2026 Kiyoshi Shimamura: 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	50	10115	9765	614	585	406	11517

Overview

Kiyoshi Shimamura is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the broad areas of materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering.

Their main fields of study include:

Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy
Engineering

Specializing in various subfields, their work focuses on:

Materials Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Radiation
Biomedical Engineering

Key topics addressed by Shimamura include:

Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Shimamura has published numerous papers, several of which have contributed to understanding advanced materials and their properties. Notable recent papers include:

"Thermoelectric Performance of Cr Doped and Cr-Fe Double-Doped Higher Manganese Silicides with Adjusted Carrier Concentration and Significant Electron-Phonon Interaction," 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Ultralow-field magnetocaloric materials for compact magnetic refrigeration," 2023, NPG Asia Materials
"Growth and characterization of a gallium monosulfide (GaS) single crystal using the Bridgman method," 2021, Journal of Crystal Growth
"Thermal neutron scintillation improvement in Ce:Li₆Y(BO₃)₃ single crystals by thermal treatment," 2022, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
"Growth of germanium monosulfide (GeS) single crystal by vapor transport from molten GeS source using a two-zone horizontal furnace," 2020, Journal of Crystal Growth

The frequent publication venues where Shimamura's research appears include:

Journal of Crystal Growth
Applied Physics Express
The Cambridge Structural Database
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration is also a key aspect of Shimamura's work. Frequent co-authors include:

Encarnación G. Vı́llora
Dongsheng Yuan
Naoki Ohashi
Daisuke Nakauchi
Takumi Kato

Best Publications

Large-size β-Ga2O3 single crystals and wafers

Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura;Yukio Yoshikawa;Kazuo Aoki

782
Citations
Device-Quality β-Ga2O3 Epitaxial Films Fabricated by Ozone Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Kohei Sasaki;Akito Kuramata;Takekazu Masui;Encarnación G. Víllora

716
Citations
Electrical conductivity and carrier concentration control in β-Ga2O3 by Si doping

Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura;Yukio Yoshikawa;Takekazu Ujiie

567
Citations
Epitaxial growth of phase-pure ε-Ga2O3 by halide vapor phase epitaxy

Yuichi Oshima;Encarnación G. Víllora;Yoshitaka Matsushita;Satoshi Yamamoto

283
Citations
Nanostructured WO3 /BiVO4 photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Yuriy Pihosh;Ivan Turkevych;Kazuma Mawatari;Tomohiro Asai

269
Citations
Halide vapor phase epitaxy of twin-free α-Ga2O3on sapphire (0001) substrates

Yuichi Oshima;Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura

248
Citations
Excitation and photoluminescence of pure and Si-doped β-Ga2O3 single crystals

Kiyoshi Shimamura;Encarnación G. Víllora;Takekazu Ujiie;Kazuo Aoki

218
Citations
Donor structure and electric transport mechanism in β-Ga 2 O 3

Mitsuo Yamaga;Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura;Noboru Ichinose

204
Citations
Rf-plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy of β-Ga2O3

Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura;Kenji Kitamura;Kazuo Aoki

202
Citations
Interpretation of XPS O (1s) in Mixed Oxides Proved on Mixed Perovskite Crystals

Dorota A. Pawlak;Masahiko Ito;Masaoki Oku;Kiyoshi Shimamura

200
Citations
Band structures of perovskite-like fluorides for vacuum-ultraviolet-transparent lens materials

Takeshi Nishimatsu;Noriaki Terakubo;Hiroshi Mizuseki;Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

188
Citations
Temperature dependence of Ce:YAG single-crystal phosphors for high-brightness white LEDs/LDs

Stelian Arjoca;Stelian Arjoca;Encarnación G Víllora;Daisuke Inomata;Kazuo Aoki

158
Citations
Epitaxial Growth of GaN on (1 0 0) β-Ga2O3 Substrates by Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Kiyoshi Shimamura;Encarnación G. Víllora;Kay Domen;Keiichi Yui

147
Citations
UV-Visible Faraday Rotators Based on Rare-Earth Fluoride Single Crystals: LiREF4 (RE=Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Yb), PrF3 and CeF3

Valentyn Vasyliev;Encarnacion G. Villora;Masaru Nakamura;Yoshiyuki Sugahara

144
Citations
Quasi-heteroepitaxial growth of β-Ga2O3 on off-angled sapphire (0 0 0 1) substrates by halide vapor phase epitaxy

Yuichi Oshima;Encarnaciόn G. Vίllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura

139
Citations
Electrical conductivity and lattice expansion of β-Ga2O3 below room temperature

Encarnación G. Víllora;Kiyoshi Shimamura;Takekazu Ujiie;Kazuo Aoki

125
Citations
Multifunctional superelastic foam-like Boron Nitride nanotubular cellular-network architectures

Yanming Xue;Pengcheng Dai;Min Zhou;Xi Wang

124
Citations
Band bending and surface defects in β-Ga2O3

T. C. Lovejoy;Renyu Chen;X. Zheng;E. G. Villora

124
Citations
Microstructure of Al2O3/Y3Al5O12 eutectic fibers grown by μ-PD method

B.M Epelbaum;A Yoshikawa;K Shimamura;T Fukuda

120
Citations
Crystal Growth and Structural Characterization of New Piezoelectric Material La3Ta0.5Ga5.5O14

Hiroaki Takeda;Kazumasa Sugiyama;Katsuhiko Inaba;Kiyoshi Shimamura

113
Citations
Chirped-pulse amplification of ultraviolet femtosecond pulses by use of Ce(3+):LiCaAlF(6) as a broadband, solid-state gain medium.

Zhenlin Liu;Toshimasa Kozeki;Yuji Suzuki;Nobuhiko Sarukura

107
Citations
Single-crystal phosphors for high-brightness white LEDs/LDs

Encarnación G. Víllora;Stelian Arjoca;Daisuke Inomata;Kiyoshi Shimamura

13
Citations