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Kosaku Hirota

Kosaku Hirota publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, on topics such as Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds, Synthesis and Reactivity of Sulfur-Containing Compounds and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds.

World rank
#803,084
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#38,358
of 114,622
Works
118
Citations
166
Citations per work
1.4

What does Kosaku Hirota research?

Organic Chemistry: 58.3%Molecular Biology: 17.2%Pharmaceutical Science: 4.0%Inorganic Chemistry: 2.0%other fields: 18.5%58%top field
Organic Chemistry58.3%Molecular Biology17.2%Pharmaceutical Science4.0%Inorganic Chemistry2.0%other fields18.5%

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

  1. 1Organic Chemistry58% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology17% of their works
  3. 3Pharmaceutical Science4% of their works
  4. 4Inorganic Chemistry2% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry2% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kosaku Hirota's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heterocycles, Synthesis, Microwave-Assisted Synthesis, Chemoselective, Drug Discovery, Anticancer, Antimicrobial and Catalyst.

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 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Heterocycles394 topics
  2. Synthesis385 topics
  3. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis242 topics
  4. Chemoselective212 topics
  5. Drug Discovery192 topics
  6. Anticancer182 topics
  7. Antimicrobial182 topics
  8. Catalyst152 topics
  9. Scaffold131 topic
  10. Triazines131 topic
  11. Thioamides111 topic
  12. Thionation111 topic
  13. Imidazoles101 topic
  14. Medicinal Chemistry102 topics
  15. Oxazolones101 topic
  16. Foldamers61 topic
  17. Peptide Synthesis61 topic
  18. Annulation51 topic
  19. Antimicrobial Activity51 topic
  20. Biological Activities51 topic
  21. Fluorine51 topic
  22. Ketene Dithioacetal51 topic
  23. Pharmaceuticals51 topic
  24. Phenothiazines51 topic
  25. Quinoxaline51 topic

Where does Kosaku Hirota work?

Kosaku Hirota's main affiliation in the publication record is Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Kosaku Hirota have?

Science Explorer counts 118 works and 166 citations for Kosaku Hirota, ranking #803,084 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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