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D-Index
44
Citations
7687
World Ranking
16781
National Ranking
1319

Koji Kano 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 Koji Kano sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 225 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Koji Kano 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 Koji Kano sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Koji Kano is affiliated with Doshisha University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Cell Biology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Hemoglobin Structure and Function, Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide, Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, and Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Hiroaki Kitagishi, Shigeru Negi, Mami Hamori, Y Kubo, and Hiromi Yatsuda. Their research has been published in a variety of scientific journals, notably the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Chemical Communications, Sensors, Scientific Reports, and Nippon Onkyo Gakkaishi/Acoustical Science and Technology/Nihon Onkyo Gakkaishi.

Some selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Koji Kano are:

  • "Evaluation of Shear Horizontal Surface Acoustic Wave Biosensors Using 'Layer Parameter' Obtained from Sensor Responses during Immunoreaction," 2021, Sensors
  • "Synthetic heme protein models that function in aqueous solution," 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "Monolayer Formation and Chiral Recognition of Binaphthyl Amphiphiles at the Air-Water Interface," 2022, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Highly Ordered Monolayers of an Optically Active Amphiphilic Pyrene Derivative at the Air-Water Interface," 2022, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "A noncontact vital sign sensor demonstrating a strong correlation with an electrocardiogram electrode and a CO2 sensor," 2025, Scientific Reports

Koji Kano's research activities indicate a multidisciplinary approach intersecting chemistry, biochemistry, and engineering principles, applied to molecular models, biosensor technologies, and membrane chemistry. The venues of publication reflect engagement with both chemical societies and applied sensor technologies, encompassing both fundamental molecular studies and practical biomedical engineering applications.

Best Publications

  • Pyranine as a sensitive pH probe for liposome interiors and surfaces. pH gradients across phospholipid vesicles

    Koji Kano;Janos H. Fendler

  • Factors Influencing Self-Aggregation Tendencies of Cationic Porphyrins in Aqueous Solution

    Koji Kano;Kazuya Fukuda;Hideo Wakami;Ryuhei Nishiyabu

  • UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF CHROMOPHORE-CONTAINING BILAYER AGGREGATES: ENHANCED CHIRALITY AND PHOTOCHEMICALLY INDUCED MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE

    T. Kunitake;N. Nakashima;M. Shimomura;Y. Okahata

  • Self-Aggregation of Cationic Porphyrins in Water. Can π−π Stacking Interaction Overcome Electrostatic Repulsive Force?

    Koji Kano;Hideo Minamizono;Takashi Kitae;Shigeru Negi

  • Static and dynamic behavior of 2:1 inclusion complexes of cyclodextrins and charged porphyrins in aqueous organic media.

    Koji Kano;Ryuhei Nishiyabu;Takuji Asada;Yasuhisa Kuroda

  • Fluorescence quenching of pyrene and naphthalene in aqueous cyclodextrin solutions. Evidence of three-component complex formation

    Koji Kano;Itsuro Takenoshita;Teiichiro Ogawa

  • Crystal Structure and Reversible O2-Binding of a Room Temperature Stable μ-η2:η2-Peroxodicopper(II) Complex of a Sterically Hindered Hexapyridine Dinucleating Ligand

    Masahito Kodera;Kou Katayama;Yoshimitsu Tachi;Koji Kano

  • A chiral pyrene excimer in .gamma.-cyclodextrin cavity

    Koji Kano;Hitoshi Matsumoto;Shizunobu Hashimoto;Masahiko Sisido

  • Characterization of surfactant vesicles as membrane mimetic agents. 2. Temperature-dependent changes of the turbidity, viscosity, fluorescence polarization of 2-methylanthracene, and positron annihilation in sonicated dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride

    Koji Kano;Alejandro Romero;Belkacem Djermouni;Hans J. Ache

  • MECHANISMS FOR CHIRAL RECOGNITION BY CYCLODEXTRINS

    Koji Kano

  • Binding sites of pyrene and related compounds and chiral excimer formation in the cavities of cyclodextrins and branched cyclodextrins

    Koji. Kano;Hitoshi. Matsumoto;Yoshimichi. Yoshimura;Shizunobu. Hashimoto

  • Cationic porphyrins in water: proton NMR and fluorescence studies on dimer and molecular complex formation

    Koji. Kano;Masao. Takei;Shizunobu. Hashimoto

  • Hydroperoxo--copper(II) complex stabilized by N(S)s-type ligand having a phenyl thioether.

    Masahito Kodera;Toshio Kita;Izumi Miura;Noritoshi Nakayama

  • Chiral recognition of helical metal complexes by modified cyclodextrins.

    Koji Kano;Hideki Hasegawa

  • Dioxygen binding to a simple myoglobin model in aqueous solution.

    Koji Kano;Hiroaki Kitagishi;Masahito Kodera;Shun Hirota

  • Chiral recognition of α-amino acids by charged cyclodextrins through cooperative effects of Coulomb interaction and inclusion

    Takashi Kitae;Takayoshi Nakayama;Koji Kano

  • Anion Binding to a Ferric Porphyrin Complexed with Per-O-methylated β-Cyclodextrin in Aqueous Solution

    Koji Kano;Hiroaki Kitagishi;Shigeto Tamura;Akihisa Yamada

  • Self Aggregation of Cationic Porphyrin in Water

    Koji Kano;Takeshi Nakajima;Masao Takei;Shizunobu Hashimoto

  • Iron Porphyrin−Cyclodextrin Supramolecular Complex as a Functional Model of Myoglobin in Aqueous Solution

    Koji Kano;Hiroaki Kitagishi;Camille Dagallier;Masahito Kodera

  • Tetraarylporphyrins as Probes for Studying Mechanism of Inclusion-complex Formation of Cyclodextrins. Effect of Microscopic Environment on Inclusion of Ionic Guests

    Koji Kano;Naoya Tanaka;Hideo Minamizono;Yoshihiro Kawakita

Frequent Co-Authors

Shun Hirota
Shun Hirota Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masayuki Takeuchi
Masayuki Takeuchi National Institute for Materials Science
Janos H. Fendler
Janos H. Fendler Texas A&M University
Masahiko Yamaguchi
Masahiko Yamaguchi Tohoku University
Masatsugu Shimomura
Masatsugu Shimomura Tohoku University
Yoshio Okahata
Yoshio Okahata Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masahiro Hirama
Masahiro Hirama Tohoku University
Yukio Sugiura
Yukio Sugiura Kyoto University
Takashi Hayashi
Takashi Hayashi Osaka University
Toyoki Kunitake
Toyoki Kunitake Kyushu University

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