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Nobuyuki Harada

Nobuyuki Harada

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 41 17663 1394 237 9573

Nobuyuki Harada publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nobuyuki Harada between 1968 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nobuyuki Harada published across 56 years, from 1968 to 2023, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2000. 1 of the 250 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1968 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2000. 1968: 1 publication 1969: 2 publications 1970: 3 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 5 publications 1973: 5 publications 1974: 4 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 4 publications 1977: 4 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 5 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 4 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 10 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 12 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 3 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 1 publication 2016: 0 publications 2017: 0 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 1 publication 2020: 2 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication
1968 2023

250 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nobuyuki Harada: publications per year, 1968 to 2023
Year Publications
1968 1
1969 2
1970 3
1971 2
1972 5
1973 5
1974 4
1975 3
1976 4
1977 4
1978 3
1979 1
1980 5
1981 5
1982 3
1983 4
1984 6
1985 5
1986 2
1987 1
1988 0
1989 6
1990 3
1991 8
1992 6
1993 7
1994 4
1995 10
1996 5
1997 12
1998 4
1999 9
2000 14
2001 9
2002 10
2003 6
2004 7
2005 9
2006 4
2007 5
2008 5
2009 7
2010 11
2011 1
2012 3
2013 3
2014 3
2015 1
2016 0
2017 0
2018 3
2019 1
2020 2
2021 3
2022 0
2023 1
Total 250
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Nobuyuki Harada 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 Nobuyuki Harada sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 221–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 237 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216 237
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Nobuyuki Harada 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 Nobuyuki Harada sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40–41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289 41
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.

Overview

Nobuyuki Harada is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research spans across several scientific fields with a primary focus on Chemistry, Neuroscience, and Physics and Astronomy. The main areas of study include molecular spectroscopy, chirality, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Their work encompasses various subfields including spectroscopy, cellular and molecular neuroscience, atomic and molecular physics and optics, astronomy and astrophysics, and biomaterials.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range such as molecular spectroscopy and chirality, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, analytical chemistry and chromatography, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, origins and evolution of life, and supramolecular self-assembly in materials.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Nobuyuki Harada include:

  • The enduring legacy of Koji Nakanishi's research on natural products and bioorganic chemistry. Part 2. Inception and establishment of the ECD exciton chirality method in 1960s to 1970s: A marvel of Nakanishi's Japanese team (2020, Chirality)
  • Chiral organic stereochemistry: Chiral HPLC, chiral auxiliaries, CD spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and light-powered chiral molecular motors (2021, Chirality)
  • Publication of Chirality special issue in memory and honor of Professor Koji Nakanishi (1925-2019) (2020, Chirality)

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Kenji Monde, Nina Berova, Tohru Taniguchi, Mohamad Zarif Mohd Zubir, and Tibor Kurtán.

Harada's work has been published predominantly in the journal Chirality, with three publications, and in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, with one publication.

In recognition of their contributions, Nobuyuki Harada received the Nakanishi Prize awarded by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor

    N. Koumura;R.W J Zijlstra;R.A.van Delden;N. Harada

  • Circular dichroic spectroscopy : exciton coupling in organic stereochemistry

    Nobuyuki Harada;Kōji Nakanishi

  • ECD cotton effect approximated by the Gaussian curve and other methods.

    Philip J. Stephens;Nobuyuki Harada

  • Exciton chirality method and its application to configurational and conformational studies of natural products

    Nobuyuki Harada;Koji Nakanishi

  • Determining the chiralities of optically active glycols

    Nobuyuki Harada;Koji Nakanishi

  • QUANTITATIVE DEFINITION OF EXCITON CHIRALITY AND THE DISTANT EFFECT IN THE EXCITON CHIRALITY METHOD

    Nobuyuki Harada;Sow-Mei Lai Chen;Koji Nakanishi

  • Synthesis, Absolute Configuration, and Enantiomeric Enrichment of a Cruciferous Oxindole Phytoalexin, (S)-(−)-Spirobrassinin, and Its Oxazoline Analog

    Mojmír Suchý;Peter Kutschy;Kenji Monde;Hitoshi Goto

  • UNSATURATED HYDROXY FATTY ACIDS, THE SELF DEFENSIVE SUBSTANCES IN RICE PLANT AGAINST RICE BLAST DISEASE

    Tadahiro Kato;Yoshihiro Yamaguchi;Takumi Hirano;Toshiro Yokoyama

  • The Absolute Configuration of Ciguatoxin

    Masayuki Satake;Akio Morohashi;Hiroki Oguri;Tohru Oishi

  • A chiroptical method for determining the absolute configuration of allylic alcohols

    Nobuyuki Harada;Jun Iwabuchi;Yoichi Yokota;Hisashi Uda

  • 2-Methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic acid, a powerful chiral auxiliary for enantioresolution of alcohols and determination of their absolute configurations by the 1H NMR anisotropy method

    Nobuyuki Harada;Masataka Watanabe;Shunsuke Kuwahara;Akinori Sugio

  • Determination of absolute configurations by X-ray crystallography and 1H NMR anisotropy.

    Nobuyuki Harada

  • Chemistry of Unique Chiral Olefins. 3. Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemistry of trans- and cis-1,1‘,2,2‘,3,3‘,4,4‘- Octahydro-3,3‘-dimethyl-4,4‘-biphenanthrylidenes

    Nobuyuki Harada;Nagatoshi Koumura;Bernard Feringa

  • Concise Total Synthesis and Structure Assignment of TAN‐1085

    Ken Ohmori;Keiji Mori;Yuji Ishikawa;Hideyuki Tsuruta

  • Electronic CD Exciton Chirality Method: Principles and Applications

    Nobuyuki Harada;Koji Nakanishi;Nina Berova

  • Interferon-gamma responses after isoniazid chemotherapy for latent tuberculosis.

    Kazue Higuchi;Nobuyuki Harada;Toru Mori

  • Chiral exciton coupled stacking of anthocyanins: interpretation of the origin of anomalous CD induced by anthocyanin association

    Tsutomu Hoshino;Ushiho Matsumoto;Nobuyuki Harada;Toshio Goto

  • Novel cholestane glycosides from the bulbs of Ornithogalum saundersiae and their cytostatic activity on leukemia HL-60 and MOLT-4 cells

    Minpei Kuroda;Yoshihiro Mimaki;Yutaka Sashida;Toshihiko Hirano

  • Exciton chirality methods as applied to conjugated enones, esters, and lactones

    Masato Koreeda;Nobuyuki Harada;Koji Nakanishi

  • An Enantiomerically Pure Alleno‐Acetylenic Macrocycle: Synthesis and Rationalization of Its Outstanding Chiroptical Response

    José Lorenzo Alonso-Gómez;Pablo Rivera-Fuentes;Nobuyuki Harada;Nobuyuki Harada;Nina Berova

  • Chemistry of Metalloanthocyanins

    T. Goto;H. Tamura;T. Kawai;T. Hoshino

  • A CD method for determination of the absolute stereochemistry of acyclic glycols. 1. Application of the CD exciton chirality method to acyclic 1,3-dibenzoate systems

    Nobuyuki Harada;Akira Saito;Hiroshi Ono;Jacek Gawronski

  • Chemistry of metalloanthocyanins

    Toshio Goto;Hirotoshi Tamura;Takatoshi Kawai;Tsutomu Hoshino

  • Amplification of Chirality in Monodisperse, Enantiopure Alleno-Acetylenic Oligomers

    Pablo Rivera-Fuentes;José Lorenzo Alonso-Gómez;Ana G. Petrovic;Fabrizio Santoro

  • Formylation of Aryl Halides with Carbon Monoxide and Sodium Formate in the Presence of Palladium Catalyst

    Tamon Okano;Nobuyuki Harada;Jitsuo Kiji

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi Columbia University
Chizuko Kabuto
Chizuko Kabuto Tohoku University
Isao Kitagawa
Isao Kitagawa Osaka University
Sotaro Miyano
Sotaro Miyano Tohoku University
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Masahiro Hirama
Masahiro Hirama Tohoku University
William H. Pirkle
William H. Pirkle University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nina Berova
Nina Berova Columbia University
Michio Murata
Michio Murata Osaka University
Toshio Goto
Toshio Goto Nagoya University

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