Tatsuya Tsukuda

22.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
281 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

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Tatsuya Tsukuda is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tatsuya Tsukuda has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Materials Chemistry, 97 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 58 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tatsuya Tsukuda's work include Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (195 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (89 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (87 papers). Tatsuya Tsukuda is often cited by papers focused on Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (195 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (89 papers) and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (87 papers). Tatsuya Tsukuda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Finland. Tatsuya Tsukuda's co-authors include Yuichi Negishi, Hironori Tsunoyama, Shinjiro Takano, Hidehiro Sakurai, Seiji Yamazoe, Katsuyuki Nobusada, Kiichirou Koyasu, Yukatsu Shichibu, Nobuyuki Ichikuni and Songhai Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tatsuya Tsukuda

271 papers receiving 18.8k 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.

Glutathione-Protected Gold Clusters Revisited: Bridging the Gap between Gold(I)−Thiolate Complexes and Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanocrystals

2005 1.5k citations Tatsuya Tsukuda et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Size-Specific Catalytic Activity of Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters for Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation in Water

2005 779 citations Tatsuya Tsukuda et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Effect of Electronic Structures of Au Clusters Stabilized by Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) on Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis

2009 615 citations Nobuyuki Ichikuni, Tatsuya Tsukuda et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Nonscalable Oxidation Catalysis of Gold Clusters

2013 532 citations Seiji Yamazoe, Kiichirou Koyasu et al. profile →
N-heterocyclic carbene-functionalized magic-number gold nanoclusters

2019 420 citations Mina R. Narouz, Shinjiro Takano et al. profile →
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Hydrido Au₂₄ Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂

2022 139 citations Shinjiro Takano, Sami Malola et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters

2024 95 citations Emily L. Albright, Tetyana I. Levchenko et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tatsuya Tsukuda Japan	69	16.3k	8.8k	3.8k	1.5k	1.2k	281	19.0k
Manzhou Zhu China	69	21.2k 1.3×	11.7k 1.3×	2.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	476	24.0k
Yuichi Negishi Japan	64	14.5k 0.9×	7.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	947 0.8×	295	16.4k
Thomas Bürgi Switzerland	61	7.5k 0.5×	3.8k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	936 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	298	13.6k
Huifeng Qian United States	57	10.9k 0.7×	6.1k 0.7×	943 0.2×	834 0.5×	384 0.3×	85	12.1k
Hironori Tsunoyama Japan	37	6.1k 0.4×	2.9k 0.3×	2.2k 0.6×	699 0.5×	505 0.4×	89	7.3k
Sami Malola Finland	49	8.8k 0.5×	4.8k 0.5×	885 0.2×	398 0.3×	723 0.6×	149	9.6k
Zhikun Wu China	55	10.3k 0.6×	6.4k 0.7×	698 0.2×	703 0.5×	501 0.4×	150	11.0k
Jean‐Yves Saillard France	47	5.6k 0.3×	2.9k 0.3×	3.2k 0.8×	546 0.4×	2.9k 2.4×	332	8.9k
Christine M. Aikens United States	50	8.8k 0.5×	6.3k 0.7×	588 0.2×	410 0.3×	459 0.4×	153	10.4k
D. Michael P. Mingos United Kingdom	58	5.5k 0.3×	2.6k 0.3×	8.2k 2.2×	486 0.3×	5.7k 4.6×	332	15.0k

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Albright, Emily L., Juan Chen, Lili Ding, et al.. (2025). Impact of Ligand Structure on Biological Activity and Photophysical Properties of NHC-Protected Au₁₃ Nanoclusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4017–4025. 8 indexed citations

Takano, Shinjiro, Juan Chen, Sami Malola, et al.. (2025). Diving into Unknown Waters: Water-Soluble Clickable Au₁₃ Nanoclusters Protected with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Bio-Medical Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(5). 4230–4238. 11 indexed citations

Ito, Shun, Kiichirou Koyasu, & Tatsuya Tsukuda. (2025). Structural Origin of Spin‐Orbit Splitting of 1P Orbitals of Icosahedral Au ₁₃ Superatom Protected by Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202508151–e202508151. 2 indexed citations

Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2025). Tuning the surface chemistry of NHC-protected Au₁₃ nanoclusters via a robust amide coupling procedure. Chemical Science. 16(39). 18278–18285.

Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2025). Gold Quantum Needles Synthesized by Thermal-Induced, One-Dimensional Oligomerization of Au ₂₄ (SC ₂ H ₄ Ph) ₂₀. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(49). 44680–44685.

Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2025). X-ray Crystallographic Visualization of a Nucleation and Anisotropic Growth in Thiolate-Protected Gold Clusters: Toward Targeted Synthesis of Gold Quantum Needles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(37). 33953–33962. 2 indexed citations

Masuda, Shinya, Haru Hirai, Pei Zhao, et al.. (2024). Substrate-Dependent Role of a Pd Dopant in PdAu₁₂ Catalysts in the Oxidation of p-Substituted Benzyl Alcohols: Promotion of Hydride Abstraction and Reductive Activation of O₂. ACS Catalysis. 14(22). 17123–17131. 8 indexed citations

Hirai, Haru, Shinjiro Takano, Shinya Masuda, & Tatsuya Tsukuda. (2024). Introducing Iodide Ligands on IrAu₁₂ Cluster Enhances Phosphorescence Efficiency and Photoredox Activity. ChemElectroChem. 11(5). 8 indexed citations

Ito, Shun, et al.. (2024). Gas‐Phase Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Alkanethiolate‐Protected PtAu₁₂ Superatoms: Charging Energy in Vacuum vs Solution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(37). e202408335–e202408335. 4 indexed citations

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Ito, Shun, Frank Hennrich, Marco Neumaier, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the structure of [PdAu9(PPh3)8(CN)]2+ produced by atmospheric pressure plasma irradiation of [PdAu8(PPh3)8]2+ in methanol. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(2). 2 indexed citations

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Chang, C., Hikaru Kuramochi, Manish Singh, et al.. (2021). A Unified View on Varied Ultrafast Dynamics of the Primary Process in Microbial Rhodopsins. Angewandte Chemie. 134(2). 3 indexed citations

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Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2021). A Face‐to‐Face Dimer of Au₃ Superatoms Supported by Interlocked Tridentate Scaffolds Formed in Au₁₈S₂(SR)₁₂. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(2). e202113275–e202113275. 10 indexed citations

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Chang, C., Hikaru Kuramochi, Manish Pratap Singh, et al.. (2021). A Unified View on Varied Ultrafast Dynamics of the Primary Process in Microbial Rhodopsins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(2). e202111930–e202111930. 19 indexed citations

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Hirano, K., Shinjiro Takano, & Tatsuya Tsukuda. (2021). Ligand Effects on the Structures of [Au₂₃L₆(C≡CPh)₉]²⁺ (L = N-Heterocyclic Carbene vs Phosphine) with Au₁₇ Superatomic Cores. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 2 indexed citations

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Masuda, Shinya, et al.. (2021). Synergistic Effect in Ir- or Pt-Doped Ru Nanoparticles: Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds under Ambient Temperature and H₂ Pressure. ACS Catalysis. 11(16). 10502–10507. 6 indexed citations

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Takano, Shinjiro, et al.. (2021). A Face‐to‐Face Dimer of Au₃ Superatoms Supported by Interlocked Tridentate Scaffolds Formed in Au₁₈S₂(SR)₁₂. Angewandte Chemie. 134(2). 1 indexed citations

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Chang, C., Hikaru Kuramochi, Manish Pratap Singh, et al.. (2019). Acid–base equilibrium of the chromophore counterion results in distinct photoisomerization reactivity in the primary event of proteorhodopsin. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(46). 25728–25734. 11 indexed citations

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Narouz, Mina R., Shinjiro Takano, Paul A. Lummis, et al.. (2019). Robust, Highly Luminescent Au₁₃ Superatoms Protected by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(38). 14997–15002. 240 indexed citations

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Hirata, Keisuke, Papri Chakraborty, Abhijit Nag, et al.. (2018). Interconversions of Structural Isomers of [PdAu₈(PPh₃)₈]²⁺ and [Au₉(PPh₃)₈]³⁺ Revealed by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(40). 23123–23128. 25 indexed citations

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Asakura, Hiroyuki, Saburo Hosokawa, Toshiaki Ina, et al.. (2017). Dynamic Behavior of Rh Species in Rh/Al₂O₃ Model Catalyst during Three-Way Catalytic Reaction: An Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(1). 176–184. 65 indexed citations

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