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Kazuo Makishima

Kazuo Makishima

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
97
Citations
35649
World Ranking
1813
National Ranking
44

Kazuo Makishima publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuo Makishima sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,138 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Kazuo Makishima D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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

  • The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku

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

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

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

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

    Kazuo Makishima;Aya Kubota;Tsunefumi Mizuno;Tomohisa Ohnishi

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

    Kazuo Makishima;Aya Kubota;Tsunefumi Mizuno;Tomohisa Ohnishi

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster

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

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

    Aya Kubota;Yasuo Tanaka;Kazuo Makishima;Yoshihiro Ueda

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

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

  • The Gas Imaging Spectrometer on Board ASCA

    Takaya Ohashi;Ken Ebisawa;Yasushi Fukazawa;Kenji Hiyoshi

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

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

  • The ASTRO-H mission

    Tadayuki Takahashi;Kazuhisa Mitsuda;Richard Kelley;Felix Aharonian

  • ASCA Observations of the Spectrum of the X-Ray Background

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

  • In-Orbit Performance of the Gas Imaging Spectrometer onboard ASCA

    Kazuo Makishima;Makoto Tashiro;Ken Ebisawa;Hajime Ezawa

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

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

  • 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

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

    Aya Kubota;Kazuo Makishima

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasushi Fukazawa
Yasushi Fukazawa Hiroshima University
Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Kazuhiro Nakazawa Nagoya University
Tadayuki Takahashi
Tadayuki Takahashi Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Takaya Ohashi
Takaya Ohashi Tokyo Metropolitan University
Katsuji Koyama
Katsuji Koyama Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Ueda
Yoshihiro Ueda Kyoto University
Kyoko Matsushita
Kyoko Matsushita Tokyo University of Science
Jun Kataoka
Jun Kataoka Waseda University
N. Gehrels
N. Gehrels Goddard Space Flight Center
Chris Done
Chris Done Durham University

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