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Masataka Fukugita

Masataka Fukugita

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Physics
Japan
2026

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Physics

D-Index
169
Citations
251302
World Ranking
148
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masataka Fukugita is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several interconnected topics within Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main research areas covered by Masataka Fukugita include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Fukugita has contributed to the academic literature with papers published in reputable venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Notable recent papers are:

  • Physics of star formation history and the luminosity function of galaxies therefrom, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physics of star-formation history and the luminosity function of galaxies therefrom, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Their research has accumulated citations, indicating engagement by the scientific community, with four citations for the 2021 publication and zero citations so far for the 2022 journal article.

Collaboration also plays a significant role in Fukugita's work. A frequent co-author is Masahiro Kawasaki, with whom Fukugita has jointly authored multiple publications.

Masataka Fukugita's research contributions appear primarily in venues that focus on astrophysics and cosmology, reflecting their specialization within the broad fields of Physics and Astronomy. The focus on star formation history and galactic evolution situates their work at the intersection of theoretical and observational astrophysics.

Best Publications

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    D. G. York

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

    Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson

  • Review of Particle Physics: Particle data group

    K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;K. Nakamura;M. Tanabashi

  • Review of particle physics. Particle Data Group

    S. Eidelman;G. Hohler;R.S. Chivukula;N.P. Tkachenko

  • The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

  • Review of Particle Physics, 2002-2003

    O Zenin;Mark A Srednicki;Kirill Slava Lugovsky;Donald E Groom

  • The Host Galaxies of AGN

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Christy Tremonti;Jarle Brinchmann

  • Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

    Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

  • Baryogenesis without grand unification

    M. Fukugita;T. Yanagida

  • Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

  • Review of Particle Physics

    D. E. Groom;M. Aguilar-Benitez;C. Amsler;R. M. Barnett

  • The Origin of the Mass--Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-Forming Galaxies in the SDSS

    C. A. Tremonti;T. M. Heckman;G. Kauffmann;J. Brinchmann

  • The Sloan digital sky survey photometric system

    M. Fukugita;T. Ichikawa;J. E. Gunn;M. Doi

  • Review of particle properties.

    K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;K. Nakamura;M. Tanabashi

  • The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Christy Tremonti;Jarle Brinchmann

  • The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Christy A. Tremonti;Christy A. Tremonti;Timothy M. Heckman;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jarle Brinchmann

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories for 10^5 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D.M. White;Stephane Charlot

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sinya Aoki
Sinya Aoki Kyoto University
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
István Csabai
István Csabai Eötvös Loránd University
Donald G. York
Donald G. York University of Chicago
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn Princeton University
Robert H. Lupton
Robert H. Lupton Princeton University
Neta A. Bahcall
Neta A. Bahcall Princeton University
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
David J. Schlegel
David J. Schlegel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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