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Masayuki Hirata

Masayuki Hirata

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Neuroscience 42 7712 7116 258 243 260 5871

Masayuki Hirata publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masayuki Hirata between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masayuki Hirata published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 8.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2010. 9 of the 322 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2010. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 9 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 23 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 4 publications
1988 2025

322 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masayuki Hirata: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 3
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 0
1994 0
1995 4
1996 0
1997 1
1998 9
1999 6
2000 5
2001 8
2002 7
2003 5
2004 5
2005 0
2006 17
2007 13
2008 10
2009 11
2010 23
2011 20
2012 15
2013 18
2014 21
2015 15
2016 17
2017 16
2018 13
2019 6
2020 14
2021 11
2022 8
2023 5
2024 5
2025 4
Total 322
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Masayuki Hirata publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 86 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 887+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 539. Most scientists, 539, have 98–107 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 258–267 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 18 scientists 48–57 publications: 79 scientists 58–67 publications: 193 scientists 68–77 publications: 323 scientists 78–87 publications: 406 scientists 88–97 publications: 452 scientists 98–107 publications: 539 scientists 108–117 publications: 505 scientists 118–127 publications: 522 scientists 128–137 publications: 469 scientists 138–147 publications: 456 scientists 148–157 publications: 459 scientists 158–167 publications: 397 scientists 168–177 publications: 383 scientists 178–187 publications: 350 scientists 188–197 publications: 302 scientists 198–207 publications: 306 scientists 208–217 publications: 262 scientists 218–227 publications: 242 scientists 228–237 publications: 220 scientists 238–247 publications: 203 scientists 248–257 publications: 174 scientists 258–267 publications: 176 scientists 268–277 publications: 175 scientists 278–287 publications: 125 scientists 288–297 publications: 116 scientists 298–307 publications: 127 scientists 308–317 publications: 128 scientists 318–327 publications: 99 scientists 328–337 publications: 89 scientists 338–347 publications: 78 scientists 348–357 publications: 96 scientists 358–367 publications: 66 scientists 368–377 publications: 59 scientists 378–387 publications: 65 scientists 388–397 publications: 54 scientists 398–407 publications: 48 scientists 408–417 publications: 49 scientists 418–427 publications: 34 scientists 428–437 publications: 31 scientists 438–447 publications: 30 scientists 448–457 publications: 31 scientists 458–467 publications: 36 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 35 scientists 488–497 publications: 30 scientists 498–507 publications: 23 scientists 508–517 publications: 26 scientists 518–527 publications: 20 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 20 scientists 548–557 publications: 20 scientists 558–567 publications: 17 scientists 568–577 publications: 14 scientists 578–587 publications: 20 scientists 588–597 publications: 20 scientists 598–607 publications: 19 scientists 608–617 publications: 18 scientists 618–627 publications: 17 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 11 scientists 648–657 publications: 11 scientists 658–667 publications: 8 scientists 668–677 publications: 7 scientists 678–687 publications: 11 scientists 688–697 publications: 10 scientists 698–707 publications: 4 scientists 708–717 publications: 6 scientists 718–727 publications: 5 scientists 728–737 publications: 5 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 9 scientists 758–767 publications: 3 scientists 768–777 publications: 7 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 6 scientists 798–807 publications: 2 scientists 808–817 publications: 2 scientists 818–827 publications: 7 scientists 828–837 publications: 0 scientists 838–847 publications: 9 scientists 848–857 publications: 3 scientists 858–867 publications: 1 scientist 868–877 publications: 3 scientists 878–886 publications: 6 scientists 887+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 887+

This scientist: 260 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 18
48–57 79
58–67 193
68–77 323
78–87 406
88–97 452
98–107 539
108–117 505
118–127 522
128–137 469
138–147 456
148–157 459
158–167 397
168–177 383
178–187 350
188–197 302
198–207 306
208–217 262
218–227 242
228–237 220
238–247 203
248–257 174
258–267 176 260
268–277 175
278–287 125
288–297 116
298–307 127
308–317 128
318–327 99
328–337 89
338–347 78
348–357 96
358–367 66
368–377 59
378–387 65
388–397 54
398–407 48
408–417 49
418–427 34
428–437 31
438–447 30
448–457 31
458–467 36
468–477 40
478–487 35
488–497 30
498–507 23
508–517 26
518–527 20
528–537 23
538–547 20
548–557 20
558–567 17
568–577 14
578–587 20
588–597 20
598–607 19
608–617 18
618–627 17
628–637 11
638–647 11
648–657 11
658–667 8
668–677 7
678–687 11
688–697 10
698–707 4
708–717 6
718–727 5
728–737 5
738–747 9
748–757 9
758–767 3
768–777 7
778–787 7
788–797 6
798–807 2
808–817 2
818–827 7
828–837 0
838–847 9
848–857 3
858–867 1
868–877 3
878–886 6
887+ 100
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Masayuki Hirata D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 68 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 512. Most scientists, 512, have 46–47 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 172 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 296 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 435 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 459 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 456 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 467 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 478 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 512 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 435 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 425 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 418 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 392 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 357 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 334 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 328 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 260 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 278 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 239 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 250 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 210 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 200 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 189 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 170 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 146 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 113 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 126 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 100 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 99 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 84 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 85 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 72 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 76 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 45 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 43 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 32 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 45 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 50 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 32 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 39 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 27 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 19 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 23 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 27 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 16 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 24 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 14 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 15 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 10 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 10 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 13 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 8 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 6 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 6 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 7 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 7 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 10 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162 D-Index: 8 scientists 163+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30–31 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

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Number of Neuroscience scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,597 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 42
32–33 172
34–35 296
36–37 435
38–39 459
40–41 456
42–43 467 42
44–45 478
46–47 512
48–49 435
50–51 425
52–53 418
54–55 392
56–57 357
58–59 334
60–61 328
62–63 260
64–65 278
66–67 239
68–69 250
70–71 210
72–73 200
74–75 189
76–77 170
78–79 146
80–81 113
82–83 126
84–85 100
86–87 84
88–89 99
90–91 84
92–93 85
94–95 72
96–97 76
98–99 45
100–101 49
102–103 43
104–105 32
106–107 45
108–109 50
110–111 32
112–113 39
114–115 32
116–117 29
118–119 27
120–121 19
122–123 23
124–125 27
126–127 16
128–129 24
130–131 13
132–133 21
134–135 17
136–137 14
138–139 15
140–141 10
142–143 10
144–145 13
146–147 9
148–149 8
150–151 6
152–153 6
154–155 7
156–157 7
158–159 10
160–161 4
162 8
163+ 100
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Overview

Masayuki Hirata is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. The research activity primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions in subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, surgery, and speech and hearing.

Their research covers several main topics such as EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroscience and neural engineering, epilepsy research and treatment, dysphagia assessment and management, and voice and speech disorders.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Clinical Neurophysiology

Selected recent papers by Masayuki Hirata include:

  • Corneo-retinal-dipole and eyelid-related eye artifacts can be corrected offline and online in electroencephalographic and magnetoencephalographic signals, 2020, NeuroImage
  • High-density mapping of primate digit representations with a 1152-channel µECoG array, 2021, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Distance- and speed-informed kinematics decoding improves M/EEG based upper-limb movement decoder accuracy, 2020, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Fully-Automated Spike Detection and Dipole Analysis of Epileptic MEG Using Deep Learning, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
  • A Swallowing Decoder Based on Deep Transfer Learning: AlexNet Classification of the Intracranial Electrocorticogram, 2020, International Journal of Neural Systems

Masayuki Hirata has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Hiroaki Hashimoto, Haruhiko Kishima, Satoru Oshino, Naoki Tani, and Hui Ming Khoo.

Best Publications

  • Electrocorticographic control of a prosthetic arm in paralyzed patients

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima

  • Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain by navigation-guided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex.

    Azuma Hirayama;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima;Toshio Shimokawa

  • Real-time control of a prosthetic hand using human electrocorticography signals: Technical note

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Tetsu Goto

  • Movement-related desynchronization of the cerebral cortex studied with spatially filtered magnetoencephalography.

    Masaaki Taniguchi;Amami Kato;Norihiko Fujita;Masayuki Hirata

  • Motor cortex stimulation for central and peripheral deafferentation pain. Report of eight cases.

    Youichi Saitoh;Masahiko Shibata;Shun-ichiro Hirano;Masayuki Hirata

  • Determination of language dominance with synthetic aperture magnetometry: comparison with the Wada test.

    Masayuki Hirata;Amami Kato;Masaaki Taniguchi;Youichi Saitoh

  • Regulation of motor representation by phase-amplitude coupling in the sensorimotor cortex.

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Okito Yamashita;Masayuki Hirata;Haruhiko Kishima

  • Reduction of intractable deafferentation pain due to spinal cord or peripheral lesion by high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex.

    Youichi Saitoh;Azuma Hirayama;Haruhiko Kishima;Toshio Shimokawa

  • Diffusion tensor fiber tracking in patients with central post-stroke pain; correlation with efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Tetsu Goto;Youichi Saitoh;Naoya Hashimoto;Masayuki Hirata

  • Stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable deafferentation pain.

    Y. Saitoh;A. Hirayama;H. Kishima;S. Oshino

  • Electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex within the central sulcus for intractable neuropathic pain

    Koichi Hosomi;Youichi Saitoh;Haruhiko Kishima;Satoru Oshino

  • Application of a rigid endoscope to the microsurgical management of 54 cerebral aneurysms: results in 48 patients.

    Masaaki Taniguchi;Hiroshi Takimoto;Toshiki Yoshimine;Nobumitsu Shimada

  • Prediction of Three-Dimensional Arm Trajectories Based on ECoG Signals Recorded from Human Sensorimotor Cortex

    Yasuhiko Nakanishi;Takufumi Yanagisawa;Duk Shin;Ryohei Fukuma

  • Wireless Multichannel Neural Recording With a 128-Mbps UWB Transmitter for an Implantable Brain-Machine Interfaces

    H. Ando;K. Takizawa;T. Yoshida;K. Matsushita

  • Neural decoding using gyral and intrasulcal electrocorticograms.

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Masayuki Hirata;Youichi Saitoh;Amami Kato

  • Modulation of neuronal activity after spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain; H215O PET study

    Haruhiko Kishima;Youichi Saitoh;Satoru Oshino;Koichi Hosomi

  • Cortical excitability changes after high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for central poststroke pain

    Koichi Hosomi;Haruhiko Kishima;Satoru Oshino;Masayuki Hirata

  • Language dominance and mapping based on neuromagnetic oscillatory changes: comparison with invasive procedures

    Masayuki Hirata;Tetsu Goto;Gareth Barnes;Yuka Umekawa

  • High Spatiotemporal Resolution ECoG Recording of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials with Flexible Micro-Electrode Arrays.

    Taro Kaiju;Taro Kaiju;Keiichi Doi;Keiichi Doi;Masashi Yokota;Masashi Yokota;Kei Watanabe

  • Cortical oscillatory power changes during auditory oddball task revealed by spatially filtered magnetoencephalography

    Ryouhei Ishii;Leonides Canuet;Anthony Herdman;Atsuko Gunji

  • Differential responses of primary auditory cortex in autistic spectrum disorder with auditory hypersensitivity

    Junko Matsuzaki;Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono;Tetsu Goto;Wakako Sanefuji

  • Induced sensorimotor brain plasticity controls pain in phantom limb patients

    Takufumi Yanagisawa;Ryohei Fukuma;Ben Seymour;Koichi Hosomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruhiko Kishima
Haruhiko Kishima Osaka University
Youichi Saitoh
Youichi Saitoh Osaka University
Amami Kato
Amami Kato Kindai University
Yukiyasu Kamitani
Yukiyasu Kamitani Kyoto University
Ryouhei Ishii
Ryouhei Ishii Osaka Metropolitan University
Masatoshi Takeda
Masatoshi Takeda Izumi University
Hideki Mochizuki
Hideki Mochizuki Osaka University
Hironobu Nakamura
Hironobu Nakamura Osaka University
Ben Seymour
Ben Seymour University of Oxford
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University

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