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Researcher · The University of Tokyo · Japan

Shigenori Kuga

Shigenori Kuga publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science, on topics such as Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls.

OpenAlex
World rank
#169,347
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#1,231
of 383,136
Works
181
Citations
14k
Citations per work
75.2
h-index
63
i10-index 127Top 1.2% in Biomaterials
Shigenori Kuga

What does Shigenori Kuga research?

Shigenori Kuga's work is mostly in Materials Science (31%), Engineering (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 101 works · 55.8% of their workMaterials Science: 56 works · 30.8% of their workBiomaterials: 56 works · 30.8% of their workEngineering: 37 works · 20.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 30 works · 16.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 8 works · 4.3% of their workChemistry: 8 works · 4.3% of their workSpectroscopy: 8 works · 4.3% of their workEverything else: 59 works · 32.7% of their workLife Sciences: 21 works · 11.5% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 works · 7.0% of their workPlant Science: 13 works · 7.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 4.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 8 works · 4.5% of their workTHEIR WORKShigenori Kuga181works
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences56%

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. Materials Science5630.8%
    2. Engineering3720.7%
    3. Chemistry84.3%
  2. Everything else5932.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences137.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.5%
  1. 1Biomaterials31% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Plant Science7% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shigenori Kuga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomedical Applications, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Nanocellulose, Nanocomposites, Catalytic Transformation, Lignin Valorization, Tissue Engineering and Hemicelluloses.

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 Applications1644 topics
  2. Cellulose Nanocrystals1051 topic
  3. Nanocellulose1051 topic
  4. Nanocomposites533 topics
  5. Catalytic Transformation381 topic
  6. Lignin Valorization381 topic
  7. Tissue Engineering342 topics
  8. Hemicelluloses251 topic
  9. Pectin251 topic
  10. Aerogels191 topic
  11. Electrospinning191 topic
  12. Nanofibers191 topic
  13. Synthesis191 topic
  14. Enzymatic Hydrolysis181 topic
  15. Fiber Networks181 topic
  16. Paper Mechanics181 topic
  17. Pretreatment181 topic
  18. Chitin151 topic
  19. Chitosan151 topic

Where does Shigenori Kuga work?

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

How many publications and citations does Shigenori Kuga have?

OpenAlex counts 181 works and 13,613 citations for Shigenori Kuga, an h-index of 63, ranking #169,347 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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