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Akira Yamaguchi publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Yamaguchi sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 318 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Akira Yamaguchi D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akira Yamaguchi is affiliated with the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers various interconnected topics, including:

  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
  • Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

Among Akira Yamaguchi's recent publications are the following papers:

  • Quasi-Monte Carlo sampling method for simulation-based dynamic probabilistic risk assessment of nuclear power plants, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Simulation-based dynamic probabilistic risk assessment of an internal flooding-initiated accident in nuclear power plant using THALES2 and RAPID, 2022, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part O Journal of Risk and Reliability
  • Effect of Yuzu (Citrus junos) Seed Limonoids and Spermine on Intestinal Microbiota and Hypothalamic Tissue in the Sandhoff Disease Mouse Model, 2021, Medical Sciences
  • CSD 2240530: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database

Yamaguchi's frequent coauthors reflect collaboration primarily within nuclear engineering and related fields. These collaborators include Kotaro Kubo, Sunghyon Jang, Takashi Takata, Xiaoyu Zheng, and Yoshio Tanaka.

The scientist has published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part O Journal of Risk and Reliability
  • Medical Sciences
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Best Publications

  • The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

    K. Kitazato;R. E. Milliken;T. Iwata;T. Iwata;M. Abe;M. Abe

  • Global Crustal Metamorphism of the Eucrite Parent Body

    Akira Yamaguchi;G.Jeffrey Taylor;Klaus Keil

  • The Stannern trend eucrites: Contamination of main group eucritic magmas by crustal partial melts

    J.A. Barrat;A. Yamaguchi;R.C. Greenwood;M. Bohn

  • A New Source of Basaltic Meteorites Inferred From Northwest Africa 011

    Akira Yamaguchi;Akira Yamaguchi;Robert N. Clayton;Toshiko K. Mayeda;Mitsuru Ebihara

  • Magnesian anorthosites and a deep crustal rock from the farside crust of the moon

    Hiroshi Takeda;A. Yamaguchi;D.D. Bogard;Y. Karouji

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 90, 2006 September

    Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Jutta Zipfel;Jeffrey N. Grossman;Luigi Folco

  • Relative chronology of crust formation on asteroid Vesta: Insights from the geochemistry of diogenites

    Jean-Alix Barrat;Akira Yamaguchi;Brigitte Zanda;Claire Bollinger

  • Crustal partial melting on Vesta: Evidence from highly metamorphosed eucrites

    A. Yamaguchi;A. Yamaguchi;Jean-Alix Barrat;R.C. Greenwood;N. Shirai;N. Shirai

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 93, 2008 March

    Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Harold C. Connolly;Caroline Smith;Gretchen Benedix;Luigi Folco

  • Petrological evidence for shock melting of carbonates in the martian meteorite ALH84001

    Edward R. D. Scott;Akira Yamaguchi;Alexander N. Krot

  • Geochemistry of diogenites: Still more diversity in their parental melts

    Jean-Alix Barrat;Jean-Alix Barrat;A. Yamaguchi;R.C. Greenwood;M. Benoit;M. Benoit

  • U-Pb and 207Pb-206Pb ages of zircons from basaltic eucrites: Implications for early basaltic volcanism on the eucrite parent body

    Keiji Misawa;Keiji Misawa;Akira Yamaguchi;Akira Yamaguchi;Hiroshi Kaiden;Hiroshi Kaiden

  • A new model of lunar crust: asymmetry in crustal composition and evolution

    Tomoko Arai;Hiroshi Takeda;Akira Yamaguchi;Akira Yamaguchi;Makiko Ohtake

  • Post-crystallization reheating and partial melting of eucrite EET90020 by impact into the hot crust of asteroid 4Vesta ∼4.50 Ga ago

    Akira Yamaguchi;G.Jeffrey Taylor;Klaus Keil;Christine Floss

  • Feldspathic clasts in Yamato-86032: Remnants of the lunar crust with implications for its formation and impact history

    L. Nyquist;D. Bogard;A. Yamaguchi;A. Yamaguchi;C.-Y. Shih

  • Metamorphic history of the eucritic crust of 4 Vesta

    Akira Yamaguchi;G. Jeffrey Taylor;Klaus Keil

  • Possible fluid–rock interactions on differentiated asteroids recorded in eucritic meteorites

    Jean-Alix Barrat;A. Yamaguchi;T.E. Bunch;Marcel Bohn

  • SHRIMP and electron microprobe chronology of UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: implications for zircon growth at >1,000 C

    Tomokazu Hokada;Tomokazu Hokada;Keiji Misawa;Keiji Misawa;Kazumi Yokoyama;Kazuyuki Shiraishi;Kazuyuki Shiraishi

  • Vibrational spectroscopic study of minerals in the Martian meteorite ALH 84001

    T. F. Cooney;Edward R. D. Scott;Alexander N. Krot;S. K. Sharma

  • Observation of Spin-Gap State in Two-Dimensional Spin-1 Kagomé Antiferromagnet m-MPYNN·BF4

    Nobuo Wada;Tatsuya Kobayashi;Hideo Yano;Tsunehisa Okuno

  • The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 97

    Michael K. Weisberg;Michael K. Weisberg;Caroline Smith;Caroline Smith;Gretchen Benedix;Christopher D. K. Herd

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Alix Barrat
Jean-Alix Barrat University of Western Brittany
Mitsuru Ebihara
Mitsuru Ebihara Tokyo Metropolitan University
Richard C. Greenwood
Richard C. Greenwood The Open University
Vinciane Debaille
Vinciane Debaille Université Libre de Bruxelles
Eiji Ohtani
Eiji Ohtani Tohoku University
Naotaka Tomioka
Naotaka Tomioka Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Marcel Bohn
Marcel Bohn French National Centre for Scientific Research
Philippe Claeys
Philippe Claeys Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Michael K. Weisberg
Michael K. Weisberg City University of New York
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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