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Saburo Matsuoka

Saburo Matsuoka

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
4324
World Ranking
2881
National Ranking
69

Saburo Matsuoka publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Saburo Matsuoka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 341 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Saburo Matsuoka D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Saburo Matsuoka sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Saburo Matsuoka is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, with significant work also related to nuclear materials and properties, fatigue and fracture mechanics, and corrosion behavior and inhibition.

The main fields of study Matsuoka has contributed to include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, they have worked extensively in several subfields such as:

  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

Matsuoka's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms

Their recent published papers from 2020 demonstrate an emphasis on hydrogen effects in metals and alloys, fatigue behaviors, and material failure mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "Hydrogen-assisted fatigue crack-propagation in a Ni-based superalloy 718, revealed via crack-path crystallography and deformation microstructures," published in Corrosion Science
  • "Defect tolerance and hydrogen susceptibility of the fatigue limit of an additively manufactured Ni-based superalloy 718," published in International Journal of Fatigue
  • "Hydrogen Uptake, Tensile, and Fatigue Properties of a Barrier-Coated, Precipitation-Hardened Martensitic Stainless Steel With Exposure to High-Pressure Hydrogen Gas," published in Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology
  • "Material and Fracture Surface Examination of T-Joint for High Pressure Hydrogen Piping that Caused Hydrogen Leakage in a High Pressure Hydrogen Facility," published in Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan
  • "Fracture toughness of aluminum alloys in air and 115 MPa hydrogen gas and strength design of thick-walled cylinder," published in Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese)

Matsuoka regularly publishes in specific journals and conference proceedings. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese)
  • Journal of the Society of Materials Science Japan
  • Corrosion Science
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology

They have collaborated with several researchers across related fields, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Hisao Matsunaga
  • Osamu Takakuwa
  • Junichiro Yamabe
  • Yuhei Ogawa
  • Satoko Yoshida

Best Publications

  • Effects of hydrogen on fatigue crack growth behavior of austenitic stainless steels

    T. Kanezaki;C. Narazaki;Y. Mine;Y. Mine;S. Matsuoka;S. Matsuoka

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement Mechanism in Fatigue of Austenitic Stainless Steels

    Yukitaka Murakami;Yukitaka Murakami;Toshihiko Kanezaki;Yoji Mine;Yoji Mine;Saburo Matsuoka;Saburo Matsuoka

  • Gigacycle fatigue properties for high-strength low-alloy steel at 100 Hz, 600 Hz, and 20 kHz

    Y Furuya;S Matsuoka;T Abe;K Yamaguchi

  • Effect of hydrogen on fatigue crack growth of metals

    Yukitaka Murakami;Yukitaka Murakami;Saburo Matsuoka;Saburo Matsuoka

  • The low-cycle fatigue, deformation and final fracture behaviour of an austenitic stainless steel

    Duyi Ye;Duyi Ye;Saburo Matsuoka;Noburo Nagashima;Naoyuki Suzuki

  • Slow strain rate tensile and fatigue properties of Cr–Mo and carbon steels in a 115 MPa hydrogen gas atmosphere

    Hisao Matsunaga;Hisao Matsunaga;Michio Yoshikawa;Ryota Kondo;Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe

  • Nanohardness measurement of high-purity Fe-C martensite

    T Ohmura;K Tsuzaki;S Matsuoka

  • Hydrogen transport in solution-treated and pre-strained austenitic stainless steels and its role in hydrogen-enhanced fatigue crack growth

    Y. Mine;Y. Mine;C. Narazaki;K. Murakami;S. Matsuoka;S. Matsuoka

  • Criteria for determining hydrogen compatibility and the mechanisms for hydrogen-assisted, surface crack growth in austenitic stainless steels

    Saburo Matsuoka;Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Hisao Matsunaga;Hisao Matsunaga

  • Hydrogen diffusivity and tensile-ductility loss of solution-treated austenitic stainless steels with external and internal hydrogen

    Junichiro Yamabe;Osamu Takakuwa;Hisao Matsunaga;Hisao Matsunaga;Hisatake Itoga

  • Influence of hydrogen and frequency on fatigue crack growth behavior of Cr-Mo steel

    Saburo Matsuoka;Hiroyuki Tanaka;Nobuhiro Homma;Nobuhiro Homma;Yukitaka Murakami

  • Effects of hydrogen on tensile properties and fracture surface morphologies of Type 316L stainless steel

    Takashi Matsuo;Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Saburo Matsuoka

  • Gigacycle fatigue properties of 1800 MPa class spring steels

    T. Abe;Y. Furuya;S. Matsuoka

  • Surface coating with a high resistance to hydrogen entry under high-pressure hydrogen-gas environment

    Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Saburo Matsuoka;Saburo Matsuoka;Saburo Matsuoka;Yukitaka Murakami;Yukitaka Murakami

  • Further investigation of Neuber’s rule and the equivalent strain energy density (ESED) method

    Duyi Ye;Duyi Ye;Saburo Matsuoka;Naoyuki Suzuki;Yosho Maeda

  • The effect of frequency on the giga‐cycle fatigue properties of a Ti–6Al–4V alloy

    E. Takeuchi;Y. Furuya;N. Nagashima;S. Matsuoka

  • Pressure Cycle Testing of Cr–Mo Steel Pressure Vessels Subjected to Gaseous Hydrogen

    Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Hisatake Itoga;Tohru Awane;Takashi Matsuo

  • A new mechanism in hydrogen-enhanced fatigue crack growth behavior of a 1900-MPa-class high-strength steel

    Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Takuya Matsumoto;Saburo Matsuoka;Saburo Matsuoka;Yukitaka Murakami;Yukitaka Murakami

  • Evaluation of mechanical properties in nanometer scale using AFM-based nanoindentation tester

    K. Miyahara;N. Nagashima;T. Ohmura;S. Matsuoka

  • 1010-cycle fatigue properties of 1800 MPa-class JIS-SUP7 spring steel

    Y. Furuya;T. Abe;S. Matsuoka

  • Effect of hydrogen and frequency on fatigue behavior of SCM435 steel for storage cylinder of hydrogen station

    Hiroyuki Tanaka;Nobuhiro Homma;Saburo Matsuoka;Yukitaka Murakami

  • Investigation of hydrogen transport behavior of various low-alloy steels with high-pressure hydrogen gas

    Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Tohru Awane;Saburo Matsuoka

  • Hydrogen trapping and fatigue crack growth property of low-carbon steel in hydrogen-gas environment

    Junichiro Yamabe;Junichiro Yamabe;Michio Yoshikawa;Hisao Matsunaga;Hisao Matsunaga;Saburo Matsuoka

  • Pronounced transition of crack initiation and propagation modes in the hydrogen-related failure of a Ni-based superalloy 718 under internal and external hydrogen conditions

    Yuhei Ogawa;Osamu Takakuwa;Saburo Okazaki;Koichi Okita

  • Effects of hydrogen pressure and test frequency on fatigue crack growth properties of Ni–Cr–Mo steel candidate for a storage cylinder of a 70 MPa hydrogen filling station

    Arnaud Macadre;Maxim Artamonov;Maxim Artamonov;Saburo Matsuoka;Jader Furtado;Jader Furtado

  • Comprehensive Understanding of Ductility Loss Mechanisms in Various Steels with External and Internal Hydrogen

    Osamu Takakuwa;Junichiro Yamabe;Hisao Matsunaga;Hisao Matsunaga;Yoshiyuki Furuya

  • Determination of hydrogen compatibility for solution-treated austenitic stainless steels based on a newly proposed nickel-equivalent equation

    Setsuo Takaki;Shigenobu Nanba;Kazunari Imakawa;Arnaud Macadre

  • Effects of Hydrogen on Fatigue Crack Growth and Stretch Zone of 0.08mass%C Low Carbon Steel Pipe

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  • High-Cycle Fatigue Properties at Cryogenic Temperatures in INCONEL 718 Nickel-based Superalloy

    Yoshinori Ono;Tetsumi Yuri;Hideshi Sumiyoshi;Etsuo Takeuchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaneaki Tsuzaki
Kaneaki Tsuzaki National Institute for Materials Science
Yukitaka Murakami
Yukitaka Murakami Kyushu University
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Hiroyuki Tanaka Kyushu University
Eiji Akiyama
Eiji Akiyama Tohoku University
Kazuhiro Hono
Kazuhiro Hono National Institute for Materials Science
Setsuo Takaki
Setsuo Takaki Kyushu University
Mitsuhiro Murayama
Mitsuhiro Murayama Virginia Tech

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