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Yoshihito Kawamura

Yoshihito Kawamura

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Materials Science
Japan
2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
77
Citations
23139
World Ranking
3100
National Ranking
127

Yoshihito Kawamura 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 Yoshihito Kawamura sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 425 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshihito Kawamura 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 Yoshihito Kawamura sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yoshihito Kawamura is affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on magnesium alloys, including properties and applications, as well as aluminum alloys and their composites.

The scientist's work encompasses several specialized subfields such as biomaterials, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, and aerospace engineering.

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yoshihito Kawamura are:

  • Surprising increase in yield stress of Mg single crystal using long-period stacking ordered nanoplates (2021), published in Acta Materialia
  • α-Mg/LPSO (Long-Period Stacking Ordered) phase interfaces as obstacles against dislocation slip in as-cast Mg-Zn-Y alloys (2022), published in International Journal of Plasticity
  • Influence of crystallographic orientation and Al alloying on the corrosion behaviour of extruded α-Mg/LPSO two-phase Mg-Zn-Y alloys with multimodal microstructure (2022), published in Corrosion Science
  • Classification of high-temperature oxidation behavior of Mg-1 at% X binary alloys and application of proposed taxonomy to nonflammable multicomponent Mg alloys (2020), published in Corrosion Science
  • Advanced Mg-Al-Ca Alloys with Combined Properties of High Thermal Conductivity, High Mechanical Strength and Non-Flammability (2022), published in MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS

Frequent co-authors in their research include Michiaki Yamasaki, Shin-ichi Inoue, Soya Nishimoto, Koji Hagihara, and Daria Drozdenko.

Kawamura has published prolifically in several academic venues, including:

  • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Corrosion Science

Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties

Best Publications

  • Rapidly Solidified Powder Metallurgy Mg97Zn1Y2Alloys with Excellent Tensile Yield Strength above 600 MPa

    Yoshihito Kawamura;Kentaro Hayashi;Akihisa Inoue;Tsuyoshi Masumoto

  • Long-period ordered structure in a high-strength nanocrystalline Mg-1 at% Zn-2 at% Y alloy studied by atomic-resolution Z-contrast STEM

    E. Abe;Y. Kawamura;K. Hayashi;A. Inoue

  • Effect of long-period stacking ordered phase on mechanical properties of Mg97Zn1Y2 extruded alloy

    K. Hagihara;A. Kinoshita;Y. Sugino;M. Yamasaki

  • Formation and Mechanical Properties of Mg97Zn1RE2 Alloys with Long-Period Stacking Ordered Structure

    Yoshihito Kawamura;Michiaki Yamasaki

  • Long period stacking structures observed in Mg97Zn1Y2 alloy

    T. Itoi;T. Seimiya;Y. Kawamura;M. Hirohashi

  • Formation of 14H long period stacking ordered structure and profuse stacking faults in Mg–Zn–Gd alloys during isothermal aging at high temperature

    Michiaki Yamasaki;Minami Sasaki;Masahiko Nishijima;Kenji Hiraga

  • Effect of multimodal microstructure evolution on mechanical properties of Mg–Zn–Y extruded alloy

    Michiaki Yamasaki;Kenji Hashimoto;Koji Hagihara;Yoshihito Kawamura

  • Mechanical properties of warm-extruded Mg¿Zn¿Gd alloy with coherent 14H long periodic stacking ordered structure precipitate

    Michiaki Yamasaki;Tsutomu Anan;Shintaro Yoshimoto;Yoshihito Kawamura

  • Novel hexagonal structure and ultrahigh strength of magnesium solid solution in the Mg–Zn–Y system

    Akihisa Inoue;Yoshihito Kawamura;Mitsuhide Matsushita;Kentaro Hayashi

  • Effect of strain rate on compressive behavior of a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk metallic glass

    Toshiji Mukai;T.G Nieh;Yoshihito Kawamura;Akihisa Inoue

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Extruded Mg-Zn-Y Alloys with 14H Long Period Ordered Structure

    Shintaro Yoshimoto;Michiaki Yamasaki;Yoshihito Kawamura

  • Variation of long-period stacking order structures in rapidly solidified Mg97Zn1Y2 alloy

    M. Matsuda;Y. Kawamura;Y. Ikuhara

  • Crystallographic classification of kink bands in an extruded Mg–Zn–Y alloy using intragranular misorientation axis analysis

    Michiaki Yamasaki;Koji Hagihara;Shin Ichi Inoue;Jason Paul Hadorn

  • Hardness and plastic deformation in a bulk metallic glass

    U. Ramamurty;S. Jana;Y. Kawamura;K. Chattopadhyay

  • Elevated temperature Mg97Y2Cu1 alloy with long period ordered structure

    Yoshihito Kawamura;Takayuki Kasahara;Shogo Izumi;Michiaki Yamasaki

  • Precipitation-hardenable Mg-2.4Zn-0.1Ag-0.1Ca-0.16Zr (at.%) wrought magnesium alloy

    C.L. Mendis;K. Oh-ishi;Y. Kawamura;T. Honma

  • Polytypes of long-period stacking structures synchronized with chemical order in a dilute Mg–Zn–Y alloy

    E. Abe;A. Ono;T. Itoi;M. Yamasaki

  • Dynamic response of a Pd40Ni40P20 bulk metallic glass in tension

    Toshiji Mukai;T.G Nieh;Yoshihito Kawamura;Akihisa Inoue

  • Full strength compacts by extrusion of glassy metal powder at the supercooled liquid state

    Yoshihito Kawamura;Hidemi Kato;Akihisa Inoue;Tsuyoshi Masumoto

  • Strengthening mechanisms acting in extruded Mg-based long-period stacking ordered (LPSO)-phase alloys

    Koji Hagihara;Zixuan Li;Michiaki Yamasaki;Yoshihito Kawamura

  • Enrichment of Gd and Al atoms in the quadruple close packed planes and their in-plane long-range ordering in the long period stacking-ordered phase in the Mg–Al–Gd system

    H. Yokobayashi;K. Kishida;H. Inui;M. Yamasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiaki Yamasaki
Michiaki Yamasaki Kumamoto University
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University
Tsuyoshi Masumoto
Tsuyoshi Masumoto Tohoku University
Koji Hagihara
Koji Hagihara Osaka University
Hidemi Kato
Hidemi Kato Tohoku University
Takayoshi Nakano
Takayoshi Nakano Osaka University
Akihiro Makino
Akihiro Makino Tohoku University
Yukichi Umakoshi
Yukichi Umakoshi Osaka University
Junichi Koike
Junichi Koike Tohoku University
Shigeharu Kamado
Shigeharu Kamado Nagaoka University of Technology

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