Y. Tomikawa

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 814 citations indexed

About

Y. Tomikawa is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Tomikawa has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 814 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Y. Tomikawa's work include Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (16 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (5 papers) and Topic Modeling (4 papers). Y. Tomikawa is often cited by papers focused on Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (16 papers), Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control (5 papers) and Topic Modeling (4 papers). Y. Tomikawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Y. Tomikawa's co-authors include S. Ueha, Takehiro Takano, Hiroaki Yamada, Hiroshi Hirata, Masashi Konno, Manabu Aoyagi, Kazunari Adachi, Shigeru Okada, Hirokazu Miura and S.B. Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Ultrasonics and IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.

In The Last Decade

Y. Tomikawa

32 papers receiving 757 citations

Hit Papers

Ultrasonic Motors: Theory and Applications 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Ultrasonic Motors: Theory and Applications
    1994 471 citations Y. Tomikawa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Y. Tomikawa Japan 11 534 283 258 242 174 36 814
Yoshirô Tomikawa Japan 19 521 1.0× 481 1.7× 400 1.6× 213 0.9× 157 0.9× 114 1.1k
Shengjun Shi China 21 778 1.5× 389 1.4× 427 1.7× 351 1.5× 174 1.0× 58 1.0k
Dongmei Xu China 17 739 1.4× 307 1.1× 403 1.6× 266 1.1× 157 0.9× 49 1.0k
Mircea Bădescu United States 16 184 0.3× 307 1.1× 220 0.9× 355 1.5× 178 1.0× 123 902
F. F. Ehrich United States 19 534 1.0× 95 0.3× 138 0.5× 728 3.0× 192 1.1× 31 1.1k
Ralph Jansen United States 18 482 0.9× 92 0.3× 581 2.3× 355 1.5× 473 2.7× 98 1.4k
N. Tolou Netherlands 17 364 0.7× 430 1.5× 301 1.2× 465 1.9× 48 0.3× 52 1.0k
Bintang Yang China 19 397 0.7× 205 0.7× 183 0.7× 356 1.5× 89 0.5× 60 986
J. Qiu China 8 186 0.3× 262 0.9× 260 1.0× 365 1.5× 58 0.3× 13 842
Zensheu Chang United States 18 102 0.2× 352 1.2× 245 0.9× 380 1.6× 134 0.8× 62 929

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Fields of papers citing papers by Y. Tomikawa

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Y. Tomikawa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Y. Tomikawa 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. Tomikawa. Y. Tomikawa 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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Tomikawa, Y. & Masaki Uto. (2024). Difficulty-Controllable Reading Comprehension Question Generation Considering the Difficulty of Reading Passages. International Conference on Computers in Education. 2 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (2024). Enhancing Diversity in Difficulty-Controllable Question Generation for Reading Comprehension via Extended T5. International Conference on Computers in Education. 1 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., Ayaka Suzuki, & Masaki Uto. (2024). Adaptive Question–Answer Generation With Difficulty Control Using Item Response Theory and Pretrained Transformer Models. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 17. 2186–2198. 2 indexed citations
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Uto, Masaki, Y. Tomikawa, & Ayaka Suzuki. (2023). Difficulty-Controllable Neural Question Generation for Reading Comprehension using Item Response Theory. 119–129. 2 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., Takahiro Takano, & Manabu Aoyagi. (2006). Development of gyro-moment motor. 3. 1526–1529.
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Takano, Takehiro, Y. Tomikawa, & Manabu Aoyagi. (2005). Experimental study on heat radiating system in electronic apparatus using electro-mechanical vibrator pump. 3. 2255–2258. 1 indexed citations
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Takano, Takehiro, Y. Tomikawa, Manabu Aoyagi, & S. Hirose. (2003). Powder-supply device using bending mode disk vibrator with cylindrical funnel at its center. 657–660. 3 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (2002). Piezoelectric ceramic transformer using radial vibration mode disks. 1. 939–944. 8 indexed citations
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Hirose, S., Sadayuki Takahashi, Manabu Aoyagi, & Y. Tomikawa. (2002). High-power characteristics of piezoelectric materials. b4 1. 766–769. 2 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (1996). Ultrasonic actuator using orthotropic composite materials. Ultrasonics. 34(2-5). 283–285. 1 indexed citations
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Takano, Takehiro, et al.. (1992). Same phase drive-type ultrasonic motors using two degenerate bending vibration modes of a disk. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 39(2). 180–186. 29 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (1992). Some constructions and characteristics of rod-type piezoelectric ultrasonic motors using longitudinal and torsional vibrations. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 39(5). 600–608. 33 indexed citations
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Takano, Takehiro, Hiroshi Hirata, & Y. Tomikawa. (1990). Analysis of nonaxisymmetric vibration mode piezoelectric annular plate and its application to an ultrasonic motor. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 37(6). 558–565. 45 indexed citations
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Takano, Takehiro, et al.. (1990). Ultrasonic motors using piezoelectric ceramic multimode vibrators. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 37(3). 224–229. 10 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (1990). High-speed actuation of a piezoelectric actuator by pulse driving and stopping of its residual mechanical vibration. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 37(6). 551–557. 6 indexed citations
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Endo, Akira, et al.. (1990). Linear type ultrasonic motor using two-dimensionally positioned piezoelectric elements. Ferroelectrics. 112(1). 165–170. 10 indexed citations
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Takano, Takehiro & Y. Tomikawa. (1989). Ultrasonic motors using a piezoelectric ceramic multi-mode vibrator. Ferroelectrics. 95(1). 165–169. 1 indexed citations
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Tomikawa, Y., et al.. (1976). Resonances in Flexure-Mode Mechanical Filters. 597–601. 1 indexed citations

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