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Ryoji Noyori

Ryoji Noyori

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
133
Citations
81136
World Ranking
274
National Ranking
11

Ryoji Noyori 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 Ryoji Noyori sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 644 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ryoji Noyori 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 Ryoji Noyori sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 133 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Ryoji Noyori is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan. The available data does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues associated with this researcher.

Details on specific fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work for Ryoji Noyori are not provided in the data. Similarly, there is no information regarding book publications or awards won.

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Best Publications

  • Asymmetric catalysis in organic synthesis

    Ryōji Noyori

  • Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities (Nobel Lecture)

    Ryoji Noyori

  • Asymmetric Catalysis by Architectural and Functional Molecular Engineering: Practical Chemo‐ and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones

    Ryoji Noyori;Takeshi Ohkuma

  • BINAP: an efficient chiral element for asymmetric catalysis

    Ryoji Noyori;Hidemasa Takaya

  • Enantioselective Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Carbonyl Compounds: Chirality Transfer, Multiplication, and Amplification†

    Ryoji Noyori;Masato Kitamura

  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Jun Takehara;Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids.

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Green oxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide

    Ryoji Noyori;Masao Aoki;Kazuhiko Sato

  • Synthesis of 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (BINAP), an atropisomeric chiral bis(triaryl)phosphine, and its use in the rhodium(I)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of .alpha.-(acylamino)acrylic acids

    A. Miyashita;A. Yasuda;H. Takaya;K. Toriumi

  • Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using a Formic Acid−Triethylamine Mixture

    Akio Fujii;Shohei Hashiguchi;Nobuyuki Uematsu;and Takao Ikariya

  • The Catalyst Precursor, Catalyst, and Intermediate in the RuII-Promoted Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer between Alcohols and Ketones

    Karl-Josef Haack;Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao. Ikariya;Ryoji. Noyori

  • A green' route to adipic acid: Direct oxidation of cyclohexenes with 30 percent hydrogen peroxide

    Kazuhiko Sato;Masao Aoki;Ryoji Noyori

  • Metal-ligand bifunctional catalysis: a nonclassical mechanism for asymmetric hydrogen transfer between alcohols and carbonyl compounds.

    Ryoji Noyori;and Masashi Yamakawa;Shohei Hashiguchi

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation of .beta.-keto carboxylic esters. A practical, purely chemical access to .beta.-hydroxy esters in high enantiomeric purity

    Ryoji Noyori;Takeshi Ohkuma;Masato Kitamura;Hidemasa Takaya

  • The Metal−Ligand Bifunctional Catalysis: A Theoretical Study on the Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer between Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds

    Masashi Yamakawa;and Hisashi Ito;Ryoji Noyori

  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines

    Nobuyuki Uematsu;Akio Fujii;Shohei Hashiguchi;Takao Ikariya

  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α, β-Acetylenic Ketones

    Kazuhiko Matsumura;Shohei Hashiguchi;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • PRACTICAL ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC KETONES

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Hirohito Ooka;Shohei Hashiguchi;Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of supercritical carbon dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities (Nobel Lecture 2001)

    Ryoji Noyori

Frequent Co-Authors

Masato Kitamura
Masato Kitamura Nagoya University
Takeshi Ohkuma
Takeshi Ohkuma Hokkaido University
Hidemasa Takaya
Hidemasa Takaya Kyoto University
Takao Ikariya
Takao Ikariya Tokyo Institute of Technology
Philip G. Jessop
Philip G. Jessop Queen's University
Seiji Suga
Seiji Suga Okayama University
Makoto Tokunaga
Makoto Tokunaga Kyushu University
Yasuyoshi Watanabe
Yasuyoshi Watanabe Osaka Metropolitan University
Susumu Saito
Susumu Saito Nagoya University
Bengt Långström
Bengt Långström Uppsala University

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