2026 Yoshiharu Nishiyama: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	55	8430	8145	232	225	168	21973
Chemistry	54	12433	11193	495	444	149	21586

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

8430

8145

232

225

168

21973

Chemistry

12433

11193

495

444

149

21586

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

21973

World Ranking

8430

National Ranking

232

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

21586

World Ranking

12433

National Ranking

495

Overview

Yoshiharu Nishiyama is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, where their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering. Their work spans several subfields including biomaterials, biomedical engineering, plant science, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's research topics emphasize advanced cellulose research studies, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, lignin and wood chemistry, biofuel production and bioconversion, nanocomposite films for food packaging, natural fiber reinforced composites, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

Frequent publication venues for Nishiyama include:

Cellulose
Carbohydrate Polymers
Biomacromolecules
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Small

Among their recent papers are:

Small Angle Neutron Scattering Shows Nanoscale PMMA Distribution in Transparent Wood Biocomposites, 2021, Nano Letters
Water cast film formability of sugarcane bagasse xylans favored by side groups, 2020, Cellulose
Untangling the threads of cellulose mercerization, 2022, Nature Communications
Supramolecular Assembly and Chirality of Synthetic Carbohydrate Materials, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Morphological changes in the cellulose and lignin components of biomass occur at different stages of steam pretreatment, 2021, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Yoshiharu Nishiyama has collaborated extensively with several coauthors including Yu Ogawa, Pan Chen, Jean-Luc Putaux, Haisong Qi, and Karim Mazeau. The volume of their collaborations indicates active participation in a network of research focused on carbohydrate materials and related fields.

Best Publications

Crystal Structure and Hydrogen-Bonding System in Cellulose Iβ from Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Paul Langan;Henri Chanzy

3107
Citations
Cellulose nanofibers prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation of native cellulose

Tsuguyuki Saito;Satoshi Kimura;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Akira Isogai

2794
Citations
Homogeneous suspensions of individualized microfibrils from TEMPO-catalyzed oxidation of native cellulose.

Tsuguyuki Saito;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Jean-Luc Putaux;Michel Vignon

2018
Citations
The Shape and Size Distribution of Crystalline Nanoparticles Prepared by Acid Hydrolysis of Native Cellulose

Samira Elazzouzi-Hafraoui;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Jean-Luc Putaux;Laurent Heux

1428
Citations
Structure and properties of the cellulose microfibril

Yoshiharu Nishiyama

639
Citations
X-ray structure of mercerized cellulose II at 1 Å resolution

Paul Langan;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Henri Chanzy

636
Citations
A REVISED STRUCTURE AND HYDROGEN-BONDING SYSTEM IN CELLULOSE II FROM A NEUTRON FIBER DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS

P. Langan;Y. Nishiyama;H. Chanzy

448
Citations
Nanofibrillar cellulose aerogels

Hao Jin;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

444
Citations
Cellulose IIII Crystal Structure and Hydrogen Bonding by Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Fiber Diffraction

Masahisa Wada;Henri Chanzy;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Paul Langan

359
Citations
Surface acetylation of bacterial cellulose

Dae-Young Kim;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Shigenori Kuga

330
Citations
About the structure of cellulose: debating the Lindman hypothesis

Wolfgang G. Glasser;Rajai H. Atalla;John Blackwell;R. Malcolm Brown

320
Citations
Rheological properties of microfibrillar suspension of TEMPO-oxidized pulp

Elsa Lasseuguette;Denis Roux;Yoshiharu Nishiyama

304
Citations
Surface acylation of cellulose whiskers by drying aqueous emulsion.

Huihong Yuan;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

300
Citations
Neutron crystallography, molecular dynamics, and quantum mechanics studies of the nature of hydrogen bonding in cellulose Ibeta.

Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Glenn P. Johnson;Alfred D. French;V. Trevor Forsyth

299
Citations
Periodic disorder along ramie cellulose microfibrils.

Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Ung-Jin Kim;Dae-Young Kim;Kyoko S. Katsumata

291
Citations
Role of the Putative Membrane-Bound Endo-1,4-β-Glucanase KORRIGAN in Cell Elongation and Cellulose Synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Shigeru Sato;Tomohiko Kato;Koichi Kakegawa;Tadashi Ishii

251
Citations
Mechanical properties of Silk fibroin-microcrystalline cellulose composite films

Yasutomo Noishiki;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

241
Citations
Common processes drive the thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

Paul Langan;Paul Langan;Loukas Petridis;Loukas Petridis;Hugh M. O'Neill;Sai Venkatesh Pingali

239
Citations
Gas-phase surface esterification of cellulose microfibrils and whiskers.

Sophie Berlioz;Sonia Molina-Boisseau;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Laurent Heux

233
Citations
High-yield Carbonization of Cellulose by Sulfuric Acid Impregnation

Dae-Young Kim;Yoshiharu Nishiyama;Masahisa Wada;Shigenori Kuga

229
Citations