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Yugo Kanaya publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yugo Kanaya between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yugo Kanaya published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 13.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2020. 40 of the 386 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2020. 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 28 publications 2020: 36 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 23 publications
1998 2025

386 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yugo Kanaya: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 4
1999 2
2000 1
2001 3
2002 4
2003 4
2004 4
2005 3
2006 5
2007 8
2008 15
2009 14
2010 16
2011 9
2012 16
2013 18
2014 21
2015 16
2016 19
2017 21
2018 16
2019 28
2020 36
2021 23
2022 10
2023 30
2024 17
2025 23
Total 386
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Yugo Kanaya publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yugo Kanaya sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 301–310 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 307 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130 307
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Yugo Kanaya D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yugo Kanaya sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166 58
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Yugo Kanaya is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields in their work include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main topics of Kanaya's research consist of:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

The scientist has published extensively, contributing significantly to a number of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth system science data

Among the recent papers authored by or involving Kanaya are the following works:

  • "Ground-based validation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO 2 measurements with the NDACC ZSL-DOAS, MAX-DOAS and Pandonia global networks" (2021), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018" (2020), published in Earth system science data
  • "A new TROPOMI product for tropospheric NO 2 columns over East Asia with explicit aerosol corrections" (2020), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Validation of tropospheric NO 2 column measurements of GOME-2A and OMI using MAX-DOAS and direct sun network observations" (2020), published in Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • "Characterization of microplastics on filter substrates based on hyperspectral imaging: Laboratory assessments" (2020), published in Environmental Pollution

Kanaya frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Fumikazu Taketani
  • Takuma Miyakawa
  • Masayuki Takigawa
  • Chunmao Zhu
  • Takashi Sekiya

Best Publications

  • Decadal changes in global surface NO x emissions from multi-constituent satellite data assimilation

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Henk Eskes;Kengo Sudo;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma

  • Urban photochemistry in central Tokyo 1. Observed and modeled OH and HO2 radical concentrations during the winter and summer of 2004

    Yugo Kanaya;Renqiu Cao;Hajime Akimoto;Masato Fukuda

  • Organic molecular compositions and temporal variations of summertime mountain aerosols over Mt. Tai, North China Plain

    Pingqing Fu;Pingqing Fu;Kimitaka Kawamura;Kazuhiro Okuzawa;Shankar Gopala Aggarwal

  • Comparison of box-air-mass-factors and radiances for Multiple-Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) geometries calculated from different UV/visible radiative transfer models

    T. Wagner;T. Wagner;J. P. Burrows;T. Deutschmann;B. Dix

  • Diurnal variations of organic molecular tracers and stable carbon isotopic composition in atmospheric aerosols over Mt. Tai in the North China Plain: an influence of biomass burning

    P. Q. Fu;P. Q. Fu;K. Kawamura;J. Chen;J. Li

  • Eight-component retrievals from ground-based MAX-DOAS observations

    H. Irie;H. Takashima;Y. Kanaya;K.F. Boersma;K.F. Boersma

  • High abundances of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids and α-dicarbonyls in the mountaintop aerosols over the North China Plain during wheat burning season

    K. Kawamura;E. Tachibana;K. Okuzawa;S. G. Aggarwal;S. G. Aggarwal

  • Impacts of aerosols on summertime tropospheric photolysis frequencies and photochemistry over Central Eastern China

    J. Li;Z. Wang;X. Wang;K. Yamaji

  • First retrieval of tropospheric aerosol profiles using MAX-DOAS and comparison with lidar and sky radiometer measurements

    H. Irie;Y. Kanaya;H. Akimoto;H. Iwabuchi

  • Development of a measurement system of OH reactivity in the atmosphere by using a laser-induced pump and probe technique

    Yasuhiro Sadanaga;Ayako Yoshino;Keisuke Watanabe;Atsushi Yoshioka

  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kevin Bowman;Takashi Sekiya;Henk Eskes

  • Contributions of biogenic volatile organic compounds to the formation of secondary organic aerosols over Mt. Tai, Central East China

    Pingqing Fu;Kimitaka Kawamura;Yugo Kanaya;Zifa Wang

  • HOx budgets during HOxComp: A case study of HOx chemistry under NOx-limited conditions

    Y F Elshorbany;Y F Elshorbany;J Kleffmann;A Hofzumahaus;R Kurtenbach

  • Validation of OMI tropospheric NO 2 column data using MAX-DOAS measurements deep inside the North China Plain in June 2006: Mount Tai Experiment 2006

    H. Irie;Y. Kanaya;H. Akimoto;H. Tanimoto

  • Long-term MAX-DOAS network observations of NO 2 in Russia and Asia (MADRAS) during the period 2007–2012: instrumentation, elucidation of climatology, and comparisons with OMI satellite observations and global model simulations

    Y. Kanaya;H. Irie;H. Irie;H. Takashima;H. Takashima;H. Iwabuchi;H. Iwabuchi

  • Quantitative bias estimates for tropospheric NO2 columns retrieved from SCIAMACHY, OMI, and GOME-2 using a common standard

    H. Irie;Kf Folkert Boersma;Kf Folkert Boersma;Y. Kanaya;H. Takashima;H. Takashima

  • The Cabauw Intercomparison campaign for Nitrogen Dioxide measuring Instruments (CINDI): design, execution, and early results

    A. J. M. Piters;K. F. Boersma;M. Kroon;J. C. Hains

  • Rates and regimes of photochemical ozone production over Central East China in June 2006: a box model analysis using comprehensive measurements of ozone precursors

    Y. Kanaya;P. Pochanart;Y. Liu;J. Li

  • Intercomparison of slant column measurements of NO 2 and O 4 by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV and visible spectrometers

    HK Roscoe;Van M Roozendael;C Fayt;du A Piesanie

  • Technical Note: Determination of formaldehyde mixing ratios in air with PTR-MS: laboratory experiments and field measurements

    S. Inomata;H. Tanimoto;S. Kameyama;U. Tsunogai

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajime Akimoto
Hajime Akimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Hitoshi Irie
Hitoshi Irie Chiba University
Hiroshi Tanimoto
Hiroshi Tanimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Masayuki Takigawa
Masayuki Takigawa Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Zifa Wang
Zifa Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Yutaka Kondo
Yutaka Kondo National Institute of Polar Research
Yoshizumi Kajii
Yoshizumi Kajii Kyoto University
Kengo Sudo
Kengo Sudo Nagoya University
Itsushi Uno
Itsushi Uno Kyushu University

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