coefficients and Models of Molecules in Gases
    1953 512 citations Taro Kihara Reviews of Modern Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Taro Kihara Japan 24 1.1k 563 460 384 368 63 2.4k
Everett Thiele United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 698 1.2× 666 1.4× 382 1.0× 231 0.6× 46 2.4k
K. Singer United Kingdom 28 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 2.1× 946 2.1× 364 0.9× 403 1.1× 49 3.0k
John S. Dahler United States 27 1.2k 1.1× 798 1.4× 540 1.2× 650 1.7× 100 0.3× 170 2.6k
B.R.A. Nijboer Netherlands 15 993 0.9× 337 0.6× 590 1.3× 416 1.1× 81 0.2× 29 1.8k
G. C. Lie United States 28 2.4k 2.3× 323 0.6× 421 0.9× 225 0.6× 196 0.5× 73 3.1k
Saul Goldman Canada 26 1.3k 1.3× 453 0.8× 325 0.7× 141 0.4× 270 0.7× 128 2.2k
L. Monchick United States 29 1.7k 1.6× 747 1.3× 387 0.8× 434 1.1× 373 1.0× 77 3.4k
M.W. Evans United Kingdom 28 2.4k 2.3× 334 0.6× 496 1.1× 578 1.5× 124 0.3× 326 3.2k
Horst Meyer United States 34 2.1k 2.0× 722 1.3× 673 1.5× 284 0.7× 77 0.2× 121 3.1k
Lars Onsager United States 24 2.7k 2.6× 536 1.0× 663 1.4× 1.4k 3.6× 119 0.3× 34 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taro Kihara

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taro Kihara

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All Works

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Kubota, Toshio, Daisuke Kobayashi, Taro Kihara, et al.. (2016). Prescription Factors Associated with Medication Non-adherence in Japan Assessed from Leftover Drugs in the SETSUYAKU-BAG Campaign: Focus on Oral Antidiabetic Drugs. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 7. 212–212. 19 indexed citations
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Yokomatsu, Tsutomu, Kenji Suemune, Taro Kihara, et al.. (1999). Synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,1-difluoro-2-(tetrahydro-3-furanyl)ethylphosphonic acids possessing a N9-purinylmethyl functional group at the ring. A new class of inhibitors for purine nucleoside phosphorylases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 9(19). 2833–2836. 24 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro & Koji Kobashi. (1979). Molecular librations in the α and γ phases of solid nitrogen based on the core potential. Chemical Physics Letters. 65(1). 12–15. 4 indexed citations
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Sakai, Kazuo, Akio Koide, & Taro Kihara. (1977). Intermolecular forces for hydrogen, nitrogen and acetylene. Chemical Physics Letters. 47(3). 416–420. 40 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro, et al.. (1976). Core potential of intermolecular forces applied to third virial coefficients and transport coefficients of polyatomic gases. Journal of Statistical Physics. 14(6). 509–519. 4 indexed citations
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Totsuji, Hiroo & Taro Kihara. (1969). The Correlation Function for the Distribution of Galaxies. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 21(3). 221–229. 39 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1965). Electrical Conductivity of a plasma in 'Ideal' Turbulence. National Institute for Fusion Science Repository (National Institute for Fusion Science). 36. 1–9. 3 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1964). Unified Theory of Relaxations in Plasmas. III. Quantum Effects. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 19(1). 108–116. 28 indexed citations
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Aono, Osamu, et al.. (1963). Fluctuations in a Plasma III: Effect of the Magnetic Field on the Stopping Power. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 18(2). 256–260. 19 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro, Osamu Aono, & Yukikazu Itikawa. (1963). Unified Theory of Relaxations in Plasmas, II. Applications. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 18(7). 1043–1050. 34 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro, et al.. (1962). Quantum theory of the Čerenkov radiation in plasmas. Nuclear Fusion. 2(1-2). 66–69. 3 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro, et al.. (1960). Transport Properties of Plasmas in a Strong Magnetic Field. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 15(6). 1101–1107. 4 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1959). Ion-Electron Relaxation of Plasmas in a Strong Magnetic Field. I. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 14(12). 1751–1754. 10 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1958). Macroscopic Foundation of Plasma Dynamics. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 13(5). 473–481. 7 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro, et al.. (1954). Second Virial Coefficient between Unlike Molecules. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 9(5). 688–689. 10 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1953). The Mathematical Theory of Electrical Discharges in Gases. B. Velocity-Distribution of Positive Ions in a Static Field. Reviews of Modern Physics. 25(4). 844–852. 129 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1953). On Isihara-Hayashida's Theory of the Second Virial Coefficient for Rigid Convex Molecules. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 8(5). 686–687. 25 indexed citations
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Kihara, Taro. (1951). Determination of Intermolecular Forces from the Equation of State of Gases. II. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 6(3). 184–188. 23 indexed citations

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