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Masahiko Maekawa

Masahiko Maekawa

Kindai University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6892
World Ranking
16507
National Ranking
1303

Masahiko Maekawa 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 Masahiko Maekawa sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 257 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masahiko Maekawa 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 Masahiko Maekawa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masahiko Maekawa is affiliated with Kindai University in Japan. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Materials Science, particularly emphasizing Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's publication record includes 44 works in Materials Science. Their subfields of study are diverse, covering:

  • Materials Chemistry (32 publications)
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (11 publications)
  • Oncology (11 publications)
  • Plant Science (10 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (9 publications)

Key research topics that Masahiko Maekawa has contributed to include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies

Their recent papers demonstrate involvement in several areas, including coordination chemistry and plant science. Selected papers include:

  • Spectroscopic characterization of valence tautomeric behavior in a cobalt-dioxolene complex using an ancillary ligand containing quinoline groups, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry Communications
  • Transcriptomic analysis of developing seeds in a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mutant RSD32 with reduced seed dormancy, 2021, Breeding Science
  • Visualization of Weak Interaction Effects on N2O Schiff Base Ligands in Iron(II) Spin Crossover Complexes, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Organic Thin-film Solar Cells Using Benzotrithiophene Derivatives Bearing Acceptor Units as Non-Fullerene Acceptors, 2021, European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Dinuclear cobalt complexes with a redox active biphenyl bridging ligand [Co2(BP)(tqa)2](PF6)2 (H4BP = 4,4'-bis(3-tert-butyl-1,2-catechol), tqa = tris(2-quinolylmethyl)amine): structure and magnetic properties, 2021, Dalton Transactions

Frequent publishing venues for this scientist include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (13 publications)
  • Dalton Transactions (4 publications)
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta (4 publications)
  • Results in Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Communications (1 publication)

Collaborative work is also a notable aspect of Masahiko Maekawa's research, with regular coauthors including:

  • Takashi Okubo (27 coauthored publications)
  • Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa (27 coauthored publications)
  • Kunihisa Sugimoto (16 coauthored publications)
  • Takuto Mibu (14 coauthored publications)
  • Y. Suenaga (14 coauthored publications)

Best Publications

  • Construction of Three-Dimensional Supramolecular Coordination Copper(I) Compounds with Channel Structures Hosting a Variety of Anions by Changing the Hydrogen-Bonding Mode and Distances

    Megumu Munakata;Liang Ping Wu;Mikiko Yamamoto;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

  • 1-D cyano-bridged heterometallic complexes consisting of 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecanesilver(II) and tetracyanopalladium(II) or tetracyanoplatinum(II)

    Megumu Munakata;Jian Chu Zhong;Ichiro Ino;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

  • Supramolecular Silver(I) Complexes with Highly Strained Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

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

  • Construction of Metal Sandwich Systems Derived from Assembly of Silver(I) Complexes with Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

    Megumu Munakata;Liang Ping Wu;Gui Ling Ning;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

  • Building of 2D Sheet of Tetrakis(methylthio)tetrathiafulvalenes Coordinating to Copper(I) Halides with Zigzag and Helical Frames and the 3D Network through the S.cntdot. .cntdot. .cntdot.S Contacts

    Megumu Munakata;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Masahiko Maekawa;Akihiro Hirota

  • Two Types of New Polymeric Copper(I) Complexes of Pyrazinecarboxamide Having Channel and Helical Structures

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

  • A Molecular Cavity for Tetrahedral and Y-Shaped Anions. Synthetic and Structural Studies of Macrocyclic Dicopper(I) and Disilver(I) Compounds of 1,6-Bis(diphenylphosphino)hexane

    Susumu Kitagawa;Mitsuru Kondo;Satoshi Kawata;Shigetoshi Wada

  • Silver(I) Coordination Polymers of Fluorescent Oligo(phenylenevinylene) with π−π Stackings: Luminescence and Conductivity

    Shu Qin Liu;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Hisashi Konaka;Yusaku Suenaga

  • Synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic behavior of polymeric lanthanide complexes with benzenehexacarboxylic acid (mellitic acid)

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

  • Structural Control of Copper(I) Coordination Polymers: Construction of One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Frameworks of Tetrahedral Copper(I) Ions Bridged by Dicyanobenzene Derivatives

    Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Takashi Horino;Mikiko Yamamoto;Yasuhiro Ohno

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

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

  • A One-Dimensional Metallocyclophane with Columnar Aromatic Stacking: The Silver(I) eta(2)-Coordination Complex of 1,2-Benztriphenylene This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Science Research (Nos. 11874092 and 12440189) and that in Priority Areas (No. 10149104, "Metal-Assembled Complexes") from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports in Japan.

    Megumu Munakata;Gui Ling Ning;Yusaku Suenaga;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

  • Architecture of 2D Sheets with Six-Membered Rings of Coppers Interconnected by 2,1,3-Benzothiadiazoles and a Layered Structure Composed of the 2D Sheets

    Megumu Munakata;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Masahiko Maekawa;Masaki Nakamura

  • Synthesis, properties and crystal structures of dicopper(I) and disilver(I) complexes with 1,8-naphthyridine (napy): [Cu2(napy)2](ClO4)2 and [Ag2(napy)2](ClO4)2

    Megumu Munakata;Masahiko Maekawa;Susumu Kitagawa;Masaharu Adachi

  • Magnetic and Conducting Properties of New Halide-Bridged Mixed-Valence CuI−CuII 1D Coordination Polymers Including a Hexamethylene Dithiocarbamate Ligand

    Takashi Okubo;Takashi Okubo;Naoya Tanaka;Kyung Ho Kim;Hironobu Yone

  • Double Hydrogen Bond- and π−π-Stacking-Assembled Two-Dimensional Copper(I) Complex of 2-Hydroxyquinoxaline

    Jie Dai;Mikiko Yamamoto;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Masahiko Maekawa

  • Building a two-dimensional co-ordination polymer having a multilayered arrangement. A molecular assembly comprising hanging phenazine molecules between polymeric stair frameworks of copper(I) halides

    Megumu Munakata;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa;Masahiko Maekawa;Akihiro Honda

  • A variety of one-, two- and three-dimensional copper(I) and silver(I) co-ordination polymers assembled by 1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)butadiyne and 1,4-bis(2-pyridyl)butadiyne

    Masahiko Maekawa;Hisashi Konaka;Yusaku Suenaga;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

  • A New Method to Synthesize Unsymmetrical Dithiolene Metal Complexes of 1,3-Dithiole-2-thione-4,5-dithiolate for Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Applications

    Jie Dai;Guo-Qing Bian;Xin Wang;Qing-Feng Xu

  • A One-Dimensional Metallocyclophane with Columnar Aromatic Stacking: The Silver(I)η2-Coordination Complex of 1,2-Benztriphenylene

    Megumu Munakata;Gui Ling Ning;Yusaku Suenaga;Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa
Takayoshi Kuroda-Sowa Kindai University
Megumu Munakata
Megumu Munakata Kindai University
Kunihisa Sugimoto
Kunihisa Sugimoto Kyoto University
Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa Kyoto University
Masahiro Yamashita
Masahiro Yamashita Tohoku University
Hitoshi Miyasaka
Hitoshi Miyasaka Tohoku University
Hideki Masuda
Hideki Masuda Nagoya Institute of Technology
Satoshi Kawata
Satoshi Kawata Osaka University
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University
Akinori Saeki
Akinori Saeki Osaka University

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