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Shin-ichi Orimo

Shin-ichi Orimo

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
28557
World Ranking
2166
National Ranking
118

Shin-ichi Orimo 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 Shin-ichi Orimo sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 417 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shin-ichi Orimo 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 Shin-ichi Orimo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shin-ichi Orimo is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in materials science and engineering. Their scholarly output emphasizes materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, with notable work in catalysis, condensed matter physics, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research extensively covers the fields of hydrogen storage and materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, including advancements therein, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, hybrid renewable energy systems, and nuclear materials and properties.

Several recent publications highlight Orimo's research contributions:

  • "Investigation of shielding material properties for effective space radiation protection" (2020) published in Life Sciences in Space Research
  • "Magnesium- and intermetallic alloys-based hydrides for energy storage: modelling, synthesis and properties" (2022) published in Progress in Energy
  • "Magnesium Borohydride Ammonia Borane as a Magnesium Ionic Conductor" (2020) published in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Monocarborane cluster as a stable fluorine-free calcium battery electrolyte" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Hydrogen storage in complex hydrides: past activities and new trends" (2022) published in Progress in Energy

Orimo frequently collaborates with researchers including Kazuaki Kisu, Shigeyuki Takagi, Toyoto Sato, Hiroyuki Saitoh, and Ryuhei Sato. These coauthorships reflect consistent partnerships contributing to a significant portion of their works.

The publication venues where Orimo appears most often include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Progress in Energy

Best Publications

  • Complex hydrides for hydrogen storage.

    † Shin-ichi Orimo;Yuko Nakamori;Jennifer R. Eliseo;and Andreas Züttel

  • Materials for hydrogen-based energy storage – past, recent progress and future outlook

    Michael Hirscher;Volodymyr A. Yartys;Marcello Baricco;Jose Bellosta von Colbe

  • Correlation between thermodynamical stabilities of metal borohydrides and cation electronegativites: First-principles calculations and experiments

    Yuko Nakamori;Kazutoshi Miwa;Akihito Ninomiya;Haiwen Li

  • Dehydriding and rehydriding reactions of LiBH4

    S. Orimo;Y. Nakamori;G. Kitahara;K. Miwa

  • Lithium superionic conduction in lithium borohydride accompanied by structural transition

    Motoaki Matsuo;Yuko Nakamori;Shin Ichi Orimo;Hideki Maekawa

  • Recent Progress in Metal Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage

    Hai Wen Li;Yigang Yan;Shin Ichi Orimo;Andreas Züttel

  • Materials science of Mg-Ni-based new hydrides

    S. Orimo;H. Fujii

  • The renaissance of hydrides as energy materials

    Rana Mohtadi;Shin Ichi Orimo

  • Halide-stabilized LiBH4, a room-temperature lithium fast-ion conductor.

    Hideki Maekawa;Motoaki Matsuo;Hitoshi Takamura;Mariko Ando

  • Tetrahydroborates as new hydrogen storage materials

    Andreas Züttel;Andreas Borgschulte;Shin Ichi Orimo

  • First-principles study on lithium borohydride Li B H 4

    Kazutoshi Miwa;Nobuko Ohba;Shin Ichi Towata;Yuko Nakamori

  • Sodium superionic conduction in Na2B12H12

    Terrence J. Udovic;Motoaki Matsuo;Atsushi Unemoto;Nina Verdal;Nina Verdal

  • A complex hydride lithium superionic conductor for high-energy-density all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.

    Sangryun Kim;Hiroyuki Oguchi;Naoki Toyama;Toyoto Sato

  • Hydrogen in the mechanically prepared nanostructured graphite

    S. Orimo;S. Orimo;G. Majer;T. Fukunaga;A. Züttel

  • Superconductivity in the metal rich Li-Pd-B ternary boride.

    K. Togano;P. Badica;Y. Nakamori;S. Orimo

  • Experimental studies on intermediate compound of LiBH4

    Shin Ichi Orimo;Yuko Nakamori;Nobuko Ohba;Kazutoshi Miwa

  • Lithium Fast‐Ionic Conduction in Complex Hydrides: Review and Prospects

    Motoaki Matsuo;Shin Ichi Orimo

  • Unparalleled lithium and sodium superionic conduction in solid electrolytes with large monovalent cage-like anions

    Wan Si Nmn Tang;Wan Si Nmn Tang;Atsushi Unemoto;Wei Zhou;Vitalie Stavila

  • Notable hydriding properties of a nanostructured composite material of the Mg2Ni-H system synthesized by reactive mechanical grinding

    S. Orimo;H. Fujii;K. Ikeda

  • Destabilization of Li-based complex hydrides

    Yuko Nakamori;Shin ichi Orimo

  • Complex Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage

    Shin-ichi Orimo;Yuko Nakamori;Jennifer R. Eliseo;Andreas Zuettel

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuko Nakamori
Yuko Nakamori Tohoku University
Hironobu Fujii
Hironobu Fujii Hiroshima University
Andreas Züttel
Andreas Züttel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bjørn C. Hauback
Bjørn C. Hauback University of Oslo
Taro Hitosugi
Taro Hitosugi University of Tokyo
Craig M. Jensen
Craig M. Jensen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Vitalie Stavila
Vitalie Stavila Sandia National Laboratories
Ping Wang
Ping Wang South China University of Technology
Arndt Remhof
Arndt Remhof Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Etsuo Akiba
Etsuo Akiba Kyushu University

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