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Researcher · Tohoku University · Japan

Akira Tanaka

Akira Tanaka publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Plant Science and Surgery, on topics such as Synthesis of Organic Compounds, Insect behavior and control techniques and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions.

World rank
#327,904
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#10,420
of 114,622
Works
239
Citations
735
Citations per work
3.1

What does Akira Tanaka research?

Organic Chemistry: 12.9%Plant Science: 8.0%Surgery: 7.1%Molecular Biology: 6.7%other fields: 65.3%13%top field
Organic Chemistry12.9%Plant Science8.0%Surgery7.1%Molecular Biology6.7%other fields65.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Organic Chemistry13% of their works
  2. 2Plant Science8% of their works
  3. 3Surgery7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology7% of their works
  5. 5Insect Science4% of their works
  6. 6Pharmacology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Akira Tanaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Drug Discovery, Synthesis, Biological Control, Green Chemistry, Chromones, Flavonoids, Fruit Fly and Invasive Species.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Drug Discovery112 topics
  2. Synthesis112 topics
  3. Biological Control92 topics
  4. Green Chemistry92 topics
  5. Chromones71 topic
  6. Flavonoids71 topic
  7. Fruit Fly61 topic
  8. Invasive Species61 topic
  9. Catalysis51 topic
  10. Oxidation51 topic
  11. Alcohol Oxidation41 topic
  12. Alkaloids41 topic
  13. Amaryllidaceae41 topic
  14. Catalytic41 topic
  15. Foldamers41 topic
  16. Peptide Synthesis41 topic
  17. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles31 topic
  18. Jasmonate Signaling31 topic
  19. Nitrogen31 topic
  20. Phosphorus31 topic

Where does Akira Tanaka work?

Akira Tanaka's main affiliation in the publication record is Tohoku University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Akira Tanaka have?

Science Explorer counts 239 works and 735 citations for Akira Tanaka, ranking #327,904 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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