| Cell proliferation at 122 C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation K Takai, K Nakamura, T Toki, U Tsunogai, M Miyazaki, J Miyazaki, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (31), 10949-10954, 2008 | 929 | 2008 |
| Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements Y Kato, K Fujinaga, K Nakamura, Y Takaya, K Kitamura, J Ohta, R Toda, ... Nature geoscience 4 (8), 535-539, 2011 | 717 | 2011 |
| The tremendous potential of deep-sea mud as a source of rare-earth elements Y Takaya, K Yasukawa, T Kawasaki, K Fujinaga, J Ohta, Y Usui, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 1-8, 2018 | 262 | 2018 |
| Geochemistry and mineralogy of REY-rich mud in the eastern Indian Ocean K Yasukawa, H Liu, K Fujinaga, S Machida, S Haraguchi, T Ishii, ... Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 93, 25-36, 2014 | 145 | 2014 |
| Origin and global tectonic significance of Early Archean cherts from the Marble Bar greenstone belt, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Y Kato, K Nakamura Precambrian Research 125 (3-4), 191-243, 2003 | 140 | 2003 |
| Carbonatization of oceanic crust by the seafloor hydrothermal activity and its significance as a CO2 sink in the Early Archean K Nakamura, Y Kato Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (22), 4595-4618, 2004 | 138 | 2004 |
| Geological background of the Kairei and Edmond hydrothermal fields along the Central Indian Ridge: implications of their vent fluids’ distinct chemistry H Kumagai, K Nakamura, T Toki, T Morishita, K Okino, JI Ishibashi, ... Geofluids 8 (4), 239-251, 2008 | 137 | 2008 |
| Method of fabricating acoustic wave device K Nakamura, F Matsukura, N Takahashi, T Matsuda, T Miyashita US Patent 10,763,813, 2020 | 116 | 2020 |
| Highly alkaline, high-temperature hydrothermal fluids in the early Archean ocean T Shibuya, T Komiya, K Nakamura, K Takai, S Maruyama Precambrian Research 182 (3), 230-238, 2010 | 116 | 2010 |
| Discovery of extremely REY-rich mud in the western North Pacific Ocean K Iijima, K Yasukawa, K Fujinaga, K Nakamura, S Machida, Y Takaya, ... Geochemical Journal 50 (6), 557-573, 2016 | 113 | 2016 |
| Discovery of new hydrothermal activity and chemosynthetic fauna on the Central Indian Ridge at 18–20 S K Nakamura, H Watanabe, J Miyazaki, K Takai, S Kawagucci, T Noguchi, ... PLoS one 7 (3), e32965, 2012 | 100 | 2012 |
| Archaeal diversity and community development in deep-sea hydrothermal vents K Takai, K Nakamura Current Opinion in Microbiology 14 (3), 282-291, 2011 | 98 | 2011 |
| Ultramafics-Hydrothermalism-Hydrogenesis-HyperSLiME (UltraH3) linkage: a key insight into early microbial ecosystem in the Archean deep-sea hydrothermal systems KEN Takai, K Nakamura, K Suzuki, F INAGAKI, KH NEALSON, ... Paleontological research 10 (4), 269-282, 2006 | 98 | 2006 |
| Theoretical constraints of physical and chemical properties of hydrothermal fluids on variations in chemolithotrophic microbial communities in seafloor hydrothermal systems K Nakamura, K Takai Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 1, 1-24, 2014 | 92 | 2014 |
| Serpentinized troctolites exposed near the Kairei Hydrothermal Field, Central Indian Ridge: Insights into the origin of the Kairei hydrothermal fluid supporting a unique … K Nakamura, T Morishita, W Bach, F Klein, K Hara, K Okino, K Takai, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 280 (1-4), 128-136, 2009 | 91 | 2009 |
| Igneous, alteration and exhumation processes recorded in abyssal peridotites and related fault rocks from an oceanic core complex along the Central Indian Ridge T Morishita, K Hara, K Nakamura, T Sawaguchi, A Tamura, S Arai, ... Journal of Petrology 50 (7), 1299-1325, 2009 | 90 | 2009 |
| Discovery of a new hydrothermal vent based on an underwater, high-resolution geophysical survey K Nakamura, T Toki, N Mochizuki, M Asada, J Ishibashi, Y Nogi, ... Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 74, 1-10, 2013 | 84 | 2013 |
| Tracking the spatiotemporal variations of statistically independent components involving enrichment of rare-earth elements in deep-sea sediments K Yasukawa, K Nakamura, K Fujinaga, H Iwamori, Y Kato Scientific Reports 6 (1), 29603, 2016 | 80 | 2016 |
| Water column imaging with multibeam echo-sounding in the mid-Okinawa Trough: Implications for distribution of deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites and the cause of acoustic water … K Nakamura, S Kawagucci, K Kitada, H Kumagai, K Takai, K Okino Geochemical Journal 49 (6), 579-596, 2015 | 80 | 2015 |
| Synchrotron X-ray spectroscopic perspective on the formation mechanism of REY-rich muds in the Pacific Ocean T Kashiwabara, R Toda, K Nakamura, K Yasukawa, K Fujinaga, S Kubo, ... Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 240, 274-292, 2018 | 77 | 2018 |
