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Takafumi Hirata

Takafumi Hirata

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 72 861 760 13 12 511 17734

Takafumi Hirata publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Takafumi Hirata between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Takafumi Hirata published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 15.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2019. 27 of the 653 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2019. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 4 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 27 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 37 publications 2014: 44 publications 2015: 47 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 45 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 48 publications 2020: 41 publications 2021: 36 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 25 publications 2026: 2 publications
1986 2026

653 publications in total across all disciplines

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Takafumi Hirata: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 1
1989 1
1990 4
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 3
1997 4
1998 2
1999 1
2000 2
2001 6
2002 6
2003 14
2004 12
2005 9
2006 18
2007 12
2008 27
2009 12
2010 18
2011 11
2012 22
2013 37
2014 44
2015 47
2016 32
2017 45
2018 35
2019 48
2020 41
2021 36
2022 20
2023 31
2024 21
2025 25
2026 2
Total 653
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Takafumi Hirata publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takafumi Hirata sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 508–517 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 511 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19 511
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Takafumi Hirata D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takafumi Hirata sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62 72
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Takafumi Hirata is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, contributing extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on geophysical and geochemical analysis. Their scholarly output encompasses areas such as geophysics, atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, analytical chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The main topics of their work include geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, analytical chemistry methods development, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Takafumi Hirata include:

  • Hideki Iwano
  • Tohru Danhara
  • Sota Niki
  • Hisashi Asanuma
  • Shuji Yamashita

Takafumi Hirata's publications are often found in several key scientific journals. These frequent venues include:

  • The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
  • Island Arc
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
  • Mass Spectrometry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hirata are:

  • "Age control of the first appearance datum for Javanese Homo erectus in the Sangiran area," 2020, Science
  • "Isotopic analysis of platinum from single nanoparticles using a high-time resolution multiple collector Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectroscopy," 2020, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • "Zircon fission-track and U-Pb double dating using femtosecond laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: A technical note," 2020, Island Arc
  • "Geochemical characteristics of back-arc basin lower crust and upper mantle at final spreading stage of Shikoku Basin: an example of Mado Megamullion," 2021, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "A Paleogene magmatic overprint on Cretaceous seamounts of the western Pacific," 2021, Island Arc

Best Publications

  • Improvements of precision and accuracy in in situ Hf isotope microanalysis of zircon using the laser ablation-MC-ICPMS technique

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata

  • Atomic weights of the elements 2011 (IUPAC Technical Report)

    Michael E. Wieser;Norman Holden;Tyler B. Coplen;John K. Böhlke

  • Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Gene C. Feldman

  • U-Pb isotope geochronology of zircon: evaluation of the laser probe-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry technique

    Takafumi Hirata;Takafumi Hirata;Robert W. Nesbitt

  • Synoptic relationships between surface Chlorophyll- a and diagnostic pigments specific to phytoplankton functional types

    T. Hirata;N. J. Hardman-Mountford;R. J. W. Brewin;R. J. W. Brewin;J. Aiken

  • Volcanism in Response to Plate Flexure

    Naoto Hirano;Naoto Hirano;Eiichi Takahashi;Eiichi Takahashi;Junji Yamamoto;Junji Yamamoto;Natsue Abe

  • Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models

    C Laufkötter;C Laufkötter;M Vogt;N Gruber;M Aita-Noguchi

  • A three-component model of phytoplankton size class for the Atlantic Ocean

    Robert J.W. Brewin;Shubha Sathyendranath;Takafumi Hirata;Samantha J. Lavender

  • Satellite Ocean Colour: Current Status and Future Perspective

    Steve Groom;Shubha Sathyendranath;Yai Ban;Stewart Bernard

  • Major episodic increases of continental crustal growth determined from zircon ages of river sands; implications for mantle overturns in the Early Precambrian

    Shuji Rino;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Brian F. Windley;Ikuo Katayama

  • The Ediacaran radiogenic Sr isotope excursion in the Doushantuo Formation in the Three Gorges area, South China

    Yusuke Sawaki;Takeshi Ohno;Miyuki Tahata;Tsuyoshi Komiya

  • DETERMINATION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN SIXTEEN SILICATE REFERENCE SAMPLES BY ICP‐MS AFTER TM ADDITION AND ION EXCHANGE SEPARATION

    J.A. Barrat;F. Keller;J. Amossé;R.N. Taylor

  • Lead isotopic analyses of NIST standard reference materials using multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry coupled with a modified external correction method for mass discrimination effect

    Takafumi Hirata

  • An absorption model to determine phytoplankton size classes from satellite ocean colour

    T Hirata;J Aiken;NJ Hardman-Mountford;TJ Smyth

  • An inter‐laboratory evaluation of OD‐3 zircon for use as a secondary U–Pb dating standard

    Hideki Iwano;Yuji Orihashi;Takafumi Hirata;Masatsugu Ogasawara

  • 4.2 Ga zircon xenocryst in an Acasta gneiss from northwestern Canada : Evidence for early continental crust

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Kenji Horie;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shigenori Maruyama

  • A Consumer's Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean

    Colleen B. Mouw;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Séverine Alvain;Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher

  • Obtaining Phytoplankton Diversity from Ocean Color: A Scientific Roadmap for Future Development.

    Astrid Bracher;Astrid Bracher;Heather A. Bouman;Robert J. W. Brewin;Annick Bricaud;Annick Bricaud

  • U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of zircons from the Mississippi River sand: Implications for reworking and growth of continental crust

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Takafumi Hirata;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shuji Rino

  • Detrital zircon evidence for Hf isotopic evolution of granitoid crust and continental growth

    Tsuyoshi Iizuka;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Shuji Rino;Shigenori Maruyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigenori Maruyama
Shigenori Maruyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tsuyoshi Komiya
Tsuyoshi Komiya University of Tokyo
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford
Nick J. Hardman-Mountford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Tsuyoshi Iizuka
Tsuyoshi Iizuka University of Tokyo
Yukio Isozaki
Yukio Isozaki University of Tokyo
Robert J. W. Brewin
Robert J. W. Brewin University of Exeter
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Yasuhiro Yamanaka Hokkaido University
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Eiichi Takahashi
Eiichi Takahashi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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