2026 Seiji Mitani: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	61	6753	6526	354	344	358	13968

Overview

Seiji Mitani is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research spans multiple areas within physics and materials science, with a strong focus on the electronic, magnetic, and transport properties of materials.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Physics and Astronomy
Materials Science

Within these fields, Mitani has contributed extensively to subfields such as:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

Their work emphasizes key topics including:

Magnetic properties of thin films
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
ZnO doping and properties
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Multiferroics and related materials

Some notable recent publications by Seiji Mitani include:

Heusler alloys for spintronic devices: review on recent development and future perspectives, 2020, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Giant anomalous Nernst effect in the Co2MnAl1−xSix Heusler alloy induced by Fermi level tuning and atomic ordering, 2020, Physical Review B
631% room temperature tunnel magnetoresistance with large oscillation effect in CoFe/MgO/CoFe(001) junctions, 2023, Applied Physics Letters
Investigation on the thermal expansion behavior of FeCoNi and Fe30Co30Ni30Cr10-xMnx high entropy alloys, 2021, Materials Chemistry and Physics
Oxide layer dependent orbital torque efficiency in ferromagnet/Cu/oxide heterostructures, 2023, Physical Review Materials

Mitani frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

Hiroaki Sukegawa
Tadakatsu Ohkubo
Zhenchao Wen
Yoshio Miura
Cong He

Common venues for Mitani's publications are:

Physical Review B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Applied Physics Letters
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Journal of Applied Physics

Best Publications

Layer thickness dependence of the current-induced effective field vector in Ta|CoFeB|MgO

Junyeon Kim;Jaivardhan Sinha;Masamitsu Hayashi;Michihiko Yamanouchi

829
Citations
Giant spin Hall effect in perpendicularly spin-polarized FePt/Au devices

Takeshi Seki;Yu Hasegawa;Seiji Mitani;Saburo Takahashi

512
Citations
Interface control of the magnetic chirality in CoFeB/MgO heterostructures with heavy-metal underlayers

Jacob Torrejon;Junyeon Kim;Jaivardhan Sinha;Seiji Mitani

465
Citations
ENHANCED MAGNETORESISTANCE IN INSULATING GRANULAR SYSTEMS : EVIDENCE FOR HIGHER-ORDER TUNNELING

S. Mitani;S. Takahashi;K. Takanashi;K. Yakushiji

423
Citations
Tunnel-type GMR in metal-nonmetal granular alloy thin films

H. Fujimori;S. Mitani;S. Ohnuma

420
Citations
Low-temperature fabrication of L10 ordered FePt alloy by alternate monatomic layer deposition

T. Shima;T. Moriguchi;S. Mitani;K. Takanashi

392
Citations
Heusler alloys for spintronic devices: review on recent development and future perspectives

Kelvin Elphick;William Frost;Marjan Samiepour;Takahide Kubota

376
Citations
Spin Hall Magnetoresistance in Metallic Bilayers

Junyeon Kim;Peng Sheng;Saburo Takahashi;Seiji Mitani

333
Citations
Demonstration of half-metallicity in fermi-level-tuned Heusler alloy Co2FeAl0.5Si0.5 at room temperature.

R. Shan;H. Sukegawa;W. H. Wang;M. Kodzuka

298
Citations
High‐frequency magnetic properties in metal–nonmetal granular films (invited)

S. Ohnuma;H.K Fujimori;S. Mitani;T. Masumoto

297
Citations
Giant tunneling magnetoresistance up to 330% at room temperature in sputter deposited Co2FeAl/MgO/CoFe magnetic tunnel junctions

Wenhong Wang;Hiroaki Sukegawa;Rong Shan;Seiji Mitani

248
Citations
Spin-dependent tunneling phenomena in insulating granular systems

S. Mitani;H. Fujimori;S. Ohnuma

245
Citations
Spin-polarized current-induced magnetization reversal in perpendicularly magnetized L10-FePt layers

T. Seki;S. Mitani;K. Yakushiji;K. Takanashi

236
Citations
Enhanced spin accumulation and novel magnetotransport in nanoparticles.

Kay Yakushiji;Franck Ernult;Hiroshi Imamura;Kazutaka Yamane

211
Citations
Large Interface Spin-Asymmetry and Magnetoresistance in Fully Epitaxial Co2MnSi/Ag/Co2MnSi Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Magnetoresistive Devices

Taku Iwase;Yuya Sakuraba;Subrojati Bosu;Kesami Saito

204
Citations
Artificial fabrication of an L10‐type ordered FeAu alloy by alternate monatomic deposition

K. Takanashi;S. Mitani;M. Sano;H. Fujimori

199
Citations
Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance in epitaxial Co2MnSi∕Cr∕Co2MnSi trilayers

K. Yakushiji;K. Saito;S. Mitani;K. Takanashi

186
Citations
Evaluation of spin Hall angle and spin diffusion length by using spin current-induced ferromagnetic resonance

Kouta Kondou;Hiroaki Sukegawa;Seiji Mitani;Kazuhito Tsukagoshi

178
Citations
Coherent tunneling and giant tunneling magnetoresistance in Co 2 FeAl / MgO / CoFe magnetic tunneling junctions

Wenhong Wang;Wenhong Wang;Enke Liu;Masaya Kodzuka;Masaya Kodzuka;Hiroaki Sukegawa

177
Citations
Perpendicular magnetization of Co2FeAl full-Heusler alloy films induced by MgO interface

Zhenchao Wen;Hiroaki Sukegawa;Seiji Mitani;Koichiro Inomata

167
Citations