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Kazuyuki Hirao

Kazuyuki Hirao

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Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
27964
World Ranking
2052
National Ranking
85

Kazuyuki Hirao publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuyuki Hirao sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 744 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Kazuyuki Hirao D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazuyuki Hirao is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has extensively published in the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their body of work includes contributions to subfields such as internal medicine, immunology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and molecular biology.

Their research topics primarily cover atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, venous thromboembolism diagnosis and management, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, and cardiac imaging and diagnostics.

Frequent publication venues for Kazuyuki Hirao include:

  • Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • International Heart Journal
  • Circulation Journal
  • JACC Case Reports
  • Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Some of the recent papers associated with the research domain linked to or related to Kazuyuki Hirao are:

  • Neutrophil extracellular traps-mediated Beclin-1 suppression aggravates atherosclerosis by inhibiting macrophage autophagy, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Efficacy and Safety of Left Atrial Appendage Closure With WATCHMAN in Japanese Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients - Final 2-Year Follow-up Outcome Data From the SALUTE Trial -, 2020, Circulation Journal
  • JCS 2021 Guideline on Radiation Safety in Cardiology, 2022, Circulation Journal
  • Cryoballoon ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in Japan: 2-year safety and efficacy results from the Cryo AF Global Registry, 2022, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Clinical investigation of the durability of the lesions created by left atrial linear ablation with a cryoballoon, 2020, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Kazuyuki Hirao has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Tetsuo Sasano
  • Kaoru Okishige
  • Mihoko Kawabata
  • Masahiko Goya
  • Yasuteru Yamauchi

Best Publications

  • Writing waveguides in glass with a femtosecond laser

    K. M. Davis;K. Miura;Naoki Sugimoto;Kazuyuki Hirao

  • Photowritten optical waveguides in various glasses with ultrashort pulse laser

    K. Miura;Jianrong Qiu;H. Inouye;T. Mitsuyu

  • Fabrication of long-period fiber gratings by focused irradiation of infrared femtosecond laser pulses

    Yuki Kondo;Kentaro Nouchi;Tsuneo Mitsuyu;Masaru Watanabe

  • Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Mesoporous Anatase Wall and High Photocatalytic Activity

    Tianyou Peng;De Zhao;Ke Dai;Wei Shi

  • Ultrafast dynamics of nonequilibrium electrons in a gold nanoparticle system

    Hideyuki Inouye;Koichiro Tanaka;Ichiro Tanahashi;Kazuyuki Hirao

  • Monolithic silica columns for high-efficiency separations by high-performance liquid chromatography.

    Norio Ishizuka;Hiroshi Kobayashi;Hiroyoshi Minakuchi;Kazuki Nakanishi

  • Ultrafast manipulation of self-assembled form birefringence in glass

    Yasuhiko Shimotsuma;Masaaki Sakakura;Peter G. Kazansky;Martynas Beresna

  • Upconversion properties, multiphonon relaxation, and local environment of rare-earth ions in fluorophosphate glasses.

    Setsuhisa Tanabe;Shigeo Yoshii;Kazuyuki Hirao;Naohiro Soga

  • ``Quill'' writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent materials

    Peter G. Kazansky;Weijia Yang;Erica Bricchi;James Bovatsek

  • Manipulation of gold nanoparticles inside transparent materials.

    Jianrong Qiu;Xiongwei Jiang;Congshan Zhu;Mitsuru Shirai

  • Femtosecond laser-induced three-dimensional bright and long-lasting phosphorescence inside calcium aluminosilicate glasses doped with rare earth ions

    Jianrong Qiu;K. Miura;H. Inouye;Y. Kondo

  • Synthesis of Monolithic Al2O3 with Well-Defined Macropores and Mesostructured Skeletons via the Sol−Gel Process Accompanied by Phase Separation

    Yasuaki Tokudome;Koji Fujita;Kazuki Nakanishi;Kiyotaka Miura

  • Space-selective growth of frequency-conversion crystals in glasses with ultrashort infrared laser pulses

    Kiyotaka Miura;Jianrong Qiu;Tsuneo Mitsuyu;Kazuyuki Hirao

  • Anomalous anisotropic light scattering in Ge-doped silica glass

    P.G. Kazansky;H. Inouye;T. Mitsuyu;K. Miura

  • Upconversion fluorescences of TeO2- and Ga2O3-based oxide glasses containing Er3+

    S. Tanabe;K. Hirao;N. Soga

  • Quantitative infrared spectroscopic measurement of hydroxyl concentrations in silica glass

    K.M. Davis;A. Agarwal;M. Tomozawa;K. Hirao

  • Space-selective precipitation of metal nanoparticles inside glasses

    Jianrong Qiu;Mitsuru Shirai;Takayuki Nakaya;Jinhai Si

  • Room-temperature persistent hole burning of Sm(2+) in oxide glasses.

    K. Hirao;S. Todoroki;D. H. Cho;N. Soga

  • Long-lasting phosphorescence in Ce3+-doped Ca2Al2SiO7 and CaYAl3O7 crystals

    Nobuhiro Kodama;Tomoko Takahashi;Mitsuo Yamaga;Yoshifumi Tanii

  • Microhardness of SiO2 Glass in Various Environments

    Kazuyuki Hirao;Minoru Tomozawa

  • Fabrication of titania tubules with high surface area and well-developed mesostructural walls by surfactant-mediated templating method

    Tianyou Peng;Akira Hasegawa;and Jianrong Qiu;Kazuyuki Hirao

Frequent Co-Authors

Naohiro Soga
Naohiro Soga Kyoto University
Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Kyoto University
Kiyotaka Miura
Kiyotaka Miura Kyoto University
Jianrong Qiu
Jianrong Qiu Zhejiang University
Katsuhisa Tanaka
Katsuhisa Tanaka Kyoto University
Kazuki Nakanishi
Kazuki Nakanishi Nagoya University
Toshiya Murai
Toshiya Murai Kyoto University
Setsuhisa Tanabe
Setsuhisa Tanabe Kyoto University
Peter G. Kazansky
Peter G. Kazansky University of Southampton
Hidenao Fukuyama
Hidenao Fukuyama Kyoto University

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