Congratulations to Associate Professor Masahiro Kurata et.al on the Japan Architectural Review’s Most Cited Paper Award 2026
- Award and Appointment
A paper by Associate Professor Masahiro Kurata and colleagues has been selected as the Most Cited Paper for 2026 in the Japan Architectural Review: International Journal of Japan Architectural Review for Engineering and Design (JAR), published by the Architectural Institute of Japan.
Details are as follows. The accolade is presented to papers with the most citations in JAR in 2025.
Award recipients: Kun-Sian Lin (former doctoral student, current researcher at National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (part-time)), Masahiro Kurata, Yutaro Kawasaki (former master’s student), Yoshio Kitatani (Daisue Construction Technology Development Department)
Award name: Most Cited Paper Award 2026
Award-winning paper: “Investigation of low-disturbance seismic retrofit method for steel column bases using curved members”, Japan Architectural Review 7.1 (2024): e12429.
Award date: 6 August 2026
