2026 Hiroaki Muta: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	45	11713	11321	722	687	322	8095

Hiroaki Muta publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

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

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 322 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Hiroaki Muta D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hiroaki Muta is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, with a focus on materials science and engineering. Their work encompasses a variety of fields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, inorganic chemistry, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's research topics are diverse, covering:

Nuclear Materials and Properties
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
Solidification and Crystal Growth Phenomena
Thermal Properties of Materials
Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering

Muta has contributed to several recent publications, including:

High Thermoelectric Power Factor of Si-Mg₂Si Nanocomposite Ribbons Synthesized by Melt Spinning (2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials)
Novel Method for Surface Tension Measurement: the Drop-Bounce Method (2021, Microgravity Science and Technology)
Multiple-gas cooling method for constant-pressure heat capacity measurement of liquid metals using aerodynamic levitator (2021, Review of Scientific Instruments)
Droplet impingement method to measure the surface tension of molten zirconium oxide (2020, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology)
Improvement of thermoelectric property in Ce filled Fe3Co1Sb12 by Sn addition (2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Muta include:

Yuji Ohishi
Ken Kurosaki
Yifan Sun
Toshiki Kondo
Shun Fujieda

Their work has been published multiple times in these venues:

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal of Applied Physics
High Temperatures-High Pressures
SSRN Electronic Journal

This researcher's main academic fields of study are materials science and engineering. Within these broader disciplines, their subfields include materials chemistry and mechanical engineering, among others.

Best Publications

Chalcopyrite CuGaTe(2): a high-efficiency bulk thermoelectric material.

Theerayuth Plirdpring;Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Tristan Day

395
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of rare earth doped SrTiO3

Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

383
Citations
Ag9TlTe5: A high-performance thermoelectric bulk material with extremely low thermal conductivity

Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Hiroaki Muta;Masayoshi Uno

366
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of reduced and La-doped single-crystalline SrTiO3

Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

267
Citations
Thermophysical properties of SrHfO3 and SrRuO3

Shinsuke Yamanaka;Takuji Maekawa;Hiroaki Muta;Tetsushi Matsuda

174
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of doped BaTiO3-SrTiO3 solid solution

Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

162
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of Ag1−xGaTe2 with chalcopyrite structure

Aikebaier Yusufu;Ken Kurosaki;Atsuko Kosuga;Tohru Sugahara

154
Citations
High-temperature thermoelectric properties of Nb-doped MNiSn (M = Ti, Zr) half-Heusler compound

Hiroaki Muta;Takanori Kanemitsu;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

150
Citations
Photoelectrochemical study of lanthanide zirconium oxides, Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd and Sm)

Masayoshi Uno;Atsuko Kosuga;Mihoko Okui;Kentarou Horisaka

146
Citations
Thermal and mechanical properties of SrHfO3

Shinsuke Yamanaka;Takuji Maekawa;Hiroaki Muta;Tetsushi Matsuda

137
Citations
Thermal expansion and melting temperature of the half-Heusler compounds: MNiSn (M = Ti, Zr, Hf)

Do-young Jung;Ken Kurosaki;Chang-eun Kim;Hiroaki Muta

133
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of Sn-doped TiCoSb half-Heusler compounds

Takeyuki Sekimoto;Ken Kurosaki;Hiroaki Muta;Shinsuke Yamanaka

125
Citations
Mechanical properties of titanium hydride

Daigo Setoyama;Junji Matsunaga;Hiroaki Muta;Masayohi Uno

123
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of α- and β-Ag2Te

Masaki Fujikane;Ken Kurosaki;Hiroaki Muta;Shinsuke Yamanaka

116
Citations
High-Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Realized in p-Type Half-Heusler Compounds: ZrCoSnxSb1-x

Takeyuki Sekimoto;Ken Kurosaki;Hiroaki Muta;Shinsuke Yamanaka

111
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of heavily boron- and phosphorus-doped silicon

Yuji Ohishi;Jun Xie;Yoshinobu Miyazaki;Yusufu Aikebaier

102
Citations
Thermoelectric properties of NaCo2O4

Ken Kurosaki;Hiroaki Muta;Masayoshi Uno;Shinsuke Yamanaka

94
Citations
Thermal and mechanical properties of uranium nitride prepared by SPS technique

Hiroaki Muta;Ken Kurosaki;Masayoshi Uno;Shinsuke Yamanaka

92
Citations
Thermophysical Properties of Perovskite-Type Strontium Cerate and Zirconate

Shinsuke Yamanaka;Ken Kurosaki;Taku Oyama;Hiroaki Muta

88
Citations
Bottom-up nanostructured bulk silicon: a practical high-efficiency thermoelectric material

Aikebaier Yusufu;Ken Kurosaki;Yoshinobu Miyazaki;Manabu Ishimaru

86
Citations
Substitution Effect on Thermoelectric Properties of ZrNiSn Based Half-Heusler Compounds

Hiroaki Muta;Takanori Kanemitsu;Ken Kurosaki;Shinsuke Yamanaka

79
Citations