Y. Wakita

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Y. Wakita is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Wakita has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Y. Wakita's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (2 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (2 papers). Y. Wakita is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (2 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (2 papers). Y. Wakita collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Y. Wakita's co-authors include Saiko Marui, Satoshi Shidahara, Tomoaki Akiyama, Masaharu Kojima, Minoru Maëda, Kunio Sasaki, Masatoshi Naito, Toshio Kobayashi, Takashi Ban and Ken Kanematsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Y. Wakita

9 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

1982 1.0k citations Satoshi Shidahara, Saiko Marui et al. Orthopedics & Traumatology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Y. Wakita Japan	6	631	215	123	111	108	12	1.1k
Paul B. Halverson United States	21	511 0.8×	50 0.2×	177 1.4×	267 2.4×	674 6.2×	38	1.4k
H. Menke Germany	19	597 0.9×	136 0.6×	38 0.3×	118 1.1×	31 0.3×	68	1.1k
Panagiotis Kitsoulis Greece	16	411 0.7×	125 0.6×	67 0.5×	171 1.5×	325 3.0×	69	1.1k
S. Kawai Japan	16	467 0.7×	161 0.7×	34 0.3×	59 0.5×	63 0.6×	56	880
Anders Elvin Sweden	22	559 0.9×	45 0.2×	118 1.0×	306 2.8×	84 0.8×	38	1.4k
P Maddison United Kingdom	20	167 0.3×	357 1.7×	117 1.0×	138 1.2×	983 9.1×	38	1.6k
Saiko Marui Japan	8	720 1.1×	217 1.0×	123 1.0×	114 1.0×	108 1.0×	11	1.1k
Satoshi Shidahara Japan	6	721 1.1×	297 1.4×	126 1.0×	109 1.0×	119 1.1×	16	1.1k
Robert C. Hoye United States	22	743 1.2×	72 0.3×	22 0.2×	244 2.2×	129 1.2×	51	1.4k
Ilias Bisbinas Greece	21	622 1.0×	59 0.3×	437 3.6×	307 2.8×	192 1.8×	64	1.2k

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Wakita, Y., M. Kojima, Susan W. Schwendner, Daniel McConnell, & Raymond E. Counsell. (1990). The synthesis and biodistribution of 3‐(4′‐[¹²⁵I]‐iodophenyl)‐4‐aminobutyric acid, a radioiodinated analogue of baclofen. Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals. 28(2). 123–136.

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Wakita, Y., et al.. (1986). Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative cross-coupling of organoboranes with aryl iodides or benzyl halides in the presence of bis(acetylacetonato)zinc(II). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 301(2). C17–C20. 38 indexed citations

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Wakita, Y., et al.. (1985). N,N-disubstituted lithium bis(carbamoyl)cuprate. A convenient complex for one-pot conversions of amines to formamides, oxamides, carbamates, and oxamic acids. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 297(3). 379–390. 5 indexed citations

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Wakita, Y., et al.. (1985). Carbonylative cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides with alkylaluminums by palladium complex catalysis. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 288(3). 261–268. 21 indexed citations

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Shidahara, Satoshi, Saiko Marui, Tomoaki Akiyama, & Y. Wakita. (1982). Orthopedics & Traumatology. 30(4). 715–718. 1011 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wakita, Y., et al.. (1982). Carbamoylation using the CO-containing copper complex derived from lithium N-methylanilide.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 30(9). 3395–3398. 9 indexed citations

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Kanematsu, Ken, Takashi Ban, & Y. Wakita. (1981). Pericyclic Reaction of Oxepin. Heterocycles. 16(1). 194–194.

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Naito, Masatoshi, et al.. (1980). Scoliosis in Neurofibromatosis. Orthopedics & Traumatology. 29(2). 216–222. 9 indexed citations

9.

Akiyama, Tomoaki, et al.. (1980). Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis. Orthopedics & Traumatology. 29(3). 392–396. 1 indexed citations

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Ban, Takashi, Y. Wakita, & Ken Kanematsu. (1980). Isolation of the [6 + 4].pi. cycloadduct and facile successive Cope rearrangements of the [2 + 4].pi. cycloadduct in a frontier-controlled pericyclic reaction of oxepin with cyclopentadienone. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(16). 5415–5416. 6 indexed citations

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Wakita, Y., et al.. (1977). The Epidemiology of Scoliosis. Orthopedics & Traumatology. 26(4). 470–473. 1 indexed citations

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Kasé, Y, et al.. (1970). On the sites of antitsive action of N-(2-picolyl)-N-phenyl-N-(2-piperidinoethyl)amine (TAT-3).. PubMed. 20(1). 37–43.

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