2026 Kazuo Makishima: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	97	1813	1726	44	42	1138	35649

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35649

Overview

Kazuo Makishima is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research focuses on physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, biomedical engineering, radiation, and nuclear and high energy physics. The main topics covered in their work include pulsars and gravitational waves research, astrophysical phenomena and observations, lightning and electromagnetic phenomena, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, high-pressure geophysics and materials, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Their publication record includes several recent papers, reflecting a broad engagement with high-energy astrophysical and geophysical phenomena. Notable recent papers include:

Sign of Hard-X-Ray Pulsation from the γ-Ray Binary System LS 5039 (2020, Physical Review Letters)
Catalog of gamma-ray glows during four winter seasons in Japan (2021, Physical Review Research)
High Peak-Current Lightning Discharges Associated With Downward Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
Thundercloud Project: Exploring high-energy phenomena in thundercloud and lightning (2020, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics)
A NuSTAR confirmation of the 36 ks hard X-ray pulse-phase modulation in the magnetar 1E 1547.0 − 5408 (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Kazuo Makishima collaborates frequently with several scientists, including:

Teruaki Enoto
K. Nakazawa
Takayuki Yuasa
Yuuki Wada
H. Tsuchiya

Their work is published primarily in well-known academic venues. Frequent publication sites include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

Energy spectra of low-mass binary X-ray sources observed from TENMA

K. Mitsuda;H. Inoue;K. Koyama;K. Makishima

1529
Citations
The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku

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

1254
Citations
Hard X-Ray Detector (HXD) on Board Suzaku

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

813
Citations
The Nature of Ultraluminous Compact X-Ray Sources in Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Kazuo Makishima;Aya Kubota;Tsunefumi Mizuno;Tomohisa Ohnishi

804
Citations
The Nature of Ultra-Luminous Compact X-Ray Sources in Nearby Spiral Galaxies

Kazuo Makishima;Aya Kubota;Tsunefumi Mizuno;Tomohisa Ohnishi

797
Citations
Simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of GX 339-4 in an X-ray high state

K. Makishima;Y. Maejima;K. Mitsuda;H. V. Bradt

749
Citations
In-Orbit Performance of the Hard X-ray Detector on board Suzaku

M. Kokubun;K. Makishima;T. Takahashi;T. Murakami

561
Citations
The Hard X-ray Telescope (HXT) for the SOLAR-A Mission

T. Kosugi;K. Makishima;T. Murakami;T. Sakao

547
Citations
The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster

Felix Aharonian;Felix Aharonian;Hiroki Akamatsu;Fumie Akimoto;Steven W. Allen

474
Citations
Evidence for a Black Hole in the X-Ray Transient GRS 1009-45

Aya Kubota;Yasuo Tanaka;Kazuo Makishima;Yoshihiro Ueda

437
Citations
In-Orbit Performance of the Hard X-Ray Detector on Board Suzaku

Motohide Kokubun;Kazuo Makishima;Tadayuki Takahashi;Tadayuki Takahashi;Toshio Murakami

421
Citations
The Gas Imaging Spectrometer on Board ASCA

Takaya Ohashi;Ken Ebisawa;Yasushi Fukazawa;Kenji Hiyoshi

386
Citations
ASCA Observation of an X-Ray/TeV Flare from the BL Lacertae Object Markarian 421

T. Takahashi;M. Tashiro;G. Madejski;H. Kubo

355
Citations
The ASTRO-H mission

Tadayuki Takahashi;Kazuhisa Mitsuda;Richard Kelley;Felix Aharonian

322
Citations
ASCA Observations of the Spectrum of the X-Ray Background

Keith C. Gendreau;Richard Mushotzky;Andrew C. Fabian;Stephen S. Holt

314
Citations
In-Orbit Performance of the Gas Imaging Spectrometer onboard ASCA

Kazuo Makishima;Makoto Tashiro;Ken Ebisawa;Hajime Ezawa

311
Citations
Discovery of an unusual hard X-ray source in the region of supernova 1987A

T. Dotani;K. Hayashida;H. Inoue;M. Itoh

310
Citations
High-Resolution Observations of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on Board XMM-Newton

H. Xu;S. M. Kahn;J. R. Peterson;E. Behar

304
Citations
The Three Spectral Regimes Found in the Stellar Black Hole XTE J1550–564 in Its High/Soft State

Aya Kubota;Kazuo Makishima

286
Citations
High Resolution Observations of the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4636 with the Reflection Grating Spectrometer On-Board XMM-Newton

H. Xu;S. M. Kahn;J. R. Peterson;E. Behar

280
Citations