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Naoshi Hirata

Naoshi Hirata

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
7087
World Ranking
5218
National Ranking
136

Naoshi Hirata publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 310 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Naoshi Hirata D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Naoshi Hirata is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical Engineering, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Their research covers a variety of topics with a focus on Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Recent papers authored by Naoshi Hirata include:

  • Graph-Partitioning Based Convolutional Neural Network for Earthquake Detection Using a Seismic Array, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Improved 3-D P Wave Azimuthal Anisotropy Structure Beneath the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Japan: New Interpretations of the Dual Subduction System Revealed by Seismic Anisotropy, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Interdisciplinary and Industry-Academia Collaboration Research for Enhancing Social Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area -DEKATSU Activity-, 2021, Journal of Disaster Research
  • Forecasting temporal variation of aftershocks immediately after a main shock using Gaussian process regression, 2021, Geophysical Journal International
  • An Optimum 2D Seismic-Wavefield Reconstruction in Densely and Nonuniformly Distributed Stations: The Metropolitan Seismic Observation Network in Japan, 2021, Seismological Research Letters

Naoshi Hirata frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Kiyoshi Suyehiro
  • James C. Ingle
  • Marta T von Breymann
  • James S. Bristow
  • Lloyd H. Burckle

Their work has been published in various academic venues with multiple contributions to:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Disaster Research
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International

Best Publications

  • Propagation of slow slip leading up to the 2011 M(w) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake.

    Aitaro Kato;Kazushige Obara;Toshihiro Igarashi;Hiroshi Tsuruoka

  • Continental Crust, Crustal Underplating, and Low- Q Upper Mantle Beneath an Oceanic Island Arc

    Kiyoshi Suyehiro;Narumi Takahashi;Yoshiro Ariie;Yasutaka Yokoi

  • Maximum-likelihood estimation of hypocenter with origin time eliminated using nonlinear inversion technique

    Naoshi Hirata;Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura

  • Decade‐scale decrease inb value prior to the M9‐class 2011 Tohoku and 2004 Sumatra quakes

    K. Z. Nanjo;N. Hirata;K. Obara;K. Kasahara

  • Variations of fluid pressure within the subducting oceanic crust and slow earthquakes

    Aitaro Kato;Takashi Iidaka;Ryoya Ikuta;Yasuhiro Yoshida

  • Earthquake source fault beneath Tokyo.

    Hiroshi Sato;Naoshi Hirata;Kazuki Koketsu;David Okaya

  • Structural factors controlling the rupture process of a megathrust earthquake at the Nankai trough seismogenic zone

    S. Kodaira;E. Kurashimo;J.-O. Park;N. Takahashi

  • Crustal structure across the coseismic rupture zone of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake, the central Nankai Trough seismogenic zone

    Ayako Nakanishi;Narumi Takahashi;Jin-Oh Park;Seiichi Miura

  • Analysis of the completeness magnitude and seismic network coverage of Japan

    K. Z. Nanjo;T. Ishibe;H. Tsuruoka;D. Schorlemmer

  • The Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability: Achievements and Priorities

    Danijel Schorlemmer;Maximilian J. Werner;Warner Marzocchi;Thomas H. Jordan

  • Crustal and upper mantle structure in the Ryukyu Island Arc deduced from deep seismic sounding

    T. Iwasaki;N. Hirata;T. Kanazawa;J. Melles

  • Report on DELP 1988 Cruises in the Okinawa Trough : Part 3. Crustal structure of the southern Okinawa Trough

    Naoshi Hirata;Hajimu Kinoshita;Hiroshi Katao;Hisatoshi Baba

  • An anomalously thick layering of the crust of the yamato basin, southeastern sea of japan: the final stage of back-arc spreading

    Naoshi Hirata;Hidekazu Tokuyama;Tae Woong Chung

  • Oceanic crust in the Japan Basin of the Japan Sea by the 1990 Japan-USSR Expedition

    Naoshi Hirata;Boris Ya. Karp;Takashi Yamaguchi;Toshihiko Kanazawa

  • Crustal structure of southwest Japan, revealed by the integrated seismic experiment Southwest Japan 2002

    Tanio Ito;Yuji Kojima;Shuichi Kodaira;Hiroshi Sato

  • Repeating earthquake activities associated with the Philippine Sea plate subduction in the Kanto district, central Japan: A new plate configuration revealed by interplate aseismic slips

    Hisanori Kimura;Keiji Kasahara;Toshihiro Igarashi;Naoshi Hirata

  • Size and orientation of the fault plane for the 2001 Gujarat, India earthquake (Mw7.7) from aftershock observations: A high stress drop event

    H. Negishi;J. Mori;T. Sato;R. Singh

  • Imaging the source region of the 2004 mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake and the evolution of a seismogenic thrust-related fold

    Aitaro Kato;Eiji Kurashimo;Naoshi Hirata;Shinichi Sakai

  • A detailed subduction structure in the Kuril trench deduced from ocean bottom seismographic refraction studies

    Takaya Iwasaki;Hajime Shiobara;Azusa Nishizawa;Toshihiko Kanazawa

  • Correlation between Coulomb stress imparted by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and seismicity rate change in Kanto, Japan

    Takeo Ishibe;Kenji Satake;Shin'ichi Sakai;Kunihiko Shimazaki

  • Imaging the seismic structure and stress field in the source region of the 2004 mid‐Niigata prefecture earthquake: Structural zones of weakness and seismogenic stress concentration by ductile flow

    Aitaro Kato;Shin'ichi Sakai;Naoshi Hirata;Eiji Kurashimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Takaya Iwasaki
Takaya Iwasaki University of Tokyo
Aitaro Kato
Aitaro Kato University of Tokyo
Toshihiko Kanazawa
Toshihiko Kanazawa University of Tokyo
Masanao Shinohara
Masanao Shinohara University of Tokyo
Kiyoshi Suyehiro
Kiyoshi Suyehiro Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kazushige Obara
Kazushige Obara University of Tokyo
Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Yoshiyuki Kaneda Nagoya University
Narumi Takahashi
Narumi Takahashi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yosihiko Ogata
Yosihiko Ogata The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Shuichi Kodaira
Shuichi Kodaira Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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