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Makoto Sakata

Makoto Sakata

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
14264
World Ranking
6178
National Ranking
308

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13550
World Ranking
8834
National Ranking
610

Makoto Sakata publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Makoto Sakata sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 307 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Makoto Sakata D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Makoto Sakata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Makoto Sakata is a researcher affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. Their work spans several key fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Medicine, Food Science, Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pharmacology.

The research topics Sakata has addressed include:

  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
  • Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants

Sakata has contributed to scientific literature notably on the topic of curcumin, which is reflected in their recent publications. Two specific papers demonstrate their research interests and outputs:

  • "Polyglycerol fatty acid ester contributes to the improvement and maintenance of water solubility of amorphous curcumin by suppressing the intermolecular interaction and the diffusion rate of curcumin," published in 2023 in Food Chemistry.
  • "Curcumin Is Primarily Distributed in Lung, Spleen and Liver, Metabolized to Glucuronide and Sulfate, and Excreted through Bile and Urine by Using an Amorphous Curcumin Formulation with High Absorbability," published in 2025 in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin.

In these works, the role of curcumin's bioavailability, solubility, and metabolic distribution has been examined, providing insights into its biochemical and pharmacological behavior.

Sakata has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Tomohiro Nakao
  • Mariko Takeda
  • Haruna Hirai
  • Michiko Nakamura
  • Jianqing Gao

The research venues where Sakata has published most often include:

  • Food Chemistry
  • Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

This focus on multidisciplinary approaches combining food science, pharmacology, and molecular medicine reflects Sakata's contributions to advancing understanding in curcumin-related biomedical applications and food chemistry research.

Best Publications

  • Formation of a one-dimensional array of oxygen in a microporous metal-organic solid

    Ryo Kitaura;Susumu Kitagawa;Yoshiki Kubota;Tatsuo C. Kobayashi

  • Confirmation by X-ray diffraction of the endohedral nature of the metallofullerene Y@C82

    Masaki Takata;Buntaro Umeda;Eiji Nishibori;Makoto Sakata

  • Evidence for Pb-O Covalency in Tetragonal PbTiO 3

    Yoshihiro Kuroiwa;Shinobu Aoyagi;Akikatsu Sawada;Jimpei Harada

  • C66 fullerene encaging a scandium dimer

    Chun-Ru Wang;Tsutomu Kai;Tetsuo Tomiyama;Takuya Yoshida

  • A Scandium Carbide Endohedral Metallofullerene: (Sc2C2)@C84

    Chun-Ru Wang;Tsutomu Kai;Testuo Tomiyama;Takuya Yoshida

  • A novel phosphor for glareless white light-emitting diodes

    Hisayoshi Daicho;Takeshi Iwasaki;Kiminori Enomoto;Yasutaka Sasaki

  • Crystal structure and magnetic properties of hexagonal RMnO3 (R = Y, Lu, and Sc) and the effect of doping

    T. Katsufuji;M. Masaki;A. Machida;M. Moritomo

  • Accurate structure analysis by the maximum‐entropy method

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  • Direct Observation of Hydrogen Molecules Adsorbed onto a Microporous Coordination Polymer

    Yoshiki Kubota;Masaki Takata;Ryotaro Matsuda;Ryo Kitaura

  • Thermal expansion of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) bundles: X-ray diffraction studies

    Yutaka Maniwa;Ryuji Fujiwara;Hiroshi Kira;Hideki Tou

  • Metal-insulator transition induced by a spin-state transition in TbBaCo 2 O 5 + δ ( δ = 0.5 )

    Y. Moritomo;Y. Moritomo;T. Akimoto;M. Takeo;A. Machida

  • Charge density studies utilizing powder diffraction and MEM. Exploring of high Tc superconductors, C60 superconductors and manganites

    M. Takata;E. Nishibori;M. Sakata

  • High pressure synthesis, crystal structure and physical properties of a new Ni(ii) perovskite BiNiO3

    Shintaro Ishiwata;Masaki Azuma;Masaki Azuma;Mikio Takano;Eiji Nishibori

  • Determination of the cage structure of Sc@C82 by synchrotron powder diffraction

    Eiji Nishibori;Masaki Takata;Makoto Sakata;Masayasu Inakuma

  • Electronic structure of double-perovskite transition-metal oxides

    Y. Moritomo;Sh. Xu;A. Machida;T. Akimoto

  • Peculiar Covalent Bonds in α -Rhombohedral Boron

    M. Fujimori;T. Nakata;T. Nakayama;E. Nishibori

  • Chemical bonding of hydrogen in MgH2

    T. Noritake;M. Aoki;S. Towata;Y. Seno

  • Single-wall carbon nanotubes encaging linear chain C10H2 polyyne molecules inside

    Daisuke Nishide;Hirofumi Dohi;Tomonari Wakabayashi;Eiji Nishibori

  • MEED: a program package for electron-density-distribution calculation by the maximum-entropy method

    Shintaro Kumazawa;Yoshiki Kubota;Masaki Takata;Makoto Sakata

  • Structure of endohedral dimetallofullerene Sc2@C84

    Masaki Takata;Eiji Nishibori;Buntaro Umeda;Makoto Sakata

  • Giant motion of La atom inside C82 cage

    Eiji Nishibori;Masaki Takata;Makoto Sakata;Hiroshi Tanaka

  • 27pYK-1 Direct observation of hydrogen molecules adsorbed onto a microporous coordination polymer

    Yoshiki Kubota;Masaki Takata;Ryotaro Matsuda;Ryo Kitaura

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Takata
Masaki Takata Tohoku University
Eiji Nishibori
Eiji Nishibori University of Tsukuba
Hisanori Shinohara
Hisanori Shinohara Nagoya University
Ryo Kitaura
Ryo Kitaura Nagoya University
Yoshiki Kubota
Yoshiki Kubota Osaka Metropolitan University
Masaki Azuma
Masaki Azuma Tokyo Institute of Technology
Arao Nakamura
Arao Nakamura Nagoya University
Akiko Kobayashi
Akiko Kobayashi Nihon University
Hayao Kobayashi
Hayao Kobayashi Nihon University
Bo B. Iversen
Bo B. Iversen Aarhus University

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