Toshio Masunaga

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 865 citations indexed

About

Toshio Masunaga is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Toshio Masunaga has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 865 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Toshio Masunaga's work include Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (3 papers), Phosphorus compounds and reactions (2 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (2 papers). Toshio Masunaga is often cited by papers focused on Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (3 papers), Phosphorus compounds and reactions (2 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (2 papers). Toshio Masunaga collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Toshio Masunaga's co-authors include Yoshiki Ohshiro, Toshio Agawa, Toshikazu Hirao, Naoto Yamada, Toshikazu Hirao, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, S. Kawai, Eiji Watanabe and Katsuya Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Fuel and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

Toshio Masunaga

9 papers receiving 826 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.

Palladium-catalyzed New Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Formation

1982 295 citations Toshikazu Hirao, Toshio Masunaga et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toshio Masunaga Japan	6	757	287	62	61	57	10	865
G. Tarrago France	13	258 0.3×	73 0.3×	44 0.7×	15 0.2×	55 1.0×	37	411
Alicia B. Chopa Argentina	15	571 0.8×	97 0.3×	66 1.1×	47 0.8×	46 0.8×	48	623
Cornelis Lensink New Zealand	10	311 0.4×	251 0.9×	106 1.7×	10 0.2×	53 0.9×	30	472
Enrico Angeletti Italy	11	290 0.4×	77 0.3×	60 1.0×	13 0.2×	139 2.4×	17	434
E. E. NIFANT'EV Russia	9	221 0.3×	122 0.4×	43 0.7×	36 0.6×	61 1.1×	87	316
William P. Gallagher United States	12	459 0.6×	109 0.4×	81 1.3×	35 0.6×	45 0.8×	31	551
Jun‐ichi Tateiwa Japan	14	756 1.0×	282 1.0×	118 1.9×	25 0.4×	151 2.6×	29	845
H. Reinheckel Germany	11	291 0.4×	99 0.3×	78 1.3×	35 0.6×	44 0.8×	75	393
Yukio Takagi Japan	15	374 0.5×	177 0.6×	40 0.6×	18 0.3×	125 2.2×	37	502
А. В. Гущин Russia	14	475 0.6×	206 0.7×	34 0.5×	13 0.2×	73 1.3×	73	530

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toshio Masunaga

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Masunaga, Toshio, et al.. (1995). New hetero-bimetallic Pd-Cu catalyst for Wacker reaction. 319–322. 1 indexed citations

2.

Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, & Yoshiki Ohshiro. (1987). Reduction of gem-dibromocyclopropanes with dialkyl phosphonate and amine.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 1277–1279. 1 indexed citations

3.

Masunaga, Toshio, et al.. (1986). Chemistry of solvents in brown coal liquefaction: Estimation of steady state recycle solvent quality. Fuel Processing Technology. 14. 13–22. 4 indexed citations

4.

Masunaga, Toshio, et al.. (1984). Chemistry of solvents in coal liquefaction. Fuel. 63(8). 1138–1142. 20 indexed citations

5.

Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Ken’ichiro Hayashi, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1983). Novel reduction of α-bromo-α,β-unsaturated ketones. Selective synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated ketones. Tetrahedron Letters. 24(4). 399–400. 11 indexed citations

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Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1983). Synthesis of 1,2-Di-t-butyl-6-hydroxy-1,2-dihydro-1,2,4-triazines. Synthesis. 1983(6). 477–478. 3 indexed citations

7.

Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Naoto Yamada, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1982). Palladium-catalyzed New Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Formation. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 55(3). 909–913. 295 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1981). A Novel Synthesis of Dialkyl Arenephosphonates. Synthesis. 1981(1). 56–57. 263 indexed citations

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Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1981). Reduction of gem-dibromides with diethyl phosphite. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 46(18). 3745–3747. 58 indexed citations

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Hirao, Toshikazu, Toshio Masunaga, Yoshiki Ohshiro, & Toshio Agawa. (1980). Stereoselective synthesis of vinylphosphonate. Tetrahedron Letters. 21(37). 3595–3598. 209 indexed citations

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