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Kazuo Kitaura

Kazuo Kitaura

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
17806
World Ranking
7197
National Ranking
467

Kazuo Kitaura 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 Kazuo Kitaura sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 193 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kazuo Kitaura 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 Kazuo Kitaura sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kazuo Kitaura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research spans across the fields of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, with specific work in Spectroscopy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

Kitaura's publication record includes work in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, where their recent paper titled "On the question of steric repulsion versus noncovalent attractive interactions in chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric reactions" was published in 2021.

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

  • Soumi Tribedi
  • Takahito Nakajima
  • Raghavan B. Sunoj

Best Publications

  • Fragment molecular orbital method: an approximate computational method for large molecules

    Kazuo Kitaura;Eiji Ikeo;Toshio Asada;Tatsuya Nakano

  • Extending the Power of Quantum Chemistry to Large Systems with the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method

    Dmitri G Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Pair interaction energy decomposition analysis

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • The importance of three-body terms in the fragment molecular orbital method.

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Fragment molecular orbital method: use of approximate electrostatic potential

    Tatsuya Nakano;Tsuguchika Kaminuma;Toshiyuki Sato;Kaori Fukuzawa

  • Exploring chemistry with the fragment molecular orbital method

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Takeshi Nagata;Takeshi Nagata;Kazuo Kitaura;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Fragment molecular orbital method: application to polypeptides

    Tatsuya Nakano;Tsuguchika Kaminuma;Toshiyuki Sato;Yutaka Akiyama

  • The Fragment Molecular Orbital Method : Practical Applications to Large Molecular Systems

    Dmitri Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Second order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory based upon the fragment molecular orbital method.

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • A new hierarchical parallelization scheme: Generalized distributed data interface (GDDI), and an application to the fragment molecular orbital method (FMO)

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Ryan M. Olson;Kazuo Kitaura;Mark S. Gordon

  • Pair interaction molecular orbital method: an approximate computational method for molecular interactions

    Kazuo Kitaura;Takuya Sawai;Toshio Asada;Tatsuya Nakano

  • Coupled-cluster theory based upon the fragment molecular-orbital method.

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Cl–π Interactions in Protein–Ligand Complexes

    Yumi N. Imai;Yumi N. Imai;Yoshihisa Inoue;Isao Nakanishi;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Fragment molecular orbital method: analytical energy gradients

    Kazuo Kitaura;Sin-Ichirou Sugiki;Tatsuya Nakano;Yuto Komeiji

  • Large scale MP2 calculations with fragment molecular orbital scheme

    Yuji Mochizuki;Shigeru Koikegami;Tatsuya Nakano;Shinji Amari

  • Cobalt metallacycles. 11. On the transformation of bis(acetylene)cobalt to cobaltacyclopentadiene

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Okio Nomura;Kazuo Kitaura;Keiji Morokuma

  • A parallelized integral-direct second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory method with a fragment molecular orbital scheme

    Yuji Mochizuki;Tatsuya Nakano;Shigeru Koikegami;Souichirou Tanimori

  • Role of agostic interaction in .beta.-elimination of palladium and nickel complexes. An ab initio MO study

    Nobuaki Koga;Shigeru Obara;Kazuo Kitaura;Keiji Morokuma

  • The polarizable continuum model (PCM) interfaced with the fragment molecular orbital method (FMO)

    Dmitri G. Fedorov;Kazuo Kitaura;Hui Li;Jan H. Jensen

  • Multilayer formulation of the fragment molecular orbital method (FMO).

    Dmitri G Fedorov;Toyokazu Ishida;Kazuo Kitaura

  • Energy Decomposition Analysis of Molecular Interactions

    Keiji Morokuma;Kazuo Kitaura

Frequent Co-Authors

Dmitri G. Fedorov
Dmitri G. Fedorov National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Gozoh Tsujimoto
Gozoh Tsujimoto Kyoto University
Akira Hirasawa
Akira Hirasawa Okayama University
Hiroaki Ohno
Hiroaki Ohno Kyoto University
Shinya Oishi
Shinya Oishi Kyoto University
Nobutaka Fujii
Nobutaka Fujii Kyoto University
Nobuaki Koga
Nobuaki Koga Nagoya University
Jan H. Jensen
Jan H. Jensen University of Copenhagen

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