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Masaaki Wakatsuchi

Masaaki Wakatsuchi

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6232 5774 170 159 106 5072

Masaaki Wakatsuchi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masaaki Wakatsuchi between 1983 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masaaki Wakatsuchi published across 42 years, from 1983 to 2024, averaging 2.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2004. 2 of the 108 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2004. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 5 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 3 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 2 publications 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication
1983 2024

108 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masaaki Wakatsuchi: publications per year, 1983 to 2024
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 1
1985 3
1986 1
1987 2
1988 0
1989 1
1990 5
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 2
1999 3
2000 4
2001 5
2002 4
2003 8
2004 13
2005 7
2006 7
2007 4
2008 5
2009 3
2010 2
2011 2
2012 1
2013 3
2014 6
2015 4
2016 1
2017 2
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 1
2022 0
2023 1
2024 1
Total 108
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Masaaki Wakatsuchi publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 98–107 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 106 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404 106
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Masaaki Wakatsuchi D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 39 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349 39
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Masaaki Wakatsuchi is a researcher affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science as subfields of study.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Masaaki Wakatsuchi has contributed to publications in notable scientific venues such as Progress In Oceanography and the Journal of Oceanography.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Wakatsuchi include:

  • Iron and nutrient dynamics along the East Kamchatka Current, western Bering Sea Basin and Gulf of Anadyr, 2021, Progress In Oceanography
  • Long-term observation of the Soya Warm Current using HF ocean radars: relationship between the Soya Warm Current variability and the sea level anomalies in the Soya/La Perouse Strait, 2024, Journal of Oceanography

Their research collaborations involve frequent co-authorship with a number of scientists including Jun Nishioka, Kazuya Ono, Humio Mitsudera, Naoto Ebuchi, and Toru Hirawake.

Best Publications

  • Antarctic Bottom Water production by intense sea-ice formation in the Cape Darnley polynya

    Kay I. Ohshima;Yasushi Fukamachi;Guy D. Williams;Sohey Nihashi

  • Near-surface circulation and tidal currents of the Okhotsk Sea observed with satellite-tracked drifters

    Kay I. Ohshima;Masaaki Wakatsuchi;Yasushi Fukamachi;Genta Mizuta

  • Distribution and formation of Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water: An analysis of isopycnal climatological data

    Motoyo Itoh;Kay I. Ohshima;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Reconstruction of paleoproductivity in the Sea of Okhotsk over the last 30 kyr

    O. Seki;M. Ikehara;M. Ikehara;K. Kawamura;T. Nakatsuka

  • Warming and oxygen decrease of intermediate water in the northwestern North Pacific, originating from the Sea of Okhotsk, 1955–2004

    Takuya Nakanowatari;Kay I. Ohshima;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Relationship between sea-ice motion and geostrophic wind in the northern hemisphere

    Noriaki Kimura;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Formation of 26.8–26.9 σθ water in the Kuril Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk as a possible origin of North Pacific Intermediate Water

    Tatsuro Watanabe;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Ice-rafted debris (IRD)-based sea-ice expansion events during the past 100 kyrs in the Okhotsk Sea

    Tatsuhiko Sakamoto;M. Ikehara;K. Aoki;K. Iijima

  • Structure and Seasonal Variability of the East Sakhalin Current

    Genta Mizuta;Yasushi Fukamachi;Kay I. Ohshima;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Processes controlling the advance and retreat of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk

    Noriaki Kimura;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Dissolved and particulate organic carbon in the Sea of Okhotsk: Transport from continental shelf to ocean interior

    Takeshi Nakatsuka;Mari Toda;Kimitaka Kawamura;Masaaki Wakatsuchi

  • Measurements of salinity and volume of brine excluded from growing sea ice

    Masaaki Wakatsuchi;Nobuo Ono

  • Intensive mixing along an island chain controls oceanic biogeochemical cycles

    Jun Nishioka;Takeshi Nakatsuka;Yutaka W. Watanabe;Ichiro Yasuda

  • Strong export of Antarctic Bottom Water east of the Kerguelen plateau

    Y. Fukamachi;S. R. Rintoul;S. R. Rintoul;J. A. Church;J. A. Church;S. Aoki

  • Radiolarians under the seasonally sea-ice covered conditions in the Okhotsk Sea: flux and their implications for paleoceanography

    Yusuke Okazaki;Kozo Takahashi;Hiroshi Yoshitani;Takeshi Nakatsuka

  • Biogenic opal indicating less productive northwestern North Pacific during the glacial ages

    Hisashi Narita;Masayasu Sato;Shizuo Tsunogai;Masafumi Murayama

  • Distribution, formation, and seasonal variability of Okhotsk Sea Mode Water

    Sergey Gladyshev;Lynne Talley;Gennady Kantakov;Gennady Khen

  • Thickness distribution, texture and stratigraphy, and a simple probabilistic model for dynamical thickening of sea ice in the southern Sea of Okhotsk

    Takenobu Toyota;Toshiyuki Kawamura;Kay I. Ohshima;Haruhito Shimoda

  • Sverdrup Balance and the Cyclonic Gyre in the Sea of Okhotsk

    Kay I. Ohshima;Daisuke Simizu;Motoyo Itoh;Genta Mizuta

  • An extremely turbid intermediate water in the Sea of Okhotsk: Implication for the transport of particulate organic matter in a seasonally ice-bound sea

    Takeshi Nakatsuka;Chisato Yoshikawa;Mari Toda;Kimitaka Kawamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay I. Ohshima
Kay I. Ohshima Hokkaido University
Takeshi Nakatsuka
Takeshi Nakatsuka Nagoya University
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Minoru Ikehara
Minoru Ikehara Kōchi University
Stephen C. Riser
Stephen C. Riser University of Washington
Jun Nishioka
Jun Nishioka Hokkaido University
Ichiro Yasuda
Ichiro Yasuda University of Tokyo
Shizuo Tsunogai
Shizuo Tsunogai Hokkaido University
Lynne D. Talley
Lynne D. Talley University of California, San Diego
Seelye Martin
Seelye Martin University of Washington

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