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Yoshihiko Hirotsu

Yoshihiko Hirotsu

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 40 12811 812 284 6393

Yoshihiko Hirotsu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yoshihiko Hirotsu between 1972 and 2015, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yoshihiko Hirotsu published across 44 years, from 1972 to 2015, averaging 7.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2007. 6 of the 312 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1972 to 2015. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2007. 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 1 publication 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 3 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 8 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 8 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 9 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 22 publications 2006: 28 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 0 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 5 publications
1972 2015

312 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yoshihiko Hirotsu: publications per year, 1972 to 2015
Year Publications
1972 1
1973 1
1974 1
1975 2
1976 2
1977 0
1978 2
1979 1
1980 2
1981 0
1982 3
1983 3
1984 2
1985 1
1986 2
1987 8
1988 7
1989 7
1990 11
1991 8
1992 0
1993 5
1994 7
1995 2
1996 4
1997 9
1998 11
1999 10
2000 9
2001 12
2002 12
2003 17
2004 16
2005 22
2006 28
2007 32
2008 14
2009 16
2010 7
2011 5
2012 4
2013 0
2014 1
2015 5
Total 312
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Yoshihiko Hirotsu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 270–289 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665 284
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Yoshihiko Hirotsu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40–41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211 40
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Yoshihiko Hirotsu is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, where their academic and research activities are based. The profile details on their scholarly output and collaborative networks are not provided, which limits the scope of outlining specific contributions to their field.

The available data does not specify particular research topics, primary or subfields of study, or themes of work associated with Yoshihiko Hirotsu. Similarly, no recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues have been documented, and there is no information regarding book publications or award recognitions.

Despite the limited data on specific research topics or outputs, affiliation with Osaka University indicates involvement in academic pursuits typically associated with a major research institution in Japan, possibly spanning various scientific or scholarly disciplines.

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Best Publications

  • Direct observation of local atomic order in a metallic glass

    Akihiko Hirata;Pengfei Guan;Takeshi Fujita;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Plasticity and structural instability in a bulk metallic glass deformed in the supercooled liquid region

    T.G. Nieh;J. Wadsworth;C.T. Liu;T. Ohkubo

  • Structural Relaxation of Amorphous Silicon Carbide

    Manabu Ishimaru;In Tae Bae;Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Syo Matsumura

  • Voronoi analysis of the structure of Cu–Zr and Ni–Zr metallic glasses

    T. Fukunaga;K. Itoh;T. Otomo;K. Mori

  • Local structure of amorphous Zr70Pd30 alloy studied by electron diffraction

    T. Takagi;T. Ohkubo;Y. Hirotsu;B. S. Murty

  • Unexpectedly low thermal conductivity in natural nanostructured bulk Ga2Te3

    Ken Kurosaki;Hideaki Matsumoto;Anek Charoenphakdee;Shinsuke Yamanaka

  • Compositional dependence of local atomic structures in amorphous Fe 100 − x B x ( x = 14 , 17 , 20 ) alloys studied by electron diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy

    Akihiko Hirata;Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Tadakatsu Ohkubo;Takeshi Hanada

  • Fabrication and nanostructure of oriented FePt particles

    Bo Bian;David E. Laughlin;Kazuhisa Sato;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Microcrystalline domains in amorphous Pd77.5Cu6Si16.5 alloys studied by high‐resolution electron microscopy

    Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Masashi Uehara;Manabu Ueno

  • Ordering of island-like FePt crystallites with orientations

    Bo Bian;Kazuhisa Sato;Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Akihiro Makino

  • Electron diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy study of an amorphous Pd 82 Si 18 alloy with nanoscale phase separation

    Tadakatsu Ohkubo;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • High-Resolution Electron Microscopic Observation of Microcrystalline Domains in an Amorphous Fe 84 B 16 Alloy

    Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Ryoji Akada

  • Mechanism of heterogeneous nucleation of α-Fe nanocrystals from Fe89Zr7B3Cu1 amorphous alloy

    T Ohkubo;H Kai;D.H Ping;K Hono

  • Magnetic properties and microstructure of nanocrystalline bcc Fe-M-B (M=Zr,Hf,Nb) alloys

    A. Makino;K. Suzuki;A. Inoue;Y. Hirotsu

  • Electron-beam-induced amorphization in SiC

    Manabu Ishimaru;In-Tae Bae;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Nanocrystallization of complex Fe23B6-type structure in glassy Fe-Co-B-Si-Nb alloy

    Akihiko Hirata;Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Kenji Amiya;Nobuyuki Nishiyama

  • Study of amorphous alloy structures with medium range atomic ordering.

    Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Tadakatsu Ohkubo;Mitsuhide Matsushita

  • Fabrication of oriented L10-FePt and FePd nanoparticles with large coercivity

    Kazuhisa Sato;Bo Bian;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Structure and magnetic property changes of epitaxially grown L10-FePd isolated nanoparticles on annealing

    Kazuhisa Sato;Yoshihiko Hirotsu

  • Electron field emission from GaN nanorod films grown on Si substrates with native silicon oxides

    T. Yamashita;S. Hasegawa;S. Nishida;M. Ishimaru

  • Modulated Structure of the High-TcSuperconductor Bi-Pb-Ca-Sr-Cu-O Studied by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and Electron Diffraction

    Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Osamu Tomioka;Tadakatsu Ohkubo;Naoki Yamamoto

  • Crystallization process and glass stability of an Fe 48 Cr 15 Mo 14 C 15 B 6 Tm 2 bulk metallic glass

    Akihiko Hirata;Yoshihiko Hirotsu;Kenji Amiya;Akihisa Inoue

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadakatsu Ohkubo
Tadakatsu Ohkubo National Institute for Materials Science
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata Waseda University
Kurt E. Sickafus
Kurt E. Sickafus University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Akihiro Makino
Akihiro Makino Tohoku University
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University
Eiichiro Matsubara
Eiichiro Matsubara Kyoto University
T.G. Nieh
T.G. Nieh University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Nobuyuki Nishiyama
Nobuyuki Nishiyama Tohoku University
Kazuhiro Hono
Kazuhiro Hono National Institute for Materials Science
Takayuki Komatsu
Takayuki Komatsu Nagaoka University of Technology

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