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Katsumi Hirose

Katsumi Hirose

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
8250
World Ranking
4567
National Ranking
77

Katsumi Hirose publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katsumi Hirose sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 239 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Katsumi Hirose D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Katsumi Hirose is affiliated with Sophia University in Japan and specializes in environmental sciences with a focus on radioactive contamination and its environmental impact. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines including Health Professions and Engineering, addressing complex issues related to the presence and movement of radioactive substances in ecological systems.

The body of work reflects significant engagement with the study of radioactive contamination and transfer, radioactivity and radon measurements, and nuclear and radioactivity studies. These research topics are supported by publications spanning several aspects of environmental radioactivity, isotope analysis, and related chemical processing.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hirose include Pavel P. Povinec, Michio Aoyama, Yutaka Tateda, and Yoshikazu Kikawada. This collaborative network has contributed to a variety of studies primarily published in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, which accounts for the majority of Hirose's publication output. Other publication venues include Scientific Reports and Research Square.

Major fields of study encompassing Hirose's research efforts are Environmental Science, Health Professions, and Engineering. Subfields include Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, with additional work in Inorganic Chemistry and Atmospheric Science.

Recent papers authored by Hirose illustrate a focus on radioactive contamination from environmental events and the tracking of radionuclides in natural water systems. These include:

  • Atmospheric effects of Fukushima nuclear accident: A review from a sight of atmospheric monitoring, 2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Ten years of investigations of Fukushima radionuclides in the environment: A review on process studies in environmental compartments, 2022, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • 90Sr and 137Cs as tracers of oceanic eddies in the sea of Japan/East sea, 2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Temporal variability of plutonium in surface waters of the Sea of Japan, 2022, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Best Publications

  • 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident: summary of regional radioactive deposition monitoring results

    Katsumi Hirose

  • Distribution of oceanic 137Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant simulated numerically by a regional ocean model.

    Daisuke Tsumune;Takaki Tsubono;Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose

  • Re-construction and updating our understanding on the global weapons tests 137Cs fallout

    Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose;Yasuhito Igarashi

  • Fukushima Accident: Radioactivity Impact on the Environment

    Pavel P. Povinec;Katsumi Hirose;道夫 青山

  • 90Sr, 137Cs and 239,240Pu concentration surface water time series in the Pacific and Indian Oceans - WOMARS results

    Pavel P. Povinec;Asker Aarkrog;Ken O. Buesseler;Roberta Delfanti

  • High level radioactive nuclides in Japan in May.

    M. Aoyama;K. Hirose;Y. Suzuki;H. Inoue

  • Chemical Speciation of Trace Metals in Seawater: a Review

    Katsumi Hirose

  • Spatial distribution of 3H, 90Sr, 137Cs and 239,240Pu in surface waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans—GLOMARD database

    Pavel P Povinec;Katsumi Hirose;Teruyuki Honda;Toshimichi Ito

  • Analysis of the 50-year records of the atmospheric deposition of long-lived radionuclides in Japan

    K. Hirose;Y. Igarashi;M. Aoyama

  • Radiostrontium in the Western North Pacific: Characteristics, Behavior, and the Fukushima Impact

    Pavel P. Povinec;Katsumi Hirose;Katsumi Hirose;Michio Aoyama

  • IAEA’97 expedition to the NW Pacific Ocean—results of oceanographic and radionuclide investigations of the water column

    Pavel P Povinec;Hugh D Livingston;Shigeki Shima;Michio Aoyama

  • Determination of conditional stability constants of organic copper and zinc complexes dissolved in seawater using ligand exchange method with EDTA

    K. Hirose;Y. Dokiya;Y. Sugimura

  • Annual deposition of Sr-90, Cs-137 and Pu-239, 240 from the 1961 - 1980 nuclear explosions: a simple model

    K. Hirose;M. Aoyama;Y. Katsuragi;Y. Sugimura

  • Dispersion of Fukushima radionuclides in the global atmosphere and the ocean

    Pp Povinec;M Gera;K Holý;K Hirose;K Hirose

  • Seasonal and spatial variation of atmospheric 210Pb and 7Be deposition: features of the Japan Sea side of Japan.

    Masayoshi Yamamoto;Aya Sakaguchi;Keiichi Sasaki;Katsumi Hirose

  • Artificial radionuclides database in the Pacific Ocean: HAM database.

    Michio Aoyama;Katsumi Hirose

  • Anthropogenic radionuclides in the atmosphere observed at Tsukuba: characteristics of the radionuclides derived from Fukushima.

    Taeko Doi;Kazuyoshi Masumoto;Akihiro Toyoda;Atsushi Tanaka

  • Recent trends of plutonium fallout observed in Japan: plutonium as a proxy for desertification.

    Katsumi Hirose;Yasuhito Igarashi;Michio Aoyama;C. K. Kim

  • Plutonium isotopes in seas around the Korean Peninsula

    C.K Kim;C.S Kim;B.U Chang;S.W Choi

  • Anthropogenic radionuclides in seawater in the East Sea/Japan Sea: Results of the first-stage Japanese–Korean–Russian expedition

    K. Hirose;H. Amano;M.S. Baxter;E. Chaykovskaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Michio Aoyama
Michio Aoyama University of Tsukuba
Yasuhito Igarashi
Yasuhito Igarashi Kyoto University
Pavel P. Povinec
Pavel P. Povinec Comenius University
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza National Autonomous University of Mexico
Yasuyuki Shibata
Yasuyuki Shibata Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Frank O. Bryan
Frank O. Bryan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Yuichi Onda
Yuichi Onda University of Tsukuba
Jian Zheng
Jian Zheng National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Nobuo Sugimoto
Nobuo Sugimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies

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