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Researcher · Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan) · Japan

Shigeru Matsunaga

Shigeru Matsunaga publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology, on topics such as Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Algal biology and biofuel production.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,904,055
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#63,637
of 383,136
Works
39
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
38.9
h-index
17
i10-index 24Top 42% in Molecular Biology
Shigeru Matsunaga

What does Shigeru Matsunaga research?

Shigeru Matsunaga's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Neuroscience (18%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%).

Life Sciences: 20 works · 51.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 18.7% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 18.7% of their workNeuroscience: 7 works · 17.8% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 works · 17.8% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 works · 8.4% of their workImmunology: 3 works · 8.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 works · 6.5% of their workPlant Science: 3 works · 6.5% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 34.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 5 works · 14.0% of their workEnergy: 3 works · 7.5% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 works · 7.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 works · 6.5% of their workOceanography: 3 works · 6.5% of their workTHEIR WORKShigeru Matsunaga39works
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences14%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology718.7%
    2. Neuroscience717.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology38.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.5%
  2. Everything else1334.6%
    1. Energy37.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences36.5%
  1. 1Molecular Biology19% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience18% of their works
  3. 3Immunology8% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science6% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shigeru Matsunaga's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optogenetics, Channelrhodopsin, Neural Control, Microbial Diversity, Biodiesel, Light Harvesting, Microalgae and Photosystem II.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Optogenetics192 topics
  2. Channelrhodopsin131 topic
  3. Neural Control131 topic
  4. Microbial Diversity92 topics
  5. Biodiesel81 topic
  6. Light Harvesting81 topic
  7. Microalgae81 topic
  8. Photosystem II81 topic
  9. Eukaryotic Microbes61 topic
  10. Evolutionary Origins61 topic
  11. Photoreceptors61 topic
  12. Signal Transduction61 topic
  13. Atherosclerosis51 topic
  14. Immune Response51 topic
  15. Dissolved Organic Matter41 topic
  16. Eutrophication41 topic
  17. Biological Soil Crusts31 topic
  18. Cyanobacteria31 topic

Where does Shigeru Matsunaga work?

Shigeru Matsunaga's main affiliation in the publication record is Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan), Japan.

How many publications and citations does Shigeru Matsunaga have?

OpenAlex counts 39 works and 1,519 citations for Shigeru Matsunaga, an h-index of 17, ranking #2,904,055 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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