2026 Masakazu Konishi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	68	2738	1280	124	18221

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2005 - Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2004 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2004 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society In recognition of their fundamental contributions in identifying the organization and function of the avian brain systems for learning and executing birdsong
1985 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Masakazu Konishi was affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of medicine, with specific contributions across several subfields including occupational therapy, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, physiology, and oral surgery.

Their scholarly work addressed multiple topics within medicine. Key areas of focus included pressure ulcer prevention and management, diabetic foot ulcer assessment and management, surgical site infection prevention, voice and speech disorders, dental radiography and imaging, and airway management and intubation techniques.

Among their recent published papers were:

An ingenious deep learning approach for pressure injury depth evaluation with limited data, 2024, Journal of Tissue Viability
Glottis Recognition Software Development Using Artificial Intelligence, 2024, Cureus
Improving the Accuracy of Diagnostic Imaging using Artificial Intelligence: A Method for Assessing Necrotic Tissue in Pressure Injury, 2025, Yonago acta medica

Konishi collaborated frequently with several researchers including Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Kento Ikuta, Yuka Kimura, Makoto Nakagaki, and Makoto Ohga.

Their work was published in various journals, notably:

Journal of Tissue Viability
Cureus
Yonago acta medica

Awards granted to Konishi throughout their career comprised the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience in 2005, the Karl Spencer Lashley Award from The American Philosophical Society in 2004 for contributions to understanding avian brain systems related to birdsong, the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience also from the Society for Neuroscience in 2004, election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985, and fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1981.

Best Publications

A circuit for detection of interaural time differences in the brain stem of the barn owl

CE Carr;M Konishi

1031
Citations
BIRDSONG: FROM BEHAVIOR TO NEURON

Masakazu Konishi

684
Citations
A Neural Map of Auditory Space in the Owl

Eric I. Knudsen;Masakazu Konishi

608
Citations
Neuronal growth, atrophy and death in a sexually dimorphic song nucleus in the zebra finch brain

Masakazu Konishi;Eugene Akutagawa

546
Citations
Hormone-induced sexual differentiation of brain and behavior in zebra finches.

Mark E. Gurney;Masakazu Konishi

541
Citations
Mechanisms of sound localization in the barn owl (Tyto alba)

Eric I. Knudsen;Masakazu Konishi

530
Citations
Song-selective auditory circuits in the vocal control system of the zebra finch.

Allison J. Doupe;Masakazu Konishi

477
Citations
Neurons selective for orientation and binocular disparity in the visual Wulst of the barn owl (Tyto alba)

John D. Pettigrew;Masakazu Konishi

455
Citations
Decrystallization of adult birdsong by perturbation of auditory feedback

Anthony Leonardo;Masakazu Konishi

451
Citations
Axonal delay lines for time measurement in the owl's brainstem.

Catherine E. Carr;Masakazu Konishi

427
Citations
Neuronal and behavioral sensitivity to binaural time differences in the owl

A Moiseff;M Konishi

388
Citations
Interaction between auditory and motor activities in an avian song control nucleus

James S. McCasland;Masakazu Konishi

376
Citations
Space and frequency are represented separately in auditory midbrain of the owl.

Eric I. Knudsen;Masakazu Konishi

354
Citations
A suboscine bird (eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe) develops normal song without auditory feedback

Donald E. Kroodsma;Masakazu Konishi

353
Citations
Sound localization by the barn owl ( Tyto alba ) measured with the search coil technique

Eric I. Knudsen;Gary G. Blasdel;Masakazu Konishi

331
Citations
Auditory Spatial Receptive Fields Created by Multiplication

José Luis Peña;Masakazu Konishi

313
Citations
Coding of auditory space.

Masakazu Konishi

303
Citations
Time and intensity cues are processed independently in the auditory system of the owl.

T Takahashi;A Moiseff;M Konishi

301
Citations
How the Owl Tracks Its Prey

Masakazu Konishi

297
Citations
Representation of interaural time difference in the central nucleus of the barn owl's inferior colliculus.

Hermann Wagner;Terry Takahashi;Masakazu Konishi

275
Citations