Yoshifumi Amamoto

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yoshifumi Amamoto is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshifumi Amamoto has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 20 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yoshifumi Amamoto's work include Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (21 papers), Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (11 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (10 papers). Yoshifumi Amamoto is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (21 papers), Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (11 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (10 papers). Yoshifumi Amamoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Yoshifumi Amamoto's co-authors include Atsushi Takahara, Hideyuki Otsuka, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Jun Kamada, Masamichi Nishihara, Takeshi Kanehara, Keiichi Imato, Yuji Higaki, Moriya Kikuchi and Sono Sasaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yoshifumi Amamoto

55 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Self‐Healing of Covalently Cross‐Linked Polymers by Reshuffling Thiuram Disulfide Moieties in Air under Visible Light

2012 595 citations Yoshifumi Amamoto, Hideyuki Otsuka et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Repeatable Photoinduced Self‐Healing of Covalently Cross‐Linked Polymers through Reshuffling of Trithiocarbonate Units

2011 504 citations Yoshifumi Amamoto, Jun Kamada et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshifumi Amamoto Japan	21	1.7k	1.6k	803	507	460	61	2.8k
Philippe Cordier France	7	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	664 0.8×	821 1.6×	606 1.3×	10	2.9k
Fengji Yeh United States	28	1.8k 1.1×	968 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	788 1.6×	349 0.8×	43	2.9k
Evelyne van Ruymbeke Belgium	34	2.4k 1.4×	883 0.5×	512 0.6×	443 0.9×	378 0.8×	93	3.1k
Valentin Victor Jerca Romania	21	493 0.3×	684 0.4×	635 0.8×	587 1.2×	587 1.3×	66	1.9k
Jennifer N. Cambre United States	7	445 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	574 0.7×	693 1.4×	461 1.0×	7	2.2k
Chuanzhuang Zhao China	26	652 0.4×	591 0.4×	565 0.7×	456 0.9×	686 1.5×	74	1.9k
Diana Döhler Germany	19	970 0.6×	926 0.6×	446 0.6×	313 0.6×	347 0.8×	31	1.6k
Kevin A. Cavicchi United States	28	903 0.5×	865 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	336 0.7×	557 1.2×	77	2.5k
Mitchell Anthamatten United States	25	1.1k 0.6×	707 0.4×	724 0.9×	318 0.6×	485 1.1×	70	2.0k
Guruswamy Kumaraswamy India	26	1.3k 0.8×	341 0.2×	558 0.7×	686 1.4×	408 0.9×	85	2.5k

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Kubo, Tomohiro, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Chihiro Homma, et al.. (2025). Iterative Synthesis and Marine-Biodegradation Assessment of Discrete Oligomers Based on Poly(Butylene Succinate), Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate), Polyamide 6, and Polyisoprene. Macromolecules. 58(16). 8649–8657. 1 indexed citations

Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous multimodal and multitask strategies for diverse biodegradable polymers powered by NMR data science. Sustainable materials and technologies. 47. e01781–e01781.

Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2025). A machine learning approach to designing and understanding tough, degradable polyamides. npj Computational Materials. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2024). Designing Sustainable Hydrophilic Interfaces via Feature Selection from Molecular Descriptors and Time-Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Curves. Polymers. 16(6). 824–824. 5 indexed citations

Amamoto, Yoshifumi. (2022). Data-driven approaches for structure-property relationships in polymer science for prediction and understanding. Polymer Journal. 54(8). 957–967. 35 indexed citations

Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2021). Visualization of judgment regions in convolutional neural networks for X-ray diffraction and scattering images of aliphatic polyesters. Polymer Journal. 53(11). 1269–1279. 8 indexed citations

Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Ken Kojio, Atsushi Takahara, Yuichi Masubuchi, & Takaaki Ohnishi. (2020). Complex Network Representation of the Structure-Mechanical Property Relationships in Elastomers with Heterogeneous Connectivity. Patterns. 1(8). 100135–100135. 17 indexed citations

Yamatsugu, Kenzo, et al.. (2018). Kinetic analyses and structure-activity relationship studies of synthetic lysine acetylation catalysts. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(19). 5359–5367. 8 indexed citations

Ishiguro, Tadashi, Yoshifumi Amamoto, Kana Tanabe, et al.. (2017). Synthetic Chromatin Acylation by an Artificial Catalyst System. Chem. 2(6). 840–859. 28 indexed citations

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Masubuchi, Yuichi, et al.. (2017). Primitive chain network simulations of probe rheology. Soft Matter. 13(37). 6585–6593. 10 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2013). Dry Grinding of Nano-Polycrystalline Diamond Using Thermochemical Reaction. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C. 79(807). 4513–4523. 2 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara, & Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. (2012). Self‐Healing of Covalently Cross‐Linked Polymers by Reshuffling Thiuram Disulfide Moieties in Air under Visible Light. Advanced Materials. 24(29). 3975–3980. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2012). Laser-Forming Technique of Single-Point Cutting Tool Made of Nano-Polycrystalline Diamond. TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C. 78(794). 3583–3593. 3 indexed citations

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Imato, Keiichi, Masamichi Nishihara, Takeshi Kanehara, et al.. (2011). Self‐Healing of Chemical Gels Cross‐Linked by Diarylbibenzofuranone‐Based Trigger‐Free Dynamic Covalent Bonds at Room Temperature. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(5). 1138–1142. 418 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Jun Kamada, Hideyuki Otsuka, Atsushi Takahara, & Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. (2011). Repeatable Photoinduced Self‐Healing of Covalently Cross‐Linked Polymers through Reshuffling of Trithiocarbonate Units. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(7). 1660–1663. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Moriya Kikuchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, & Atsushi Takahara. (2010). Arm-replaceable star-like nanogels: arm detachment and arm exchange reactions by dynamic covalent exchanges of alkoxyamine units. Polymer Journal. 42(11). 860–867. 15 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Moriya Kikuchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, & Atsushi Takahara. (2010). Solvent-Controlled Formation of Star-like Nanogels via Dynamic Covalent Exchange of PSt-b-PMMA Diblock Copolymers with Alkoxyamine Units in the Side Chain. Macromolecules. 43(12). 5470–5473. 25 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Takeshi Maeda, Moriya Kikuchi, Hideyuki Otsuka, & Atsushi Takahara. (2008). Rational approach to star-like nanogels with different arm lengths: formation by dynamic covalent exchange and their imaging. Chemical Communications. 689–691. 33 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2007). Three-Dimensional Microfabrication System Using Focused Fiber Laser Beam. Proceedings of International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st century LEM21. 2007.4(0). 9D430–9D430. 3 indexed citations

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Amamoto, Yoshifumi, Yuji Higaki, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Hideyuki Otsuka, & Atsushi Takahara. (2007). Programmed Thermodynamic Formation and Structure Analysis of Star-like Nanogels with Core Cross-linked by Thermally Exchangeable Dynamic Covalent Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(43). 13298–13304. 86 indexed citations

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