2026 Mitsuo Sawamoto: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	89	1751	1685	69	67	482	34802
Chemistry	89	2137	1917	114	107	486	34797

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

1751

1685

482

34802

Chemistry

2137

1917

114

107

486

34797

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

34802

World Ranking

1751

National Ranking

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

34797

World Ranking

2137

National Ranking

114

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Mitsuo Sawamoto is affiliated with Chubu University in Japan and has a research focus within the field of Chemistry, with a notable emphasis on Organic Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on areas such as Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mitsuo Sawamoto include Benjamin Mudrak, Donna Minton, Sara Bosshart, Sarah B. Tegen, and Wolfram Koch.

They have contributed papers in several prominent publication venues, including:

Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Macromolecules
Journal of Polymer Science
Journal of the American Chemical Society

Recent papers authored by Mitsuo Sawamoto cover multiple aspects of polymer science and chemical synthesis, such as:

"Synergistic Advances in Living Cationic and Radical Polymerizations," 2020, Macromolecules
"Unprecedented Sequence Control and Sequence-Driven Properties in a Series of AB-Alternating Copolymers Consisting Solely of Acrylamide Units," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Unprecedented Sequence Control and Sequence-Driven Properties in a Series of AB-Alternating Copolymers Consisting Solely of Acrylamide Units," 2020, Angewandte Chemie
"Molecular imprinting on amphiphilic folded polymers for selective molecular recognition in water," 2020, Journal of Polymer Science
"Five Years of ChemRxiv: Where We Are and Where We Go from Here," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with the Carbon Tetrachloride/Dichlorotris- (triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)/Methylaluminum Bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide) Initiating System: Possibility of Living Radical Polymerization

Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto;Toshinobu Higashimura

4500
Citations
Metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization.

Masami Kamigaito;Tsuyoshi Ando;Mitsuo Sawamoto

4030
Citations
Transition metal-catalyzed living radical polymerization : toward perfection in catalysis and precision polymer synthesis

Makoto Ouchi;Takaya Terashima;Mitsuo Sawamoto

1385
Citations
Sequence-controlled polymers.

Jean-François Lutz;Makoto Ouchi;David R. Liu;Mitsuo Sawamoto

1326
Citations
Living polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether with hydrogen iodide/iodine initiating system

Masaaki Miyamoto;Mitsuo Sawamoto;Toshinobu Higashimura

660
Citations
Iron(II) Chloride Complex for Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate1

Tsuyoshi Ando;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

614
Citations
Modern cationic vinyl polymerization

Mitsuo Sawamoto

543
Citations
Nickel-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate1

Hiroko Uegaki;Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

441
Citations
Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization

Unknown

423
Citations
Single-chain technology using discrete synthetic macromolecules

Makoto Ouchi;Nezha Badi;Jean-François Lutz;Mitsuo Sawamoto

409
Citations
Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate with Ruthenium Complex: Formation of Polymers with Controlled Molecular Weights and Very Narrow Distributions1

Tsuyoshi Ando;Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

376
Citations
Possibility of living radical polymerization of vinyl acetate catalyzed by iron(I) complex

Masayuki Wakioka;Kyung-Youl Baek;Tsuyoshi Ando;Masami Kamigaito

273
Citations
RAFT Polymerization of N-Isopropylacrylamide in the Absence and Presence of Y(OTf)3: Simultaneous Control of Molecular Weight and Tacticity

Biswajit Ray;Yutaka Isobe;Kozo Matsumoto;Shigeki Habaue

270
Citations
Re(V)-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene:1 ReO2I(PPh3)2/R−I Initiating Systems

Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

264
Citations
NiBr2(Pn-Bu3)2-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates and Acrylates and Their Block or Random Copolymerizations1

Hiroko Uegaki;Yuzo Kotani;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

252
Citations
Star-Shaped Polymers by Metal-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerization. 1. Design of Ru(II)-Based Systems and Divinyl Linking Agents1

Kyung-Youl Baek;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

252
Citations
Calixarene-Core Multifunctional Initiators for the Ruthenium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates1

Jiro Ueda;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

251
Citations
Cation Pool-Initiated Controlled/Living Polymerization Using Microsystems

Aiichiro Nagaki;Kohsuke Kawamura;Seiji Suga;Tsuyoshi Ando

248
Citations
Synthesis of isotactic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) by RAFT polymerization in the presence of Lewis acid

Biswajit Ray;Yutaka Isobe;Kohei Morioka;Shigeki Habaue

242
Citations
Synthesis and Single-Chain Folding of Amphiphilic Random Copolymers in Water

Takaya Terashima;Takanori Sugita;Kaoru Fukae;Mitsuo Sawamoto

242
Citations
Living Radical Polymerization of Alkyl Methacrylates with Ruthenium Complex and Synthesis of Their Block Copolymers1

Yuzo Kotani;Mitsuru Kato;Masami Kamigaito;Mitsuo Sawamoto

237
Citations