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Masataka Kinoshita

Masataka Kinoshita

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 41 5622 5199 151 140 311 5441

Masataka Kinoshita publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masataka Kinoshita between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masataka Kinoshita published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 8.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2009. 8 of the 345 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2009. 1987: 3 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 4 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 7 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 34 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 1 publication
1987 2025

345 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masataka Kinoshita: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 3
1988 4
1989 5
1990 2
1991 6
1992 1
1993 4
1994 0
1995 2
1996 4
1997 3
1998 2
1999 1
2000 2
2001 1
2002 1
2003 7
2004 2
2005 5
2006 14
2007 13
2008 7
2009 34
2010 11
2011 22
2012 22
2013 16
2014 14
2015 10
2016 10
2017 14
2018 22
2019 27
2020 26
2021 6
2022 6
2023 8
2024 7
2025 1
Total 345
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Masataka Kinoshita 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 Masataka Kinoshita 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, 308–317 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: 311 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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
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
308–317 107 311
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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Masataka Kinoshita 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 Masataka Kinoshita 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, 41 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: 41 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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
40 296
41 289 41
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

Masataka Kinoshita is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. The scientist's research spans multiple interconnected domains within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering, and Environmental Science. Their work includes a significant focus on geophysics, ocean engineering, and environmental chemistry, with further contributions to geology and mechanics of materials.

Their scholarly output includes 113 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences, 78 in Engineering, and 54 in Environmental Science. In terms of subfields, 90 publications relate to geophysics, 58 to ocean engineering, 53 to environmental chemistry, 15 to geology, and 11 to mechanics of materials. Kinoshita's main research topics cover:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a focus on deep subseafloor life, plate boundary processes, and seismic phenomena, especially in the Nankai Trough subduction zone. Notable publications include:

  • "Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone," published in 2020 in Science
  • "Emergent topological spin structures in the centrosymmetric cubic perovskite SrFeO3," published in 2020 in Physical Review B
  • "Three-dimensional topographic relief of the oceanic crust may control the occurrence of shallow very-low-frequency earthquakes in the Nankai Trough off Kumano," published in 2020 in Earth Planets and Space
  • "High Fluid-Pressure Patches Beneath the Décollement: A Potential Source of Slow Earthquakes in the Nankai Trough off Cape Muroto," published in 2021 in the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Upper-plate conduits linked to plate boundary that hosts slow earthquakes," published in 2023 in Nature Communications

Kinoshita has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors such as Toshiya Kanamatsu, Gaku Kimura, Michael B. Underwood, Gregory F. Moore, and Harold Tobin, indicating a strong collaborative network in their research field.

The scientist has contributed to academic literature through multiple publication venues, prominently including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Earth Planets and Space
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

In addition to journal articles, Masataka Kinoshita has one book publication recorded in the proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program. The work titled "Volume 358: NanTroSEIZE Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4: Nankai Seismogenic/Slow Slip Megathrust," was published in 2020 and has been cited in the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Probable modern analogue of Kuroko-type massive sulphide deposits in the Okinawa Trough back-arc basin

    P. Halbach;Ko Ichi Nakamura;M. Wahsner;J. Lange

  • Tsunamigenic potential of the shallow subduction plate boundary inferred from slow seismic slip

    Hiroko Sugioka;Taro Okamoto;Takeshi Nakamura;Yasushi Ishihara

  • Thermal response of sediment with vertical fluid flow to periodic temperature variation at the surface

    Shusaku Goto;Makoto Yamano;Masataka Kinoshita

  • Runaway slip to the trench due to rupture of highly pressurized megathrust beneath the middle trench slope: The tsunamigenesis of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake off the east coast of northern Japan

    Gaku Kimura;Shoko Hina;Yohei Hamada;Jun Kameda

  • High magnetic susceptibility of fault gouge within Taiwan Chelungpu fault: Nondestructive continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties in fault rocks recovered from Hole B, TCDP

    Tetsuro Hirono;Weiren Lin;En Chao Yeh;Wonn Soh

  • NanTroSEIZE : The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment by

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  • Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone

    Verena B. Heuer;Fumio Inagaki;Yuki Morono;Yusuke Kubo

  • Archaeal diversity and distribution along thermal and geochemical gradients in hydrothermal sediments at the Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa trough.

    Takuro Nunoura;Hanako Oida;Miwako Nakaseama;Ayako Kosaka

  • Submersible study of an oceanic megamullion in the central North Atlantic

    Brian E. Tucholke;Kantaro Fujioka;Takemi Ishihara;Greg Hirth

  • Extension of continental crust by anelastic deformation during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake: The role of extensional faulting in the generation of a great tsunami

    Takeshi Tsuji;Kiichiro Kawamura;Toshiya Kanamatsu;Takafumi Kasaya

  • NanTroSEIZE: The IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment

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  • Potential tsunamigenic faults of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

    Takeshi Tsuji;Yoshihiro Ito;Motoyuki Kido;Yukihito Osada

  • Present-day principal horizontal stress orientations in the Kumano forearc basin of the southwest Japan subduction zone determined from IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009

    Weiren Lin;Mai-Linh Doan;J Casey Moore;Lisa McNeill

  • Extremely high heat flow anomaly in the middle part of the Nankai Trough

    Makoto Yamano;Masataka Kinoshita;Shusaku Goto;Osamu Matsubayashi

  • A discrete episode of seismic and aseismic deformation of the Nankai trough subduction zone accretionary prism and incoming Philippine Sea plate

    Earl E. Davis;Keir Becker;Kelin Wang;Kazushige Obara

  • Hydrothermal fluid flow system around the Iheya North Knoll in the mid-Okinawa trough based on seismic reflection data

    Takeshi Tsuji;Takeshi Tsuji;Ken Takai;Hisashi Oiwane;Yasuyuki Nakamura

  • Heat flow and fluid flow regime in the western Nankai accretionary prism

    M. Yamano;J.-P. Foucher;M. Kinoshita;A. Fisher

  • Expedition 316 Site C0004

    M. Kinoshita;H. Tobin;J. Ashi;G. Kimura

  • Fluid, methane, and energy flux in an active margin gas hydrate province, offshore Costa Rica

    C Ruppel;M Kinoshita

  • Expedition 314 summary

    H. Tobin;M. Kinoshita;K.T. Moe

  • A marine deep-towed DC resistivity survey in a methane hydrate area, Japan Sea

    Tada Nori Goto;Takafumi Kasaya;Hideaki MacHiyama;Ryo Takagi

  • Expedition 315 Site C0002

    M. Kinoshita;H. Tobin;J. Ashi;G. Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Gaku Kimura
Gaku Kimura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Weiren Lin
Weiren Lin Kyoto University
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Elizabeth J. Screaton
Elizabeth J. Screaton University of Florida
Juichiro Ashi
Juichiro Ashi University of Tokyo
Gregory F. Moore
Gregory F. Moore University of Hawaii at Manoa
Takeshi Tsuji
Takeshi Tsuji University of Tokyo
Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
Yuki Morono
Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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