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Isao Kitagawa

Isao Kitagawa

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13237
World Ranking
7771
National Ranking
517

Isao Kitagawa publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Isao Kitagawa sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 470 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Isao Kitagawa D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.

Overview

Isao Kitagawa is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with specific focus on several subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of key topics, notably:

  • Magnetic Properties of Alloys
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Kitagawa's recent publications reflect this multidisciplinary approach. Notable papers include:

  • Novel hard magnetic phase with Zr11.5Fe53Si35.5 composition, published in 2021 in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • The Analysis of Dissociation Process of Carbonic Acid in Aqueous by Using Molecular Dynamics with Machine Learning Potential, published in 2024 in the Journal of Computer Chemistry Japan

Their research has appeared in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds and the Journal of Computer Chemistry Japan.

In collaborative work, Kitagawa has frequently co-authored with researchers such as Hiroyuki Yamamoto and Kazuhiro Ueda, indicating active engagement in team-based research projects that cross disciplinary boundaries.

Kitagawa was awarded the Nakanishi Prize jointly by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society in 2004, recognizing contributions relevant to their field of study.

Best Publications

  • Chemical studies of crude drugs (1). Constituents of Ginseng radix rubra

    Isao Kitagawa;Masayuki Yoshikawa;Minoru Yoshihara;Teruaki Hayashi

  • Marine natural products. XXXIV. Trisindoline, a new antibiotic indole trimer, produced by a bacterium of Vibrio sp. separated from the marine sponge Hyrtios altum.

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Shunji Aoki;Katsuhiko Gato;Katsuyoshi Matsunami

  • Altohyrtin A, a potent anti-tumor macrolide from the Okinawan marine sponge Hyrtios altum

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Shunji Aoki;Haruhiko Sakai;Kazuyoshi Kawazoe

  • Inhibition of in vitro tumor cell invasion by ginsenoside Rg3.

    Kiyoko Shinkai;Hitoshi Akedo;Mutsuko Mukai;Fumio Imamura

  • Absolute stereostructure of swinholide A, a potent cytotoxic macrolide from the Okinawan marine sponge Theonella swinhoei

    Isao Kitagawa;Motomasa Kobayashi;Taketo Katori;Megumi Yamashita

  • Band structures of zinc-blende-type MnAs and (MnAs)1(GaAs)1 superlattice

    Masafumi Shirai;Takaki Ogawa;Isao Kitagawa;Naoshi Suzuki

  • ARENASTATIN A, A POTENT CYTOTOXIC DEPSIPEPTIDE FROM THE OKINAWAN MARINE SPONGE DYSIDEA ARENARIA

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Shunji Aoki;Naoki Ohyabu;Michio Kurosu

  • Saponin and sapogenol. XXXV. Chemical constituents of astragali radix, the root of Astragalus membranaceus Bunge. (2). Astragalosides I,II and IV, acetylastragaloside I and isoastragalosides I and II.

    Isao Kitagawa;Huikang Wang;Masayuki Saito;Akira Takagi

  • Marine Natural Products. XII. On the Chemical Constituents of the Okinawan Marine Sponge Hymeniacidon aldis

    Isao Kitagawa;Motomasa Kobayashi;Kaneyuki Kitanaka;Masaru Kido

  • First-principles calculations of electronic structures of diluted magnetic semiconductors (Ga,Mn)As

    T. Ogawa;M. Shirai;N. Suzuki;I. Kitagawa

  • Control of phenotypic expression of cultured B16 melanoma cells by plant glycosides.

    Shizuo Odashima;Takahide Ohta;Hiroyuki Kohno;Takeshi Matsuda

  • Absolute stereostructures of altohyrtin A and its congeners, potent cytotoxic macrolides from the Okinawan marine sponge hyrtios altum

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Shunji Aoki;Isao Kitagawa

  • Altohyrtins B and C and 5-desacetylaltohyrtin A, potent cytotoxic macrolide congeners of altohyrtin A, from the Okinawan marine sponge Hyrtios altum.

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Shunji Aoki;Haruhiko Sakai;Noriaki Kihara

  • Saponin and Sapogenol. XXXVI. Chemical Constituents of Astragali Radix, the Root of Astragalus membranaceus BUNGE. (3). Astragalosides III, V, and VI

    Isao Kitagawa;Huikang Wang;Masayuki Yoshikawa

  • Plant-Glycoside Modulation of Cell Surface Related to Control of Differentiation in Cultured B16 Melanoma Cells

    Takahide Ota;Kohzaburo Fujikawa-yamamoto;Zhi-ping Zong;Masakazu Yamazaki

  • [Chemical studies on crude drug processing. V. On the constituents of ginseng radix rubra (2): Comparison of the constituents of white ginseng and red ginseng prepared from the same Panax ginseng root].

    Isao Kitagawa;Toshio Taniyama;Hirotaka Shibuya;Tohru Noda

  • Indonesian Medicinal Plants. XII. Four Isomaric Lignan-Glucosides from the Bark of Aegle marmelos (Rutaceae)

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  • Inhibition by ginsenoside Rg3 of bombesin-enhanced peritoneal metastasis of intestinal adenocarcinomas induced by azoxymethane in Wistar rats

    Hiroyasu Iishi;Masaharu Tatsuta;Miyako Baba;Hiroyuki Uehara

  • Structure of swinholide A, a potent cytotoxic macrolide from the Okinawan marine sponge

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Jun-ichi Tanaka;Taketo Katori;Miki Matsuura

  • Marine natural products. XXIII, Three new cytotoxic dimeric macrolides, swinholides B and C and isoswinholide A, congeners of swinholide A, from the Okinawan marine sponge Theonella swinhoei

    Motomasa Kobayashi;Jun-ichi Tanaka;Taketo Katori;Isao Kitagawa

  • Bioactive marine natural products

    Isao Kitagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Motomasa Kobayashi
Motomasa Kobayashi Osaka University
Masayuki Yoshikawa
Masayuki Yoshikawa Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Yoshimasa Kyogoku
Yoshimasa Kyogoku Osaka University
Shunji Aoki
Shunji Aoki Hyogo University of Health Sciences
Johji Yamahara
Johji Yamahara Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
Shinsaku Nakagawa
Shinsaku Nakagawa Osaka University
Nobuyuki Harada
Nobuyuki Harada Tohoku University
Seiji Katayama
Seiji Katayama Osaka University
Tadanori Mayumi
Tadanori Mayumi Kobe Gakuin University
Nobuyoshi Nishiyama
Nobuyoshi Nishiyama Hyogo University of Health Sciences

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