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Masaru Mimura

Masaru Mimura

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Psychology
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
73
Citations
19292
World Ranking
1970
National Ranking
1

Masaru Mimura publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 643 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Masaru Mimura D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Masaru Mimura is a researcher affiliated with Keio University in Japan with a focus on medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans over 490 publications in medicine and 240 in neuroscience, emphasizing psychiatric and cognitive studies.

Their research extensively covers subfields including:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Pharmacology

Main topics addressed in their research involve:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Mimura has contributed significantly to several academic journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Some of the recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Mimura include:

  • Gut microbiota and major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Association of Sleep Duration With All- and Major-Cause Mortality Among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • Glutamatergic and GABAergic metabolite levels in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis of 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Dopaminergic dysfunction and excitatory/inhibitory imbalance in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and novel neuromodulatory treatment, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators of Mimura include:

  • Hiroyuki Uchida
  • Yoshihiro Noda
  • Shinichiro Nakajima
  • Taishiro Kishimoto
  • Masataka Wada

Best Publications

  • Reliability and validity of Japanese version of the Mini‐International Neuropsychiatric Interview

    Tempei Otsubo;Katsutoshi Tanaka;Katsutoshi Tanaka;Rumiko Koda;Junko Shinoda

  • Long-Acting Injectable vs Oral Antipsychotics for Relapse Prevention in Schizophrenia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

    Taishiro Kishimoto;Taishiro Kishimoto;Alfred Robenzadeh;Claudia Leucht;Stefan Leucht

  • Gut microbiota and major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Kenji Sanada;Shinichiro Nakajima;Shunya Kurokawa;Alberto Barceló-Soler

  • Neuroimaging-aided differential diagnosis of the depressive state

    Ryu Takizawa;Masato Fukuda;Shingo Kawasaki;Kiyoto Kasai

  • Glutamatergic neurometabolite levels in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies

    Sho Moriguchi;Sho Moriguchi;Akihiro Takamiya;Yoshihiro Noda;Nobuyuki Horita

  • Bifidobacterium-Rich Fecal Donor May Be a Positive Predictor for Successful Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

    Shinta Mizuno;Tatsuhiro Masaoka;Makoto Naganuma;Taishiro Kishimoto

  • Kynurenine pathway in depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Kamiyu Ogyu;Kaoruhiko Kubo;Yoshihiro Noda;Yusuke Iwata

  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Modulates Resting-State EEG Oscillatory Pattern and Phase Synchronization in Nodes of the Default Mode Network in Patients With Depressive Disorder.

    Akihiro Takamiya;Jinichi Hirano;Bun Yamagata;Shigeki Takei

  • Impaired decision-making in Parkinson's disease

    Masaru Mimura;Reiko Oeda;Mitsuru Kawamura

  • Pharmacological Strategies to Counteract Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain and Metabolic Adverse Effects in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Yuya Mizuno;Takefumi Suzuki;Atsuo Nakagawa;Kazunari Yoshida

  • The effect of fecal microbiota transplantation on psychiatric symptoms among patients with irritable bowel syndrome, functional diarrhea and functional constipation: An open-label observational study.

    Shunya Kurokawa;Taishiro Kishimoto;Shinta Mizuno;Tatsuhiro Masaoka

  • Defining treatment-resistant schizophrenia and response to antipsychotics: A review and recommendation

    Takefumi Suzuki;Gary Remington;Gary Remington;Benoit H. Mulsant;Benoit H. Mulsant;Hiroyuki Uchida;Hiroyuki Uchida

  • In Vivo Visualization of Subtle, Transient, and Local Activity of Astrocytes Using an Ultrasensitive Ca2+ Indicator

    Kazunori Kanemaru;Hiroshi Sekiya;Ming Xu;Kaname Satoh

  • Suicide and Microglia: Recent Findings and Future Perspectives Based on Human Studies.

    Hisaomi Suzuki;Masahiro Ohgidani;Nobuki Kuwano;Fabrice Chrétien

  • Decision making in Parkinson's disease: Analysis of behavioral and physiological patterns in the Iowa gambling task.

    Mutsutaka Kobayakawa;Shinichi Koyama;Shinichi Koyama;Masaru Mimura;Mitsuru Kawamura

  • Association of Sleep Duration with All- And Major-Cause Mortality among Adults in Japan, China, Singapore, and Korea

    Thomas Svensson;Eiko Saito;Akiko Kishi Svensson;Akiko Kishi Svensson;Olle Melander

  • Validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale as a screening instrument of major depressive disorder among Japanese workers

    Koji Wada;Koji Wada;Katsutoshi Tanaka;Gilles Theriault;Toshihiko Satoh

  • Recognition of emotion from moving facial and prosodic stimuli in depressed patients

    Y Kan;M Mimura;K Kamijima;M Kawamura

  • Dopamine D2 Receptor Occupancy and Cognition in Schizophrenia: Analysis of the CATIE Data

    Hitoshi Sakurai;Robert R. Bies;Robert R. Bies;Scott T. Stroup;Richard S. E. Keefe

  • It's not my fault: postdictive modulation of intentional binding by monetary gains and losses.

    Keisuke Takahata;Hidehiko Takahashi;Hidehiko Takahashi;Takaki Maeda;Satoshi Umeda

  • Time estimation by patients with frontal lesions and by Korsakoff amnesics.

    Masaru Mimura;Marcel Kinsbourne;Margaret O'connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Motoichiro Kato
Motoichiro Kato Keio University
Ariel Graff-Guerrero
Ariel Graff-Guerrero Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Kenji F. Tanaka
Kenji F. Tanaka Keio University
Kazuo Tsubota
Kazuo Tsubota Keio University
Gary Remington
Gary Remington Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Shoichiro Tsugane
Shoichiro Tsugane International University of Health and Welfare
Tetsuya Suhara
Tetsuya Suhara National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Bruce G. Pollock
Bruce G. Pollock University of Toronto
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University

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