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Akihiro Morita

Akihiro Morita

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
6950
World Ranking
15755
National Ranking
1241

Akihiro Morita publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akihiro Morita sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 165 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Akihiro Morita D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akihiro Morita sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akihiro Morita is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry. Within these areas, they have contributed substantially to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with notable work in Spectroscopy, Electrochemistry, Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range including:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality

Morita has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Recent publications by Morita and collaborators include:

  • "Recent progress in simulating microscopic ion transport mechanisms at liquid-liquid interfaces," 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Why the Photochemical Reaction of Phenol Becomes Ultrafast at the Air-Water Interface: The Effect of Surface Hydration," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Refractive index of nanoconfined water reveals its anomalous physical properties," 2020, Nanoscale Horizons
  • "In Situ Monitoring of the Unsaturated Phospholipid Monolayer Oxidation in Ambient Air by HD-SFG Spectroscopy," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Unraveling the Unstable Nature of Tetraglyme-Based Electrolytes toward Superoxide and the Inhibitory Effect of Lithium Ions by Using In Situ Vibrational Spectroscopies," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Frequent co-authors working alongside Morita include:

  • Tomonori Hirano
  • Lin Wang
  • Tatsuya Ishiyama
  • Ken-ichi Inoue
  • Shen Ye

Best Publications

  • A theoretical analysis of the sum frequency generation spectrum of the water surface

    Akihiro Morita;Akihiro Morita;James T. Hynes;James T. Hynes

  • Unified molecular view of the air/water interface based on experimental and theoretical χ(2) spectra of an isotopically diluted water surface.

    Satoshi Nihonyanagi;Tatsuya Ishiyama;Touk Kwan Lee;Shoichi Yamaguchi

  • A Theoretical Analysis of the Sum Frequency Generation Spectrum of the Water Surface. II. Time-Dependent Approach

    Akihiro Morita;James T. Hynes

  • Molecular Dynamics Study of Gas−Liquid Aqueous Sodium Halide Interfaces. I. Flexible and Polarizable Molecular Modeling and Interfacial Properties

    Tatsuya Ishiyama and;Akihiro Morita

  • Experimental and theoretical evidence for bilayer-by-bilayer surface melting of crystalline ice

    M. Alejandra Sánchez;Tanja Kling;Tatsuya Ishiyama;Marc Jan Van Zadel

  • Molecular simulations of the transport of molecules across the liquid/vapor interface of water

    Bruce C. Garrett;Gregory K. Schenter;Akihiro Morita

  • Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Theory on Intramolecular Charge Polarization: Effect of Hydrogen Abstraction on the Charge Sensitivity of Aromatic and Nonaromatic Species

    Akihiro Morita;Shigeki Kato

  • Theoretical studies of structures and vibrational sum frequency generation spectra at aqueous interfaces.

    Tatsuya Ishiyama;Takako Imamura;Akihiro Morita;Akihiro Morita

  • Analysis of anisotropic local field in sum frequency generation spectroscopy with the charge response kernel water model.

    Tatsuya Ishiyama;Akihiro Morita

  • Recent progress in theoretical analysis of vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy

    Akihiro Morita;Tatsuya Ishiyama

  • Vibrational relaxation of azide ion in water: The role of intramolecular charge fluctuation and solvent-induced vibrational coupling

    Akihiro Morita;Shigeki Kato

  • Solute-solvent interaction in nonpolar supercritical fluid: a clustering model and size distribution

    Akihiro. Morita;Okitsugu. Kajimoto

  • Molecular Dynamics Study of Gas−Liquid Aqueous Sodium Halide Interfaces. II. Analysis of Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectra

    Tatsuya Ishiyama;Akihiro Morita;Akihiro Morita

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Response of Intermolecular Orientational Correlation at the Water Surface

    Tatsuya Ishiyama;Akihiro Morita

  • Bulk Contributions Modulate the Sum-Frequency Generation Spectra of Water on Model Sea-Spray Aerosols

    Sandeep K. Reddy;Raphael Thiraux;Bethany A. Wellen Rudd;Lu Lin

  • Effects of third-order susceptibility in sum frequency generation spectra: a molecular dynamics study in liquid water

    Tatsuya Joutsuka;Tomonori Hirano;Michiel Sprik;Akihiro Morita;Akihiro Morita

  • Molecular dynamics simulation with the charge response kernel: Diffusion dynamics of pyrazine and pyrazinyl radical in methanol

    Akihiro Morita;Shigeki Kato

  • Electric quadrupole contribution to the nonresonant background of sum frequency generation at air/liquid interfaces.

    Shoichi Yamaguchi;Kazuya Shiratori;Akihiro Morita;Tahei Tahara

  • An ab initio analysis of medium perturbation on molecular polarizabilities

    Akihiro Morita;Shigeki Kato

  • Improved computation of sum frequency generation spectrum of the surface of water.

    Akihiro Morita

  • Theory of Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

    Akihiro Morita

Frequent Co-Authors

Shen Ye
Shen Ye Tohoku University
Shigeki Kato
Shigeki Kato Kyoto University
James T. Hynes
James T. Hynes University of Colorado Boulder
Yukio Ouchi
Yukio Ouchi Tokyo Institute of Technology
David R. Hanson
David R. Hanson Augsburg College
Gregory K. Schenter
Gregory K. Schenter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nobuyuki Matubayasi
Nobuyuki Matubayasi Osaka University
Mischa Bonn
Mischa Bonn Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Davide Donadio
Davide Donadio University of California, Davis

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