2026 Kenji Hiraga: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	64	5827	5638	283	277	474	16789

Overview

Kenji Hiraga is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan with a research focus within the field of Engineering. Their work primarily spans Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Biomaterials.

Hiraga's research topics include:

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
Landslides and related hazards
Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Metallurgical and Alloy Processes

The scientist has published papers in several venues, with frequent publications found in:

Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Japanese Journal of JSCE

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Kenji Hiraga include:

High-Temperature Plastic-Deformation Behavior of Mg-(Y/Zn) Supersaturated Solid-Solution Alloys and the Resulting Dislocation Structures (2020) in MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
Direct observation of a systematic spatial distribution pattern of structural vacancies in an In2Te3 crystal (2024) in Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Reproduction of Liquefaction Characteristics of Pleistocene Sand Using Artificial Materials and Modeling in Earthquake Response Analysis (2024) in Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Centrifugal Model Test and Numerical Simulations on the Seismic Behavior of Landfill Ground Consisting of Rock Debris Under Embankment (2025) in Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Centrifugal Experiments on Seismic Behavior of Seawall Pile Foundation in Dense Sand with Non-uniform Density Distribution (2025) in Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hiraga include:

Makoto Ishimaru
Masahiro Sawatsubashi
Katsuya Yokota
Ikki Kato
Kaichi Saito

Best Publications

Plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy of ZnO on c -plane sapphire: Growth and characterization

Yefan Chen;D. M. Bagnall;Hang Jun Koh;Ki Tae Park

1791
Citations
Permanent magnet materials based on the rare earth-iron-boron tetragonal compounds

M. Sagawa;S. Fujimura;H. Yamamoto;Y. Matsuura

1091
Citations
Formation of 14H long period stacking ordered structure and profuse stacking faults in Mg–Zn–Gd alloys during isothermal aging at high temperature

Michiaki Yamasaki;Minami Sasaki;Masahiko Nishijima;Kenji Hiraga

662
Citations
The microstructure evolution of a Fe73.5Si13.5B9Nb3Cu1 nanocrystalline soft magnetic material

K. Hono;K. Hiraga;Q. Wang;A. Inoue

481
Citations
Improvement of coercivity of sintered NdFeB permanent magnets by heat treatment

F. Vial;F. Joly;E. Nevalainen;M. Sagawa

437
Citations
Purifying single-walled nanotubes

Kazuyuki Tohji;Takashi Goto;Hideyuki Takahashi;Yasushi Shinoda

399
Citations
Growth of ZnO single crystal thin films on c-plane (0 0 0 1) sapphire by plasma enhanced molecular beam epitaxy

Yefan Chen;D.M. Bagnall;Ziqiang Zhu;Takashi Sekiuchi

330
Citations
Transmission electron microscopy study of the evolution of precipitates in aged Al–Li–Cu alloys: the θ′ and T1 phases

Ritsuko Yoshimura;Toyohiko J Konno;Eiji Abe;Kenji Hiraga

317
Citations
TEM Studies of Platinum Nanowires Fabricated in Mesoporous Silica MCM‐41

Zheng Liu;Yasuhiro Sakamoto;Tetsu Ohsuna;Kenji Hiraga

278
Citations
Transmission electron microscopy study on Nd-rich phase and grain boundary structure of Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets

Y. Shinba;T. J. Konno;K. Ishikawa;K. Hiraga

237
Citations
Transmission electron microscopy study of the early stage of precipitates in aged Al-Li-Cu alloys

R. Yoshimura;T.J. Konno;E. Abe;K. Hiraga

173
Citations
Characterization of β′ Phase Precipitates in an Mg-5 at%Gd Alloy Aged in a Peak Hardness Condition, Studied by High-Angle Annular Detector Dark-Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Masahiko Nishijima;Kenji Hiraga;Michiaki Yamasaki;Yoshihito Kawamura

166
Citations
Structural Changes of Precipitates in an Mg-5 at%Gd Alloy Studied by Transmission Electron Microscopy

Masahiko Nishijima;Kenji Hiraga

164
Citations
The Structures of Precipitates in an Mg-0.5 at%Nd Age-Hardened Alloy Studied by HAADF-STEM Technique

Kaichi Saito;Kenji Hiraga

150
Citations
An HREM study of channel structures in mesoporous silica SBA-15 and platinum wires produced in the channels.

Zheng Liu;Osamu Terasaki;Tetsu Ohsuna;Kenji Hiraga

149
Citations
Structural characteristics and magnetic properties of chemically synthesized CoPt nanoparticles

Andrew C. C. Yu;M. Mizuno;Y. Sasaki;H. Kondo

146
Citations
X-Ray and Electron Microscopic Study of a High Temperature Superconductor Y0.4Ba0.6CuO2.22

Yasuhiko Syono;Masae Kikuchi;Katsuyoshi Oh-ishi;Kenji Hiraga

142
Citations
Crystallization and High Mechanical Strength of Al-Based Amorphous Alloys

Y. H. Kim;K. Hiraga;A. Inoue;T. Masumoto

141
Citations
Characterization of β' Precipitate Phase in Mg-2 at%Y Alloy Aged to Peak Hardness Condition by High-Angle Annular Detector Dark-Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (HAADF-STEM)

Masahiko Nishijima;Kunio Yubuta;Kenji Hiraga

138
Citations
Synthesis of bulk high Tc superconductors of TlBa2Can −1CunO2n + 3 (n = 2 − 5)

S. Nakajima;M. Kikuchi;Y. Syono;T. Oku

135
Citations
Al-Cu-Ru: An icosahedral alloy without phason disorder

C. A. Guryan;A. I. Goldman;P. W. Stephens;K. Hiraga

135
Citations