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Researcher · Shionogi (Japan) · Japan

Kentaro Hirai

Kentaro Hirai publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds and Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds.

World rank
#591,509
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#24,080
of 114,622
Works
31
Citations
76
Citations per work
2.5

What does Kentaro Hirai research?

Organic Chemistry: 73.9%Materials Chemistry: 4.3%Molecular Biology: 4.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2.2%other fields: 15.3%74%top field
Organic Chemistry73.9%Materials Chemistry4.3%Molecular Biology4.3%Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2.2%other fields15.3%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry74% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology4% of their works
  4. 4Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials2% of their works
  6. 6Neurology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kentaro Hirai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heterocycles, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Microwave-Assisted Synthesis, Anticancer, Antimicrobial, Chemoselective and Annulation.

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 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Heterocycles204 topics
  2. Synthesis205 topics
  3. Biological Evaluation103 topics
  4. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis102 topics
  5. Anticancer82 topics
  6. Antimicrobial82 topics
  7. Chemoselective82 topics
  8. Annulation71 topic
  9. Drug Discovery72 topics
  10. Ketene Dithioacetal71 topic
  11. Multicomponent Reactions72 topics
  12. Organic Synthesis72 topics
  13. Scaffold51 topic
  14. Thioamides51 topic
  15. Thionation51 topic
  16. Triazines51 topic
  17. Asymmetric Synthesis42 topics
  18. Imidazoles31 topic
  19. Indirubin31 topic
  20. Oxazolones31 topic
  21. Quinazoline31 topic
  22. DNA-Interactive Agents21 topic
  23. Green Chemistry21 topic
  24. Heterocyclic Synthesis21 topic
  25. Pyrrolobenzodiazepines21 topic
  26. Biochemical Genetics11 topic
  27. Metabolic Disorders11 topic

Where does Kentaro Hirai work?

Kentaro Hirai's main affiliation in the publication record is Shionogi (Japan), Japan.

How many publications and citations does Kentaro Hirai have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 76 citations for Kentaro Hirai, ranking #591,509 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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