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Masamichi Kobayashi

Masamichi Kobayashi

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 58 7720 7462 428 413 210 11562
Chemistry 59 10183 9205 730 671 216 11815

Masamichi Kobayashi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masamichi Kobayashi between 1959 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masamichi Kobayashi published across 65 years, from 1959 to 2023, averaging 3.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 1994. 3 of the 223 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1959 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 1994. 1959: 1 publication 1960: 2 publications 1961: 2 publications 1962: 2 publications 1963: 3 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 1 publication 1966: 2 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 3 publications 1969: 2 publications 1970: 2 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 1 publication 1973: 2 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 4 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 7 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 11 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 13 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 20 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 0 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 0 publications 2019: 0 publications 2020: 0 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 3 publications
1959 2023

223 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masamichi Kobayashi: publications per year, 1959 to 2023
Year Publications
1959 1
1960 2
1961 2
1962 2
1963 3
1964 0
1965 1
1966 2
1967 0
1968 3
1969 2
1970 2
1971 1
1972 1
1973 2
1974 0
1975 4
1976 2
1977 7
1978 4
1979 3
1980 5
1981 5
1982 3
1983 5
1984 5
1985 5
1986 11
1987 8
1988 7
1989 6
1990 11
1991 13
1992 12
1993 8
1994 20
1995 9
1996 11
1997 9
1998 3
1999 8
2000 2
2001 3
2002 1
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 0
2007 1
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1
2016 0
2017 1
2018 0
2019 0
2020 0
2021 0
2022 0
2023 3
Total 223
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Masamichi Kobayashi 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 Masamichi Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 210–229 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 210 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862 210
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Masamichi Kobayashi 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 Masamichi Kobayashi sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610 58
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Masamichi Kobayashi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and specializes in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their research primarily addresses crystallization and solubility studies as well as X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

The scientist's recent publications include experimental crystal structure determinations. Notable papers are:

  • CCDC 2277654: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2277907: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2277655: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2023, The Cambridge Structural Database

These contributions have all appeared in The Cambridge Structural Database, which is also the frequent publication venue for Kobayashi's work.

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • T. Kobayashi
  • Yūzō Itoh
  • Kiyotaka Sato
  • Kohji Tashiro
  • Hiroyuki Tadokoro

Masamichi Kobayashi's research topics consistently cover crystallization and solubility studies alongside X-ray diffraction techniques used in crystallography. These topics align with their primary and secondary fields of study:

  • Materials Science
  • Materials Chemistry

The scientist's work is structured around experimental data collection and analysis within crystallography, providing detailed structural information through crystal structure determination methods. This specialization plays a critical role in advancing understanding in materials science disciplines, particularly focusing on molecular and atomic arrangements.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Vibrations of Three Crystal Forms of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)

    Masamichi Kobayashi;Kohji Tashiro;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF NATIVE AND REGENERATED CELLULOSES : ROLE OF HYDROGEN BONDS

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structure and thermochromic solid‐state phase transition of poly (3‐alkylthiophene)

    Kohji Tashiro;Keiko Ono;Yasuhisa Minagawa;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Molecular Conformation and Packing of Poly(vinylidene fluoride). Stability of Three Crystalline Forms and the Effect of High Pressure

    Ryozo Hasegawa;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Structural study on ferroelectric phase transition of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers (III) dependence of transitional behavior on VDF molar content

    K. Tashiro;K. Takano;M. Kobayashi;Y. Chatani

  • Elastic Moduli and Molecular Structures of Several Crystalline Polymers, Including Aromatic Polyamides

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Vibrational spectra and disorder-order transition of poly(vinylidene fluoride) form III

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Structural Investigation of Orthorhombic-to-Hexagonal Phase Transition in Polyethylene Crystal: The Experimental Confirmation of the Conformationally Disordered Structure by X-ray Diffraction and Infrared/Raman Spectroscopic Measurements

    Kohji Tashiro;Sono Sasaki;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Structural phase transition in ferroelectric fluorine polymers: X-ray diffraction and infrared/Raman spectroscopic study

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Crystal structural change in poly(3-alkyl thiophene)s induced by iodine doping as studied by an organized combination of X-ray diffraction, infrared/Raman spectroscopy and computer simulation techniques

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Tsuyoshi Kawai;Katsumi Yoshino

  • Normal Vibrations of the Polymer Molecules of Helical Conformation. V. Isotactic Polypropylene and Its Deuteroderivatives

    Hiroyuki Tadokoro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Minoru Ukita;Katsutoshi Yasufuku

  • Vibrational spectroscopic study on polymorphism and order-disorder phase transition in oleic acid

    Masamichi Kobayashi;Fumitoshi Kaneko;Kiyotaka Sato;Masao Suzuki

  • Calculation of Elastic and Piezoelectric Constants of Polymer Crystals by a Point Charge Model: Application to Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Form I

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro;Eiichi Fukada

  • Structure and ferroelectric phase transition of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymers: 2. VDF 55% copolymer

    Kohji Tashiro;Kohji Takano;Masamichi Kobayashi;Yozo Chatani

  • Solid-State Transition of Poly(butylene terephthalate) Induced by Mechanical Deformation

    Kohji Tashiro;Yuzo Nakai;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Molecular Mechanism of Solvent-Induced Crystallization of Syndiotactic Polystyrene Glass. 1. Time-Resolved Measurements of Infrared/Raman Spectra and X-ray Diffraction

    Kohji Tashiro;Yoko Ueno;and Akiko Yoshioka;Masamichi Kobayashi

  • Normal Vibrations of the Polymer Molecules of Helical Configuration. III. Polyoxymethylene and Polyoxymethylene‐d2

    Hiroyuki Tadokoro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Yôichi Kawaguchi;Akira Kobayashi

  • Structure and piezoelectricity of poly(vinylidene fluoride)

    K. Tashiro;H. Tadokoro;M. Kobayashi

  • Calculation of Three-Dimensional Elastic Constants of Polymer Crystals. 2. Application to Orthorhombic Polyethylene and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

    Kohji Tashiro;Masamichi Kobayashi;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Infrared spectra and regular sequence lengths in isotactic polymer chains

    Masamichi Kobayashi;Kunrio Akita;Hiroyuki Tadokoro

  • Molecular conformation in glasses and gels of syndiotactic and isotactic polystyrenes

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Kohji Tashiro
Kohji Tashiro Toyota Technological Institute
Hiroyuki Tadokoro
Hiroyuki Tadokoro Osaka University
Kiyotaka Sato
Kiyotaka Sato Hiroshima University
Richard S. Stein
Richard S. Stein University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tsuyoshi Kawai
Tsuyoshi Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Katsumi Yoshino
Katsumi Yoshino Osaka University
Koichi Hatada
Koichi Hatada Osaka University
Akikazu Matsumoto
Akikazu Matsumoto Osaka Metropolitan University
Tadashi Sugawara
Tadashi Sugawara Kanagawa University
Hisanori Shinohara
Hisanori Shinohara Nagoya University

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