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Researcher · The University of Tokyo · Japan

Motomu Kanai

Motomu Kanai publishes mostly in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry, on topics such as Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods.

ORCID 0000-0003-1977-7648 OpenAlex
World rank
#158,278
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#1,130
of 383,136
Works
734
Citations
29k
Citations per work
39.8
h-index
97
i10-index 346Top 0.1% in Organic Chemistry
Motomu Kanai

What does Motomu Kanai research?

Motomu Kanai's work is mostly in Chemistry (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (2%).

Physical Sciences: 479 works · 65.2% of their workChemistry: 468 works · 63.7% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 399 works · 54.4% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 68 works · 9.3% of their workMaterials Science: 11 works · 1.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 11 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 133 works · 18.1% of their workLife Sciences: 111 works · 15.1% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 95 works · 13.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 95 works · 13.0% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 works · 2.1% of their workPharmaceutical Science: 15 works · 2.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 1.6% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 1.6% of their workPharmacology: 12 works · 1.6% of their workTHEIR WORKMotomu Kanai734works
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences2%

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. Chemistry46863.7%
    2. Materials Science111.5%
  2. Everything else13318.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9513.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics152.1%
    1. Medicine121.6%
  1. 1Organic Chemistry54% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology13% of their works
  3. 3Inorganic Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Pharmaceutical Science2% of their works
  5. 5Pharmacology2% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Motomu Kanai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Enantioselective Reactions, Transition Metal Catalysis, Transition Metal Complexes, Chiral Catalysts, Organocatalysis, Asymmetric Catalysis, Hydrogenation and Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Enantioselective Reactions4052 topics
  2. Transition Metal Catalysis4012 topics
  3. Transition Metal Complexes2302 topics
  4. Chiral Catalysts2291 topic
  5. Organocatalysis2291 topic
  6. Asymmetric Catalysis1761 topic
  7. Hydrogenation1761 topic
  8. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation1721 topic
  9. C–H Activation1721 topic
  10. Enantioselective Synthesis1702 topics
  11. Catalytic1622 topics
  12. Olefin Metathesis1161 topic
  13. Ruthenium Catalysts1161 topic
  14. Amination1081 topic
  15. C-H Bonds1081 topic
  16. Drug Discovery981 topic
  17. Peptide Synthesis981 topic
  18. Alcohol Oxidation541 topic
  19. Hypervalent Iodine Compounds541 topic
  20. Organic Synthesis541 topic
  21. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis541 topic

Where does Motomu Kanai work?

Motomu Kanai's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Tokyo, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Motomu Kanai have?

OpenAlex counts 734 works and 29,234 citations for Motomu Kanai, an h-index of 97, ranking #158,278 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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