2026 Masahiro Hirano: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	99	1073	1026	36	36	587	62900

Overview

Masahiro Hirano is a researcher primarily affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their work spans multiple subfields intersecting medicine and material sciences, with a strong focus on musculoskeletal health and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research contributions are concentrated in the field of Medicine, encompassing 27 publications. Within this broad area, key subfields include:

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Materials Chemistry
Surgery
Biomedical Engineering
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Hirano's research topics reflect this multidisciplinary approach and include:

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Among Hirano's notable recent papers are:

Validity and reliability of isometric knee extension muscle strength measurements using a belt-stabilized hand-held dynamometer: a comparison with the measurement using an isokinetic dynamometer in a sitting posture (2020), Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Design and performance of a silicon-tungsten calorimeter prototype module and the associated readout (2020), Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Effects of β-blocker Administration on Cardiac Function: A Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Study (2022), Current Medical Imaging Formerly Current Medical Imaging Reviews
A Case in Which Mitral Valve Replacement Was Performed for Recurrent Severe Mitral Regurgitation by Single Leaflet Device Attachment (SLDA) after MitraClip (2020), Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Correction: Motor planning error in Parkinson's disease and its clinical correlates (2020), PLoS ONE

Hirano frequently publishes in several venues, including:

Journal of Physical Therapy Science
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Rigakuryoho Kagaku
The Cambridge Structural Database
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Collaborative work is notable in Hirano's career, with frequent coauthors being:

Munenori Katoh
Saori Arai
Yuta Kitagata
Hiroshi Tsuneyoshi
Ken Yamanaka

Best Publications

Iron-Based Layered Superconductor La[O1-xFx]FeAs (x = 0.05−0.12) with Tc = 26 K

Yoichi Kamihara;Takumi Watanabe;Masahiro Hirano;Hideo Hosono

10240
Citations
Room-temperature fabrication of transparent flexible thin-film transistors using amorphous oxide semiconductors

Kenji Nomura;Hiromichi Ohta;Akihiro Takagi;Toshio Kamiya

9396
Citations
Thin-Film Transistor Fabricated in Single-Crystalline Transparent Oxide Semiconductor

Kenji Nomura;Hiromichi Ohta;Kazushige Ueda;Toshio Kamiya

3117
Citations
Iron-Based Layered Superconductor: LaOFeP

Yoichi Kamihara;Hidenori Hiramatsu;Masahiro Hirano;Ryuto Kawamura

1961
Citations
Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors for High-Performance Flexible Thin-Film Transistors

Kenji Nomura;Akihiro Takagi;Toshio Kamiya;Hiromichi Ohta

1675
Citations
Superconductivity at 43 K in an iron-based layered compound LaO 1-x F x FeAs

Hiroki Takahashi;Kazumi Igawa;Kazunobu Arii;Yoichi Kamihara

1665
Citations
Deep-ultraviolet transparent conductive β-Ga2O3 thin films

Masahiro Orita;Hiromichi Ohta;Masahiro Hirano;Hideo Hosono

1273
Citations
Carrier transport in transparent oxide semiconductor with intrinsic structural randomness probed using single-crystalline InGaO3(ZnO)5 films

Kenji Nomura;Toshio Kamiya;Hiromichi Ohta;Kazushige Ueda

1243
Citations
Giant thermoelectric Seebeck coefficient of a two-dimensional electron gas in SrTiO3

Hiromichi Ohta;Hiromichi Ohta;SungWng Kim;Yoriko Mune;Teruyasu Mizoguchi

1189
Citations
Amorphous transparent conductive oxide InGaO3(ZnO)m (m≤ 4): a Zn4s conductor

M. Orita;H. Ohta;M. Hirano;S. Narushima

1099
Citations
42.1: Invited Paper: Improved Amorphous In‐Ga‐Zn‐O TFTs

Ryo Hayashi;Ayumu Sato;Masato Ofuji;Katsumi Abe

944
Citations
High-density electron anions in a nanoporous single crystal: [Ca24Al28O64]4+(4e-).

Satoru Matsuishi;Yoshitake Toda;Masashi Miyakawa;Katsuro Hayashi

931
Citations
Current injection emission from a transparent p–n junction composed of p-SrCu2O2/n-ZnO

Hiromichi Ohta;Ken-ichi Kawamura;Masahiro Orita;Masahiro Hirano

790
Citations
p-channel thin-film transistor using p-type oxide semiconductor, SnO

Yoichi Ogo;Hidenori Hiramatsu;Kenji Nomura;Hiroshi Yanagi

652
Citations
Epitaxial growth of transparent p-type conducting CuGaO2 thin films on sapphire (001) substrates by pulsed laser deposition

K. Ueda;T. Hase;H. Yanagi;H. Kawazoe

588
Citations
Light-induced conversion of an insulating refractory oxide into a persistent electronic conductor.

Katsuro Hayashi;Satoru Matsuishi;Toshio Kamiya;Masahiro Hirano

536
Citations
Fabrication and photoresponse of a pn-heterojunction diode composed of transparent oxide semiconductors, p-NiO and n-ZnO

Hiromichi Ohta;Masahiro Hirano;Ken Nakahara;Hideaki Maruta

484
Citations
Carrier transport and electronic structure in amorphous oxide semiconductor, a-InGaZnO4

Akihiro Takagi;Kenji Nomura;Hiromichi Ohta;Hiromichi Ohta;Hiroshi Yanagi

471
Citations
Large thermoelectric performance of heavily Nb-doped SrTiO3 epitaxial film at high temperature

Shingo Ohta;Takashi Nomura;Hiromichi Ohta;Masahiro Hirano

451
Citations
Subgap states in transparent amorphous oxide semiconductor, In–Ga–Zn–O, observed by bulk sensitive x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Kenji Nomura;Toshio Kamiya;Hiroshi Yanagi;Eiji Ikenaga

450
Citations
Defect passivation and homogenization of amorphous oxide thin-film transistor by wet O2 annealing

Kenji Nomura;Toshio Kamiya;Hiromichi Ohta;Masahiro Hirano

429
Citations
Highly electrically conductive indium–tin–oxide thin films epitaxially grown on yttria-stabilized zirconia (100) by pulsed-laser deposition

Hiromichi Ohta;Masahiro Orita;Masahiro Hirano;Hiroaki Tanji

398
Citations
Nickel-based oxyphosphide superconductor with a layered crystal structure, LaNiOP.

Takumi Watanabe;Hiroshi Yanagi;Toshio Kamiya;Yoichi Kamihara

392
Citations
Superconductivity at 43 K in an Iron‐Based Layered Compound LaO1‐xFxFeAs.

Hiroki Takahashi;Kazumi Igawa;Kazunobu Arii;Yoichi Kamihara

3
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