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Researcher · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Japan

Masahiro Nishimura

Masahiro Nishimura publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology and Geophysics, on topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

ORCID 0000-0003-3143-8171 OpenAlex
World rank
#212,643
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#1,635
of 383,136
Works
205
Citations
4.6k
Citations per work
22.3
h-index
33
i10-index 81Top 14% in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Masahiro Nishimura

What does Masahiro Nishimura research?

Masahiro Nishimura's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 136 works · 66.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 73 works · 35.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 73 works · 35.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 works · 12.9% of their workGeophysics: 18 works · 8.9% of their workAtmospheric Science: 8 works · 4.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 21 works · 10.1% of their workEcology: 21 works · 10.1% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 4.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 9 works · 4.2% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 3.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 3.5% of their workEverything else: 69 works · 33.8% of their workTHEIR WORKMasahiroNishimura205works
Physical Sciences66%

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. Physics and Astronomy7335.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2612.9%
    3. Environmental Science2110.1%
    4. Engineering94.2%
    5. Materials Science73.5%
  2. Everything else6933.8%
  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics36% of their works
  2. 2Ecology10% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics9% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masahiro Nishimura's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Stable Isotopes, Trophic Position, Plate Tectonics and Geochronology.

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. Solar System Abundances1141 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets1141 topic
  3. Mars801 topic
  4. Martian Surface801 topic
  5. Stable Isotopes581 topic
  6. Trophic Position581 topic
  7. Plate Tectonics472 topics
  8. Geochronology341 topic
  9. Zircon341 topic
  10. Climate Change211 topic
  11. Paleoclimatology211 topic
  12. Crystal Structure Prediction131 topic
  13. Mantle Dynamics131 topic
  14. Accident Tolerant Fuels121 topic
  15. Fuel Cladding121 topic
  16. Ionization111 topic
  17. Mass Spectrometry111 topic

Where does Masahiro Nishimura work?

Masahiro Nishimura's main affiliation in the publication record is Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masahiro Nishimura have?

OpenAlex counts 205 works and 4,578 citations for Masahiro Nishimura, an h-index of 33, ranking #212,643 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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