Yuki Akagi

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yuki Akagi is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuki Akagi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Medicine, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yuki Akagi's work include Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (19 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (8 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (7 papers). Yuki Akagi is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (19 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (8 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (7 papers). Yuki Akagi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Taiwan. Yuki Akagi's co-authors include Takamasa Sakai, Ung‐il Chung, Mitsuhiro Shibayama, Takuro Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Kamata, Jian Ping Gong, Takuya Katashima, Nobuo Taga, Usio Simidu and Konrad Schwenke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Yuki Akagi

35 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

“Nonswellable” Hydrogel Without Mechanical Hysteresis

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Yoshimi Tanaka Japan

Guylaine Ducouret France

Yang Lan China

Akira Kakugo Japan

Shunli Liu China

Paul D. Topham United Kingdom

Khosrow Rahimi Germany

Shengjie Wang China

Suzanne Giasson Canada

Devatha P. Nair United States

Yoshimi Tanaka Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuki Akagi

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Li, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Adsorption suppression and viscosity transition in semidilute PEO/silica nanoparticle mixtures under the protein limit. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 692. 137377–137377.

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Kobayashi, Etsuko, et al.. (2023). Tissue histology on the correlation between fracture energy and elasticity. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 19(3). 571–579. 1 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Etsuko, et al.. (2022). Tissue damage force estimation in porcine small intestine from its elasticity. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 18(3). 587–594. 1 indexed citations

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Ishikawa, Kosuke, et al.. (2021). A Biomechanical Approach to Investigate the Applicability of the Lake-Thomas Theory in Porcine Aorta. International Journal of Integrated Engineering. 13(5). 1 indexed citations

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Anraku, Yasutaka, et al.. (2020). Relationship between Bulk Physicochemical Properties and Surface Wettability of Hydrogels with Homogeneous Network Structure. Langmuir. 36(20). 5554–5562. 20 indexed citations

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Tsukihara, Hiroshi, Keiichi Nakagawa, Yuki Akagi, et al.. (2020). Semi-Automated Sampling System for the Calibration of Traction and Grip Force Measurable Forceps Using Unbiased Samples. 22(2). 102–110. 2 indexed citations

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Kobayashi, Etsuko, Yuki Akagi, Keiichi Nakagawa, et al.. (2020). A novel reaction force‐fluorescence measurement system for evaluating pancreatic juice leakage from an excised swine pancreas during distal pancreatectomy. Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences. 27(11). 877–886.

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Nakamura, Shugo, Nobuyuki Shimohata, Takamasa Sakai, et al.. (2016). Co-lyophilized Aspirin with Trehalose Causes Less Injury to Human Gastric Cells and Gastric Mucosa of Rats. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 61(8). 2242–2251. 2 indexed citations

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Uda, Kouji, et al.. (2015). Distribution and evolution of the serine/aspartate racemase family in invertebrates. Amino Acids. 48(2). 387–402. 36 indexed citations

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Katashima, Takuya, et al.. (2014). Relationships between Mechanical Properties of Polymer Gels and Polymer Volume Fractions at Preparation and at Interested State. Nihon Reoroji Gakkaishi. 42(2). 97–102. 2 indexed citations

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Ueki, Takeshi, Yumi Takasaki, Tomonaga Ueno, et al.. (2013). Autonomous viscosity oscillation via metallo-supramolecular terpyridine chemistry of branched poly(ethylene glycol) driven by the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction. Soft Matter. 10(9). 1349–1355. 44 indexed citations

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Sakai, Takamasa, et al.. (2012). Effect of swelling and deswelling on the elasticity of polymer networks in the dilute to semi-dilute region. Soft Matter. 8(9). 2730–2730. 66 indexed citations

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Asai, Makoto, Takuro Matsunaga, Yuki Akagi, et al.. (2012). Mechanical properties of a polymer network of Tetra-PEG gel. Polymer Journal. 45(3). 300–306. 50 indexed citations

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Akagi, Yuki, Takuya Katashima, Yukiteru Katsumoto, et al.. (2011). Examination of the Theories of Rubber Elasticity Using an Ideal Polymer Network. Macromolecules. 44(14). 5817–5821. 127 indexed citations

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Matsunaga, Takuro, H. Asai, Yuki Akagi, et al.. (2011). SANS Studies on Tetra-PEG Gel under Uniaxial Deformation. Macromolecules. 44(5). 1203–1210. 51 indexed citations

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Lange, Frank de, Konrad Schwenke, Yuki Akagi, et al.. (2011). Connectivity and Structural Defects in Model Hydrogels: A Combined Proton NMR and Monte Carlo Simulation Study. Macromolecules. 44(24). 9666–9674. 165 indexed citations

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Sakai, Takamasa, et al.. (2010). Highly Elastic and Deformable Hydrogel Formed from Tetra‐arm Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 31(22). 1954–1959. 145 indexed citations

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Katashima, Takuya, Kengo Nishi, Yuki Akagi, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of Gelation Kinetics of Tetra-PEG Gel. Macromolecules. 43(8). 3935–3940. 65 indexed citations

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Akagi, Yuki & Nobuo Taga. (1980). Uptake of D-glucose and L-proline by oligotrophic and heterotrophic marine bacteria. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 26(4). 454–459. 18 indexed citations

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Akagi, Yuki, Nobuo Taga, & Usio Simidu. (1977). Isolation and distribution of oligotrophic marine bacteria. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 23(8). 981–987. 40 indexed citations

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