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Junji Sugiyama

Junji Sugiyama

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
17166
World Ranking
5860
National Ranking
366

Overview

Junji Sugiyama is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the fields of engineering and chemistry. The subfields of their research include organic chemistry, plant science, molecular biology, building and construction, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions address a variety of topics related to wood science and materials analysis. Notable papers include:

  • Computer vision-based wood identification and its expansion and contribution potentials in wood science: A review, 2021, Plant Methods
  • Dual Response of Photonic Films with Chiral Nematic Cellulose Nanocrystals: Humidity and Formaldehyde, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Limiting silicon supply alters lignin content and structures of sorghum seedling cell walls, 2022, Plant Science
  • Detection and visualization of encoded local features as anatomical predictors in cross-sectional images of Lauraceae, 2020, Journal of Wood Science
  • Wood Identification of Historical Architecture in Korea by Synchrotron X-ray Microtomography-Based Three-Dimensional Microstructural Imaging, 2020, Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology

Junji Sugiyama frequently collaborates with other researchers, with prominent coauthors including:

  • Sung-Wook Hwang
  • Tatsuya Awano
  • Arata Yoshinaga
  • Yusuke Kita
  • Suyako Tazuru

The scientist regularly publishes in several academic venues, reflecting the focus and scope of their work. These venues include:

  • Journal of Wood Science
  • Cellulose
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
  • PLoS ONE

The central thematic areas in Junji Sugiyama's research cover a broad range of wood and plant-related topics. Main research topics include:

  • Wood and Agarwood Research
  • Wood Treatment and Properties
  • Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Best Publications

  • Optically Transparent Composites Reinforced with Networks of Bacterial Nanofibers

    Hiroyuki Yano;Junji Sugiyama;Antonio Norio Nakagaito;Masaya Nogi

  • Electron diffraction study on the two crystalline phases occurring in native cellulose from an algal cell wall

    Junji Sugiyama;Roger Vuong;Henri Chanzy

  • Combined infrared and electron diffraction study of the polymorphism of native celluloses

    Junji Sugiyama;Jan Persson;Henri Chanzy

  • Computer simulation studies of microcrystalline cellulose Iβ

    James F. Matthews;Cathy E. Skopec;Philip E. Mason;Pierfrancesco Zuccato;Pierfrancesco Zuccato

  • The binding specificity and affinity determinants of family 1 and family 3 cellulose binding modules

    Janne Lehtiö;Junji Sugiyama;Malin Gustavsson;Linda Fransson

  • Parallel-up structure evidences the molecular directionality during biosynthesis of bacterial cellulose

    Makiko Koyama;William Helbert;Tomoya Imai;Junji Sugiyama

  • Polymorphism of Cellulose I Family: Reinvestigation of Cellulose IVI

    Masahisa Wada;Laurent Heux;Junji Sugiyama

  • Orientation of cellulose microcrystals by strong magnetic fields

    J. Sugiyama;H. Chanzy;G. Maret

  • Characterization of the supermolecular structure of cellulose in wood pulp fibres

    Eva-Lena Hult;Tommy Iversen;Junji Sugiyama

  • TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose: Microscopic analysis of fibrous fractions in the oxidized products

    T. Saito;Y. Okita;T.T. Nge;J. Sugiyama

  • Structural Details of Crystalline Cellulose from Higher Plants

    Adriana Sturcová;Isabelle His;David C Apperley;Junji Sugiyama

  • Fine structure and tensile properties of ramie fibres in the crystalline form of cellulose I, II, IIII and IVI

    Atsuko Ishikawa;Takeshi Okano;Junji Sugiyama

  • Allomorphs of native crystalline cellulose I evaluated by two equatoriald-spacings

    Masahisa Wada;Takeshi Okano;Junji Sugiyama

  • Synchrotron-radiated X-ray and neutron diffraction study of native cellulose

    Masahisa Wada;Takeshi Okano;Junji Sugiyama

  • New Insight into Cellulose Structure by Atomic Force Microscopy Shows the Iα Crystal Phase at Near-Atomic Resolution

    AA Baker;W Helbert;J Sugiyama;Mervyn J Miles

  • Prediction of Lignin Contents from Infrared Spectroscopy: Chemical Digestion and Lignin/Biomass Ratios of Cryptomeria japonica.

    Yoshiki Horikawa;Seiya Hirano;Asako Mihashi;Yoshinori Kobayashi

  • Roles of the exposed aromatic residues in crystalline chitin hydrolysis by chitinase A from Serratia marcescens 2170.

    Taku Uchiyama;Fuminori Katouno;Naoki Nikaidou;Takamasa Nonaka

  • Native celluloses on the basis of two crystalline phase (Iα/Iβ) system

    Masahisa Wada;Junji Sugiyama;Takeshi Okano

  • Structural modification of bacterial cellulose

    Shigeru Yamanaka;Junji Sugiyama

  • The Iα →Iβ transformation of highly crystalline cellulose by annealing in various mediums

    E. M. Debzi;H. Chanzy;J. Sugiyama;P. Tekely

  • Transformation of Valonia cellulose crystals by an alkaline hydrothermal treatment

    Junji Sugiyama;Takeshi Okano;Hiroyuki Yamamoto;Fumitaka Horii

Frequent Co-Authors

Shunsaku Kimura
Shunsaku Kimura Kyoto University
Henri Chanzy
Henri Chanzy Joseph Fourier University
Toshitaka Tsuda
Toshitaka Tsuda Kyoto University
Takahiro Tagami
Takahiro Tagami Kyoto University
Takeshi Nakatsuka
Takeshi Nakatsuka Nagoya University
Masahisa Wada
Masahisa Wada Kyoto University
Keiji Takabe
Keiji Takabe Kyoto University
Hiroyuki Yano
Hiroyuki Yano Kyoto University
Mervyn J Miles
Mervyn J Miles University of Bristol
Christian Riekel
Christian Riekel European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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