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Researcher · Tottori University · Japan

Shigehiro Hirano

Shigehiro Hirano publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology, on topics such as Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Enzyme Production and Characterization and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research.

World rank
#208,000
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#5,646
of 114,622
Works
45
Citations
227
Citations per work
5.0

What does Shigehiro Hirano research?

Molecular Biology: 26.9%Organic Chemistry: 19.2%Biotechnology: 9.6%Food Science: 7.7%other fields: 36.6%27%top field
Molecular Biology26.9%Organic Chemistry19.2%Biotechnology9.6%Food Science7.7%other fields36.6%

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

  1. 1Molecular Biology27% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry19% of their works
  3. 3Biotechnology10% of their works
  4. 4Food Science8% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials8% of their works
  6. 6Nutrition and Dietetics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shigehiro Hirano's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Glycosidase Inhibitors, Oligosaccharide Synthesis, Biotechnological Applications, Microbial Enzymes, Microbial Production, Molecular Structure and Biopolymer.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications94 topics
  2. Glycosidase Inhibitors71 topic
  3. Oligosaccharide Synthesis71 topic
  4. Biotechnological Applications51 topic
  5. Microbial Enzymes51 topic
  6. Microbial Production52 topics
  7. Molecular Structure42 topics
  8. Biopolymer31 topic
  9. Glycans31 topic
  10. Glycosylation31 topic
  11. Polyglutamic Acid31 topic
  12. Chitin21 topic
  13. Chitosan21 topic
  14. DNA Structure21 topic
  15. G-Quadruplexes21 topic
  16. Hemicelluloses21 topic
  17. Hydrocolloids21 topic
  18. Pectin21 topic
  19. Thickening Agents21 topic

Where does Shigehiro Hirano work?

Shigehiro Hirano's main affiliation in the publication record is Tottori University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Shigehiro Hirano have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 227 citations for Shigehiro Hirano, ranking #208,000 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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