Yu Hirano

1.4k total citations
61 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yu Hirano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Hirano has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Yu Hirano's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (12 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). Yu Hirano is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (12 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers). Yu Hirano collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Yu Hirano's co-authors include Kunio Miki, Kazuki Takeda, Yukihiro Kimura, Hiroaki Suzuki, Zheng‐Yu Wang, Zheng‐Yu Wang‐Otomo, Tomoaki Kawakami, Taro Tamada, Yuji Yagi and Y. Maejima and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yu Hirano

55 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Hirano Japan 19 631 236 212 171 169 61 1.1k
Michael F. Mesleh United States 20 1.2k 2.0× 94 0.4× 393 1.9× 175 1.0× 137 0.8× 29 2.4k
Teruhiko Baba Japan 19 840 1.3× 167 0.7× 73 0.3× 241 1.4× 60 0.4× 72 1.4k
Dror E. Warschawski France 23 1.3k 2.0× 148 0.6× 176 0.8× 193 1.1× 108 0.6× 53 1.8k
Bruno Franzetti France 24 1.2k 1.8× 30 0.1× 456 2.2× 114 0.7× 89 0.5× 62 1.6k
Eugenio Daviso United States 16 270 0.4× 163 0.7× 479 2.3× 289 1.7× 85 0.5× 23 1.1k
Giorgio Schirò France 21 834 1.3× 66 0.3× 575 2.7× 417 2.4× 87 0.5× 52 1.5k
Kosuke Maki Japan 21 1.2k 1.9× 62 0.3× 593 2.8× 129 0.8× 49 0.3× 44 1.4k
Joon Ho Roh United States 18 979 1.6× 44 0.2× 583 2.8× 470 2.7× 47 0.3× 24 1.6k
Biman Jana India 24 860 1.4× 23 0.1× 392 1.8× 437 2.6× 115 0.7× 90 2.0k
Shenlin Wang China 19 641 1.0× 121 0.5× 253 1.2× 50 0.3× 146 0.9× 50 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Hirano

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Hirano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Hirano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu Hirano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu Hirano 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 Yu Hirano. Yu Hirano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2025). Impact of Temperature and Residence Time on the Recovery of Isoprene through Pyrolysis of Polyisoprene Rubber. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. 2(7). 1319–1327.
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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2025). Pyrolysis Characteristics of Tire Rubber at Low Temperatures. ACS Omega. 10(8). 8119–8126. 3 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2023). Description of peptide bond planarity from high-resolution neutron crystallography. Biophysics and Physicobiology. 20(3). n/a–n/a. 1 indexed citations
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Hiromoto, Takeshi, Koji Nishikawa, Seiya Inoue, et al.. (2023). New insights into the oxidation process from neutron and X-ray crystal structures of an O2-sensitive [NiFe]-hydrogenase. Chemical Science. 14(35). 9306–9315. 6 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2023). Activation of oxidoreductases by the formation of enzyme assembly. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14381–14381. 3 indexed citations
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Fukuda, Yohta, Yu Hirano, Katsuhiro Kusaka, Tsuyoshi Inoue, & Taro Tamada. (2020). High-resolution neutron crystallography visualizes an OH-bound resting state of a copper-containing nitrite reductase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4071–4077. 24 indexed citations
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Hiromoto, Takeshi, Koji Nishikawa, Seiya Inoue, et al.. (2020). Towards cryogenic neutron crystallography on the reduced form of [NiFe]-hydrogenase. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 76(10). 946–953. 2 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, Kentaro Suzuki, Taisen Iguchi, Gen Yamada, & Shinichi Miyagawa. (2019). The Role of Fgf Signaling on Epithelial Cell Differentiation in Mouse Vagina. In Vivo. 33(5). 1499–1505. 3 indexed citations
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Kosako, Hidetaka, Takuma Yoshizumi, Ryo Furukawa, et al.. (2019). Structural Basis of Mitochondrial Scaffolds by Prohibitin Complexes: Insight into a Role of the Coiled-Coil Region. iScience. 19. 1065–1078. 75 indexed citations
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Kurihara, Kazuo, Yu Hirano, Kenichi Oikawa, et al.. (2018). Instrument and shielding design of a neutron diffractometer at J-PARC for protein crystallography covering crystals with large unit-cell volume. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 51(3). 596–605. 1 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, Kazuki Takeda, & Kunio Miki. (2016). Charge-density analysis of an iron–sulfur protein at an ultra-high resolution of 0.48 Å. Nature. 534(7606). 281–284. 82 indexed citations
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Takeda, Kazuki, et al.. (2014). Structure of the LH1–RC complex from Thermochromatium tepidum at 3.0 Å. Nature. 508(7495). 228–232. 168 indexed citations
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Takeda, Kazuki, Yu Hirano, & Kunio Miki. (2010). Ultra-high Resolution Protein Crystallography. Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi. 52(1). 14–18. 1 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structure of the Electron Carrier Domain of the Reaction Center Cytochrome cz Subunit from Green Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. Journal of Molecular Biology. 397(5). 1175–1187. 14 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, Md. Motarab Hossain, Kazuki Takeda, Hajime Tokuda, & Kunio Miki. (2007). Structural Studies of the Cpx Pathway Activator NlpE on the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli. Structure. 15(8). 963–976. 36 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, Md. Motarab Hossain, Kazuki Takeda, Hajime Tokuda, & Kunio Miki. (2006). Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of the outer membrane lipoprotein NlpE fromEscherichia coli. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(12). 1227–1230. 4 indexed citations
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Tamura, Muneaki, et al.. (2005). Effects of zinc and copper on adhesion and hemagglutination of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 20(6). 339–343. 2 indexed citations
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Hirano, Yu, et al.. (2004). 走査型電気化学顕微鏡のセンサヘの利用と距離制御による高解像度化. Electrochemistry. 72(2). 137–142. 2 indexed citations
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Sakuradani, Eiji, Noriaki Kamada, Yu Hirano, et al.. (2002). Production of 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid by a Δ5 and Δ6 desaturation activity-enhanced mutant derived from a Δ12 desaturation activity-defective mutant of Mortierella alpina 1S-4. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 60(3). 281–287. 27 indexed citations

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