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D-Index
64
Citations
15070
World Ranking
8019
National Ranking
67

Minoru Isobe 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 Minoru Isobe sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 500 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Minoru Isobe 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 Minoru Isobe sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Minoru Isobe is affiliated with National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, including organic chemistry, clinical psychology, social psychology, and general health professions.

Their work covers several main topics, notably coordination chemistry and organometallics, chemical reaction mechanisms, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health treatment and access, and child and adolescent health.

Significant recent publications by Minoru Isobe include:

  • Preface to Heterocycles Special Issue Honoring the 80th Birthday of Professor Dr. Somsak Ruchirawat: a Great Teacher and Compassionate Mentor, 2022, Heterocycles
  • Domestic and international trends and prospects of Carbon Footprint for batteries, 2025, Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Japan
  • Conformational constraint in natural product synthesis, 2025, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B

Frequent publication venues for Isobe's work include Heterocycles, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Japan, European Psychiatry, and Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B.

Isobe has collaborated with multiple co-authors across their work. Frequent collaborators include Poonsakdi Ploypradith, Yoshiyasu Ichikawa, Vincent N. G. Lindsay, Y. Hamasaki, and Y. Sakaue.

Best Publications

  • A novel dodecadepsipeptide, cereulide, is an emetic toxin of Bacillus cereus

    Norio Agata;Michio Ohta;Masashi Mori;Minoru Isobe

  • A novel dodecadepsipeptide, cereulide, isolated from Bacillus cereus causes vacuole formation in HEp-2 cells

    Norio Agata;Masashi Mori;Michio Ohta;Sathorn Suwan

  • Isolation and Structure of Diapause Hormone of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Kunio Imai;Takamichi Konno;Yoshitaka Nakazawa;Takashi Komiya

  • Precursor polyprotein for multiple neuropeptides secreted from the suboesophageal ganglion of the silkworm Bombyx mori: characterization of the cDNA encoding the diapause hormone precursor and identification of additional peptides.

    Yukihiro Sato;Masaaki Oguchi;Nobuo Menjo;Kunio Imai

  • Inhibitory effect of okadaic acid derivatives on protein phosphatases. A study on structure-affinity relationship.

    A Takai;M Murata;K Torigoe;M Isobe

  • Cadystin A and B major unit peptides comprising cadmium-binding peptides induced in a fission yeast : separation, revision of structures and synthesis

    Naoto Kondo;Kunio Imai;Minoru Isobe;Toshio Goto

  • First Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Tetrodotoxin

    Norio Ohyabu;Toshio Nishikawa;Minoru Isobe

  • Inhibition of specific binding of okadaic acid to protein phosphatase 2A by microcystin-LR, calyculin-A and tautomycin: method of analysis of interactions of tight-binding ligands with target protein

    A Takai;K Sasaki;H Nagai;G Mieskes

  • Improved Conditions for Facile Overman Rearrangement(1)

    Toshio Nishikawa;Masanori Asai;Norio Ohyabu;Minoru Isobe

  • One Pot Synthesis of Haloacetylenes from Trimethylsilylacetylenes

    Toshio Nishikawa;Satoshi Shibuya;Seijiro Hosokawa;Minoru Isobe

  • Extensive investigations on oxidized amino acid residues in H(2)O(2)-treated Cu,Zn-SOd protein with LC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS, MS/MS for the determination of the copper-binding site.

    Takuya Kurahashi;Asaka Miyazaki;Sathorn Suwan;Minoru Isobe

  • Crystal structure of the complex between calyculin A and the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 1.

    Akiko Kita;Shigeki Matsunaga;Akira Takai;Hirotaka Kataiwa

  • Antifungal azaphilones from the fungus Chaetomium cupreum CC3003.

    Somdej Kanokmedhakul;Kwanjai Kanokmedhakul;Pitak Nasomjai;Sysavad Louangsysouphanh

  • Structural Analysis and Measurement of Anthocyanins from Colored Seed Coats of Vigna, Phaseolus, and Glycine Legumes

    Kumi Yoshida;Yoshie Sato;Reiko Okuno;Kiyoshi Kameda

  • An Efficient Total Synthesis of Optically Active Tetrodotoxin

    Toshio Nishikawa;Toshio Nishikawa;Daisuke Urabe;Minoru Isobe

  • Letter: A simple total synthesis of prostaglandins from 4-cumyloxy-2-cyclopentenone.

    Gilbert Stork;Minoru Isobe

  • A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

    Masatoshi Mita;Michiyasu Yoshikuni;Kaoru Ohno;Yasushi Shibata

  • First Identification of 5,11-Dideoxytetrodotoxin in Marine Animals, and Characterization of Major Fragment Ions of Tetrodotoxin and Its Analogs by High Resolution ESI-MS/MS

    Mari Yotsu-Yamashita;Yuka Abe;Yuta Kudo;Raphael Ritson-Williams

  • Molecular characterization of ovary trehalase of the silkworm, Bombyx mori and its transcriptional activation by diapause hormone

    Zhi-Hui Su;Motoko Ikeda;Yukihiro Sato;Hiroyuki Saito

  • Letter: A general approach to prostaglandins via methylenecyclopentanones. Total synthesis of (+/- prostaglandin F2 alpha.

    Gilbert Stork;Minoru Isobe

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Goto
Toshio Goto Nagoya University
Tadao Kondo
Tadao Kondo Nagoya University
Michio Ohta
Michio Ohta Nagoya University
Minoru Ueda
Minoru Ueda Tohoku University
Masato Kitamura
Masato Kitamura Nagoya University
Gilbert Stork
Gilbert Stork Columbia University
Yoshitaka Nagahama
Yoshitaka Nagahama National Institute for Basic Biology
Tsukasa Matsuda
Tsukasa Matsuda Nagoya University
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Michio Murata
Michio Murata Osaka University

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