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Kunihisa Sugimoto

Kunihisa Sugimoto

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
8428
World Ranking
17103
National Ranking
1346

Kunihisa Sugimoto 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 Kunihisa Sugimoto sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 301 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kunihisa Sugimoto 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 Kunihisa Sugimoto sits on this spectrum.

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 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.

Overview

Kunihisa Sugimoto is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science, with a research focus spanning multiple related subfields and topics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science

Subfields within this domain where they have a significant number of publications are:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Kunihisa Sugimoto's research topics cover several specialized areas, such as:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Their recent papers demonstrate active engagement with advanced materials and crystallographic research. Notable publications include:

  • Confined water-mediated high proton conduction in hydrophobic channel of a synthetic nanotube, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Tunable acetylene sorption by flexible catenated metal-organic frameworks, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Overcoming humidity-induced swelling of graphene oxide-based hydrogen membranes using charge-compensating nanodiamonds, 2021, Nature Energy
  • Structural-Deformation-Energy-Modulation Strategy in a Soft Porous Coordination Polymer with an Interpenetrated Framework, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Accurate high-resolution single-crystal diffraction data from a Pilatus3 X CdTe detector, 2020, Journal of Applied Crystallography

Kunihisa Sugimoto frequently publishes in several scientific venues, which include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Angewandte Chemie

The scientist collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Bo B. Iversen
  • Lennard Krause
  • Kasper Tolborg
  • Sajesh P. Thomas
  • Anna Worthy

Best Publications

  • Molecular decoding using luminescence from an entangled porous framework

    Yohei Takashima;Virginia Martínez Martínez;Shuhei Furukawa;Mio Kondo

  • High-throughput powder diffraction measurement system consisting of multiple MYTHEN detectors at beamline BL02B2 of SPring-8

    S. Kawaguchi;M. Takemoto;K. Osaka;E. Nishibori

  • A layered ionic crystal of polar Li@C 60 superatoms

    Shinobu Aoyagi;Eiji Nishibori;Hiroshi Sawa;Kunihisa Sugimoto

  • Quantitative analysis of intermolecular interactions in orthorhombic rubrene

    Venkatesha R. Hathwar;Mattia Sist;Mads R. V. Jørgensen;Aref H. Mamakhel

  • Control of charge transfer in a series of Ru2(II,II)/TCNQ two-dimensional networks by tuning the electron affinity of TCNQ units: a route to synergistic magnetic/conducting materials.

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Natsuko Motokawa;Satoshi Matsunaga;Masahiro Yamashita

  • Photoactivation of a nanoporous crystal for on-demand guest trapping and conversion

    Hiroshi Sato;Ryotaro Matsuda;Ryotaro Matsuda;Kunihisa Sugimoto;Masaki Takata

  • Single‐Chain Magnet Behavior in an Alternated One‐Dimensional Assembly of a MnIII Schiff‐Base Complex and a TCNQ Radical

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Hitoshi Miyasaka;Tomokura Madanbashi;Kunihisa Sugimoto;Yasuhiro Nakazawa

  • Determination of long-range all-in-all-out ordering of Ir 4 + moments in a pyrochlore iridate Eu 2 Ir 2 O 7 by resonant x-ray diffraction

    H. Sagayama;D. Uematsu;T. Arima;K. Sugimoto

  • Tunable acetylene sorption by flexible catenated metal–organic frameworks

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  • Confined water-mediated high proton conduction in hydrophobic channel of a synthetic nanotube

    Ken ichi Otake;Kazuya Otsubo;Tokutaro Komatsu;Tokutaro Komatsu;Shun Dekura;Shun Dekura

  • Interfacial oxygen vacancies yielding long-lived holes in hematite mesocrystal-based photoanodes

    Zhujun Zhang;Izuru Karimata;Hiroki Nagashima;Shunsuke Muto

  • Tetrahedral Magnetic Order and the Metal-Insulator Transition in the Pyrochlore Lattice of Cd 2 Os 2 O 7

    J. Yamaura;K. Ohgushi;H. Ohsumi;T. Hasegawa

  • [Mn${{{{III}\hfill top 2\hfill}}}$(5‐Rsaltmen)2NiII(pao)2(L)]2+: An ST=3 Building Block for a Single‐Chain Magnet That Behaves as a Single‐Molecule Magnet

    Hitoshi Miyasaka;Tomohiro Nezu;Kunihisa Sugimoto;Ken Ichi Sugiura

  • Structures of Three Dehydration Products of Bischofite from in situ Synchrotron Powder Diffraction Data(MgCL2*nH2O;n=1,2,4)

    Kunihisa Sugimoto;Robert E. Dinnebier;Jonathan C. Hanson

  • X-ray electron density investigation of chemical bonding in van der Waals materials

    Hidetaka Kasai;Hidetaka Kasai;Kasper Tolborg;Mattia Sist;Jiawei Zhang

  • A ferromagnetically coupled Fe 42 cyanide-bridged nanocage

    Soonchul Kang;Hui Zheng;Tao Liu;Kohei Hamachi

  • Porous coordination polymers with ubiquitous and biocompatible metals and a neutral bridging ligand

    Shin Ichiro Noro;Junya Mizutani;Yuh Hijikata;Ryotaro Matsuda

  • Magnetically driven ferroelectric atomic displacements in orthorhombic YMnO 3

    D. Okuyama;S. Ishiwata;Y. Takahashi;K. Yamauchi

  • Construction and Conductivity of W-Type Sandwich Silver(I) Polymers with Pyrene and Perylene.

    Megumu Munakata;Liang Ping Wu;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Masahiko Maekawa

  • Orbital structures in spinel vanadates A V 2 O 4 ( A = Fe, Mn)

    Y. Nii;Y. Nii;H. Sagayama;T. Arima;T. Arima;S. Aoyagi

  • Structure determination of Mg3(OH)5Cl.4H2O (F5 phase) from laboratory powder diffraction data and its impact on the analysis of problematic magnesia floors.

    Kunihisa Sugimoto;Robert E. Dinnebier;Thomas Schlecht

  • Quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator

    Z. Xiang;Y. Kasahara;T. Asaba;B. Lawson

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiko Maekawa
Masahiko Maekawa Kindai University
Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa
Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa Kindai University
Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Eiji Nishibori
Eiji Nishibori University of Tsukuba
Megumu Munakata
Megumu Munakata Kindai University
Taka-hisa Arima
Taka-hisa Arima University of Tokyo
Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa Kyoto University
Hitoshi Miyasaka
Hitoshi Miyasaka Tohoku University
Masahiro Yamashita
Masahiro Yamashita Tohoku University
Hiroshi Nishihara
Hiroshi Nishihara Tokyo University of Science

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