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Kazuhisa Goto

Kazuhisa Goto

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
9369
World Ranking
4385
National Ranking
103

Kazuhisa Goto publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kazuhisa Goto sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 279 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Kazuhisa Goto D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kazuhisa Goto is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes a significant focus on earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, and geological formations and processes. Additional areas of research interest encompass atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, environmental chemistry, ecology, tropical and extratropical cyclones, coastal and marine dynamics, methane hydrates, and landslides.

Goto has contributed to research published in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Earth-Science Reviews, Scientific Reports, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, and Marine Geology. Their publication record reflects an integration of disciplines related to geophysics and environmental sciences.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kazuhisa Goto are:

  • Ten years after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami: Geological and environmental effects and implications for disaster policy changes, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater, 2020, Science Advances
  • A steeply-inclined trajectory for the Chicxulub impact, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Paleotsunami research along the Nankai Trough and Ryukyu Trench subduction zones - Current achievements and future challenges, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Spatial distribution and sources of tsunami deposits in a narrow valley setting - insight from 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits in northeastern Japan, 2020, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Goto collaborates with several researchers frequently involved in related fields. Notable co-authors include Daisuke Sugawara, Masashi Watanabe, Takashi Ishizawa, Fumihiko Imamura, and D. A. Kring. These collaborations reflect a network focused on geophysical and geological research.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (98 publications)

Subfields of study represented in Goto's work cover:

  • Geophysics (39 publications)
  • Atmospheric Science (37 publications)
  • Earth-Surface Processes (17 publications)
  • Environmental Chemistry (8 publications)
  • Ecology (7 publications)

Key research topics engaged by Goto are:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies (60 publications)
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (58 publications)
  • Geological formations and processes (18 publications)
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 publications)
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics (16 publications)
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 publications)
  • Landslides and related hazards (12 publications)

Best Publications

  • The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary

    Peter Schulte;Laia Alegret;Ignacio Arenillas;José A. Arz

  • New insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Shigehiro Fujino;James Goff

  • A numerical model for the transport of a boulder by tsunami

    Fumihiko Imamura;Kazuhisa Goto;Shigeki Ohkubo

  • The reduction effects of mangrove forest on a tsunami based on field surveys at Pakarang Cape, Thailand and numerical analysis

    Hideaki Yanagisawa;Shunichi Koshimura;Kazuhisa Goto;Toyohiko Miyagi

  • Distribution, origin and transport process of boulders deposited by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Pakarang Cape, Thailand

    Kazuhisa Goto;Suchana A. Chavanich;Fumihiko Imamura;Passkorn Kunthasap

  • The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

    Joanna V. Morgan;Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy Bralower;Elise Chenot

  • Historical and geological evidence of boulders deposited by tsunamis, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan

    Kazuhisa Goto;Toshio Kawana;Fumihiko Imamura

  • Sediment sources and sedimentation processes of 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits on the Sendai Plain, Japan — Insights from diatoms, nannoliths and grain size distribution

    Witold Szczuciński;Mikołaj Kokociński;Michał Rzeszewski;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff

  • Relationship between the maximum extent of tsunami sand and the inundation limit of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami on the Sendai Plain, Japan

    Tomoya Abe;Kazuhisa Goto;Daisuke Sugawara

  • Characteristics and hydrodynamics of boulders transported by storm waves at Kudaka Island, Japan

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kiyohiro Okada;Fumihiko Imamura

  • Erosion, deposition and landscape change on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan, resulting from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

    Bruce Richmond;Witold Szczuciński;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Kazuhisa Goto

  • Discrimination of boulders deposited by tsunamis and storm waves at Ishigaki Island, Japan

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kunimasa Miyagi;Hideki Kawamata;Fumihiko Imamura

  • Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

    Christopher M. Lowery;Timothy J. Bralower;Jeremy D. Owens;Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar

  • The First Day of the Cenozoic

    Sean P.S. Gulick;Timothy J. Bralower;Jens Ormö;Brendon Hall

  • Coastal changes in the Sendai area from the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami: Interpretations of time series satellite images, helicopter-borne video footage and field observations

    David R. Tappin;Hannah M. Evans;Colm J. Jordan;Bruce Richmond

  • Flow speed estimated by inverse modeling of sandy tsunami deposits: results from the 11 March 2011 tsunami on the coastal plain near the Sendai Airport, Honshu, Japan

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Daisuke Sugawara;Bruce M. Richmond

  • A Decade After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: The Progress in Disaster Preparedness and Future Challenges in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Maldives

    Anawat Suppasri;Kazuhisa Goto;Abdul Muhari;Prasanthi Ranasinghe

  • Numerical models of tsunami sediment transport — Current understanding and future directions

    Daisuke Sugawara;Kazuhisa Goto;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Assessing the magnitude of the 869 Jogan tsunami using sedimentary deposits: Prediction and consequence of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

    Daisuke Sugawara;Kazuhisa Goto;Fumihiko Imamura;Hideaki Matsumoto

  • The future of tsunami research following the 2011 Tohoku-oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;James Goff;Bruce Jaffe

  • Periodontal disease prevalence in different age groups in Japan as assessed according to the CPITN.

    H. Miyazaki;N. Hanada;M. I. Andoh;Y. Yamashita

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumihiko Imamura
Fumihiko Imamura Tohoku University
Catherine Chagué-Goff
Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
James Goff
James Goff University of New South Wales
Gail L. Christeson
Gail L. Christeson The University of Texas at Austin
Joanna Morgan
Joanna Morgan Imperial College London
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
David A. Kring
David A. Kring Lunar and Planetary Institute
Charles S. Cockell
Charles S. Cockell University of Edinburgh
Sean P.S. Gulick
Sean P.S. Gulick The University of Texas at Austin

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