Toru Hara

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Toru Hara is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Hara has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Materials Chemistry, 83 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Toru Hara's work include Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (48 papers), Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (26 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (25 papers). Toru Hara is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (48 papers), Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (26 papers) and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (25 papers). Toru Hara collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and China. Toru Hara's co-authors include Kaneaki Tsuzaki, Koji Kimoto, Xiuzhen Yu, Yoshinori Tokura, Yoshio Matsui, Fu-Gao Wei, Naoya Kanazawa, Minoru Nishida, Takahito Ohmura and Takuro Nagai and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Toru Hara

236 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Hara Japan	38	2.8k	1.7k	1.1k	831	725	243	5.2k
Jonathan P. Wright France	40	4.3k 1.6×	2.4k 1.4×	408 0.4×	1.3k 1.6×	656 0.9×	252	7.5k
U. Dahmen United States	39	4.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	945 0.8×	531 0.6×	301 0.4×	196	6.2k
David B. Williams United States	18	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	843 0.7×	684 0.8×	306 0.4×	49	6.2k
Shigenobu Ogata Japan	43	5.7k 2.1×	4.7k 2.7×	662 0.6×	372 0.4×	361 0.5×	221	8.1k
Matthew Weyland Australia	43	3.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.5×	598 0.5×	454 0.5×	256 0.4×	114	6.3k
D. C. Chrzan United States	40	4.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	343 0.4×	437 0.6×	169	6.3k
Yongqiang Wang United States	46	5.7k 2.0×	2.0k 1.2×	544 0.5×	701 0.8×	356 0.5×	288	8.1k
Hassel Ledbetter United States	45	3.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	621 0.5×	910 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	237	7.2k
Raynald Gauvin Canada	37	2.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	572 0.5×	597 0.7×	216 0.3×	353	6.7k
Alexander H. King United States	42	3.8k 1.4×	2.6k 1.5×	499 0.4×	632 0.8×	263 0.4×	201	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Toru Hara

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toru Hara

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Höfler, Thomas, Teruyuki Ikeda, Toshio Osada, et al.. (2025). Automated system for high-throughput process-structure-property dataset generation of structural materials: A γ/γ′ superalloy case study. Materials & Design. 256. 114279–114279.

Shibata, Akinobu, et al.. (2024). Local crack arrestability and deformation microstructure evolution of hydrogen-related fracture in martensitic steel. Corrosion Science. 233. 112092–112092. 9 indexed citations

Banno, N., et al.. (2024). In-depth S/TEM observation of Ti–Hf and Ta–Hf-doped Nb₃Sn layers. Superconductor Science and Technology. 37(3). 35019–35019. 3 indexed citations

Ishihara, Tatsuhiko, et al.. (2023). "Happy Heart Syndrome" Followed Up with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Internal Medicine. 63(6). 815–819.

Shibata, Akinobu, Gorō Miyamoto, Shigekazu Morito, et al.. (2023). Substructure and crystallography of lath martensite in as-quenched interstitial-free steel and low-carbon steel. Acta Materialia. 246. 118675–118675. 39 indexed citations

Shiizaki, Kazuhiro, Yutaka Miura, Reiji Yamazaki, et al.. (2023). Correlative light and electron microscopic observation of calcium phosphate particles in a mouse kidney formed under a high-phosphate diet. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 852–852. 2 indexed citations

Cui, Dongxu, Anna Ściążko, Yosuke Komatsu, et al.. (2023). Three dimensional microstructures of carbon deposition on Ni-YSZ anodes under polarization. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 87. 359–367. 9 indexed citations

Hara, Toru. (2023). Techniques and Applications of FIB-SEM Serial Sectioning Observation. Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 89(6). 440–443.

Inoue, T., et al.. (2021). Structural Changes and Mechanical Resistance of Claws and Denticles in Coconut Crabs of Different Sizes. Biology. 10(12). 1304–1304. 10 indexed citations

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Patel, Dipak, A. Matsumoto, Hiroaki Kumakura, et al.. (2021). Superconducting Joining Concept for Internal Magnesium Diffusion-Processed Magnesium Diboride Wires. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(2). 3349–3357. 16 indexed citations

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Inoue, T., et al.. (2021). Superior mechanical resistance in the exoskeleton of the coconut crab, Birgus latro. Materials Today Bio. 12. 100132–100132. 18 indexed citations

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Osada, Toshio, Toru Hara, Masanori Mitome, et al.. (2020). Self-healing by design: universal kinetic model of strength recovery in self-healing ceramics. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 21(1). 593–608. 27 indexed citations

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Yoshihara, Κ., Noriyuki Nagaoka, A. Nakamura, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional observation and analysis of remineralization in dentinal caries lesions. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4387–4387. 24 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Keisuke, Masatoshi Mitsuhara, Minoru Nishida, et al.. (2018). Wide range control of Schottky barrier heights at metal/Ge interfaces with nitrogen-contained amorphous interlayers formed during ZrN sputter deposition. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 33(11). 114011–114011. 4 indexed citations

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Nagaoka, Noriyuki, et al.. (2017). Three-dimensional morphometry of collagen fibrils in membranous bone. Integrative Biology. 9(11). 868–875. 6 indexed citations

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Osada, Toshio, Masanori Mitome, Toru Hara, et al.. (2017). A Novel Design Approach for Self-Crack-Healing Structural Ceramics with 3D Networks of Healing Activator. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17853–17853. 61 indexed citations

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Kishi, Daisuke, et al.. (2010). Egg eyeing rates and physical characteristics of spawning redds of stocked amago salmon Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae in a stream. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 76(3). 370–374. 7 indexed citations

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Noguchi, Masahiro, Kazuyoshi Imaizumi, Tsutomu Kawabe, et al.. (2001). Induction of antitumor immunity by transduction of CD40 ligand gene and interferon-γ gene into lung cancer. Cancer Gene Therapy. 8(6). 421–429. 23 indexed citations

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Hara, Toru. (1989). [Electron histochemical alteration on the plasma membrane of biliary epithelial cells in obstructive jaundice].. PubMed. 90(5). 726–35. 1 indexed citations

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Hara, Toru, et al.. (1981). Receptors on Peripheral blood Neutrophils and Exudate Neutrophils in Acute Bacterial Infections. Ensho. 1(5). 680–680. 1 indexed citations

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