| Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis: Current development and future challenges in membrane fabrication–A review YJ Lim, K Goh, M Kurihara, R Wang Journal of Membrane Science 629, 119292, 2021 | 411 | 2021 |
| Mega-ton Water System: Japanese national research and development project on seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation M Kurihara, M Hanakawa Desalination 308, 131-137, 2013 | 184 | 2013 |
| Boron removal in RO seawater desalination M Taniguchi, Y Fusaoka, T Nishikawa, M Kurihara Desalination 167, 419-426, 2004 | 163 | 2004 |
| Boron reduction performance of reverse osmosis seawater desalination process M Taniguchi, M Kurihara, S Kimura Journal of Membrane Science 183 (2), 259-267, 2001 | 107 | 2001 |
| High recovery/high pressure membranes for brine conversion SWRO process development and its performance data M Kurihara, H Yamamura, T Nakanishi Desalination 125 (1-3), 9-15, 1999 | 80 | 1999 |
| Operation and reliability of very high-recovery seawater desalination technologies by brine conversion two-stage RO desalination system M Kurihara, H Yamamura, T Nakanishi, S Jinno Desalination 138 (1-3), 191-199, 2001 | 78 | 2001 |
| SWRO-PRO system in “Mega-ton Water System” for energy reduction and low environmental impact M Kurihara, H Takeuchi Water 10 (1), 48, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Behavior of a reverse osmosis plant adopting a brine conversion two-stage process and its computer simulation M Taniguchi, M Kurihara, S Kimura Journal of Membrane Science 183 (2), 249-257, 2001 | 67 | 2001 |
| The major developments of the evolving reverse osmosis membranes and ultrafiltration membranes M Kurihara, Y Himeshima Polymer Journal 23 (5), 513-520, 1991 | 49 | 1991 |
| Role of pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) in the mega-ton water project M Kurihara, H Sakai, A Tanioka, H Tomioka Desalination and Water Treatment 57 (55), 26518-26528, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Development of crosslinked fully aromatic polyamide ultra-thin composite membranes for seawater desalination M Kurihara, Y Fusaoka, T Sasaki, R Bairinji, T Uemura Desalination 96 (1-3), 133-143, 1994 | 45 | 1994 |
| Sustainable seawater reverse osmosis desalination as green desalination in the 21st century M Kurihara Journal of Membrane Science and Research 6 (1), 20-29, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Cyclopolycondensations. I. New high temperature aromatic polyquinazolinediones N Yoda, R Nakanishi, M Kurihara, Y Bamba, S Tohyama, K Ikeda Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Letters 4 (1), 11-17, 1966 | 36 | 1966 |
| Cyclopolycondensations. VI. Fully aromatic polybenzoxazinones from aromatic poly (amic acids) N Yoda, K Ikeda, M Kurihara, S Tohyama, R Nakanishi Journal of Polymer Science Part A‐1: Polymer Chemistry 5 (9), 2359-2374, 1967 | 35 | 1967 |
| Low pressure SWRO membrane for desalination in the Mega-ton Water System M Kurihara, T Sasaki, K Nakatsuji, M Kimura, M Henmi Desalination 368, 135-139, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Seawater reverse osmosis desalination M Kurihara Membranes 11 (4), 243, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| Advanced technologies for stabilization and high performance of seawater ro membrane desalination plants H Takabatake, M Taniguchi, M Kurihara Membranes 11 (2), 138, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| Molecular Rearrangement in Polyphosphoric Acid. II. The Conversion of 1, 2-Dihydro-2-phenylimino-4 H-3, 1-benzoxazin-4-one to 3-phenyl-2, 4 (1 H, 3 H)-quinazolinedione M Kurihara, N Yoda Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 39 (9), 1942-1948, 1966 | 29 | 1966 |
| Current status and future trend of dominant commercial reverse osmosis membranes M Kurihara Membranes 11 (11), 906, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
| Cyclopolycondensations. II. New thermally stable aromatic polybenzoxazinones N Yoda, M Kurihara, K Ikeda, S Tohyama, R Nakanishi Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Letters 4 (8), 551-556, 1966 | 24 | 1966 |