2026 Kunihito Ioka: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2902	2755	88	85	365	30753

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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30753

Overview

Kunihito Ioka is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with substantial contributions to Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scientific work encompasses several topical areas, including:

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Particle Detector Development and Performance
Astro and Planetary Science

Kunihito Ioka has contributed to publications in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent venues for their work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Physical Review Letters
The Astrophysical Journal

Selected recent papers demonstrating the scope of their collaborative research include:

Overview of KAGRA: Detector design and construction history, 2020, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO, 2021, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Overview of KAGRA: Calibration, detector characterization, physical environmental monitors, and the geophysics interferometer, 2021, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Observation of Spectral Structures in the Flux of Cosmic-Ray Protons from 50 GeV to 60 TeV with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station, 2022, Physical Review Letters
Direct Measurement of the Cosmic-Ray Carbon and Oxygen Spectra from 10 GeV/n to 2.2 TeV/n with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kunihito Ioka include:

Kazunori Kohri
W. Ishizaki
M. Mori
Norita Kawanaka
T. Sakamoto

Best Publications

Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

1961
Citations
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

B. P. Abbott

1052
Citations
Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: An advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

M. Actis;G. Agnetta;F. Aharonian;A. Akhperjanian

1008
Citations
GRB Formation Rates inferred from the Spectral Peak Energy - Luminosity Relation

D. Yonetoku;T. Murakami;T. Nakamura;R. Yamazaki

916
Citations
Introducing the CTA concept

B. S. Acharya;M. Actis;T. Aghajani;G. Agnetta

855
Citations
Gamma-Ray Burst Formation Rate Inferred from the Spectral Peak Energy-Peak Luminosity Relation

Daisuke Yonetoku;Toshio Murakami;T. Nakamura;R. Yamazaki

816
Citations
The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO

Seiji Kawamura;Hiroo Kunimori;Mizuhiko Hosokawa;Ryuichi Fujita

727
Citations
Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star–Black Hole Coalescences

R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

677
Citations
Overview of KAGRA: Detector design and construction history

T. Akutsu;M. Ando;M. Ando;K. Arai;Y. Arai

588
Citations
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

B.S. Acharya;I. Agudo;I. Al Samarai

498
Citations
KAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

T. Akutsu;M. Ando;M. Ando;K. Arai;Y. Arai

490
Citations
Cosmic Dispersion Measure from Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Probing the Reionization History and the Burst Environment

K. Ioka

347
Citations
Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO

Seiji Kawamura;Masaki Ando;Naoki Seto;Shuichi Sato

337
Citations
Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run

R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

325
Citations
TeV-PeV neutrinos from low-power gamma-ray burst jets inside stars.

Kohta Murase;Kunihito Ioka;Kunihito Ioka

318
Citations
Jet collimation in the ejecta of double neutron star merger: new canonical picture of short gamma-ray bursts

Hiroki Nagakura;Kenta Hotokezaka;Yuichiro Sekiguchi;Masaru Shibata

282
Citations
The Cosmic Dispersion Measure from Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Probing the Reionization History and the Burst Environment

Kunihito Ioka

279
Citations
Opening Angles of Collapsar Jets

Akira Mizuta;Kunihito Ioka;Kunihito Ioka

237
Citations
High Energy Neutrinos and Cosmic-Rays from Low-Luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts?

Kohta Murase;Kunihito Ioka;Shigehiro Nagataki;Shigehiro Nagataki;Takashi Nakamura

235
Citations
Jet Collimation in the Ejecta of Double Neutron Star Mergers: A New Canonical Picture of Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

Hiroki Nagakura;Kenta Hotokezaka;Yuichiro Sekiguchi;Masaru Shibata

228
Citations