Yōji Akao

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yōji Akao is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Spectroscopy and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Yōji Akao has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 6 papers in Spectroscopy and 4 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Yōji Akao's work include Quality Function Deployment in Product Design (8 papers), Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials (5 papers) and Technology Assessment and Management (4 papers). Yōji Akao is often cited by papers focused on Quality Function Deployment in Product Design (8 papers), Adsorption, diffusion, and thermodynamic properties of materials (5 papers) and Technology Assessment and Management (4 papers). Yōji Akao collaborates with scholars based in Japan. Yōji Akao's co-authors include Glenn H. Mazur, F. S. Lai, Greg Watson, L.T. Fan, Hisakazu Shindo, Shintaro Takahashi, Akira Otomo, Edward R. Chaplin, L.T. Fan and Fan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Powder Technology and Computers & Chemical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yōji Akao

19 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Quality Function Deployment : Integrating Customer Requirements into Product Design

1990 1.2k citations Yōji Akao profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yōji Akao Japan	9	1.2k	554	299	280	248	20	1.8k
Ming‐Lu Wu Hong Kong	16	868 0.7×	777 1.4×	243 0.8×	478 1.7×	292 1.2×	30	1.8k
Juite Wang Taiwan	21	385 0.3×	658 1.2×	115 0.4×	317 1.1×	391 1.6×	41	1.7k
Durward K. Sobek United States	15	697 0.6×	273 0.5×	215 0.7×	421 1.5×	418 1.7×	43	1.7k
Don Clausing United States	14	428 0.3×	188 0.3×	178 0.6×	123 0.4×	156 0.6×	27	870
Preston G. Smith United States	13	340 0.3×	200 0.4×	154 0.5×	212 0.8×	328 1.3×	39	1.1k
Chun‐Che Huang Taiwan	19	510 0.4×	202 0.4×	68 0.2×	280 1.0×	259 1.0×	61	1.6k
Fariborz Y. Partovi United States	19	485 0.4×	897 1.6×	133 0.4×	489 1.7×	437 1.8×	33	1.7k
Kosuke Ishii United States	28	1.6k 1.3×	345 0.6×	444 1.5×	189 0.7×	404 1.6×	122	2.9k
Keith Popplewell United Kingdom	18	364 0.3×	253 0.5×	60 0.2×	254 0.9×	149 0.6×	41	970
Zhenyong Wu China	16	334 0.3×	343 0.6×	82 0.3×	107 0.4×	244 1.0×	35	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Akao, Yōji. (2024). Quality Function Deployment. Productivity Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji & Greg Watson. (2020). Hoshin Kanri. Productivity Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji. (2014). The Method for Motivation by Quality Function Deployment (QFD). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 1–9. 10 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji, et al.. (2003). Translate know-what into know-how. Quality progress. 36(12). 56–61. 4 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji & Edward R. Chaplin. (2003). Making Hospitals More Transparent. Quality Management Journal. 10(3). 25–32. 5 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji & Glenn H. Mazur. (2003). The leading edge in QFD: past, present and future. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management. 20(1). 20–35. 349 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji & Glenn H. Mazur. (1998). USING QFD TO ASSURE QS-9000 COMPLIANCE. 2 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji. (1997). QFD: Past, Present, and Future. 109 indexed citations

Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1993). RECENT ASPECTS OF QFD IN THE JAPANESE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY. Quality Engineering. 5(3). 495–504. 10 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1990). Recent aspects of QFD in the Japanese software industry. 44. 460–465. 4 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji. (1990). Quality Function Deployment : Integrating Customer Requirements into Product Design. 1191 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1982). Synthesis of a Mixing System and its Optimal Feeding Strata. Journal of the Society of Powder Technology Japan. 19(11). 639–645.

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Fan, L.T., J. R. Too, F. S. Lai, & Yōji Akao. (1979). Studies on multicomponent solids mixing and mixtures part I. Estimation of a mixing index from contact number for a homogeneous mixture. Powder Technology. 22(2). 205–213. 8 indexed citations

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Fan, L.T., et al.. (1978). Numerical and experimental simulation studies on the mixing of particulate solids and the synthesis of a mixing system. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 2(1). 19–32. 11 indexed citations

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Shindo, Hisakazu, et al.. (1978). Estimation of mixing index and contact number by spot sampling of a mixture in an incompletely mixed state. Powder Technology. 21(1). 105–111. 4 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1976). Degree of mixedness and contact number A study on the mixture of particulate solids and the structure of solid mixtures. Powder Technology. 15(2). 267–277. 9 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1976). Estimation of mixing index and contact number by spot sampling. Powder Technology. 15(2). 207–214. 14 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1971). Distribution of Coordination Number in the Mixture of Coarse-Fine Particles. 8(5). 326–331. 2 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1971). Mixing Index by Coordination Number for Mixture of Particles with Uniform Size. 8(5). 321–325. 10 indexed citations

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Akao, Yōji, et al.. (1969). Study on the Mixing Index by the Imaginary Particle Model. Chemical engineering. 33(6). 582–587,a1. 2 indexed citations

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