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Akio Arakawa publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akio Arakawa sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 100 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Akio Arakawa D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Akio Arakawa was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines, focusing primarily on areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as engineering and computer science.

The scientist contributed to various fields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Within these broader fields, their work delved into several subfields, notably:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Building and Construction

Akio Arakawa's research topics covered a range of scientific inquiries, prominently including:

  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Energy Load and Power Forecasting
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics

Their scholarly output included publications in well-regarded venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports

Two notable papers authored by Akio Arakawa are:

  • "Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization and constraint programming approaches for lattice-based cyclic peptide docking," published in 2024 in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization and constraint programming approaches for lattice-based cyclic peptide docking," published in 2025 in Scientific Reports

Throughout these publications, co-authorship occurred with several researchers, including:

  • J. Kyle Brubaker
  • Kyle E. C. Booth
  • Fabian Furrer
  • Jayeeta Ghosh
  • Tsutomu Sato

Best Publications

  • Interaction of a Cumulus Cloud Ensemble with the Large-Scale Environment, Part I

    Akio Arakawa;Wayne Howard Schubert

  • Computational Design of the Basic Dynamical Processes of the UCLA General Circulation Model

    Akio Arakawa;Vivian R. Lamb

  • The Cumulus Parameterization Problem: Past, Present, and Future

    Akio Arakawa

  • Breaking the Cloud Parameterization Deadlock

    David Randall;Marat Khairoutdinov;Akio Arakawa;Wojciech Grabowski

  • A Potential Enstrophy and Energy Conserving Scheme for the Shallow Water Equations

    Akio Arakawa;Vivian R. Lamb

  • Peruvian Stratus Clouds and the Tropical Pacific Circulation: A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCM Study

    Chung-Chun Ma;Carlos R. Mechoso;Andrew W. Robertson;Akio Arakawa

  • Integration of the Nondivergent Barotropic Vorticity Equation with AN Icosahedral-Hexagonal Grid for the SPHERE1

    Robert Sadourny;Akio Arakawa;Yale Mintz

  • Vertical Differencing of the Primitive Equations in Sigma Coordinates

    Akio Arakawa;Max J. Suarez

  • The parameterization of the planetary boundary layer in the UCLA general circulation model - Formulation and results

    Max J. Suarez;Akio Arakawa;David A. Randall

  • Improvement of Orographic Gravity Wave Parameterization Using a Mesoscale Gravity Wave Model

    Young-Joon Kim;Akio Arakawa

  • A Unified Representation of Deep Moist Convection in Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere. Part II

    Chien-Ming Wu;Akio Arakawa

  • Toward unification of the multiscale modeling of the atmosphere

    A. Arakawa;J.-H. Jung;C.-M. Wu

  • Vertical Differencing of the Primitive Equations Based on the Charney–Phillips Grid in Hybrid &sigma–p Vertical Coordinates

    Akio Arakawa;Celal S. Konor

  • Interaction of a Cumulus Cloud Ensemble with the Large-Scale Environment. Part II

    Stephen J. Lord;Akio Arakawa

  • What Controls the Transition from Shallow to Deep Convection

    Chien-Ming Wu;Bjorn Stevens;Akio Arakawa

  • Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere with an Isentropic Vertical Coordinate

    Yueh-Jiuan G. Hsu;Akio Arakawa

  • The Macroscopic Behavior of Cumulus Ensembles Simulated by a Cumulus Ensemble Model

    Kuan-Man Xu;Akio Arakawa;Steven K. Krueger

  • Impacts of the Indian Ocean on the ENSO cycle

    Jin-Yi Yu;Carlos R. Mechoso;James C. McWilliams;Akio Arakawa

  • Design of an Atmospheric Model Based on a Generalized Vertical Coordinate

    Celal S. Konor;Akio Arakawa

  • Baroclinic Instability in Vertically Discrete Systems.

    Akio Arakawa;Shrinivas Moorthi

  • Energy conserving and potential-enstrophy dissipating schemes for the shallow water equations

    Akio Arakawa;Yueh-Jiuan G. Hsu

  • Interaction of a Cumulus Cloud Ensemble with the Large-Scale Environment. Part IV: The Discrete Model

    Stephen J. Lord;Winston C. Chao;Akio Arakawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos R. Mechoso
Carlos R. Mechoso University of California, Los Angeles
Koji Yamazaki
Koji Yamazaki Hokkaido University
Stephen D. Prince
Stephen D. Prince University of Maryland, College Park
Kuan-Man Xu
Kuan-Man Xu Langley Research Center
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Steven K. Krueger
Steven K. Krueger University of Utah
Richard P. Turco
Richard P. Turco University of California, Los Angeles
David A. Randall
David A. Randall Colorado State University
Jin-Yi Yu
Jin-Yi Yu University of California, Irvine
Akio Kitoh
Akio Kitoh University of Tsukuba

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