Tomoya Hirota

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Tomoya Hirota is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tomoya Hirota has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56 papers in Spectroscopy and 28 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Tomoya Hirota's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (91 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (56 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). Tomoya Hirota is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (91 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (56 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (51 papers). Tomoya Hirota collaborates with scholars based in Japan, South Korea and United States. Tomoya Hirota's co-authors include Satoshi Yamamoto, Nami Sakai, Takeshi Sakai, Mareki Honma, Masatoshi Ohishi, Hitomi Mikami, K. M. Menten, L. Moscadelli, Kazuya Hachisuka and Yoon Kyung Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tomoya Hirota

98 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS. VI. GALACTIC STRUCTURE, FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS, AND NONCIRCULAR MOTIONS

2009 611 citations K. M. Menten, Mareki Honma et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tomoya Hirota Japan	26	2.3k	1.1k	580	377	190	105	2.5k
J. Pety France	34	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	747 1.3×	459 1.2×	110 0.6×	111	3.3k
B. Nisini Italy	33	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	507 0.9×	290 0.8×	126 0.7×	154	3.3k
Gary J. Melnick United States	34	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.8×	602 1.6×	151 0.8×	122	3.3k
H. Wiesemeyer Germany	26	2.1k 0.9×	604 0.5×	423 0.7×	286 0.8×	207 1.1×	91	2.4k
Joan Najita United States	43	5.1k 2.2×	1.7k 1.4×	352 0.6×	305 0.8×	197 1.0×	114	5.2k
T. R. Geballe United States	28	2.5k 1.1×	806 0.7×	544 0.9×	625 1.7×	220 1.2×	103	2.7k
I. Kamp Netherlands	32	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	436 0.8×	178 0.5×	57 0.3×	153	2.9k
J. Carr United States	25	1.7k 0.7×	829 0.7×	278 0.5×	292 0.8×	299 1.6×	73	2.2k
R. Cesaroni Italy	39	4.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.8×	709 1.2×	329 0.9×	264 1.4×	171	4.3k
J. Bouwman Germany	43	4.7k 2.0×	1.4k 1.2×	457 0.8×	265 0.7×	104 0.5×	116	5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tomoya Hirota

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All Works

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Sakai, Takeshi, Patricio Sanhueza, Kenji Furuya, et al.. (2025). Digging Into the Interior of Hot Cores with ALMA (DIHCA). V. Deuterium Fractionation of Methanol. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(1). 37–37.

Usui, Keisuke, Tomoya Hirota, Koji Kimura, et al.. (2023). Atomic structure of ZrO2-doped Li2O–SiO2-based multi-component glasses revealed by molecular dynamics–reverse Monte Carlo modeling. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 616. 122472–122472. 4 indexed citations

Majumdar, Liton, P. F. Goldsmith, Kazuki Tokuda, et al.. (2023). Survey of CH₃NH₂ and its Formation Process. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(2). 189–189. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Jeong‐Eun, Neal J. Evans, Tomoya Hirota, et al.. (2023). Spectral Survey of a Hot Core with an Eruptive Accretion in S255IR NIRS3 (SHEA): The Discovery of Class I and II Millimeter Methanol Maser Transitions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(1). L25–L25. 2 indexed citations

Wright, M. C. H., Tomoya Hirota, Jan Forbrich, et al.. (2023). An Ionized Outflow in Orion-KL Source I?. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 14–14. 2 indexed citations

Gray, M. D., Tomoya Hirota, Koichiro Sugiyama, et al.. (2023). Proper Motions of Water Masers in W49 N Measured by KaVA. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(2). 79–79. 1 indexed citations

Bartkiewicz, A., M. Szymczak, M. Olech, et al.. (2023). Multi-frequency VLBI observations of maser lines during the 6.7 GHz maser flare in the high-mass young stellar object G24.33+0.14. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 671. A135–A135. 12 indexed citations

Sakai, Takeshi, Patricio Sanhueza, Kenji Furuya, et al.. (2022). The ALMA Survey of 70 μm Dark High-mass Clumps in Early Stages (ASHES). V. Deuterated Molecules in the 70 μm Dark IRDC G14.492-00.139. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 144–144. 13 indexed citations

Lee, Jeong‐Eun, et al.. (2022). Complex Organic Molecules Detected in 12 High-mass Star-forming Regions with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The Astrophysical Journal. 939(2). 84–84. 14 indexed citations

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Sunada, Kazuyoshi, Tomoya Hirota, Mi Kyoung Kim, & Ross A. Burns. (2022). Intensity monitor of water maser emission associated with massive YSOs. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 18(S380). 243–245. 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Ji‐hyun, et al.. (2022). Jet and Outflows in Massive Star Forming Region: G10.34-0.14. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 18(S380). 218–220.

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Chen, Xi, Andrej M. Sobolev, Zhiyuan Ren, et al.. (2020). New maser species tracing spiral-arm accretion flows in a high-mass young stellar object. Nature Astronomy. 4(12). 1170–1176. 37 indexed citations

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Kim, Mi Kyoung, Tomoya Hirota, Kee‐Tae Kim, et al.. (2020). Multiple Outflows in the High-mass Cluster-forming Region G25.82–0.17. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(2). 127–127. 4 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Aya E., Nami Sakai, Yoshimasa Watanabe, et al.. (2018). Chemical Survey toward Young Stellar Objects in the Perseus Molecular Cloud Complex. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 236(2). 52–52. 30 indexed citations

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Hunter, T. R., C. L. Brogan, Gordon MacLeod, et al.. (2018). The Extraordinary Outburst in the Massive Protostellar System NGC 6334I-MM1: Emergence of Strong 6.7 GHz Methanol Masers. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(2). 170–170. 53 indexed citations

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Shimoikura, Tomomi, Kazuhito Dobashi, Fumitaka Nakamura, Tomoaki Matsumoto, & Tomoya Hirota. (2018). A Statistical Study of Massive Cluster-forming Clumps. The Astrophysical Journal. 855(1). 45–45. 12 indexed citations

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Notsu, Shota, Hideko Nomura, Catherine Walsh, et al.. (2017). Candidate Water Vapor Lines to Locate the H₂O Snowline Through High-dispersion Spectroscopic Observations. II. The Case of a Herbig Ae Star. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(1). 118–118. 20 indexed citations

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Motogi, Kazuhito, Tomoya Hirota, Kazuo Sorai, et al.. (2017). A Face-on Accretion System in High-mass Star Formation: Possible Dusty Infall Streams within 100 AU. The Astrophysical Journal. 849(1). 23–23. 6 indexed citations

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Burns, Ross A., Toshihiro Handa, Tomoya Hirota, et al.. (2016). Molecular jet emission and a spectroscopic survey of S235AB. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Hirota, Tomoya, Mi Kyoung Kim, Yasutaka Kurono, & Mareki Honma. (2015). ALMA IMAGING OF MILLIMETER/SUBMILLIMETER CONTINUUM EMISSION IN ORION KL. The Astrophysical Journal. 801(2). 82–82. 15 indexed citations

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