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Researcher · Nara Women's University · Japan

Kaoru Iwai

Kaoru Iwai publishes mostly in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy, on topics such as Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,488,122
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#23,646
of 383,136
Works
72
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
28.9
h-index
21
i10-index 29Top 14% in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Kaoru Iwai

What does Kaoru Iwai research?

Kaoru Iwai's work is mostly in Chemistry (35%), Engineering (6%), Chemical Engineering (6%).

Physical Sciences: 37 works · 51.4% of their workChemistry: 25 works · 35.0% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 10 works · 13.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 9 works · 13.1% of their workSpectroscopy: 6 works · 8.2% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 6.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 6.0% of their workChemical Engineering: 4 works · 5.5% of their workBioengineering: 4 works · 5.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 4.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 4.9% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 48.6% of their workTHEIR WORKKaoru Iwai72works
Physical Sciences51%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry2535.0%
    2. Engineering46.0%
    3. Chemical Engineering45.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy44.9%
  2. Everything else3548.6%
  1. 1Physical and Theoretical Chemistry14% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Spectroscopy8% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Bioengineering6% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kaoru Iwai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrogen Bonding, Excited-State Proton Transfer, Intramolecular Charge Transfer, Ion-Selective Electrodes, Optical Sensors, Micelles, Surfactants and Biomedical Applications.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Hydrogen Bonding222 topics
  2. Excited-State Proton Transfer171 topic
  3. Intramolecular Charge Transfer171 topic
  4. Ion-Selective Electrodes101 topic
  5. Optical Sensors101 topic
  6. Micelles81 topic
  7. Surfactants81 topic
  8. Biomedical Applications71 topic
  9. Fluorescent Chemosensors71 topic
  10. Hydrogels71 topic
  11. Ion Detection71 topic
  12. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry71 topic
  13. Thermodynamics71 topic
  14. Air Force51 topic
  15. Modernization51 topic
  16. Photosynthesis51 topic
  17. Quantum Coherence51 topic

Where does Kaoru Iwai work?

Kaoru Iwai's main affiliation in the publication record is Nara Women's University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Kaoru Iwai have?

OpenAlex counts 72 works and 2,080 citations for Kaoru Iwai, an h-index of 21, ranking #1,488,122 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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