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Kunihiko Obata 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 Kunihiko Obata sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 288 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kunihiko Obata 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 Kunihiko Obata sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kunihiko Obata is affiliated with The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI in Japan. Their research encompasses multiple interdisciplinary fields, prominently Engineering, Environmental Science, and Medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including Aerospace Engineering, Ecology, Media Technology, Atmospheric Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Key topics addressed in their work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Remote-Sensing Image Classification, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Remote Sensing and Land Use, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hiroki Yoshioka, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Satoshi Tsuchida, Masayuki Matsuoka, and Yoshito Terai.

Kunihiko Obata's recent publications feature the following papers:

  • Radiometric Degradation Curves for the ASTER VNIR Processing Using Vicarious and Lunar Calibrations, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • A Simple Algorithm for Deriving an NDVI-Based Index Compatible between GEO and LEO Sensors: Capabilities and Limitations in Japan, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Development and Demonstration of a Method for GEO-to-LEO NDVI Transformation, 2021, Remote Sensing
  • Estimation and Evaluation of Land Surface Reflectance from a Next-Generation Geostationary Meteorological Satellite, Himawari-8/9 AHI, 2024, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Combination of Cross- and Inter-Band Radiometric Calibrations for a Hyperspectral Sensor Using Model-Based Spectral Band Adjustment, 2020, Remote Sensing

The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research

Best Publications

  • Green fluorescent protein expression and colocalization with calretinin, parvalbumin, and somatostatin in the GAD67-GFP knock-in mouse.

    Nobuaki Tamamaki;Yuchio Yanagawa;Ryohei Tomioka;Jun Ichi Miyazaki

  • Nav1.1 Localizes to Axons of Parvalbumin-Positive Inhibitory Interneurons: A Circuit Basis for Epileptic Seizures in Mice Carrying an Scn1a Gene Mutation

    Ikuo Ogiwara;Hiroyuki Miyamoto;Noriyuki Morita;Nafiseh Atapour

  • CLEFT PALATE AND DECREASED BRAIN GAMMA -AMINOBUTYRIC ACID IN MICE LACKING THE 67-KDA ISOFORM OF GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE

    Hideo Asada;Yuuki Kawamura;Kei Maruyama;Hideaki Kume

  • The presenilin 2 mutation (N141I) linked to familial Alzheimer disease (Volga German families) increases the secretion of amyloid β protein ending at the 42nd (or 43rd) residue

    Taisuke Tomita;Kei Maruyama;Takaomi C. Saido;Hideaki Kume

  • Pharmacological properties of the postsynaptic inhibition by Purkinje cell axons and the action of gamma-aminobutyric acid on deiters NEURONES.

    K. Obata;K. Obata;M. Ito;R. Ochi;N. Sato

  • Mice Lacking the 65 kDa Isoform of Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD65) Maintain Normal Levels of GAD67 and GABA in Their Brains but Are Susceptible to Seizures

    Hideo Asada;Yuuki Kawamura;Kei Maruyama;Hideaki Kume

  • Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for a neuronal cell membrane antigen, HPC-1.

    A Inoue;K Obata;K Akagawa

  • A specialized subclass of interneurons mediates dopaminergic facilitation of amygdala function.

    Anne Marowsky;Yuchio Yanagawa;Kunihiko Obata;Kaspar Emanuel Vogt

  • A subpopulation of olfactory bulb GABAergic interneurons is derived from Emx1- and Dlx5/6-expressing progenitors.

    Minoree Kohwi;Magdalena A. Petryniak;Jason E. Long;Marc Ekker

  • GABAergic Neurons Are Less Selective to Stimulus Orientation than Excitatory Neurons in Layer II/III of Visual Cortex, as Revealed by In Vivo Functional Ca2+ Imaging in Transgenic Mice

    Kazuhiro Sohya;Katsuro Kameyama;Yuchio Yanagawa;Kunihiko Obata

  • Demonstration of long-range GABAergic connections distributed throughout the mouse neocortex

    Ryohei Tomioka;Keiko Okamoto;Takahiro Furuta;Fumino Fujiyama

  • Quantitative Chemical Composition of Cortical GABAergic Neurons Revealed in Transgenic Venus-Expressing Rats

    Masakazu Uematsu;Yasuharu Hirai;Fuyuki Karube;Satoe Ebihara

  • Monosynaptic inhibition of the intracerebellar nuclei induced rom the cerebellar cortex.

    M. Ito;M. Yoshida;K. Obata

  • Aire controls the differentiation program of thymic epithelial cells in the medulla for the establishment of self-tolerance

    Masashi Yano;Noriyuki Kuroda;Hongwei Han;Makiko Meguro-Horike

  • Postnatal Differentiation of Basket Cells from Slow to Fast Signaling Devices

    Daniel Doischer;Jonas Aurel Hosp;Yuchio Yanagawa;Kunihiko Obata

  • Molecular identity of periglomerular and short axon cells

    Emi Kiyokage;Yu Zhen Pan;Zuoyi Shao;Kazuto Kobayashi

  • Postnatal development of a GABA deficit and disturbance of neural functions in mice lacking GAD65

    Oliver Stork;Feng Yun Ji;Koichi Kaneko;Simone Stork

  • Morphological and electrophysiological properties of GABAergic and non-GABAergic cells in the deep cerebellar nuclei

    Marylka Uusisaari;Kunihiko Obata;Thomas Knöpfel

  • RGS2 modulates coupling between GABAB receptors and GIRK channels in dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area.

    Gwenaël Labouèbe;Marta Lomazzi;Hans G Cruz;Cyril Creton

  • Rapid Critical Period Induction by Tonic Inhibition in Visual Cortex

    Youichi Iwai;Michela Fagiolini;Kunihiko Obata;Takao K. Hensch

  • ANTIDROMIC AND TRANS-SYNAPTIC ACTIVATION OF DEITERS' NEURONES INDUCED FROM THE SPINAL CORD

    M. Ito;T. Hongo;T. Hongo;M. Yoshida;Y. Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Tomoaki Shirao
Tomoaki Shirao Gunma University
Takaomi C. Saido
Takaomi C. Saido RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Taisuke Tomita
Taisuke Tomita University of Tokyo
Takeshi Iwatsubo
Takeshi Iwatsubo University of Tokyo
Oliver Stork
Oliver Stork Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Nobuaki Tamamaki
Nobuaki Tamamaki Kumamoto University
Ryusuke Yoshida
Ryusuke Yoshida Okayama University
Tadashi Isa
Tadashi Isa Kyoto University
Yuzo Ninomiya
Yuzo Ninomiya Kyushu University

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