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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 51 2665 2557 95 89 303 10449
Materials Science 51 9844 9505 592 564 315 10443

Seiji Akita publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Seiji Akita between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Seiji Akita published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 8 papers a year. Output peaked at 25 publications in 2016. 5 of the 328 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 25. Peak 25 publications in 2016. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 5 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 3 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 19 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1986 2026

328 publications in total across all disciplines

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Seiji Akita: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 2
1988 5
1989 4
1990 0
1991 2
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 3
1996 1
1997 0
1998 4
1999 4
2000 13
2001 15
2002 13
2003 12
2004 15
2005 15
2006 6
2007 14
2008 8
2009 7
2010 4
2011 7
2012 8
2013 6
2014 14
2015 19
2016 25
2017 23
2018 18
2019 24
2020 12
2021 11
2022 5
2023 2
2024 0
2025 4
2026 1
Total 328
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Seiji Akita publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seiji Akita sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 294–313 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 303 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300 303
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Seiji Akita D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seiji Akita sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156 51
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Overview

Seiji Akita is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, focusing primarily on engineering disciplines. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's published works frequently appear in prominent venues such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Advanced Materials Technologies, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, and ACS Nano. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, which bridges materials science and biomedical applications.

Akita's recent notable publications include:

  • Multimodal Plant Healthcare Flexible Sensor System, 2020, ACS Nano
  • A Wearable Body Condition Sensor System with Wireless Feedback Alarm Functions, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Wireless and Flexible Skin Moisture and Temperature Sensor Sheets toward the Study of Thermoregulator Center, 2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Multimodal Wearable Sensor Sheet for Health-Related Chemical and Physical Monitoring, 2021, ACS Sensors
  • Highly stable Pd/HNb3O8-based flexible humidity sensor for perdurable wireless wearable applications, 2021, Nanoscale Horizons

Among frequent collaborators are Takayuki Arie, Kuniharu Takei, Satoko Honda, Yuyao Lu, and Yusuke Fujita, with multiple coauthored papers signaling ongoing partnerships in research projects.

Akita's work covers several interconnected topics, including:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

This body of research reflects a focus on developing flexible, wearable sensor systems and exploring materials for health monitoring and environmental sensing. The combination of biomedical engineering and materials chemistry subfields supports innovation in non-invasive sensor technologies and multifunctional devices with practical applications in healthcare and plant monitoring.

Best Publications

  • Orientation and purification of carbon nanotubes using ac electrophoresis

    Kunitoshi Yamamoto;Seiji Akita;Yoshikazu Nakayama

  • Wearable, Human‐Interactive, Health‐Monitoring, Wireless Devices Fabricated by Macroscale Printing Techniques

    Wataru Honda;Shingo Harada;Takayuki Arie;Seiji Akita

  • Carbon-nanotube tips for scanning probe microscopy: Preparation by a controlled process and observation of deoxyribonucleic acid

    Hidehiro Nishijima;Satsuki Kamo;Seiji Akita;Yoshikazu Nakayama

  • Toward flexible and wearable human-interactive health-monitoring devices

    Kuniharu Takei;Wataru Honda;Shingo Harada;Takayuki Arie

  • Printed multifunctional flexible device with an integrated motion sensor for health care monitoring.

    Yuki Yamamoto;Shingo Harada;Daisuke Yamamoto;Wataru Honda

  • Fully printed flexible fingerprint-like three-axis tactile and slip force and temperature sensors for artificial skin.

    Shingo Harada;Kenichiro Kanao;Yuki Yamamoto;Takayuki Arie

  • Wearable, Flexible, and Multifunctional Healthcare Device with an ISFET Chemical Sensor for Simultaneous Sweat pH and Skin Temperature Monitoring

    Shogo Nakata;Takayuki Arie;Seiji Akita;Kuniharu Takei

  • Fully Printed, Highly Sensitive Multifunctional Artificial Electronic Whisker Arrays Integrated with Strain and Temperature Sensors

    Shingo Harada;Wataru Honda;Takayuki Arie;Seiji Akita

  • Nanotweezers consisting of carbon nanotubes operating in an atomic force microscope

    Seiji Akita;Yoshikazu Nakayama;Syotaro Mizooka;Yuichi Takano

  • Carbon nanotube tips for a scanning probe microscope: their fabrication and properties

    Seiji Akita;Hidehiro Nishijima;Yoshikazu Nakayama;Fuyuki Tokumasu

  • Efficient Skin Temperature Sensor and Stable Gel‐Less Sticky ECG Sensor for a Wearable Flexible Healthcare Patch

    Yuki Yamamoto;Daisuke Yamamoto;Makoto Takada;Hiroyoshi Naito

  • Orientation of Carbon Nanotubes Using Electrophoresis

    Kunitoshi Yamamoto;Seiji Akita;Yoshikazu Nakayama

  • Multimodal Plant Healthcare Flexible Sensor System.

    Yuyao Lu;Kaichen Xu;Lishu Zhang;Minako Deguchi

  • A wearable pH sensor with high sensitivity based on a flexible charge-coupled device

    Shogo Nakata;Mao Shiomi;Yusuke Fujita;Takayuki Arie

  • A Wearable Body Condition Sensor System with Wireless Feedback Alarm Functions.

    Kaichen Xu;Yusuke Fujita;Yuyao Lu;Satoko Honda

  • Enhancement of graphene thermoelectric performance through defect engineering

    Yuki Anno;Yuki Imakita;Kuniharu Takei;Seiji Akita

  • Highly stable kirigami-structured stretchable strain sensors for perdurable wearable electronics

    Kaichen Xu;Yuyao Lu;Satoko Honda;Takayuki Arie

  • Carbon nanotube oscillators toward zeptogram detection

    Mitsumasa Nishio;Shintaro Sawaya;Seiji Akita;Yoshikazu Nakayama

  • Highly selective flexible tactile strain and temperature sensors against substrate bending for an artificial skin

    Kenichiro Kanao;Shingo Harada;Yuki Yamamoto;Wataru Honda

  • High-performance, mechanically flexible, and vertically integrated 3D carbon nanotube and InGaZnO complementary circuits with a temperature sensor.

    Wataru Honda;Shingo Harada;Shohei Ishida;Takayuki Arie

  • Coated nanotube surface signal probe

    Yoshikazu Nakayama;Akio Harada;Seiji Akita

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshikazu Nakayama
Yoshikazu Nakayama Osaka University
Kuniharu Takei
Kuniharu Takei Osaka Metropolitan University
Shigenobu Ogata
Shigenobu Ogata Osaka University
Kunio Takeyasu
Kunio Takeyasu Kyoto University
Masaya Matsuoka
Masaya Matsuoka Osaka Metropolitan University
Masato Takeuchi
Masato Takeuchi Osaka Metropolitan University
Kenji Higashi
Kenji Higashi Osaka Metropolitan University
Tomoji Kawai
Tomoji Kawai Osaka University
Hisanori Shinohara
Hisanori Shinohara Nagoya University

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