Yasuhiro Iwasawa

20.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
549 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

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Yasuhiro Iwasawa is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasuhiro Iwasawa has authored 549 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 385 papers in Materials Chemistry, 194 papers in Catalysis and 138 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Yasuhiro Iwasawa's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (265 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (149 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (110 papers). Yasuhiro Iwasawa is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (265 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (149 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (110 papers). Yasuhiro Iwasawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yasuhiro Iwasawa's co-authors include Hiroshi Ōnishi, Kiyotaka Asakura, Mizuki Tada, Kenichi Fukui, Takafumi Shido, Takehiko Sasaki, Tetsuya Aruga, Ken Motokura, A. P. Kozlova and Chikashi Egawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yasuhiro Iwasawa

539 papers receiving 16.5k 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.

Pd–PdO Nanodomains on Amorphous Ru Metallene Oxide for High‐Performance Multifunctional Electrocatalysis

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasuhiro Iwasawa Japan	63	11.9k	5.4k	4.2k	3.2k	2.9k	549	17.0k
Peter C. Stair United States	67	12.0k 1.0×	5.0k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	4.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	281	17.7k
J. W. Niemantsverdriet Netherlands	65	10.3k 0.9×	6.2k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	383	16.2k
Mark A. Barteau United States	69	12.0k 1.0×	6.0k 1.1×	5.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	247	16.2k
Albert F. Carley United Kingdom	61	13.0k 1.1×	5.7k 1.0×	4.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	4.6k 1.6×	194	16.1k
Steven H. Overbury United States	65	10.5k 0.9×	5.0k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	216	13.8k
Michael Hävecker Germany	64	11.3k 1.0×	6.2k 1.1×	5.4k 1.3×	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	196	16.2k
Axel Knop‐Gericke Germany	79	13.9k 1.2×	6.5k 1.2×	7.7k 1.8×	5.6k 1.7×	1.9k 0.7×	308	20.7k
Kiyotaka Asakura Japan	52	9.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.6×	4.8k 1.2×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	395	12.9k
Francisco Zaera United States	77	14.0k 1.2×	5.6k 1.0×	4.7k 1.1×	5.2k 1.6×	3.3k 1.1×	418	21.6k
R. J. Madix United States	74	13.8k 1.2×	6.3k 1.2×	4.0k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	426	19.2k

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Yoshida, Takefumi, Shinobu Takao, Xiao Zhao, et al.. (2025). Transient Kinetic QXAFS Approach for Understanding the RDE–MEA Gap in Fuel Cell (Oxygen Reduction Reaction) Performances of Pt-Based Electrocatalysts. ACS Omega. 10(1). 796–808. 4 indexed citations

Prabhu, P., Viet‐Hung Do, Takefumi Yoshida, et al.. (2024). Subnanometric Osmium Clusters Confined on Palladium Metallenes for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Catalysis. ACS Nano. 18(14). 9942–9957. 33 indexed citations

Dong, Kaiyue, Bing Hu, Keiko Miyabayashi, et al.. (2024). <i>In situ</i> Study on Structure of a Diluted Pt/HOPG Model Catalyst System Prepared by the Two-phase Liquid Reduction Method Using a Novel BCLA/HERFD+BI-XAFS Method. e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology. 22(2). 129–137.

Hu, Bing, B.G. Bharate, Juan D. Jiménez, et al.. (2022). Abnormal Metal Bond Distances in PtAu Alloy Nanoparticles: In Situ Back-Illumination XAFS Investigations of the Structure of PtAu Nanoparticles on a Flat HOPG Substrate Prepared by Arc Plasma Deposition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(2). 1006–1016. 6 indexed citations

Nabae, Yuta, S. Nagata, Tsutomu Aoki, et al.. (2021). In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Monitor the Degradation of Fe/N/C Cathode Catalyst in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(1). 14513–14513. 17 indexed citations

Inoue, Hideo, Yuya Hasegawa, Hideo Daimon, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Properties and Single Cell Performance of Pd Core-Pt Shell Structured Catalyst Synthesized by a Simple Direct Displacement Reaction. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(4). 44513–44513. 18 indexed citations

Takao, Shinobu, Oki Sekizawa, Shin‐ichi Nagamatsu, et al.. (2014). Mapping Platinum Species in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells by Spatially Resolved XAFS Techniques. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(51). 14110–14114. 36 indexed citations

Tada, Mizuki, Nozomu Ishiguro, Tomoya Uruga, et al.. (2011). μ-XAFS of a single particle of a practical NiOx/Ce2Zr2Oy catalyst. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(33). 14910–14910. 25 indexed citations

Uemura, Yohei, Yasuhiro Inada, Y. Niwa, et al.. (2011). Formation and oxidation mechanisms of Pd–Zn nanoparticles on a ZnO supported Pd catalyst studied by in situ time-resolved QXAFS and DXAFS. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(7). 2152–2158. 22 indexed citations

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Motokura, Ken & Yasuhiro Iwasawa. (2009). Design of Acid-Base Bifunctional Catalysts by Immobilization of Primary Amine into Proton-Exchanged Montmorillonite and Its Application toward Acid-Base Reaction Sequences. 48(2). 58–63. 1 indexed citations

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Tada, Mizuki & Yasuhiro Iwasawa. (2009). Direct Phenol Synthesis from Benzene and Oxygen on Supported Rhenium Catalysts. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 67(6). 643–650.

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Tada, Mizuki, Shigeaki Murata, Kazutaka Hiroshima, et al.. (2007). In Situ Time‐Resolved Dynamic Surface Events on the Pt/C Cathode in a Fuel Cell under Operando Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(23). 4310–4315. 139 indexed citations

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Bal, Rajaram, et al.. (2005). Direct Phenol Synthesis from Benzene with Molecular Oxygen on Rhenium/Zeolite Catalysts (第95回触媒討論会B講演予稿テーマ「ナノ構造の触媒化学--制御・解析・機能」). 47(2). 72–74. 1 indexed citations

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Namai, Yoshimichi, Kenichi Fukui, & Yasuhiro Iwasawa. (2003). Atom-resolved noncontact atomic force microscopic and scanning tunneling microscopic observations of the structure and dynamic behavior of CeO2(111) surfaces. Catalysis Today. 85(2-4). 79–91. 104 indexed citations

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Козлов, А. И., Kiyotaka Asakura, & Yasuhiro Iwasawa. (1998). Synthesis and characterization of vanadium (IV) complexes in NaY zeolite supercages. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 21(4-6). 571–579. 21 indexed citations

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Fukui, Kenichi, Hiroshi Ōnishi, & Yasuhiro Iwasawa. (1997). Atom-Resolved Image of theTiO2(110)Surface by Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 79(21). 4202–4205. 201 indexed citations

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Iwasawa, Yasuhiro, et al.. (1986). The structure determination of Ru3(CO)12 catalysts supported on inorganic oxides by means of EXAFS.. NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 1539–1546. 1 indexed citations

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Iwasawa, Yasuhiro, et al.. (1984). . NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI. 1042–1049. 4 indexed citations

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Mason, Ronald, et al.. (1977). Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the chemisorption of ethylene and halo-substituted alkenes on the (100) and (111) crystal surfaces of platinum and a general model for the dissociation of unsaturated molecules at surfaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 354(1677). 171–196. 8 indexed citations

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Textor, Marcus, et al.. (1977). Photoelectron spectroscopy, and low energy electron diffraction studies of the adsorption of dinitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia on a Fe(111) single crystal surface. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 356(1684). 25–36. 21 indexed citations

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