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Masahiro Kawasaki

Masahiro Kawasaki

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
85
Citations
24815
World Ranking
2610
National Ranking
75

Masahiro Kawasaki publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masahiro Kawasaki sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 359 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Masahiro Kawasaki D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masahiro Kawasaki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a research focus predominantly in the field of Physics and Astronomy.

Their work is distributed across several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Oceanography, and Instrumentation.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Masahiro Kawasaki has contributed research papers to a variety of scientific journals, with a frequent presence in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Physical Review D
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Physical Review Letters

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Enhancement of gravitational waves at Q-ball decay including non-linear density perturbations, 2024, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Lepton asymmetric universe, 2022, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • NANOGrav Results and LIGO-Virgo Primordial Black Holes in Axionlike Curvaton Models, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Gravitational wave production right after a primordial black hole evaporation, 2020, Physical Review D
  • Oscillon of ultra-light axion-like particle, 2020, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Kai Murai
  • Kentaro Kasai
  • Tsutomu T. Yanagida
  • Hiromasa Nakatsuka
  • Eisuke Sonomoto

Best Publications

  • Can modified gravity explain accelerated cosmic expansion

    A.D. Dolgov;A.D. Dolgov;Masahiro Kawasaki

  • Big-Bang nucleosynthesis and hadronic decay of long-lived massive particles

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Kazunori Kohri;Takeo Moroi

  • Natural chaotic inflation in supergravity

    M. Kawasaki;Masahide Yamaguchi;T. Yanagida

  • MeV-scale reheating temperature and thermalization of the neutrino background

    M. Kawasaki;K. Kohri;Naoshi Sugiyama

  • Big-bang nucleosynthesis and gravitinos

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Masahiro Kawasaki;Kazunori Kohri;Takeo Moroi;Akira Yotsuyanagi

  • Gravitino Production in the Inflationary Universe and the Effects on Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Takeo Moroi

  • Hadronic decay of late-decaying particles and big-bang nucleosynthesis

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Kazunori Kohri;Takeo Moroi

  • Axion dark matter from topological defects

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Masahiro Kawasaki;Ken’ichi Saikawa;Toyokazu Sekiguchi

  • Cosmological Constraints on Late-time Entropy Production

    M. Kawasaki;K. Kohri;Naoshi Sugiyama

  • Axions: Theory and Cosmological Role

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Kazunori Nakayama

  • Conceptual design of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

    E. Armengaud;F. T. Avignone;M. Betz;P. Brax

  • Production of dark matter axions from collapse of string-wall systems

    Takashi Hiramatsu;Masahiro Kawasaki;Masahiro Kawasaki;Ken’ichi Saikawa;Toyokazu Sekiguchi

  • Revisiting big-bang nucleosynthesis constraints on long-lived decaying particles

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Kazunori Kohri;Kazunori Kohri;Kazunori Kohri;Takeo Moroi;Yoshitaro Takaesu;Yoshitaro Takaesu

  • Leptogenesis in inflaton decay

    T. Asaka;Koichi Hamaguchi;M. Kawasaki;T. Yanagida

  • Oscillation effects on thermalization of the neutrinos in the universe with low reheating temperature

    Kazuhide Ichikawa;Masahiro Kawasaki;Fuminobu Takahashi

  • Q-ball formation through the Affleck-Dine mechanism

    S. Kasuya;M. Kawasaki

  • Primordial Black Hole Formation in a Double Inflation Model in Supergravity

    M. Kawasaki;Naoshi Sugiyama;T. Yanagida

  • Inflationary primordial black holes for the LIGO gravitational wave events and pulsar timing array experiments

    Keisuke Inomata;Masahiro Kawasaki;Kyohei Mukaida;Yuichiro Tada

  • Inflationary Primordial Black Holes as All Dark Matter

    Keisuke Inomata;Masahiro Kawasaki;Kyohei Mukaida;Yuichiro Tada

  • Gravitino overproduction in inflaton decay

    Masahiro Kawasaki;Fuminobu Takahashi;T.T. Yanagida

Frequent Co-Authors

Fuminobu Takahashi
Fuminobu Takahashi Tohoku University
Tsutomu T. Yanagida
Tsutomu T. Yanagida Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Takeo Moroi
Takeo Moroi University of Tokyo
Kazunori Kohri
Kazunori Kohri High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Jun'ichi Yokoyama
Jun'ichi Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Masataka Fukugita
Masataka Fukugita University of Tokyo
Georg G. Raffelt
Georg G. Raffelt Max Planck Society
Dieter Horns
Dieter Horns Universität Hamburg
Alexander Kusenko
Alexander Kusenko University of California, Los Angeles
Finn Erland Christensen
Finn Erland Christensen Technical University of Denmark

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