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Jun Kataoka

Jun Kataoka

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Physics
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
140
Citations
78783
World Ranking
409
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Jun Kataoka is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and has a research focus within the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Medicine. Their work intersects several specialized subfields, including Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their contributions span a variety of topics, particularly in Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena.

Jun Kataoka has published in multiple scientific journals and conference venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Instrumentation
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • Physical Review Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and range of their scientific inquiries:

  • The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Carbon and Oxygen Spectra from 10 GeV/n to 2.2 TeV/n with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Measurement of the Iron Spectrum in Cosmic Rays from 10 GeV/n to 2.0 TeV/n with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Performance demonstration of a hybrid Compton camera with an active pinhole for wide-band X-ray and gamma-ray imaging, 2020, Scientific Reports

Kataoka frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Seiichi Yamamoto, Kei Kamada, Akira Yoshikawa, Kohei Nakanishi, and Masao Yoshino. These collaborations indicate a network of ongoing partnerships within their disciplinary fields.

Best Publications

  • The Large Area Telescope on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Mission

    W. B. Atwood;A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;W. Althouse

  • FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE FIRST SOURCE CATALOG

    A.A. Abdo;A.A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog

    P. L. Nolan;A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello

  • Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e+ + e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;M. Axelsson

  • The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku

    Kazuhisa Mitsuda;Mark Bautz;Hajime Inoue;Richard L. Kelley

  • THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF FERMI BRIGHT BLAZARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;I. Agudo;M. Ajello

  • The Spectral Energy Distribution of Fermi bright blazars

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;M. Axelsson

  • The second catalog of active galactic nuclei detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort;E. Antolini;E. Antolini

  • Detection of the characteristic pion-decay signature in supernova remnants

    Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort;Luca Baldini

  • The Second Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;E. Antolini

  • THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • Fermi-LAT observations of the diffuse γ-ray emission: implications for cosmic rays and the interstellar medium

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood;L. Baldini

  • Introducing the CTA concept

    B. S. Acharya;M. Actis;T. Aghajani;G. Agnetta

  • The spectrum of isotropic diffuse gamma-ray emission between 100 MeV and 820 GeV

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Albert

  • Measurement of Separate Cosmic-Ray Electron and Positron Spectra with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;W. B. Atwood

  • The spectrum of isotropic diffuse gamma-ray emission between 100 MeV and 820 GeV

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Albert;W. B. Atwood

  • The Third Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. Atwood;L. Baldini

  • Hard X-Ray Detector (HXD) on Board Suzaku

    Tadayuki Takahashi;Tadayuki Takahashi;Keiichi Abe;Manabu Endo;Yasuhiko Endo

  • The First Catalog of Active Galactic Nuclei Detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Fermi/Large Area Telescope bright gamma-ray source list

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego F. Torres
Diego F. Torres Institute of Space Sciences
Yasushi Fukazawa
Yasushi Fukazawa Hiroshima University
Julie McEnery
Julie McEnery Goddard Space Flight Center
C. C. Cheung
C. C. Cheung United States Naval Research Laboratory
Tadayuki Takahashi
Tadayuki Takahashi Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
G. Tosti
G. Tosti University of Perugia
Olaf Reimer
Olaf Reimer University of Innsbruck
A. Morselli
A. Morselli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Takaaki Tanaka
Takaaki Tanaka Konan University
Igor V. Moskalenko
Igor V. Moskalenko Stanford University

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