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Yasujiro Murata

Yasujiro Murata

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
16172
World Ranking
6891
National Ranking
444

Yasujiro Murata 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 Yasujiro Murata sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 353 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yasujiro Murata 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 Yasujiro Murata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yasujiro Murata is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and is active in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research primarily encompasses Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, with additional focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optics, and Spectroscopy.

Their work covers a range of topics that include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Graphene research and applications, Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds, Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research, and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites.

Yasujiro Murata has published extensively in several frequent venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ChemPlusChem
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Communications

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Synthesis of inter-[60]fullerene conjugates with inherent chirality," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Water in Fullerenes," 2023, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • "Cage-Expansion of Fullerenes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Organophosphorus zwitterions engaged in a conjugated macrocycle on fullerene," 2020, Communications Chemistry
  • "Cation recognition on a fullerene-based macrocycle," 2020, Chemical Science

Throughout their research career, Murata has frequently collaborated with several scientists, including:

  • Yoshifumi Hashikawa
  • Shumpei Sadai
  • Shu Okamoto
  • Shota Hasegawa
  • Takashi Hirose

Best Publications

  • Purely organic electroluminescent material realizing 100% conversion from electricity to light

    Hironori Kaji;Hajime Suzuki;Tatsuya Fukushima;Katsuyuki Shizu;Katsuyuki Shizu

  • Encapsulation of Molecular Hydrogen in Fullerene C60 by Organic Synthesis

    Koichi Komatsu;Michihisa Murata;Yasujiro Murata

  • Synthesis and X-ray structure of dumb-bell-shaped C 120

    Guan-Wu Wang;Koichi Komatsu;Yasujiro Murata;Motoo Shiro

  • A single molecule of water encapsulated in fullerene C

    Kei Kurotobi;Yasujiro Murata

  • Dynamic Optical Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 Single Crystals As Revealed by One- and Two-Photon Excited Photoluminescence Measurements

    Yasuhiro Yamada;Takumi Yamada;Le Quang Phuong;Naoki Maruyama

  • Triarylboron-Based Fluorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes with External Quantum Efficiencies Exceeding 20 %

    Katsuaki Suzuki;Shosei Kubo;Katsuyuki Shizu;Tatsuya Fukushima

  • Reproducible Fabrication of Efficient Perovskite-based Solar Cells: X-ray Crystallographic Studies on the Formation of CH3NH3PbI3 Layers

    Atsushi Wakamiya;Atsushi Wakamiya;Masaru Endo;Takahiro Sasamori;Norihiro Tokitoh

  • Hole-Transporting Materials with a Two-Dimensionally Expanded π-System around an Azulene Core for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

    Hidetaka Nishimura;Naoki Ishida;Ai Shimazaki;Atsushi Wakamiya

  • A Kinetic Study on the Rate Retardation in Radical Polymerization of Styrene with Addition−Fragmentation Chain Transfer

    Yungwan Kwak;Atsushi Goto;Yoshinobu Tsujii;Yasujiro Murata

  • Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of the Fullerene Dimer C120

    Koichi Komatsu;Guan-Wu Wang;Yasujiro Murata;Toru Tanaka

  • Surgery of fullerenes.

    Michihisa Murata;Yasujiro Murata;Yasujiro Murata;Koichi Komatsu

  • 100% encapsulation of a hydrogen molecule into an open-cage fullerene derivative and gas-phase generation of H2@C60.

    Yasujiro Murata;Michihisa Murata;Koichi Komatsu

  • Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Novel Open-Cage Fullerenes Having Heteroatom(s) on the Rim of the Orifice

    Yasujiro Murata;Michihisa Murata;Koichi Komatsu

  • Synthesis and Properties of Endohedral C60 Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen

    Michihisa Murata;Yasujiro Murata;Koichi Komatsu

  • Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells by Interfacial Engineering Using Solution-Processed Polymer Layer

    Feijiu Wang;Ai Shimazaki;Fengjiu Yang;Kaito Kanahashi

  • Quantum rotation of ortho and para-water encapsulated in a fullerene cage

    Carlo Beduz;Marina Carravetta;Judy Y.-C. Chen;Maria Concistrè

  • Solid-State [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Fullerene C60 with Condensed Aromatics Using a High-Speed Vibration Milling Technique

    Yasujiro Murata;Noriyuki Kato;Koichi Fujiwara;Koichi Komatsu

  • Lead‐Free Solar Cells based on Tin Halide Perovskite Films with High Coverage and Improved Aggregation

    Jiewei Liu;Masashi Ozaki;Shinya Yakumaru;Taketo Handa

  • Positive Heterotropic Cooperativity for Selective Guest Binding via Electronic Communications through a Fused Zinc Porphyrin Array

    Hiroshi Sato;Kentaro Tashiro;Hideyuki Shinmori;Atsuhiro Osuka

  • Aqueous solubilization of crystalline fullerenes by supramolecular complexation with γ-cyclodextrin and sulfocalix[8]arene under mechanochemical high-speed vibration milling

    Koichi Komatsu;Koichi Fujiwara;Yasujiro Murata;Tibor Braun

  • Synthesis and reaction of fullerene C70 encapsulating two molecules of H2.

    Michihisa Murata;Shuhei Maeda;Yuta Morinaka;Yasujiro Murata

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Komatsu
Koichi Komatsu Kyoto University
Atsushi Wakamiya
Atsushi Wakamiya Kyoto University
Nicholas J. Turro
Nicholas J. Turro Columbia University
Malcolm H. Levitt
Malcolm H. Levitt University of Southampton
Guan-Wu Wang
Guan-Wu Wang University of Science and Technology of China
Osamu Ito
Osamu Ito Tohoku University
Akinori Saeki
Akinori Saeki Osaka University
Seiji Suga
Seiji Suga Okayama University
Yoshihiko Kanemitsu
Yoshihiko Kanemitsu Kyoto University
Takahiro Sasamori
Takahiro Sasamori University of Tsukuba

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