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Researcher · National Astronomical Observatory of Japan · Japan

Masafumi Yagi

Masafumi Yagi publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7550-2281 OpenAlex
World rank
#687,062
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#30,148
of 114,622
Works
57
Citations
158
Citations per work
2.8

What does Masafumi Yagi research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 50.7%Instrumentation: 15.5%Computational Mechanics: 7.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5.6%other fields: 21.2%51%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics50.7%Instrumentation15.5%Computational Mechanics7.0%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5.6%other fields21.2%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics51% of their works
  2. 2Instrumentation16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics7% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masafumi Yagi's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Star Formation, Cosmology, Galaxies, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Molecular Clouds.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation172 topics
  2. Cosmology131 topic
  3. Galaxies131 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation111 topic
  5. Spectrograph111 topic
  6. Exoplanets91 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics91 topic
  8. Molecular Clouds41 topic
  9. Optical 3D Laser Measurement41 topic
  10. Position-Sensitive Detector41 topic
  11. Protoplanetary Disks41 topic
  12. Gamma-Ray Bursts31 topic
  13. Supernovae31 topic
  14. Epoch of Reionization21 topic
  15. Mars21 topic
  16. Martian Surface21 topic
  17. Radio Astronomy21 topic

Where does Masafumi Yagi work?

Masafumi Yagi's main affiliation in the publication record is National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masafumi Yagi have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 158 citations for Masafumi Yagi, ranking #687,062 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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