Yuichiro Himeda

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Yuichiro Himeda is a scholar working on Process Chemistry and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuichiro Himeda has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology, 51 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 48 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yuichiro Himeda's work include Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (75 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (45 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (35 papers). Yuichiro Himeda is often cited by papers focused on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (75 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (45 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (35 papers). Yuichiro Himeda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Yuichiro Himeda's co-authors include Etsuko Fujita, James T. Muckerman, Wan‐Hui Wang, Naoya Onishi, Gerald F. Manbeck, Kazuyuki Kasuga, Hideki Sugihara, Nobuko Onozawa‐Komatsuzaki, Hajime Kawanami and Jonathan F. Hull and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yuichiro Himeda

110 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

CO₂ Hydrogenation to Formate and Methanol as an Alternative to Photo- and Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction

2015 1.3k citations Wan‐Hui Wang, Yuichiro Himeda et al. profile →
Reversible hydrogen storage using CO2 and a proton-switchable iridium catalyst in aqueous media under mild temperatures and pressures

2012 827 citations Jonathan F. Hull, Yuichiro Himeda et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuichiro Himeda Japan	48	5.3k	4.3k	3.8k	2.4k	1.9k	113	8.2k
Albert Boddien Germany	26	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	28	4.9k
Nilay Hazari United States	55	3.6k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	4.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	173	10.3k
Ralf Jackstell Germany	70	7.7k 1.5×	3.6k 0.9×	8.0k 2.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	228	16.5k
Sven Schneider Germany	43	1.6k 0.3×	1.4k 0.3×	4.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	134	7.0k
Yehoshoa Ben‐David Israel	68	4.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	9.8k 2.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	163	14.3k
Henrik Junge Germany	76	7.2k 1.4×	7.5k 1.8×	8.0k 2.1×	7.0k 2.9×	3.7k 1.9×	201	18.8k
Aaron M. Appel United States	41	2.2k 0.4×	5.2k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	73	7.2k
Stephan Enthaler Germany	47	1.8k 0.3×	821 0.2×	4.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	515 0.3×	141	8.1k
Jun‐Chul Choi Japan	32	4.7k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	133	7.4k
Martin Nielsen Denmark	31	1.3k 0.2×	750 0.2×	2.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	755 0.4×	68	4.8k

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Himeda, Yuichiro, et al.. (2026). Highly Robust Diamino-Substituted Phenanthroline-Based Iridium Catalysts for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid in Water with Mechanistic Insights. ACS Catalysis. 16(3). 2450–2457.

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Hirose, Takuji, et al.. (2025). Ir(III) complexes based on Quinoline Carboxamide ligands for CO2 hydrogenation and formic acid dehydrogenation in water. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 585. 122769–122769.

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Onishi, Naoya & Yuichiro Himeda. (2024). Toward Methanol Production by CO₂ Hydrogenation beyond Formic Acid Formation. Accounts of Chemical Research. 57(19). 2816–2825. 26 indexed citations

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Kanega, Ryoichi, Takaaki Sakai, Naoya Onishi, et al.. (2023). An Aqueous Redox Flow Battery Using CO₂ as an Active Material with a Homogeneous Ir Catalyst**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(47). 1 indexed citations

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Onishi, Naoya, Ryoichi Kanega, Hajime Kawanami, & Yuichiro Himeda. (2022). Recent Progress in Homogeneous Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. Molecules. 27(2). 455–455. 64 indexed citations

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Liu, Mingxu, Yu Meng, Lijiao Wang, et al.. (2022). Heterogeneous Catalysis for Carbon Dioxide Mediated Hydrogen Storage Technology Based on Formic Acid. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(31). 80 indexed citations

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Nijamudheen, A., Ryoichi Kanega, Naoya Onishi, et al.. (2021). Distinct Mechanisms and Hydricities of Cp*Ir-Based CO₂ Hydrogenation Catalysts in Basic Water. ACS Catalysis. 11(9). 5776–5788. 21 indexed citations

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Kanega, Ryoichi, Shogo Kuriyama, Kazunari Nakajima, et al.. (2021). Manganese‐Catalyzed Ammonia Oxidation into Dinitrogen under Chemical or Electrochemical Conditions**. ChemPlusChem. 86(11). 1511–1516. 46 indexed citations

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Kanega, Ryoichi, Naoya Onishi, Shinji Tanaka, Haruo Kishimoto, & Yuichiro Himeda. (2021). Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol Using Multinuclear Iridium Complexes in a Gas–Solid Phase Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(3). 1570–1576. 56 indexed citations

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Kanega, Ryoichi, Mehmed Z. Ertem, Naoya Onishi, et al.. (2020). CO₂ Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Using Ir Catalysts with Amide-Based Ligands. Organometallics. 39(9). 1519–1531. 74 indexed citations

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Hong, Dachao, Yoshihiro Shimoyama, Ryoichi Kanega, et al.. (2020). Cooperative Effects of Heterodinuclear Ir^III–M^II Complexes on Catalytic H₂ Evolution from Formic Acid Dehydrogenation in Water. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(17). 11976–11985. 21 indexed citations

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Yamaguchi, Sho, Yoshifumi Maegawa, Naoya Onishi, et al.. (2019). Catalytic Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol by an Iridium Complex Immobilized on Bipyridine‐Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica. ChemCatChem. 11(19). 4797–4802. 8 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Masayuki, Naoya Onishi, Yuichiro Himeda, & Hajime Kawanami. (2019). Ligand Effect on the Stability of Water‐Soluble Iridium Catalysts for High‐Pressure Hydrogen Gas Production by Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. ChemPhysChem. 20(10). 1156–1156.

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Iguchi, Masayuki, Naoya Onishi, Yuichiro Himeda, & Hajime Kawanami. (2019). Ligand Effect on the Stability of Water‐Soluble Iridium Catalysts for High‐Pressure Hydrogen Gas Production by Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid. ChemPhysChem. 20(10). 1296–1300. 20 indexed citations

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Kanega, Ryoichi, Naoya Onishi, Lin Wang, et al.. (2018). Picolinamide‐Based Iridium Catalysts for Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid in Water: Effect of Amide N Substituent on Activity and Stability. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(69). 18389–18392. 43 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Masayuki, Maya Chatterjee, Naoya Onishi, Yuichiro Himeda, & Hajime Kawanami. (2018). Sequential hydrogen production system from formic acid and H₂/CO₂ separation under high-pressure conditions. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2(8). 1719–1725. 23 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Masayuki, Heng Zhong, Yuichiro Himeda, & Hajime Kawanami. (2017). Kinetic Studies on Formic Acid Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by an Iridium Complex towards Insights into the Catalytic Mechanism of High‐Pressure Hydrogen Gas Production. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(67). 17017–17021. 31 indexed citations

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Iguchi, Masayuki, Heng Zhong, Yuichiro Himeda, & Hajime Kawanami. (2017). Effect of the ortho‐Hydroxyl Groups on a Bipyridine Ligand of Iridium Complexes for the High‐Pressure Gas Generation from the Catalytic Decomposition of Formic Acid. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(70). 17788–17793. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Wan‐Hui, Yuki Suna, Yuichiro Himeda, James T. Muckerman, & Etsuko Fujita. (2013). Functionalized cyclopentadienyl rhodium(iii) bipyridine complexes: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application in hydrogenation of ketones. Dalton Transactions. 42(26). 9628–9628. 17 indexed citations

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Hull, Jonathan F., Yuichiro Himeda, Wan‐Hui Wang, et al.. (2012). Reversible hydrogen storage using CO2 and a proton-switchable iridium catalyst in aqueous media under mild temperatures and pressures. Nature Chemistry. 4(5). 383–388. 827 indexed citations breakdown →

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