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Gentaro Taga

Gentaro Taga

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
8119
World Ranking
8469
National Ranking
301

Gentaro Taga publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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 Gentaro Taga sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 104 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Gentaro Taga D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gentaro Taga sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gentaro Taga is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing on medicine and neuroscience. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields, especially cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, social psychology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The primary areas of research covered by Gentaro Taga include neonatal and fetal brain pathology, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neural dynamics and brain function, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques.

Some of the recent published papers associated with this researcher are:

  • "Frequency-specific task modulation of human brain functional networks: A fast fMRI study" (2020) in NeuroImage
  • "Global entrainment in the brain-body-environment: retrospective and prospective views" (2021) in Biological Cybernetics
  • "Individual variability in the nonlinear development of the corpus callosum during infancy and toddlerhood: a longitudinal MRI analysis" (2022) in Brain Structure and Function
  • "Wearable strain sensor suit for infants to measure limb movements under interaction with caregiver" (2020) in Infant Behavior and Development
  • "Multiple patterns of infant rolling in limb coordination and ground contact pressure" (2021) in Experimental Brain Research

Gentaro Taga frequently publishes in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in Biological Cybernetics, Experimental Brain Research, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Cerebral Cortex.

The researcher collaborates often with several colleagues, including Hama Watanabe, Anna Shiraki, Hiroyuki Kidokoro, Hajime Narita, and Takamasa Mitsumatsu.

Best Publications

  • Self-organized control of bipedal locomotion by neural oscillators in unpredictable environment

    G. Taga;Y. Yamaguchi;H. Shimizu

  • A model of the neuro-musculo-skeletal system for human locomotion

    Gentaro Taga

  • Twenty years of functional near-infrared spectroscopy: introduction for the special issue.

    David A. Boas;Clare E. Elwell;Marco Ferrari;Gentaro Taga

  • Brain imaging in awake infants by near-infrared optical topography

    Gentaro Taga;Kayo Asakawa;Atsushi Maki;Yukuo Konishi

  • A model of the neuro-musculo-skeletal system for human locomotion. II Real-time adaptability under various constraints.

    Gentaro Taga

  • A MODEL OF THE NEURO-MUSCULO-SKELETAL SYSTEM FOR ANTICIPATORY ADJUSTMENT OF HUMAN LOCOMOTION DURING OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE

    Gentaro Taga

  • The right hemisphere of sleeping infant perceives sentential prosody

    Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe;Tamami Nakano;Kayo Asakawa

  • Development of Global Cortical Networks in Early Infancy

    Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe;Takayuki Otobe;Tamami Nakano

  • Frequency-specific functional connectivity in the brain during resting state revealed by NIRS.

    Shuntaro Sasai;Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe;Gentaro Taga

  • Three Dimensional Bipedal Stepping Motion using Neural Oscillators

    Seiichi Miyakoshi;Gentaro Taga;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Akihiko Nagakubo

  • Spontaneous oscillation of oxy- and deoxy- hemoglobin changes with a phase difference throughout the occipital cortex of newborn infants observed using non-invasive optical topography.

    Gentaro Taga;Gentaro Taga;Yukuo Konishi;Atsushi Maki;Tatsushi Tachibana

  • Prosodic processing in the developing brain.

    Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe;Tamami Nakano;Gentaro Taga

  • A NIRS-fMRI study of resting state network.

    Shuntaro Sasai;Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe;Akihiro T. Sasaki;Akihiro T. Sasaki

  • Emergence of bipedal locomotion through entrainment among the neuro-musculo-skeletal system and the environment

    Gentaro Taga

  • Three dimensional bipedal stepping motion using neural oscillators-towards humanoid motion in the real world

    S. Miyakoshi;G. Taga;Y. Kuniyoshi;A. Nagakubo

  • Prefrontal Cortical Involvement in Young Infants’ Analysis of Novelty

    Tamami Nakano;Hama Watanabe;Fumitaka Homae;Gentaro Taga

  • Precursors of dancing and singing to music in three- to four-months-old infants.

    Shinya Fujii;Hama Watanabe;Hiroki Oohashi;Masaya Hirashima

  • Effects of source-detector distance of near infrared spectroscopy on the measurement of the cortical hemodynamic response in infants.

    Gentaro Taga;Fumitaka Homae;Hama Watanabe

  • Functional activation in diverse regions of the developing brain of human infants.

    Hama Watanabe;Fumitaka Homae;Fumitaka Homae;Tamami Nakano;Tamami Nakano;Gentaro Taga

  • Hemodynamic responses to visual stimulation in occipital and frontal cortex of newborn infants: a near-infrared optical topography study

    Gentaro Taga;Kayo Asakawa;Kyoko Hirasawa;Yukuo Konishi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ippeita Dan
Ippeita Dan Chuo University
Norihiro Sadato
Norihiro Sadato National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Mie Matsui
Mie Matsui Kanazawa University
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Yasuo Kuniyoshi University of Tokyo
Daichi Nozaki
Daichi Nozaki University of Tokyo
David A. Boas
David A. Boas Boston University
Shinsuke Shimojo
Shinsuke Shimojo California Institute of Technology

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