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Kenji Yasuoka

Kenji Yasuoka

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 43 17172 15521 1356 1228 333 7334

Kenji Yasuoka publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kenji Yasuoka between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kenji Yasuoka published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 12.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2012. 32 of the 412 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2012. 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 24 publications 2012: 36 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 19 publications
1994 2025

412 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kenji Yasuoka: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 5
1995 5
1996 0
1997 0
1998 4
1999 2
2000 5
2001 5
2002 9
2003 12
2004 7
2005 9
2006 11
2007 20
2008 12
2009 13
2010 18
2011 24
2012 36
2013 26
2014 16
2015 19
2016 23
2017 17
2018 19
2019 18
2020 5
2021 16
2022 15
2023 9
2024 13
2025 19
Total 412
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Kenji Yasuoka 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 Kenji Yasuoka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 321–340 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 333 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643 333
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Kenji Yasuoka 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 Kenji Yasuoka sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612 43
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ACM Gordon Bell Prize 42 Tflops Hierarchical N-body Simulations on GPUs with Applications in both Astrophysics and Turbulence

Overview

Kenji Yasuoka is affiliated with Keio University in Japan, where their research encompasses various aspects within materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and optics, as well as artificial intelligence.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of subjects such as protein structure and dynamics, machine learning applications in materials science, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, material dynamics and properties, computational drug discovery methods, block copolymer self-assembly, and RNA research and splicing.

Kenji Yasuoka has contributed to several papers, including:

  • Natural quantum reservoir computing for temporal information processing (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Differences in ligand-induced protein dynamics extracted from an unsupervised deep learning approach correlate with protein-ligand binding affinities (2022), published in Communications Biology
  • Coarse-Grained Model of Disordered RNA for Simulations of Biomolecular Condensates (2025), published in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • The acidic tail of HMGB1 regulates its secondary structure and conformational flexibility: A circular dichroism and molecular dynamics simulation study (2020), published in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • Mechanism for H2 diffusion in sII hydrates by molecular dynamics simulations (2020), published in The Journal of Chemical Physics

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Proceedings of Conference of Kanto Branch
  • Biophysical Journal
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Collaborations form an important part of Yasuoka's research. Regular coauthors include Katsuhiro Endo, Eiji Yamamoto, Ikki Yasuda, Yoshinori Hirano, and Paul E. Brumby.

Kenji Yasuoka received the ACM Gordon Bell Prize in 2009 for work described as "42 Tflops Hierarchical N-body Simulations on GPUs with Applications in both Astrophysics and Turbulence."

Best Publications

  • Coexistence and transition between Cassie and Wenzel state on pillared hydrophobic surface

    Takahiro Koishi;Kenji Yasuoka;Shigenori Fujikawa;Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

  • Molecular dynamics of homogeneous nucleation in the vapor phase. I. Lennard-Jones fluid

    Kenji Yasuoka;Mitsuhiro Matsumoto

  • Water proton configurations in structures I, II, and H clathrate hydrate unit cells.

    Fumihito Takeuchi;Masaki Hiratsuka;Ryo Ohmura;Saman Alavi

  • Statistical study of clathrate-hydrate nucleation in a water/hydrochlorofluorocarbon system: Search for the nature of the memory effect

    Ryo Ohmura;Mikio Ogawa;Kenji Yasuoka;Yasuhiko H. Mori

  • Molecular dynamics of homogeneous nucleation in the vapor phase. II. Water

    Kenji Yasuoka;Mitsuhiro Matsumoto

  • Measurement of contact-angle hysteresis for droplets on nanopillared surface and in the Cassie and Wenzel states: a molecular dynamics simulation study.

    Takahiro Koishi;Kenji Yasuoka;Shigenori Fujikawa;Xiao Cheng Zeng

  • Structure of cold nuclear matter at subnuclear densities by Quantum Molecular Dynamics

    Gentaro Watanabe;Katsuhiko Sato;Kenji Yasuoka;Toshikazu Ebisuzaki

  • Evaporation and condensation at a liquid surface. I. Argon

    Kenji Yasuoka;Mitsuhiro Matsumoto;Yosuke Kataoka

  • Nanoscale hydrophobic interaction and nanobubble nucleation.

    T. Koishi;S. Yoo;K. Yasuoka;Xiao Cheng Zeng

  • Simulation of transitions between "pasta" phases in dense matter.

    Gentaro Watanabe;Toshiki Maruyama;Katsuhiko Sato;Kenji Yasuoka

  • Hardware accelerator for molecular dynamics: MDGRAPE-2

    Ryutaro Susukita;Toshikazu Ebisuzaki;Bruce G. Elmegreen;Hideaki Furusawa

  • Non-Gaussian fluctuations resulting from power-law trapping in a lipid bilayer

    Takuma Akimoto;Eiji Yamamoto;Kenji Yasuoka;Yoshinori Hirano

  • Self-assembly of surfactants and polymorphic transition in nanotubes.

    Noriyoshi Arai;Kenji Yasuoka;Xiao C Zeng

  • Molecular mechanisms of how mercury inhibits water permeation through aquaporin-1: understanding by molecular dynamics simulation.

    Yoshinori Hirano;Noriaki Okimoto;Ikuko Kadohira;Makoto Suematsu

  • From kesterite to stannite photovoltaics: Stability and band gaps of the Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4 alloy

    Taizo Shibuya;Yosuke Goto;Yoichi Kamihara;Masanori Matoba

  • Evaporation and condensation at a liquid surface. II. Methanol

    Mitsuhiro Matsumoto;Kenji Yasuoka;Yosuke Kataoka

  • Origin of subdiffusion of water molecules on cell membrane surfaces

    Eiji Yamamoto;Takuma Akimoto;Masato Yasui;Kenji Yasuoka

  • Formation of Nuclear Pasta in Supernovae

    Gentaro Watanabe;Hidetaka Sonoda;Toshiki Maruyama;Katsuhiko Sato

  • A smooth‐particle mesh Ewald method for DL_POLY molecular dynamics simulation package on the Fujitsu VPP700

    Kholmirzo Kholmurodov;William Smith;Kenji Yasuoka;Thomas A. Darden

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of vapor/liquid coexistence using the nonpolarizable water models.

    Ryuji Sakamaki;Amadeu K. Sum;Tetsu Narumi;Kenji Yasuoka

  • Oxygen vacancy-originated highly active electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

    Shigeto Hirai;Kazuki Morita;Kenji Yasuoka;Taizo Shibuya

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao Cheng Zeng
Xiao Cheng Zeng City University of Hong Kong
Ryo Ohmura
Ryo Ohmura Keio University
Amadeu K. Sum
Amadeu K. Sum Colorado School of Mines
Aron Walsh
Aron Walsh Imperial College London
Biplab Sanyal
Biplab Sanyal Uppsala University
Francesco Zerbetto
Francesco Zerbetto University of Bologna
Makoto Suematsu
Makoto Suematsu Keio University
Mark S.P. Sansom
Mark S.P. Sansom University of Oxford
Nasser H. Sweilam
Nasser H. Sweilam Cairo University
Bruce G. Elmegreen
Bruce G. Elmegreen IBM (United States)

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