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Hiroshi Sakugawa

Hiroshi Sakugawa

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
5888
World Ranking
8098
National Ranking
161

Overview

Hiroshi Sakugawa is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine, with a notable focus on subfields such as Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Ecology.

The topics most frequently explored in their work include Marine and coastal ecosystems, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Hiroshi Sakugawa has contributed to numerous scholarly articles published in several reputable venues. Their frequent publication outlets include The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Journal of Environmental Research, Hepatology Research, and Environmental Science & Technology.

  • Heavy metals in urban dusts from Alexandria and Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt: implications for human health, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Prevalence and associated metabolic factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the general population from 2014 to 2018 in Japan: A large-scale multicenter retrospective study, 2023, Hepatology Research
  • Factors controlling the degradation of hydrogen peroxide in river water, and the role of riverbed sand, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sulfate Radical-Based Advanced Oxidation Technology to Remove Pesticides From Water A Review of the Most Recent Technologies, 2024, International Journal of Environmental Research
  • Singlet Oxygen Photogeneration in Coastal Seawater: Prospect of Large-Scale Modeling in Seawater Surface and Its Environmental Significance, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Kazuhiko Takeda, Aly Derbalah, Yoko Iwamoto, Waqar Azeem Jadoon, and Chikumbusko Chiziwa Kaonga.

Best Publications

  • Transesterification of soybean oil using combusted oyster shell waste as a catalyst

    Nobutake Nakatani;Hitoshi Takamori;Kazuhiko Takeda;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Mobilization of arsenic from subsurface sediments by effect of bicarbonate ions in groundwater.

    Hossain M. Anawar;Junji Akai;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Atmospheric hydrogen peroxide: Does it share a role with ozone in degrading air quality

    Hiroshi Sakugawa;Isaac R. Kaplan;Wangteng Tsai;Yoram Cohen

  • Determination of Hydroxyl Radical Photoproduction Rates in Natural Waters

    Kazuhiko Takeda;Hiroshi Takedoi;Shuhei Yamaji;Keiichi Ohta

  • POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) ASSOCIATED WITH ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES IN HIGASHI HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS

    Yasmin W.F. Tham;Kazuhiko Takeda;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Reviews and Syntheses: Ocean acidification and its potential impacts on marine ecosystems

    Khan M. G. Mostofa;Khan M. G. Mostofa;Khan M. G. Mostofa;Cong Qiang Liu;Weidong Zhai;Marco Minella;Marco Minella

  • Measurements of H2O2, aldehydes and organic acids in Los Angeles rainwater: Their sources and deposition rates☆

    Hiroshi Sakugawa;Isaac R. Kaplan;Lloyd S. Shepard

  • Temporal trends in organophosphorus pesticides use and concentrations in river water in Japan, and risk assessment

    Aly Derbalah;Russel Chidya;Waqar Jadoon;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • pH dependent photoformation of hydroxyl radical and absorbance of aqueous-phase N(III) (HNO2 and NO2-)

    Takemitsu Arakaki;Takayuki Miyake;Tsuyoshi Hirakawa;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Three-year determination of trace metals and the lead isotope ratio in rain and snow depositions collected in Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

    Kazuhiko Takeda;Kouji Marumoto;Tomomi Minamikawa;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Photocatalytic removal of fenitrothion in pure and natural waters by photo-Fenton reaction.

    Aly S. Derbalah;Nobutake Nakatani;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Effects of understory vegetation on the ecophysiological characteristics of an overstory pine, Pinus densiflora

    Atsushi Kume;Takami Satomura;Naoko Tsuboi;Masaaki Chiwa

  • Negative effects of fluoranthene on the ecophysiology of tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) Fluoranthene mists negatively affected tomato plants.

    Ilemobayo Oguntimehin;Fawzy Eissa;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Throughfall chemistry and canopy interactions in a Sitka spruce plantation sprayed with six different simulated polluted mist treatments.

    Masaaki Chiwa;A. Crossley;L. J. Sheppard;H. Sakugawa

  • H2O2 and O3 in the atmosphere of Los Angeles and its vicinity: factors controlling their formation and their role as oxidants of SO2

    Hiroshi Sakugawa;Isaac R. Kaplan

  • Dynamic partitioning of semivolatile organics in gas/particle/rain phases during rain scavenging

    Wangteng Tsai;Yoram Cohen;Hiroshi Sakugawa;Isaac R. Kaplan

  • Occurrence of Diuron and Irgarol in seawater, sediments and planktons of Seto Inland Sea, Japan.

    Sarangaraja Balakrishnan;Kazuhiko Takeda;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Spatial and temporal variations and factors controlling the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and organic peroxides in rivers

    Khan M. G. Mostofa;Khan M. G. Mostofa;Hiroshi Sakugawa

  • Dry deposition washoff and dew on the surfaces of pine foliage on the urban- and mountain-facing sides of Mt. Gokurakuji, western Japan

    M. Chiwa;N. Oshiro;T. Miyake;N. Nakatani

  • Chemical studies on dissolved carbohydrates in the water samples collected from the north pacific and bering sea

    H. Sakugawa;N. Handa

Frequent Co-Authors

Isaac R. Kaplan
Isaac R. Kaplan University of California, Los Angeles
Davide Vione
Davide Vione University of Turin
Cong-Qiang Liu
Cong-Qiang Liu Tianjin University
Yoram Cohen
Yoram Cohen University of California, Los Angeles
Kyoichi Otsuki
Kyoichi Otsuki Kyushu University
Kunshan Gao
Kunshan Gao Xiamen University
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Jabir Hussain Syed
Jabir Hussain Syed COMSATS University Islamabad
Shoichi Kawano
Shoichi Kawano Kyoto University
Lucy J. Sheppard
Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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