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Shunichi Fukuzumi

Shunichi Fukuzumi

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
150
Citations
82880
World Ranking
138
National Ranking
8

Shunichi Fukuzumi 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 Shunichi Fukuzumi sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,331 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shunichi Fukuzumi 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 Shunichi Fukuzumi sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 150 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Shunichi Fukuzumi is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has an extensive research record in the fields of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Energy. Their work spans numerous subfields including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics cover Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions, Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties, and Free Radicals and Antioxidants.

The recent papers of this scientist include:

  • Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using a Robust Multifunctional Iridium Complex toward the Selective Formation of Formic Acid (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Identifying Intermediates in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation with a Manganese Corrole Complex (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Artificial nonheme iron and manganese oxygenases for enantioselective olefin epoxidation and alkane hydroxylation reactions (2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Recent progress in production and usage of hydrogen peroxide (2021, CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION))
  • Mechanistic dichotomies in redox reactions of mononuclear metal-oxygen intermediates (2020, Chemical Society Reviews)

Frequent co-authors of this scientist include:

  • Wonwoo Nam (56 collaborations)
  • Yong-Min Lee (55 collaborations)
  • Mi Sook Seo (14 collaborations)
  • Kei Ohkubo (13 collaborations)
  • Young Hyun Hong (12 collaborations)

Publication venues where this scientist frequently publishes include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (11 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (6 publications)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (6 publications)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database (5 publications)
  • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Electron-transfer state of 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium ion with a much longer lifetime and higher energy than that of the natural photosynthetic reaction center.

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Hiroaki Kotani;Kei Ohkubo;Seiji Ogo

  • Modulating charge separation and charge recombination dynamics in porphyrin-fullerene linked dyads and triads: Marcus-normal versus inverted region.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Koichi Tamaki;Dirk M. Guldi;Chuping Luo

  • Charge separation in a novel artificial photosynthetic reaction center lives 380 ms.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Dirk M. Guldi;Koichi Tamaki;Yutaka Yoshida

  • Development of bioinspired artificial photosynthetic systems

    Shunichi Fukuzumi

  • Porphyrin‐ and Fullerene‐Based Molecular Photovoltaic Devices

    H. Imahori;H. Imahori;S. Fukuzumi

  • Photovoltaic cells using composite nanoclusters of porphyrins and fullerenes with gold nanoparticles

    Taku Hasobe;Hiroshi Imahori;Prashant V Kamat;Tae Kyu Ahn

  • Organic synthetic transformations using organic dyes as photoredox catalysts

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Kei Ohkubo

  • Energetic comparison between photoinduced electron-transfer reactions from NADH model compounds to organic and inorganic oxidants and hydride-transfer reactions from NADH model compounds to p-benzoquinone derivatives

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shintaro Koumitsu;Katsuhiko Hironaka;Toshio Tanaka

  • Light-harvesting and photocurrent generation by gold electrodes modified with mixed self-assembled monolayers of boron-dipyrrin and ferrocene-porphyrin-fullerene triad.

    Hiroshi Imahori;Hiroyuki Norieda;Hiroko Yamada;Yoshinobu Nishimura

  • Tuning Reactivity and Mechanism in Oxidation Reactions by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes

    Wonwoo Nam;Yong Min Lee;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi

  • Seawater usable for production and consumption of hydrogen peroxide as a solar fuel.

    Kentaro Mase;Masaki Yoneda;Yusuke Yamada;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi

  • Long-lived charge separation and applications in artificial photosynthesis.

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Kei Ohkubo;Tomoyoshi Suenobu

  • Selective photocatalytic reactions with organic photocatalysts

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Kei Ohkubo

  • Blue Copper Model Complexes with Distorted Tetragonal Geometry Acting as Effective Electron-Transfer Mediators in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Shigeki Hattori;Yuji Wada;Shozo Yanagida;Shunichi Fukuzumi

  • Rational Principles for Modulating Fluorescence Properties of Fluorescein

    Tasuku Ueno;Yasuteru Urano;Ken-Ichi Setsukinai;Hideo Takakusa

  • Hydrogen Peroxide as a Sustainable Energy Carrier: Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen Peroxide and the Fuel Cell.

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Shunichi Fukuzumi;Yusuke Yamada;Kenneth D. Karlin;Kenneth D. Karlin

  • Photofunctional nanomaterials composed of multiporphyrins and carbon-based π-electron acceptors

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Takahiko Kojima

  • Bioinspired Energy Conversion Systems for Hydrogen Production and Storage

    Shunichi Fukuzumi

  • Unusually large tunneling effect on highly efficient generation of hydrogen and hydrogen isotopes in pH-selective decomposition of formic acid catalyzed by a heterodinuclear iridium-ruthenium complex in water.

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Takeshi Kobayashi;Tomoyoshi Suenobu

  • Rational design principle for modulating fluorescence properties of fluorescein-based probes by photoinduced electron transfer.

    Tetsuo Miura;Yasuteru Urano;Kumi Tanaka;Tetsuo Nagano

  • An Extremely Small Reorganization Energy of Electron Transfer in Porphyrin−Fullerene Dyad

    Hiroshi Imahori;Nikolai V. Tkachenko;Visa Vehmanen;Koichi Tamaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kei Ohkubo
Kei Ohkubo Osaka University
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Tomoyoshi Suenobu
Tomoyoshi Suenobu Osaka University
Yong-Min Lee
Yong-Min Lee Yonsei University
Takahiko Kojima
Takahiko Kojima University of Tsukuba
Hiroshi Imahori
Hiroshi Imahori Kyoto University
Mohamed E. El-Khouly
Mohamed E. El-Khouly Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology
Yusuke Yamada
Yusuke Yamada Osaka Metropolitan University
Taku Hasobe
Taku Hasobe Keio University
Shinobu Itoh
Shinobu Itoh Osaka University

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