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Kingo Uchida

Kingo Uchida

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
9139
World Ranking
15161
National Ranking
1186

Kingo Uchida 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 Kingo Uchida sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 190 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kingo Uchida 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 Kingo Uchida sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kingo Uchida is a researcher affiliated with Ryukoku University in Japan, specializing in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their work spans several interrelated subfields including organic chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, electrical and electronic engineering, and the study of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their research covers a variety of topics, chiefly concentrating on crystallization and solubility studies and the application of X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Other notable subjects of their work include photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, luminescence and fluorescent materials, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) research, and photochemistry and electron transfer studies.

Notable recent publications by Kingo Uchida include:

  • Photoinduced swing of a diarylethene thin broad sword shaped crystal: a study on the detailed mechanism, 2020, Chemical Science
  • The simplest structure of a stable radical showing high fluorescence efficiency in solution: benzene donors with triarylmethyl radicals, 2022, Chemical Science
  • Expansion of Photostable Luminescent Radicals by Meta-Substitution, 2021, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Molecular crystalline capsules that release their contents by light, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Efficient Surface Peeling, a Photoinduced Result of Photochromic Diarylethene Crystal by Multistep Light Irradiation, 2023, Crystal Growth & Design

They frequently publish in prominent venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology), Crystal Growth & Design, Chemistry - A European Journal, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Kingo Uchida collaborates with several coauthors regularly, including Satoshi Yokojima, Yohei Hattori, Masakazu Morimoto, Ryo Nishimura, and Shinichiro Nakamura.

Best Publications

  • PHOTOCHROMISM OF DITHIENYLETHENES WITH ELECTRON-DONATING SUBSTITUENTS

    Masahiro Irie;Kazuyuki Sakemura;Masakazu Okinaka;Kingo Uchida

  • Synthesis and Properties of Photochromic Diarylethenes with Heterocyclic Aryl Groups.

    Masahiro Irie;Kingo Uchida

  • Single-crystalline photochromism of diarylethenes: reactivity–structure relationship

    Seiya Kobatake;Kingo Uchida;Eriko Tsuchida;Masahiro Irie

  • Thermally Irreversible Photochromic Systems. Reversible Photocyclization of 1,2-Bis(benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)ethene Derivatives

    Kingo Uchida;Yasuhide Nakayama;Masahiro Irie

  • Photochromic Diarylethenes with Intralocking Arms

    Masahiro Irie;Osamu Miyatake;Kingo Uchida;Takeshi Eriguchi

  • Photochromism of 1,2-Bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)perfluoro- cyclopentene in a Single Crystalline Phase

    Seiya Kobatake;Taro Yamada;Kingo Uchida;Nobuo Kato

  • Blocked photochromism of diarylethenes

    Masahiro Irie;Osamu Miyatake;Kingo Uchida

  • Theoretical Explanation of the Lotus Effect: Superhydrophobic Property Changes by Removal of Nanostructures from the Surface of a Lotus Leaf

    Minehide Yamamoto;Naoki Nishikawa;Hiroyuki Mayama;Yoshimune Nonomura

  • Asymmetric Photocyclization of Diarylethene Derivatives

    Tadatsugu Yamaguchi;Kingo Uchida;Masahiro Irie

  • Oxidative Electrochemical Switching in Dithienylcyclopentenes, Part 2: Effect of Substitution and Asymmetry on the Efficiency and Direction of Molecular Switching and Redox Stability

    Wesley R. Browne;Jaap J. D. de Jong;Tibor Kudernac;Martin Walko

  • Oxidative Electrochemical Switching in Dithienylcyclopentenes, Part 1: Effect of Electronic Perturbation on the Efficiency and Direction of Molecular Switching

    Wesley R. Browne;Jaap J. D. de Jong;Tibor Kudernac;Martin Walko

  • Fatigue resistant properties of photochromic dithienylethenes: by-product formation

    Masahiro Irie;Thorsten Lifka;Kingo Uchida;Seiya Kobatake

  • Effect of extrusion conditions on grain refinement and fatigue behaviour in magnesium alloys

    Y. Uematsu;K. Tokaji;M. Kamakura;K. Uchida

  • Substitution effect on the coloration quantum yield of a photochromic bisbenzothienylethene

    Kingo Uchida;Eriko Tsuchida;Yoshifumi Aoi;Shinichiro Nakamura

  • Thermally irreversible photochromic systems. Reversible photocyclization of 1,2-bis(thiazolyl)perfluorocyclopentenes

    Kingo Uchida;Takayuki Ishikawa;Michinori Takeshita;Masahiro Irie

  • Photoinduced Reversible Formation of Microfibrils on a Photochromic Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surface

    Kingo Uchida;Norikazu Izumi;Shinichiro Sukata;Yuko Kojima

  • One-Color Reversible Control of Photochromic Reactions in a Diarylethene Derivative: Three-Photon Cyclization and Two-Photon Cycloreversion by a Near-Infrared Femtosecond Laser Pulse at 1.28 μm

    Kazuya Mori;Yukihide Ishibashi;Hirohisa Matsuda;Syoji Ito

  • Photochromism of diarylethenes having thiophene oligomers as the aryl groups

    Masahiro Irie;Takeshi Eriguchi;Toshiyuki Takada;Kingo Uchida

  • A PHOTOCHROMIC DITHIENYLETHENE THAT TURNS YELLOW BY UV IRRADIATION

    Kingo Uchida;Masahiro Irie

  • An ab Initio MO Study of the Photochromic Reaction of Dithienylethenes

    Dominique Guillaumont;Takao Kobayashi;Katsuya Kanda;Hiroshi Miyasaka

  • Photoresponsive rolling and bending of thin crystals of chiral diarylethenes

    Kingo Uchida;Kingo Uchida;Shin-ichiro Sukata;Yuji Matsuzawa;Masako Akazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Irie
Masahiro Irie Rikkyo University
Seiya Kobatake
Seiya Kobatake Osaka Metropolitan University
Seiji Yamazoe
Seiji Yamazoe Tokyo Metropolitan University
Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Hiroshi Miyasaka Osaka University
Wesley R. Browne
Wesley R. Browne University of Groningen
Jan H. van Esch
Jan H. van Esch Delft University of Technology
Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen
Richard M. Kellogg
Richard M. Kellogg University of Groningen
Hiroshi Nishihara
Hiroshi Nishihara Tokyo University of Science

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