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Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
24952
World Ranking
2088
National Ranking
87

Chemistry

D-Index
86
Citations
25327
World Ranking
2552
National Ranking
143

Hiroshi Nishihara 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 Hiroshi Nishihara sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 645 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hiroshi Nishihara 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 Hiroshi Nishihara sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hiroshi Nishihara is affiliated with Tokyo University of Science in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science, with extensive work in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry. Additional research interests include Polymers and Plastics as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Recent publications by Nishihara include:

  • An Open-shell, Luminescent, Two-Dimensional Coordination Polymer with a Honeycomb Lattice and Triangular Organic Radical (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Radical-Based Coordination Polymers as a Platform for Magnetoluminescence (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Layered metal-organic frameworks and metal-organic nanosheets as functional materials (2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Thermosalience in Macrocycle-Based Soft Crystals via Anisotropic Deformation of Disilanyl Architecture (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • A ground-state-dominated magnetic field effect on the luminescence of stable organic radicals (2021, Chemical Science)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nishihara include:

  • Hiroaki Maeda
  • Naoya Fukui
  • Kenji Takada
  • Sono Sasaki
  • Yoshinori Yamanoi

The most common venues for Nishihara's publications are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Small
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • π-Conjugated Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complex Nanosheet

    Tetsuya Kambe;Ryota Sakamoto;Ken Hoshiko;Kenji Takada

  • Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Gernot Renger;Małgorzata Hołyńska;Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam

  • Crystalline Graphdiyne Nanosheets Produced at a Gas/Liquid or Liquid/Liquid Interface.

    Ryota Matsuoka;Ryota Matsuoka;Ryota Sakamoto;Ryota Sakamoto;Ken Hoshiko;Sono Sasaki

  • Cyclic RGD-linked polymeric micelles for targeted delivery of platinum anticancer drugs to glioblastoma through the blood-brain tumor barrier

    Yutaka Miura;Tomoya Takenaka;Kazuko Toh;Shourong Wu

  • Redox Control and High Conductivity of Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complex π‑Nanosheet: A Potential Organic Two-Dimensional Topological Insulator

    Tetsuya Kambe;Ryota Sakamoto;Tetsuro Kusamoto;Tigmansu Pal

  • A photofunctional bottom-up bis(dipyrrinato)zinc(II) complex nanosheet

    Ryota Sakamoto;Ken Hoshiko;Qian Liu;Toshiki Yagi

  • Self‐Assembled Layers of Alkanethiols on Copper for Protection Against Corrosion

    Yuichi Yamamoto;Hiroshi Nishihara;Kunitsugu Aramaki

  • Luminescence, Stability, and Proton Response of an Open‐Shell (3,5‐Dichloro‐4‐pyridyl)bis(2,4,6‐trichlorophenyl)methyl Radical

    Yohei Hattori;Tetsuro Kusamoto;Hiroshi Nishihara

  • Electrochromic bis(terpyridine)metal complex nanosheets.

    Kenji Takada;Ryota Sakamoto;Shi Ting Yi;Shunsuke Katagiri

  • Multielectron-Transfer-based Rechargeable Energy Storage of Two-Dimensional Coordination Frameworks with Non-Innocent Ligands

    Keisuke Wada;Keisuke Wada;Ken Sakaushi;Sono Sasaki;Hiroshi Nishihara

  • Photochrome-coupled metal complexes: molecular processing of photon stimuli.

    Shoko Kume;Hiroshi Nishihara

  • Pathways of Progression From Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm to Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Based on Molecular Features

    Yuko Omori;Yusuke Ono;Mishie Tanino;Hidenori Karasaki

  • Multi-Mode Molecular Switching Properties and Functions of Azo-Conjugated Metal Complexes

    Hiroshi Nishihara

  • Photoluminescence switching of azobenzene-conjugated Pt(II) terpyridine complexes by trans-cis photoisomerization.

    Tomona Yutaka;Ichiro Mori;Masato Kurihara;Jun Mizutani

  • Photosynthetic hydrogen production

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Velmurugan Thavasi;Vladimir D. Kreslavski;Sergey K. Zharmukhamedov

  • Combination of redox- and photochemistry of azo-conjugated metal complexes

    H. Nishihara

  • A SERS study on inhibition mechanisms of benzotriazole and its derivatives for copper corrosion in sulphate solutions

    Rinju Youda;Hiroshi Nishihara;Kunitsugu Aramaki

  • Coordination nanosheets (CONASHs): strategies, structures and functions

    Ryota Sakamoto;Ryota Sakamoto;Kenji Takada;Tigmansu Pal;Hiroaki Maeda

  • Systemic Targeting of Lymph Node Metastasis through the Blood Vascular System by Using Size-Controlled Nanocarriers.

    Horacio Cabral;Jun Makino;Yu Matsumoto;Peng Mi

  • Bis(aminothiolato)nickel nanosheet as a redox switch for conductivity and an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction

    Xinsen Sun;Kuo Hui Wu;Ryota Sakamoto;Tetsuro Kusamoto

  • Sers and impedance study of the equilibrium between complex formation and adsorption of benzotriazole and 4-hydroxybenzotriazole on a copper electrode in sulphate solutions

    Rinju Youda;Hiroshi Nishihara;Kunitsugu Aramaki

  • Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode

    Nao Terasaki;Noritaka Yamamoto;Takashi Hiraga;Yoshinori Yamanoi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryota Sakamoto
Ryota Sakamoto Kyoto University
Tetsu Yonezawa
Tetsu Yonezawa Hokkaido University
Eiji Nishibori
Eiji Nishibori University of Tsukuba
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Toshiaki Suhara
Toshiaki Suhara Osaka University
Shinya Tanaka
Shinya Tanaka Hokkaido University
Tatsuya Tomo
Tatsuya Tomo Tokyo University of Science
Kunihisa Sugimoto
Kunihisa Sugimoto Kyoto University
Masayoshi Nakano
Masayoshi Nakano Osaka University
Wai-Yeung Wong
Wai-Yeung Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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