Y. Sonobe

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Y. Sonobe is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Sonobe has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 37 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 25 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Y. Sonobe's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (68 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (18 papers) and Magnetic Properties and Applications (18 papers). Y. Sonobe is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (68 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (18 papers) and Magnetic Properties and Applications (18 papers). Y. Sonobe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Canada. Y. Sonobe's co-authors include K. Takano, A. Moser, Eric E. Fullerton, Yoshihiro Ikeda, D. T. Margulies, Shouheng Sun, M. Albrecht, Y. Ikeda, H. Muraoka and B.K. Yen and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Y. Sonobe

74 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Magnetic recording: advancing into the future
    2002 502 citations A. Moser, K. Takano et al. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Y. Sonobe 980 561 366 336 227 78 1.3k
Yingguo Peng 1.0k 1.0× 658 1.2× 464 1.3× 154 0.5× 254 1.1× 55 1.6k
J.J.M. Ruigrok 742 0.8× 436 0.8× 269 0.7× 169 0.5× 402 1.8× 38 1.1k
David Tricker 987 1.0× 471 0.8× 320 0.9× 710 2.1× 330 1.5× 22 1.4k
Shigeki Nakagawa 876 0.9× 831 1.5× 517 1.4× 162 0.5× 302 1.3× 223 1.4k
Pavol Krivošı́k 1.2k 1.2× 854 1.5× 350 1.0× 309 0.9× 601 2.6× 46 1.6k
G. Zeltzer 620 0.6× 356 0.6× 287 0.8× 237 0.7× 190 0.8× 21 938
Hiroyuki Awano 1.2k 1.3× 634 1.1× 404 1.1× 353 1.1× 659 2.9× 142 1.5k
Akira Kikitsu 638 0.7× 454 0.8× 249 0.7× 127 0.4× 128 0.6× 51 865
Shin Saito 670 0.7× 492 0.9× 168 0.5× 155 0.5× 151 0.7× 140 883
S. E. Lambert 1.1k 1.2× 671 1.2× 229 0.6× 618 1.8× 239 1.1× 61 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Y. Sonobe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Y. Sonobe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Y. Sonobe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Y. Sonobe. Y. Sonobe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sonobe, Y., et al.. (2025). Ultrathin CoPt alloy films with fcc (111) orientation and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy fabricated by electrodeposition. Electrochemistry Communications. 176. 107938–107938. 1 indexed citations
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Honda, Syuta, H. Itoh, & Y. Sonobe. (2025). Multi-Bit Magnetic Memory Based on Domain Wall Motion in a Vertical Nanopillar With Two Perpendicularly Magnetized Pinning Layers. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 62(3). 1–5.
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Honda, Syuta & Y. Sonobe. (2025). Multi-Bit Magnetic Memory Based on Magnetic Multilayer Pillars With a Two-Terminal Structure. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 62(3). 1–5.
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Honda, Syuta & Y. Sonobe. (2024). Single current control of magnetization in vertical high-aspect-ratio nanopillars on in-plane magnetization layers. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 57(32). 325002–325002. 3 indexed citations
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Yanagihara, Hideto, Jun Okabayashi, Takahiro Kondo, et al.. (2023). Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy of an Ultrathin Fe Layer Grown on NiO(001). Physical Review Applied. 19(6). 5 indexed citations
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Takamura, Yota, Mikiko Saito, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, et al.. (2023). Development of Ultra-Thin CoPt Films With Electrodeposition for 3-D Domain Wall Motion Memory. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 59(11). 1–5. 6 indexed citations
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Honda, Syuta & Y. Sonobe. (2022). Spin-orbit torque assisted magnetization reversal of 100 nm-long vertical pillar. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 55(39). 395001–395001. 8 indexed citations
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Honda, Syuta, Y. Sonobe, & Simon John Greaves. (2020). Transforming domain motion for 3D racetrack memory with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(13). 135002–135002. 6 indexed citations
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Kato, Takeshi, et al.. (2018). Hybrid Memory Layer With Low Curie Temperature CoPd/Pd Multilayer for High-Density Magnetic Random-Access Memory Cells. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 54(11). 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Kubota, Takahide, Jin Hyeok Kim, A. Tsukamoto, et al.. (2016). Interface Magnetic Anisotropy of Pd/Co<sub>2</sub>Fe<i><sub>x</sub></i>Mn<sub>1−<i>x</i></sub>Si/MgO Layered Structures. MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS. 57(6). 773–776. 12 indexed citations
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Takamura, Yota, et al.. (2015). Magnetic anisotropy of [Co2MnSi/Pd]n superlattice films prepared on MgO(001), (110), and (111) substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 106(6). 14 indexed citations
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Sonobe, Y., et al.. (2007). Magnetic and Read–Write Properties of Coupled Granular/Continuous Perpendicular Recording Media and Magnetization Reversal Process. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 43(2). 671–675. 16 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Mamoru, Naomi Kawamura, H. Muraoka, et al.. (2005). Magnetic Moment in the Top Pt Layer of CoPt Bilayers. Physica Scripta. 580–580. 2 indexed citations
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Miura, K., et al.. (2002). Medium Noise Reduction of CGC(Coupled Granular and Continuous) Double-layered Media.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 26(4). 233–237. 1 indexed citations
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Moser, A., K. Takano, D. T. Margulies, et al.. (2002). Magnetic recording: advancing into the future. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 35(19). R157–R167. 502 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ikeda, Y., et al.. (1997). Low-Noise Co-Cr Perpendicular Medium with High Cr Content. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 21(4_2). 281–284. 1 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Y., et al.. (1997). Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Medium Optimized for an MR Head. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 21(S_1_PMRS_96). S1_54–59. 1 indexed citations
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Uchida, Hiroshi, et al.. (1996). Numerical Analysis of the Amplitude and Asymmetry Dependences on the SAL Ms Value for a Shielded MR Head.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 20(2). 117–120. 3 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Y., et al.. (1996). Noise and ΔM⊥ analysis of a Cr-rich Co-Cr perpendicular medium for an MR head. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 32(5). 3828–3830. 12 indexed citations
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Sonobe, Y., et al.. (1995). High-density recording characterization using a merged MR head and a dual-layer perpendicular disk. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 31(6). 2681–2683. 15 indexed citations

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