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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 75 3384 3217 122 119 343 24434

Akiko Kawamura publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Akiko Kawamura between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Akiko Kawamura published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 11.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2010. 3 of the 361 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2010. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 31 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 39 publications 2011: 39 publications 2012: 24 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 2 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

361 publications in total across all disciplines

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Akiko Kawamura: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 1
1998 4
1999 14
2000 0
2001 5
2002 1
2003 2
2004 2
2005 6
2006 19
2007 14
2008 31
2009 27
2010 39
2011 39
2012 24
2013 21
2014 12
2015 15
2016 11
2017 16
2018 13
2019 10
2020 7
2021 6
2022 4
2023 11
2024 3
2025 2
2026 1
Total 361
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Akiko Kawamura publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 343–362 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 343 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155 343
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Akiko Kawamura D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143 75
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Overview

Akiko Kawamura is affiliated with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan and has a research focus centered on physics and astronomy, contributing significantly to the field through numerous publications. Their work spans a range of subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, spectroscopy, atmospheric science, nuclear and high energy physics, as well as electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's main topics of interest include astrophysics and star formation studies, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, galaxies regarding their formation, evolution, and phenomena, atmospheric ozone and climate, spectroscopy and laser applications, astrophysics and cosmic phenomena, and phenomena related to gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Kawamura has contributed extensively to several publication venues, most prominently:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Among their recent papers are:

  • FRagmentation and Evolution of Dense Cores Judged by ALMA (FREJA). I. Overview: Inner ∼1000 au Structures of Prestellar/Protostellar Cores in Taurus (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • ALMA CO Observations of Gamma-Ray Supernova Remnant N132D in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Possible Evidence for Shocked Molecular Clouds Illuminated by Cosmic-Ray Protons (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • ALMA Observations of Giant Molecular Clouds in M33. I. Resolving Star Formation Activities in the Giant Molecular Filaments Possibly Formed by a Spiral Shock (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
  • An Unbiased CO Survey toward the Northern Region of the Small Magellanic Cloud with the Atacama Compact Array. I. Overview: CO Cloud Distributions (2021), The Astrophysical Journal
  • Low background measurement in CANDLES-III for studying the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ca-48 (2021), Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

Kawamura has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Toshikazu Onishi
  • Kazuki Tokuda
  • Y. Fukui
  • Kengo Tachihara
  • Kisetsu Tsuge

Best Publications

  • FIRST RESULTS FROM HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION ALMA OBSERVATIO NS TOWARD THE HL TAU REGION

    Partnership Alma;C. L. Brogan;L. M. Perez;T. R. Hunter

  • The 2014 ALMA Long Baseline Campaign: First Results from High Angular Resolution Observations toward the HL Tau Region

    Alma Partnership;C. L. Brogan;L. M. Pérez;T. R. Hunter

  • The Infrared Astronomical Mission AKARI

    H. Murakami;H. Baba;P. Barthel;D.L. Clements

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) I: Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • The infrared astronomical mission AKARI

    Hiroshi Murakami;Hajime Baba;Peter D. Barthel;David L. Clements

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud: Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). I. Overview and Initial Results

    Margaret Meixner;Karl D. Gordon;Remy Indebetouw;Joseph L. Hora

  • Planck Early Results: All sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS: Constraints on the "dark gas" in our galaxy

    P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud

  • The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor from Infrared Dust Emission across the Local Group

    Adam K. Leroy;Alberto Bolatto;Karl Gordon;Karin Sandstrom

  • Planck early results. XIX. All-sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS. Constraints on the "dark gas" in our Galaxy

    Peter A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;M. Arnaud;M. Ashdown

  • The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI

    Mitsunobu Kawada;Hajime Baba;Peter D. Barthel;David Clements

  • The Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) for AKARI

    Mitsunobu Kawada;Hajime Baba;Peter D. Barthel;David Clements

  • Molecular clouds towards RCW 49 and Westerlund 2; Evidence for cluster formation triggered by cloud-cloud collision

    Naoko Furukawa;Joanne R. Dawson;Akio Ohama;Akiko Kawamura

  • THE SECOND SURVEY OF THE MOLECULAR CLOUDS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD BY NANTEN. II. STAR FORMATION

    Akiko Kawamura;Yoji Mizuno;Tetsuhiro Minamidani;Tetsuhiro Minamidani;Miroslav D. Fillipović

  • Molecular Clouds in Nearby Galaxies

    Yasuo Fukui;Akiko Kawamura

  • Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally-Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview

    Karl D. Gordon;Margaret Meixner;Marilyn Meade;Barbara A. Whitney

  • Molecular Clouds Toward the Super Star Cluster NGC3603; Possible Evidence for a Cloud-Cloud Collision in Triggering the Cluster Formation

    Yasuo Fukui;Akio Ohama;Naoki Hanaoka;Naoko Furukawa

  • The Second Survey of the Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud by NANTEN. I. Catalog of Molecular Clouds

    Y. Fukui;A. Kawamura;T. Minamidani;T. Minamidani;Y. Mizuno

  • First Results of a CO Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud with NANTEN; Giant Molecular Clouds as Formation Sites of Populous Clusters

    Yasuo Fukui;Norikazu Mizuno;Reiko Yamaguchi;Akira Mizuno

  • THE MAGELLANIC MOPRA ASSESSMENT (MAGMA). I. THE MOLECULAR CLOUD POPULATION OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

    Tony Wong;Annie Hughes;Annie Hughes;Annie Hughes;Joergen Ott;Erik Muller

  • Spitzer Survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE). IV. Dust Properties in the Interstellar Medium

    Jean Philippe Bernard;William T. Reach;Deborah Paradis;Margaret Meixner

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshikazu Onishi
Toshikazu Onishi Osaka Metropolitan University
Yasuo Fukui
Yasuo Fukui Nagoya University
Remy Indebetouw
Remy Indebetouw National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Margaret Meixner
Margaret Meixner Space Telescope Science Institute
Gavin Rowell
Gavin Rowell University of Adelaide
William T. Reach
William T. Reach Universities Space Research Association
Michael G. Burton
Michael G. Burton Armagh Observatory
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka
Shu-ichiro Inutsuka Nagoya University
Felix Aharonian
Felix Aharonian Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies
Joseph L. Hora
Joseph L. Hora Smithsonian Institution

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