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Yasuhiro Shiraishi

Yasuhiro Shiraishi

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 75 4445 4037 251 235 208 19788

Yasuhiro Shiraishi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yasuhiro Shiraishi between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yasuhiro Shiraishi published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2011. 10 of the 214 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2011. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 4 publications
1997 2025

214 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yasuhiro Shiraishi: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 2
1999 6
2000 4
2001 8
2002 10
2003 7
2004 6
2005 10
2006 7
2007 12
2008 12
2009 9
2010 13
2011 14
2012 8
2013 14
2014 8
2015 10
2016 7
2017 10
2018 4
2019 3
2020 6
2021 3
2022 4
2023 5
2024 6
2025 4
Total 214
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Yasuhiro Shiraishi 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 Yasuhiro Shiraishi 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: 208 publications — 35th percentile

35% 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 1,281 208
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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Yasuhiro Shiraishi 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 Yasuhiro Shiraishi 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, 74–75 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: 75 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% 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
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 75
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

Yasuhiro Shiraishi is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, focusing on materials science and energy fields. Their work predominantly addresses renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry, with a special emphasis on advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Their research covers several interconnected subfields, including materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, and catalysis. The primary topics of their work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Shiraishi has published extensively in reputable scientific journals. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • JACS Au
  • Chemical Communications
  • Langmuir
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

Among recent papers by Yasuhiro Shiraishi are:

  • Polythiophene-Doped Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin Photocatalysts for Solar-to-Hydrogen Peroxide Energy Conversion, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photocatalytic Dinitrogen Fixation with Water on Bismuth Oxychloride in Chloride Solutions for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide splitting on metal-free powders assisted by phosphoric acid as a stabilizer, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Solar-to-hydrogen peroxide energy conversion on resorcinol-formaldehyde resin photocatalysts prepared by acid-catalysed polycondensation, 2020, Communications Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Shiraishi's research include Takayuki Hirai, Shunsuke Tanaka, Satoshi Ichikawa, Wataru Hiramatsu, and Koki Yoshida. These collaborations have contributed to a range of studies primarily within the same research fields and publication venues.

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitrogen to Ammonia with Water on Surface Oxygen Vacancies of Titanium Dioxide

    Hiroaki Hirakawa;Masaki Hashimoto;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Takayuki Hirai

  • Highly Selective Production of Hydrogen Peroxide on Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4) Photocatalyst Activated by Visible Light

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Shunsuke Kanazawa;Yoshitsune Sugano;Daijiro Tsukamoto

  • Resorcinol-formaldehyde resins as metal-free semiconductor photocatalysts for solar-to-hydrogen peroxide energy conversion.

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Takahiro Takii;Takumi Hagi;Shinnosuke Mori

  • Gold Nanoparticles Located at the Interface of Anatase/Rutile TiO2 Particles as Active Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Aerobic Oxidation

    Daijiro Tsukamoto;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yoshitsune Sugano;Satoshi Ichikawa

  • Sunlight-Driven Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Water and Molecular Oxygen by Metal-Free Photocatalysts†

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Shunsuke Kanazawa;Yusuke Kofuji;Hirokatsu Sakamoto

  • Carbon Nitride-Aromatic Diimide-Graphene Nanohybrids: Metal-Free Photocatalysts for Solar-to-Hydrogen Peroxide Energy Conversion with 0.2% Efficiency.

    Yusuke Kofuji;Yuki Isobe;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Hirokatsu Sakamoto

  • Photocatalytic H2O2 Production from Ethanol/O2 System Using TiO2 Loaded with Au–Ag Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles

    Daijiro Tsukamoto;Akimitsu Shiro;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yoshitsune Sugano

  • Cu(II)-selective green fluorescence of a rhodamine-diacetic acid conjugate.

    Xuan Zhang;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Takayuki Hirai

  • Selective organic transformations on titanium oxide-based photocatalysts

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Takayuki Hirai

  • Au Nanoparticles Supported on BiVO4: Effective Inorganic Photocatalysts for H2O2 Production from Water and O2 under Visible Light

    Hiroaki Hirakawa;Shingo Shiota;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Hirokatsu Sakamoto

  • Adsorption-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Naoya Saito;Takayuki Hirai

  • A rhodamine-cyclen conjugate as a highly sensitive and selective fluorescent chemosensor for Hg(II).

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Shigehiro Sumiya;Yoshiko Kohno;Takayuki Hirai

  • Desulfurization and Denitrogenation Process for Light Oils Based on Chemical Oxidation followed by Liquid−Liquid Extraction

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Kenya Tachibana;and Takayuki Hirai;Isao Komasawa

  • Graphitic Carbon Nitride Doped with Biphenyl Diimide: Efficient Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide Production from Water and Molecular Oxygen by Sunlight

    Yusuke Kofuji;Satoshi Ohkita;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Hirokatsu Sakamoto

  • Effects of Surface Defects on Photocatalytic H2O2 Production by Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride under Visible Light Irradiation

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yusuke Kofuji;Hirokatsu Sakamoto;Shunsuke Tanaka

  • Highly sensitive cyanide anion detection with a coumarin-spiropyran conjugate as a fluorescent receptor.

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Shigehiro Sumiya;Takayuki Hirai

  • Selective Nitrate-to-Ammonia Transformation on Surface Defects of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts

    Hiroaki Hirakawa;Masaki Hashimoto;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Takayuki Hirai

  • Pt–Cu Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles Supported on Anatase TiO2: Highly Active Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation Driven by Visible Light

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Hirokatsu Sakamoto;Yoshitsune Sugano;Satoshi Ichikawa

  • One-Pot Synthesis of Benzimidazoles by Simultaneous Photocatalytic and Catalytic Reactions on Pt@TiO2 Nanoparticles

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Yoshitsune Sugano;Shunsuke Tanaka;Takayuki Hirai

  • Polythiophene-Doped Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin Photocatalysts for Solar-to-Hydrogen Peroxide Energy Conversion.

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Masako Matsumoto;Satoshi Ichikawa;Shunsuke Tanaka

  • Selective Hydrogen Peroxide Formation by Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis with Benzylic Alcohols and Molecular Oxygen in Water

    Yasuhiro Shiraishi;Shunsuke Kanazawa;Daijiro Tsukamoto;Akimitsu Shiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Takayuki Hirai
Takayuki Hirai Osaka University
Shunsuke Tanaka
Shunsuke Tanaka Kansai University
Bunsho Ohtani
Bunsho Ohtani Hokkaido University
Tetsuro Majima
Tetsuro Majima Osaka University
Mamoru Fujitsuka
Mamoru Fujitsuka Osaka University

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