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Researcher · Chuo University · Japan

Toru Ube

Toru Ube publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Materials and Mechanics, Liquid Crystal Research Advancements and Polymer composites and self-healing.

ORCID 0000-0001-6450-998X OpenAlex
World rank
#2,915,357
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#64,029
of 383,136
Works
45
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
24.2
h-index
15
i10-index 22Top 25% in Mechanical Engineering
Toru Ube

What does Toru Ube research?

Toru Ube's work is mostly in Materials Science (44%), Engineering (44%).

Physical Sciences: 40 works · 88.1% of their workMaterials Science: 20 works · 44.5% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 works · 17.5% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 6 works · 14.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 6 works · 12.7% of their workEngineering: 20 works · 43.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 9 works · 20.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 15.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 7.1% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 11.9% of their workTHEIR WORKToru Ube45works
Physical Sciences88%

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 Science2044.5%
    2. Engineering2043.6%
  2. Everything else511.9%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering21% of their works
  2. 2Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials18% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Polymers and Plastics14% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry13% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Toru Ube's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Shape Memory Polymers, Nanoparticles, Biomimetic, Polymer Films, Liquid Crystals, Self-Organization, Biological Applications and Polymer Composites.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Shape Memory Polymers382 topics
  2. Nanoparticles312 topics
  3. Biomimetic261 topic
  4. Polymer Films261 topic
  5. Liquid Crystals211 topic
  6. Self-Organization211 topic
  7. Biological Applications172 topics
  8. Polymer Composites121 topic
  9. Self-Healing121 topic
  10. Molecular Switches101 topic
  11. Photochromic101 topic
  12. Nanogenerators81 topic
  13. Wearable81 topic
  14. Atomic Force Microscopy71 topic
  15. Force Spectroscopy71 topic
  16. Near-Field Optical Microscopy71 topic
  17. Photonic Nanojets71 topic
  18. Bulk Heterojunction51 topic
  19. Conjugated Polymers51 topic

Where does Toru Ube work?

Toru Ube's main affiliation in the publication record is Chuo University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Toru Ube have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 1,089 citations for Toru Ube, an h-index of 15, ranking #2,915,357 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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