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Researcher · Fukushima University · Japan

Shigekazu Hirao

Shigekazu Hirao publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Radioactive contamination and transfer, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies.

World rank
#1,555,803
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#107,725
of 114,622
Works
19
Citations
11
Citations per work
0.6

What does Shigekazu Hirao research?

Global and Planetary Change: 34.5%Radiological and Ultrasound Technology: 20.7%Atmospheric Science: 13.8%Radiation: 13.8%other fields: 17.2%34%top field
Global and Planetary Change34.5%Radiological and Ultrasound Technology20.7%Atmospheric Science13.8%Radiation13.8%other fields17.2%

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

  1. 1Global and Planetary Change34% of their works
  2. 2Radiological and Ultrasound Technology21% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science14% of their works
  4. 4Radiation14% of their works
  5. 5Emergency Medical Services3% of their works
  6. 6Environmental Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shigekazu Hirao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Health Effects, Radionuclides, Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear accident, Ionizing Radiation, Radon, Inorganic Scintillators and Scintillation Detectors.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Effects152 topics
  2. Radionuclides152 topics
  3. Fukushima Daiichi91 topic
  4. nuclear accident91 topic
  5. Ionizing Radiation61 topic
  6. Radon61 topic
  7. Inorganic Scintillators41 topic
  8. Scintillation Detectors41 topic
  9. Climate Change32 topics
  10. Remote Sensing32 topics
  11. Glacier21 topic
  12. Water Availability21 topic
  13. Arctic11 topic
  14. Data Assimilation11 topic
  15. Ensemble Kalman Filter11 topic
  16. Nuclear Fuel11 topic
  17. Passive Systems11 topic
  18. Radiation Protection11 topic
  19. Sea Ice11 topic
  20. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis11 topic

Where does Shigekazu Hirao work?

Shigekazu Hirao's main affiliation in the publication record is Fukushima University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Shigekazu Hirao have?

Science Explorer counts 19 works and 11 citations for Shigekazu Hirao, ranking #1,555,803 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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