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Shuji Akai

Shuji Akai

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 44 16943 15304 1336 1210 217 6393

Shuji Akai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shuji Akai between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shuji Akai published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2024. 33 of the 266 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2024. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 3 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 6 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 9 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 8 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 11 publications
1981 2025

266 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shuji Akai: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 3
1983 1
1984 6
1985 5
1986 6
1987 9
1988 2
1989 2
1990 5
1991 5
1992 1
1993 1
1994 8
1995 3
1996 6
1997 8
1998 8
1999 3
2000 7
2001 3
2002 3
2003 3
2004 4
2005 2
2006 5
2007 3
2008 6
2009 5
2010 5
2011 10
2012 5
2013 9
2014 5
2015 6
2016 4
2017 9
2018 9
2019 5
2020 11
2021 10
2022 7
2023 14
2024 22
2025 11
Total 266
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Shuji Akai 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 Shuji Akai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 201–220 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 217 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281 217
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Shuji Akai 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 Shuji Akai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44–45 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808 44
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Shuji Akai is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed significantly to the field of chemistry, particularly in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Their research spans a wide range of subfields, including organic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, pharmaceutical science, and spectroscopy.

The main areas of study in Akai's work encompass enzyme catalysis and immobilization, chemical reactions and isotopes, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, and chemical synthesis and analysis.

Akai's recent publications include:

  • Aryl Boronic Esters Are Stable on Silica Gel and Reactive under Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Conditions (2022, Organic Letters)
  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Intermolecular Markovnikov Hydroamination of Nonactivated Olefins: N2-Selective Alkylation of Benzotriazole (2020, Organic Letters)
  • Coupling Reaction between Aldehydes and Non-Activated Hydrocarbons via the Reductive Radical-Polar Crossover Pathway (2020, Organic Letters)
  • Dynamic kinetic resolution of a tertiary alcohol (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Could London Dispersion Force Control Regioselective (2 + 2) Cyclodimerizations of Benzynes? YES: Application to the Synthesis of Helical Biphenylenes (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Akai include:

  • Kyohei Kanomata, with 26 joint publications
  • Yoshinari Sawama, with 25 joint publications
  • Takashi Ikawa, with 24 joint publications
  • Kenzo Yahata, with 18 joint publications
  • Hironao Sajiki, with 14 joint publications

Among the venues where Akai has frequently published are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database, with 12 publications
  • Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, with 8 publications
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, with 7 publications
  • Chemistry - A European Journal, with 6 publications
  • Synlett, with 5 publications

Akai's contributions integrate chemical synthesis techniques with advanced analytical methods such as X-ray crystallography and spectroscopy, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within chemistry and molecular biology. Their work demonstrates a balance between fundamental chemical research and applications in pharmaceutical sciences and materials chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Cationic Gold(I)-Mediated Intramolecular Cyclization of 3-Alkyne-1,2-diols and 1-Amino-3-alkyn-2-ols: A Practical Route to Furans and Pyrroles

    Masahiro Egi;Kenji Azechi;Shuji Akai

  • Mo-Au combo catalysis for rapid 1,3-rearrangement of propargyl alcohols into alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

    Masahiro Egi;Yoshiko Yamaguchi;Noboru Fujiwara;Shuji Akai

  • A dynamic kinetic resolution of allyl alcohols by the combined use of lipases and [VO(OSiPh3)3]

    Shuji Akai;Kouichi Tanimoto;Yukiko Kanao;Masahiro Egi

  • Recent Advances in Pummerer Reactions

    Shuji Akai;Yasuyuki Kita

  • A Mesoporous‐Silica‐Immobilized Oxovanadium Cocatalyst for the Lipase‐Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Alcohols

    Masahiro Egi;Koji Sugiyama;Moriaki Saneto;Ryosuke Hanada

  • Facile and efficient syntheses of carboxylic anhydrides and amides using (trimethylsilyl)ethoxyacetylene

    Yasuyuki Kita;Shuji Akai;Naomi Ajimura;Mayumi Yoshigi

  • One-pot synthesis of optically active allyl esters via lipase-vanadium combo catalysis.

    Shuji Akai;Ryosuke Hanada;Noboru Fujiwara;Yasuyuki Kita

  • MPP+ induces necrostatin-1- and ferrostatin-1-sensitive necrotic death of neuronal SH-SY5Y cells

    Keisuke Ito;Yutaka Eguchi;Yusuke Imagawa;Shuji Akai

  • Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds through Three‐Component Assembly: Ambidentate Effect of the tert‐Butyldimethylsilyl Group for Regioselective Diels–Alder and Hiyama Coupling Reactions

    Shuji Akai;Takashi Ikawa;Sho-ichi Takayanagi;Yuki Morikawa

  • Preparation of Novel Cyclic Hypervalent Idoine(III) Compounds Having Azido, Cyano, and Nitrato Ligands

    S. Akai;T. Okuno;M. Egi;T. Takada

  • Aryl Boronic Esters Are Stable on Silica Gel and Reactive under Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Conditions.

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  • Lipase-catalyzed domino dynamic kinetic resolution of racemic 3-vinylcyclohex-2-en-1-ols/intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction: one-pot synthesis of optically active polysubstituted decalins.

    Shuji Akai;Kouichi Tanimoto;Yasuyuki Kita

  • Total Synthesis of (±)-γ-Rubromycin on the Basis of Two Aromatic Pummerer-Type Reactions†

    Shuji Akai;Shuji Akai;Keisuke Kakiguchi;Yuka Nakamura;Ikumi Kuriwaki

  • Highly Regioselective Nucleophilic Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation on Furans and Thiophenes Initiated by Pummerer-Type Reaction

    Shuji Akai;Norihito Kawashita;Hideharu Satoh;Yasufumi Wada

  • Cationic Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of γ-Hydroxyalkynones into 3(2H)-Furanones

    Masahiro Egi;Kenji Azechi;Moriaki Saneto;Kaori Shimizu

  • ortho‐Selective Nucleophilic Addition of Primary Amines to Silylbenzynes: Synthesis of 2‐Silylanilines

    Takashi Ikawa;Tsuyoshi Nishiyama;Takashi Shigeta;Shinya Mohri

  • Regiocomplementary cycloaddition reactions of boryl- and silylbenzynes with 1,3-dipoles: selective synthesis of benzo-fused azole derivatives.

    Takashi Ikawa;Akira Takagi;Masahiko Goto;Yuya Aoyama

  • Preparation and Regioselective Diels–Alder Reactions of Borylbenzynes: Synthesis of Functionalized Arylboronates

    Takashi Ikawa;Akira Takagi;Yurio Kurita;Kozumo Saito

  • Lipase-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of C 1 - and C 2 -Symmetric Racemic Axially Chiral 2,2'-Dihydroxy-1,1'-biaryls.

    Gamal A. I. Moustafa;Gamal A. I. Moustafa;Yasuhiro Oki;Shuji Akai

  • Synthesis of various kinds of isoflavones, isoflavanes, and biphenyl-ketones and their 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging activities.

    Hideyuki Goto;Yoshiyasu Terao;Shuji Akai

  • A Domino Process for Benzyne Preparation: Dual Activation of o-(Trimethylsilyl)phenols by Nonafluorobutanesulfonyl Fluoride

    Takashi Ikawa;Tsuyoshi Nishiyama;Toshifumi Nosaki;Akira Takagi

  • Mo—Au Combo Catalysis for Rapid 1,3‐Rearrangement of Propargyl Alcohols into α,β‐Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds.

    Masahiro Egi;Yoshiko Yamaguchi;Noboru Fujiwara;Shuji Akai

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuyuki Kita
Yasuyuki Kita Ritsumeikan University
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Hiroshi Maeda
Hiroshi Maeda Kumamoto University
Naoto Oku
Naoto Oku University of Shizuoka
Hideo Tsukada
Hideo Tsukada Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)
Yoshitaka Hamashima
Yoshitaka Hamashima University of Shizuoka
Toshifumi Dohi
Toshifumi Dohi Ritsumeikan University
Harald Gröger
Harald Gröger Bielefeld University
Yoshihide Tsujimoto
Yoshihide Tsujimoto Osaka University
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University

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