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 Motomu Kanai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 455 publications — 85th percentile
85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Motomu Kanai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 103 D-Index — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.
Motomu Kanai is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology as key subfields.
Kanai's research focuses on a variety of topics including Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Click Chemistry and Applications, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis.
Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kanai include Harunobu Mitsunuma, Kenzo Yamatsugu, Shigehiro A. Kawashima, Youhei Sohma, and Taisuke Tomita. This network reflects a broad collaborative approach within their research community.
Their scholarly output is frequently published in venues such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Letters, Synlett, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Kanai include:
Masakatsu Shibasaki;Motomu Kanai
Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Hideya Ikemoto;Shigeki Matsunaga;Motomu Kanai
Yoichiro Kuninobu;Haruka Ida;Mitsumi Nishi;Motomu Kanai
Masakatsu Shibasaki;Motomu Kanai;Shigeki Matsunaga;Naoya Kumagai
Christopher W Cairo;Jason E Gestwicki;Motomu Kanai;Laura L Kiessling
Hideya Ikemoto;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Ken Sakata;Shigeki Matsunaga
Motomu Kanai;Nobuki Kato;Eiko Ichikawa;Masakatsu Shibasaki
Bo Sun;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Shigeki Matsunaga;Motomu Kanai
Motomu Kanai;Kathleen H. Mortell;Laura L. Kiessling
Bo Sun;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Motomu Kanai;Shigeki Matsunaga
David A. Mann;Motomu Kanai;and Dustin J. Maly;Laura L. Kiessling
Yudai Suzuki;Bo Sun;Ken Sakata;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Tatsuhiko Yoshino
Yuhei Fukuta;Tsuyoshi Mita;Nobuhisa Fukuda;Motomu Kanai
Yohei Shimizu;Motomu Kanai
Daisuke Tomita;Kenzo Yamatsugu;Motomu Kanai;Masakatsu Shibasaki
I-Hon Chen;Liang Yin;Wataru Itano;Motomu Kanai
Masakatsu Shibasaki;Motomu Kanai;Ken Funabashi
Zhen Wang;Jizhi Ni;Yoichiro Kuninobu;Motomu Kanai
Reiko Wada;Kounosuke Oisaki;Motomu Kanai;Masakatsu Shibasaki
Akihiko Nishikimi;Hideo Fukuhara;Wenjuan Su;Tsunaki Hongu
Kazuo Yabu;Shuji Masumoto;Shingo Yamasaki;Yoshitaka Hamashima
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