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D-Index
76
Citations
20197
World Ranking
4258
National Ranking
803

Takeshi Akasaka 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 Takeshi Akasaka sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 552 publications — 91st percentile

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

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

Takeshi Akasaka 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 Takeshi Akasaka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Takeshi Akasaka is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research, Graphene research and applications, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Frequently publishing in various scientific venues, Takeshi Akasaka has multiple works appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
  • Inorganics
  • JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

The scientist has collaborated often with several coauthors, including:

  • Xing Lü
  • Filip Uhlík
  • Zdeněk Slanina
  • Ludwik Adamowicz
  • Wangqiang Shen

Selected recent papers by Takeshi Akasaka include:

  • "Crystallographic Characterization of Er2C2@C80-88: Cluster Stretching with Cage Elongation," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "New Horizons in Chemical Functionalization of Endohedral Metallofullerenes," 2020, Molecules
  • "Crystallographic Characterization of Ti2C2@D3h(5)-C78, Ti2C2@C3v(8)-C82, and Ti2C2@Cs(6)-C82: Identification of Unsupported Ti2C2 Cluster with Cage-Dependent Configurations," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Calculated Relative Thermodynamic Stabilities of the Gd@C82 Isomers," 2021, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • "Er@C82 as a Bifunctional Additive to the Spiro-OMeTAD Hole Transport Layer for Improving Performance and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells," 2021, Solar RRL

Best Publications

  • Current status and future developments of endohedral metallofullerenes

    Xing Lu;Xing Lu;Lai Feng;Lai Feng;Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase

  • Large-Scale Separation of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

    Yutaka Maeda;Shin-Ichi Kimura;Makoto Kanda;Yuya Hirashima

  • 13C and 139La NMR Studies of La2@C80: First Evidence for Circular Motion of Metal Atoms in Endohedral Dimetallofullerenes

    Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi;Markus Wälchli

  • Endohedral metal atoms in pristine and functionalized fullerene cages.

    Michio Yamada;Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase

  • Redox properties of organofullerenes

    Toshiyasu Suzuki;Yusei Maruyama;Takeshi Akasaka;Wataru Ando

  • Structural Determination of Metallofullerene Sc3C82 Revisited: A Surprising Finding

    Yuko Iiduka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Tsukasa Nakahodo;Takahiro Tsuchiya

  • Chemistry of endohedral metallofullerenes: the role of metals

    Xing Lu;Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase

  • La@C82 Anion. An Unusually Stable Metallofullerene

    Takeshi Akasaka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi

  • La@C72 having a non-IPR carbon cage

    Takatsugu Wakahara;Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Tsukasa Nakahodo

  • Exohedral adducts of La@C 82

    Takeshi Akasaka;Tatsuhisa Kato;Kaoru Kobayashi;Shigeru Nagase

  • Endohedral Metallofullerenes : New Spherical Cage Molecules with Interesting Properties

    Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi;Takeshi Akasaka

  • Selective interaction of large or charge-transfer aromatic molecules with metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes: critical role of the molecular size and orientation.

    Jing Lu;Shigeru Nagase;Xinwei Zhang;Dan Wang

  • Carbene Additions to Fullerenes

    Michio Yamada;Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase

  • Isolation and characterization of a carbene derivative of La@C82.

    Yutaka Maeda;Yoichiro Matsunaga;Takatsugu Wakahara;Satomi Takahashi

  • Missing metallofullerene La@C74.

    Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Takatsugu Wakahara;Tsukasa Nakahodo

  • A theoretical study of C80 and La2@C80

    Kaoru Kobayashi;Shigeru Nagase;Takeshi Akasaka

  • Reaction of C60 with silylene, the first fullerene silirane derivative

    Takeshi Akasaka;Wataru Ando;Kaoru Kobayashi;Shigeru Nagase

  • Carbide cluster metallofullerenes: structure, properties, and possible origin.

    Xing Lu;Xing Lu;Takeshi Akasaka;Takeshi Akasaka;Shigeru Nagase

  • Structural Determination of the La@C82 Isomer

    Takeshi Akasaka;Takatsugu Wakahara;Shigeru Nagase;Kaoru Kobayashi

  • Isolation of an ESR-Active Metallofullerene of La@C82

    Kazunori Yamamoto;Hideyuki Funasaka;Takeshi Takahashi;Takeshi Akasaka

  • Missing Endohedral Metallofullerenes: La@C72 Having a Non-IPR Carbon Cage

    T. Akasaka;Hidefumi Nikawa;Takashi Kikuchi;Takatsugu Wakahara

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeru Nagase
Shigeru Nagase Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
Yutaka Maeda
Yutaka Maeda Tokyo Gakugei University
Takahiro Tsuchiya
Takahiro Tsuchiya Kitasato University
Takatsugu Wakahara
Takatsugu Wakahara National Institute for Materials Science
Xing Lu
Xing Lu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Naomi Mizorogi
Naomi Mizorogi University of Tsukuba
Tatsuhisa Kato
Tatsuhisa Kato Kyoto University
Jing Lu
Jing Lu Peking University
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ludwik Adamowicz
Ludwik Adamowicz University of Arizona

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