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Yoshio Aso

Yoshio Aso

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 55 12098 10894 900 822 451 11115

Yoshio Aso publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yoshio Aso between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yoshio Aso published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 11.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 41 publications in 1988. 1 of the 547 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 41. Peak 41 publications in 1988. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 1 publication 1981: 6 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 9 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 19 publications 1988: 41 publications 1989: 40 publications 1990: 27 publications 1991: 16 publications 1992: 22 publications 1993: 20 publications 1994: 16 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 18 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1979 2025

547 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yoshio Aso: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 1
1981 6
1982 4
1983 9
1984 8
1985 9
1986 10
1987 19
1988 41
1989 40
1990 27
1991 16
1992 22
1993 20
1994 16
1995 8
1996 6
1997 13
1998 7
1999 13
2000 7
2001 18
2002 19
2003 12
2004 14
2005 11
2006 14
2007 13
2008 10
2009 14
2010 7
2011 15
2012 13
2013 9
2014 6
2015 10
2016 14
2017 15
2018 12
2019 8
2020 2
2021 5
2022 2
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
Total 547
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Yoshio Aso 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 Yoshio Aso 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, 441–460 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: 451 publications — 85th percentile

85% 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
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
441–460 270 451
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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Yoshio Aso 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 Yoshio Aso 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, 54–55 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: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% 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 55
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
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

Yoshio Aso is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans a range of subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research topics cover various areas related to organic electronics and advanced materials. Main topics of focus include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques

Aso has published research in multiple scientific journals, with frequent venues that demonstrate the diversity of their work. These include:

  • Small
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Organic Letters

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Improving Intramolecular Hopping Charge Transport via Periodical Segmentation of π-Conjugation in a Molecule," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "The effect of a two-dimensional structure on the dielectric constant and photovoltaic characteristics," 2020, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • "Oligoene and cyanine features of tetracyano quinoidal oligothiophenes," 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • "Single-Molecule Conductance of a π-Hybridized Tripodal Anchor while Maintaining Electronic Communication," 2020, Small
  • "Tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-Containing π-Conjugated Systems: Synthesis, Properties, and Semiconducting Characteristics," 2022, Organic Letters

The scientist collaborates regularly with a core group of coauthors, including:

  • Yutaka Ie
  • Takuji Seo
  • Tatsuhiko Ohto
  • Ryo Yamada
  • Hirokazu Tada

Best Publications

  • Fabrication of silver nanowire transparent electrodes at room temperature

    Takehiro Tokuno;Masaya Nogi;Makoto Karakawa;Jinting Jiu

  • Functional oligothiophenes as advanced molecular electronic materials

    Tetsuo Otsubo;Yoshio Aso;Kazuo Takimiya

  • Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of a Series of β-Blocked Long Oligothiophenes up to the 96-mer: Revaluation of Effective Conjugation Length

    Tsuyoshi Izumi;Seiji Kobashi;Kazuo Takimiya;Yoshio Aso

  • Extensive Quinoidal Oligothiophenes with Dicyanomethylene Groups at Terminal Positions as Highly Amphoteric Redox Molecules

    Toshiaki Takahashi;Ken Ichi Matsuoka;Kazuo Takimiya;Tetsuo Otsubo

  • Energy Level Modulation of HOMO, LUMO, and Band-Gap in Conjugated Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

    Bong Gi Kim;Xiao Ma;Chelsea Chen;Yutaka Ie

  • Large photocurrent generation of gold electrodes modified with [60]fullerene-linked oligothiophenes bearing a tripodal rigid anchor.

    Daigo Hirayama;Kazuo Takimiya;Yoshio Aso;Tetsuo Otsubo

  • Solvent Polarity Dependence of Photoinduced Charge Separation in a Tetrathiophene-C60 Dyad Studied by Pico- and Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis in the Near-IR Region

    Mamoru Fujitsuka;Osamu Ito;Takashi Yamashiro;Yoshio Aso

  • Triphenyleno[1,12-bcd:4,5-b′c′d′:8,9-b″c″d″]trithiophene: the first bowl-shaped heteroaromatic

    Koichi Imamura;Kazuo Takimiya;Tetsuo Otsubo;Yoshio Aso

  • Dimeric Tetrathiafulvalenes: New electron donors

    Tetsuo Otsubo;Yoshio Aso;Kazuo Takimiya

  • O-selective phosphorylation of nucleosides without N-protection

    Mamoru Uchiyama;Yoshio Aso;Ryoji Noyori;Yoshihiro Hayakawa

  • Synthesis and Properties of the Longest Oligothiophenes: The Icosamer and Heptacosamer

    Hidetaka Nakanishi;Naoto Sumi;Yoshio Aso;Tetsuo Otsubo

  • Novel Electron Acceptors Bearing a Heteroquinonoid System. I. Synthesis and Conductive Complexes of 5,5′-Bis(dicyanomethylene)-5,5′-dihydro-Δ2,2′-bithiophene and Related Compounds

    Koji Yui;Yoshio Aso;Tetsuo Otsubo;Fumio Ogura

  • Porphyrin−Oligothiophene−Fullerene Triads as an Efficient Intramolecular Electron-Transfer System

    Junya Ikemoto;Kazuo Takimiya;Yoshio Aso;Tetsuo Otsubo

  • Synthesis and Properties of a Series of the Longest Oligothiophenes up to the 48-mer

    Naoto Sumi;Hidetaka Nakanishi;Shinpei Ueno;Kazuo Takimiya

  • Intramolecular Energy Transfer of [60]Fullerene-linked Oligothiophenes

    Takashi Yamashiro;Yoshio Aso;Tetsuo Otsubo;Heqing Tang

  • Electronegative oligothiophenes based on difluorodioxocyclopentene-annelated thiophenes: synthesis, properties, and n-type FET performances.

    Yutaka Ie;Yoshikazu Umemoto;Makoto Okabe;Takahiro Kusunoki

  • Synthesis, Optical, and Conductive Properties of Long Oligothiophenes and Their Utilization as Molecular Wires

    Tetsuo Otsubo;Yoshio Aso;Kazuo Takimiya

  • Organic field-effect transistor using oligoselenophene as an active layer

    Yoshihito Kunugi;Kazuo Takimiya;Kiwamu Yamane;Kazuo Yamashita

  • Photoinduced electron transfer in porphyrin-oligothiophene-fullerene linked triads by excitation of a porphyrin moiety

    Takumi Nakamura;Mamoru Fujitsuka;Yasuyuki Araki;Osamu Ito

  • Nature of electron transport by pyridine-based tripodal anchors: potential for robust and conductive single-molecule junctions with gold electrodes.

    Yutaka Ie;Yutaka Ie;Tomoya Hirose;Hisao Nakamura;Manabu Kiguchi

  • Air-Stable n-Type Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on Carbonyl-Bridged Bithiazole Derivatives

    Yutaka Ie;Masashi Nitani;Makoto Karakawa;Hirokazu Tada

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuo Otsubo
Tetsuo Otsubo Hiroshima University
Kazuo Takimiya
Kazuo Takimiya Tohoku University
Atsushi Tajima
Atsushi Tajima Kanazawa University
Hirokazu Tada
Hirokazu Tada Osaka University
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University
Akinori Saeki
Akinori Saeki Osaka University
Osamu Ito
Osamu Ito Tohoku University
Yasuyuki Araki
Yasuyuki Araki Tohoku University
Mamoru Fujitsuka
Mamoru Fujitsuka Osaka University
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi Keio University

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