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Researcher · Kōchi University · Japan

Masao Iwai

Masao Iwai publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geophysics, on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Cryospheric studies and observations.

ORCID 0000-0001-7489-1262 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,574,303
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#52,893
of 383,136
Works
153
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
11.2
h-index
19
i10-index 29Top 31% in Atmospheric Science
Masao Iwai

What does Masao Iwai research?

Masao Iwai's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (64%), Environmental Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 107 works · 69.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 97 works · 63.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 51 works · 33.6% of their workPaleontology: 13 works · 8.8% of their workGeophysics: 12 works · 8.0% of their workGeology: 10 works · 6.6% of their workOceanography: 10 works · 6.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 6.2% of their workEcology: 9 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 46 works · 30.2% of their workTHEIR WORKMasao Iwai153works
Physical Sciences70%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences9763.6%
    2. Environmental Science96.2%
  2. Everything else4630.2%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science34% of their works
  2. 2Paleontology9% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics8% of their works
  4. 4Geology7% of their works
  5. 5Oceanography7% of their works
  6. 6Ecology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masao Iwai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Glacial Cycles, Paleoclimatology, Paleoproductivity, Paleoredox, Glacier, Water Availability and Cenozoic Evolution.

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. Climate Change823 topics
  2. Glacial Cycles581 topic
  3. Paleoclimatology581 topic
  4. Paleoproductivity191 topic
  5. Paleoredox191 topic
  6. Glacier151 topic
  7. Water Availability151 topic
  8. Cenozoic Evolution121 topic
  9. Plate Tectonics121 topic
  10. Anaerobic111 topic
  11. Methane Oxidation111 topic
  12. Earthquakes101 topic
  13. Fluvial Systems101 topic
  14. Sedimentation101 topic
  15. Subduction101 topic
  16. Antarctic91 topic
  17. Microorganisms91 topic

Where does Masao Iwai work?

Masao Iwai's main affiliation in the publication record is Kōchi University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masao Iwai have?

OpenAlex counts 153 works and 1,714 citations for Masao Iwai, an h-index of 19, ranking #2,574,303 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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