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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 63 1791 1704 16 15 383 13462

Kunio Yoshikawa publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kunio Yoshikawa between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kunio Yoshikawa published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 9.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2017. 6 of the 402 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2017. 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 37 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1985 2025

402 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kunio Yoshikawa: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 3
1986 1
1987 3
1988 2
1989 2
1990 1
1991 4
1992 4
1993 8
1994 2
1995 5
1996 9
1997 0
1998 5
1999 8
2000 8
2001 6
2002 13
2003 14
2004 11
2005 6
2006 11
2007 8
2008 5
2009 11
2010 10
2011 13
2012 19
2013 16
2014 26
2015 25
2016 21
2017 37
2018 20
2019 25
2020 9
2021 14
2022 8
2023 3
2024 2
2025 4
Total 402
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Kunio Yoshikawa publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kunio Yoshikawa sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 378–387 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 383 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97 383
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Kunio Yoshikawa D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kunio Yoshikawa sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131 63
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kunio Yoshikawa is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, contributing extensively to the field of Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, with a primary focus on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes. Other significant topics include Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Energy and Environment Impacts, Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes, Petroleum Processing and Analysis, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Kunio Yoshikawa include:

  • Applied Energy
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Yoshikawa has coauthored many papers with several researchers, notably:

  • Fumitake Takahashi (11 publications)
  • Douglas Hungwe (10 publications)
  • Lu Ding (7 publications)
  • Dwi Hantoko (4 publications)
  • Mi Yan (4 publications)

Recent publications by Kunio Yoshikawa include:

  • "Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "A critical review on energy recovery and non-hazardous disposal of oily sludge from petroleum industry by pyrolysis," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Recent developments of deep eutectic solvent as absorbent for CO2 removal from syngas produced from gasification: Current status, challenges, and further research," 2021, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • "Hydrothermal treatment combined with in-situ mechanical compression for floated oily sludge dewatering," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Effect of hydrothermal carbonization temperature on reactivity and synergy of co-gasification of biomass hydrochar and coal," 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering

Kunio Yoshikawa received the James Harry Potter Gold Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Recent progresses in catalytic tar elimination during biomass gasification or pyrolysis—A review

    Yafei Shen;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Fuel Oil Production from Municipal Plastic Wastes in Sequential Pyrolysis and Catalytic Reforming Reactors

    Mochamad Syamsiro;Harwin Saptoadi;Tinton Norsujianto;Putri Noviasri;Putri Noviasri

  • In-situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char-supported nickel-iron catalysts for biomass pyrolysis/gasification

    Yafei Shen;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Qinfu Shao;Qinfu Shao;Dachao Ma

  • Clean solid biofuel production from high moisture content waste biomass employing hydrothermal treatment.

    Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Yafei Shen;Shifu Ge;Zhenqian Chen

  • High temperature steam-only gasification of woody biomass

    Kentaro Umeki;Kentaro Umeki;Kouichi Yamamoto;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A review of production and upgrading of algal bio-oil

    Mohammad Saber;Bakhtiyor Nakhshiniev;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic.

    Dwi Hantoko;Xiaodong Li;Agamuthu Pariatamby;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Energy recycling from sewage sludge by producing solid biofuel with hydrothermal carbonization.

    Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Yafei Shen;Shifu Ge;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • In situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char/ash supported nickel-iron catalysts for biomass pyrolytic gasification combined with the mixing-simulation in fluidized-bed gasifier.

    Yafei Shen;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Qinfu Shao;Fumitake Takahashi

  • Characteristics of co-combustion and kinetic study on hydrothermally treated municipal solid waste with different rank coals: A thermogravimetric analysis

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Tar removal from biomass pyrolysis gas in two-step function of decomposition and adsorption

    Unknown

  • Solid Fuel from Oil Palm Biomass Residues and Municipal Solid Waste by Hydrothermal Treatment for Electrical Power Generation in Malaysia: A Review

    Norfadhilah Hamzah;Koji Tokimatsu;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae using nanocatalyst

    Unknown

  • A critical review on energy recovery and non-hazardous disposal of oily sludge from petroleum industry by pyrolysis

    Jiantao Li;Fawei Lin;Kai Li;Fa Zheng

  • Hydrogen-rich gas production from waste plastics by pyrolysis and low-temperature steam reforming over a ruthenium catalyst

    Tomoaki Namioka;Atsushi Saito;Yukiharu Inoue;Yeongsu Park

  • Performance of tar removal by absorption and adsorption for biomass gasification

    Unknown

  • Performance optimization of two-staged gasification system for woody biomass

    Yin Wang;Kunio Yoshikawa;Tomoaki Namioka;Yoshirou Hashimoto

  • Effects of hydrothermal treatment on characteristics and combustion behaviors of municipal solid wastes

    Liang Lu;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Coal alternative fuel production from municipal solid wastes employing hydrothermal treatment

    Pandji Prawisudha;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Preparation of high surface area sludge-based activated hydrochar via hydrothermal carbonization and application in the removal of basic dye

    Reza Khoshbouy;Fumitake Takahashi;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A comparison of co-combustion characteristics of coal with wood and hydrothermally treated municipal solid waste.

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Absorptive removal of biomass tar using water and oily materials.

    Thana Phuphuakrat;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A comparative study on co-combustion performance of municipal solid waste and Indonesian coal with high ash Indian coal: A thermogravimetric analysis

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Biomass gasification process with the tar removal technologies utilizing bio-oil scrubber and char bed

    Shunsuke Nakamura;Shigeru Kitano;Kunio Yoshikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Lu Ding
Lu Ding Luleå tekniska universitet
Yafei Shen
Yafei Shen Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Muhammad Aziz
Muhammad Aziz University of Tokyo
Marco J. Castaldi
Marco J. Castaldi City College of New York
Ningbo Gao
Ningbo Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Manosh C. Paul
Manosh C. Paul University of Glasgow
Hideki Hosoda
Hideki Hosoda Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wlodzimierz Blasiak
Wlodzimierz Blasiak Royal Institute of Technology
Beibei Yan
Beibei Yan Tianjin University
Xiaodong Li
Xiaodong Li Zhejiang University

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