M. Shimada

7.3k citations

179 papers · 6.4k · 3 hit papers · h-index 39

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
Astronomy and Astrophysics top 5%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 149
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 148
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics 19
Materials Chemistry 116
- Fusion materials and technologies 112

Co-authors: Nobuyuki Asakura (25 shared papers)M. Sugihara (13 shared papers)K. Itami (20 shared papers)G. Federici (8 shared papers)N. Hosogane (19 shared papers)Alberto Loarte (8 shared papers)Alexei POLEVOI (7 shared papers)V.S. Mukhovatov (10 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Nuclear Materials (48 papers)Nuclear Fusion (43 papers)Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (15 papers)Physical Review Letters (8 papers)Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (6 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States Germany

In The Last Decade

M. Shimada

175 papers receiving 6.1k citations

M. Shimada's Hit Papers

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Chapter 1: Overview and summary 2007 · 718 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2007 Nuclear Fusion
2007 Nuclear Fusion
2003 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

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1	Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions Nuclear Fusion ·T. C. Hender, John C. Wesley, J. Bialek, A. Bondeson, Allen H. Boozer, Richard Buttery, Andrea M Garofalo, Timothy Paul Goodman Hit paper breakdown →	2007	990
2	Chapter 1: Overview and summary Nuclear Fusion ·M. Shimada, David J. Campbell, V.S. Mukhovatov, Masami Fujiwara, N. A. Kirneva, Karl Lackner, Masayuki Nagami, Vladimir D. PUSTOVITOV Hit paper breakdown →	2007	718
3	Characteristics of type I ELM energy and particle losses in existing devices and their extrapolation to ITER Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Alberto Loarte, Gabriella Saibene, Filippo Sartori, David J. Campbell, M. Bécoulet, L. D. Horton, Thomas Hubert Eich, A. Herrmann Hit paper breakdown →	2003	495
4	Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review Nuclear Fusion ·Richard J. Hawryluk, David J. Campbell, Günter Janeschitz, Paul Thomas, Raffaele ALBANESE, R. Ambrosino, Christian Bachmann, L.R. Baylor	2009	204
5	Disruption scenarios, their mitigation and operation window in ITER Nuclear Fusion ·M. Sugihara, M. Shimada, H. Fujieda, Y. Gribov, Kimihiro Ioki, Y. Kawano, Rustam R. Khayrutdinov, V.E. Lukash	2007	162
6	Chapter 8: Plasma operation and control Nuclear Fusion ·Y. Gribov, David A. Humphreys, Ken KAJIWARA, Edward A. Lazarus, Jonathan B. Lister, Takahisa OZEKI, Alfredo Portone, M. Shimada	2007	149
7	Experimental Observation of the rf-Driven Current by the Lower-Hybrid Wave in a Tokamak Physical Review Letters ·Takeaki Yamamoto, T. Imai, M. Shimada, Norio Suzuki, M. Maeno, Shigeru KONOSHIMA, Tsuneyuki Fujii, Katsuto Uehara	1980	137
8	Confinement physics of H-mode discharges in DIII-D Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·Keith H. Burrell, Steven Allen, G. Bramson, N.H. Brooks, R.W. Callis, Thomas N. Carlstrom, M. S. Chu, Anthony P. Colleraine	1989	136
9	ITER-FEAT operation Nuclear Fusion ·Yasuo Shimomura, R. Aymar, Valery A. Chuyanov, M. Huguet, H. Matsumoto, T. Mizoguchi, Yoshiki Murakami, Alexei POLEVOI	2001	122
10	ELM energy and particle losses and their extrapolation to burning plasma experiments Journal of Nuclear Materials ·Alberto Loarte, Gabriella Saibene, Filippo Sartori, M. Bécoulet, L.D. Horton, Thomas Hubert Eich, A. Herrmann, Michael Laux	2003	121
11	Observation of an improved energy-confinement regime in neutral-beam–heated divertor discharges in the DIII-D tokamak Physical Review Letters ·Keith H. Burrell, Seiki EJIMA, David P. Schissel, N. H. Brooks, R.W. Callis, Thomas N. Carlstrom, Anthony P. Colleraine, J. C. DeBoo	1987	98
12	Multi-machine scaling of the divertor peak heat flux and width for L-mode and H-mode discharges Journal of Nuclear Materials ·Alberto Loarte, H.-S. Bosch, A. Chankin, Shibu Clement, A. Herrmann, D. N. Hill, K. Itami, Johann Lingertat	1999	94
13	Achievement of High Fusion Performance in JT-60U Reversed Shear Discharges Physical Review Letters ·Shinichi Ishida, Toshio Fujita, H. Akasaka, N. Akino, K. Annou, Tetsuo AOYAGI, Takashi Arai, K. Arakawa	1997	85
14	Measurement of Natural Plasma Flow along the Field Lines in the Scrape-Off Layer on the JT-60U Divertor Tokamak Physical Review Letters ·Nobuyuki Asakura, Shoma Sakurai, M. Shimada, Yuri Koide, N. Hosogane, K. Itami	2000	72
15	Role of divertor geometry on detachment and core plasma performance in JT60U Journal of Nuclear Materials ·Nobuyuki Asakura, N. Hosogane, K. Itami, Akira Sakasai, Shoma Sakurai, K. Shimizu, M. Shimada, H. Kubo	1999	71
16	Impurity reduction and remote radiative cooling with single-null poloidal divertor in Doublet-III Nuclear Fusion ·M. Shimada, Masayuki Nagami, Kimihiro Ioki, Shigeru IZUMI, M. Maeno, H. Yokomizo, Kichiro Shinya, Hidetoshi YOSHIDA	1982	68
17	Energy confinement properties of H-mode discharges in the DIII-D tokamak Nuclear Fusion ·David P. Schissel, Keith H. Burrell, J. C. DeBoo, Richard J. Groebner, A. G. Kellman, N. Ohyabu, Thomas Osborne, M. Shimada	1989	67
18	Helium Ash Exhaust with Single-Null Poloidal Divertor in Doublet III Physical Review Letters ·M. Shimada, Masayuki Nagami, Kimihiro Ioki, Shigeru IZUMI, M. Maeno, H. Yokomizo, Kichiro Shinya, Hidetoshi YOSHIDA	1981	67
19	Overview of physics basis for ITER Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ·V.S. Mukhovatov, M. Shimada, A. N. Chudnovskiy, A. E. Costley, Y. Gribov, G. Federici, O. J. W. F. Kardaun, A.S. Kukushkin	2003	65
20	Energy confinement of beam-heated divertor and limiter discharges in Doublet III Nuclear Fusion ·Masayuki Nagami, Masao Kasai, Akio Kitsunezaki, Takanori Kobayashi, Shigeru KONOSHIMA, Tatsuma D. Matsuda, N. Miya, H. Ninomiya	1984	65

About M. Shimada

M. Shimada is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, having authored 179 papers that have together received 6.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (148 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (112 papers), Superconducting Materials and Applications (83 papers), Particle accelerators and beam dynamics (35 papers), Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (19 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (15 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (14 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (5.8k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.8k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.5k citations), Aerospace Engineering (1.5k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (2.1k citations). M. Shimada has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Nobuyuki Asakura, M. Sugihara, K. Itami, G. Federici, N. Hosogane, Alberto Loarte, Alexei POLEVOI, V.S. Mukhovatov, Gary D. Porter and Y. Gribov. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Physical Review Letters and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.

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