The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masashi Yanagisawa sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 663 publications — 78th percentile
78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masashi Yanagisawa sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 154 D-Index — 95th percentile
95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.
Masashi Yanagisawa is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and specializes in neuroscience with a strong emphasis on sleep and wakefulness research. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.
The scientist's research covers a variety of topics centered on sleep and related areas such as sleep disorders, circadian rhythm and melatonin, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, work-related fatigue, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and neural dynamics and brain function.
Recent publications by Masashi Yanagisawa include:
Yanagisawa collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including Hiromasa Funato, Yukiko Ishikawa, Jaehoon Seol, Chika Miyoshi, and Tsuyoshi Saitoh.
The scientist's work has been published extensively in several scientific journals and venues, with repeated contributions appearing in:
Masashi Yanagisawa is recognized as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an honor awarded in 2003.
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