The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Sawa sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 474 publications — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akira Sawa sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.
Akira Sawa is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily within neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Sawa's work includes significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.
The main topics addressed in Sawa's research include:
Sawa's publication record features papers in a variety of venues known for neuroscience and psychiatry-related research. Frequent publication venues include:
Among recent papers are:
Frequent collaborators working alongside Sawa include Kun Yang, Koko Ishizuka, Nicola G. Cascella, Jennifer M. Coughlin, and Andréia V. Faria. These collaborations reflect a diverse and multidisciplinary research network.
Awards related to Sawa's career include recognition as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.
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Makoto R. Hara;Nishant Agrawal;Sangwon F. Kim;Matthew B. Cascio
Akira Sawa;Solomon H. Snyder
Kenji Hashimoto;Akira Sawa;Masaomi Iyo
Atsushi Kamiya;Atsushi Kamiya;Ken Ichiro Kubo;Toshifumi Tomoda;Toshifumi Tomoda;Manabu Takaki
Yuji Tanaka;Simone Engelender;Shuichi Igarashi;Raghuram K. Rao
Mark J. Millan;Annie Andrieux;George Bartzokis;Kristin Cadenhead
Nicholas J. Brandon;Akira Sawa
Byoung Il Bae;Hong Xu;Shuichi Igarashi;Masahiro Fujimuro
Akira Sawa;Gordon W. Wiegand;Jillian Cooper;Russell L. Margolis
Takatoshi Hikida;Hanna Jaaro-Peled;Saurav Seshadri;Kenichi Oishi
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi;Manabu Takaki;Nick Graziane;Saurav Seshadri
Ho Namkung;Sun Hong Kim;Akira Sawa
Nilkantha Sen;Makoto R. Hara;Makoto R. Hara;Michael D. Kornberg;Matthew B. Cascio
Christelle Golzio;Jason Willer;Michael E. Talkowski;Edwin C. Oh
Yuji Ozeki;Toshifumi Tomoda;John Kleiderlein;Atsushi Kamiya
Wanli W. Smith;Haibing Jiang;Zhong Pei;Yuji Tanaka
Akira Sawa;Adil A. Khan;Lynda D. Hester;Solomon H. Snyder
Ming Fang;Samie R. Jaffrey;Akira Sawa;Keqiang Ye
Hanna Jaaro-Peled;Akiko Hayashi-Takagi;Saurav Seshadri;Atsushi Kamiya
Minae Niwa;Atsushi Kamiya;Rina Murai;Rina Murai;Ken ichiro Kubo
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