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Nobumasa Kato

Nobumasa Kato

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
16146
World Ranking
19890
National Ranking
634

Nobumasa Kato publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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 Nobumasa Kato sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 372 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nobumasa Kato D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nobumasa Kato is primarily affiliated with Showa University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry and mental health. Their research encompasses various subfields including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and genetics.

Kato's work centers on topics such as functional brain connectivity studies, autism spectrum disorder research, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, neural dynamics and brain function, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, advanced MRI techniques and applications, and mental health research topics.

The recent publications authored or co-authored by Kato include the following:

  • "A multi-site, multi-disorder resting-state magnetic resonance image database" (2021) published in Scientific Data
  • "Generalizable brain network markers of major depressive disorder across multiple imaging sites" (2020) published in PLoS Biology
  • "Primary functional brain connections associated with melancholic major depressive disorder and modulation by antidepressants" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "White matter alterations in autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in relation to sensory profile" (2020) published in Molecular Autism
  • "Overlapping but Asymmetrical Relationships Between Schizophrenia and Autism Revealed by Brain Connectivity" (2020) published in Schizophrenia Bulletin

Kato has published frequently with several co-authors who have collaborated on numerous articles. These frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryuichiro Hashimoto
  • Haruhisa Ohta
  • Takashi Itahashi
  • Hidehiko Takahashi
  • Junya Fujino

The scientist's publications often appear in specific venues known for neuroscience and psychiatric research. The main publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Scientific Data
  • PLoS Biology

Best Publications

  • Executive and prefrontal dysfunction in unipolar depression: a review of neuropsychological and imaging evidence

    Mark Andrew Rogers;Kyoto Kasai;Matsuo Koji;Rinmei Fukuda

  • Voxel-based analysis of MRI reveals anterior cingulate gray-matter volume reduction in posttraumatic stress disorder due to terrorism.

    H. Yamasue;K. Kasai;A. Iwanami;T. Ohtani

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in bipolar disorder.

    Tadafumi Kato;Nobumasa Kato

  • Atypical gaze patterns in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders dissociated from developmental changes in gaze behaviour

    Tamami Nakano;Kyoko Tanaka;Yuuki Endo;Yui Yamane

  • A small number of abnormal brain connections predicts adult autism spectrum disorder

    Noriaki Yahata;Jun Morimoto;Ryuichiro Hashimoto;Giuseppe Lisi

  • Aging in the CNS: comparison of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data.

    Osamu Abe;Hidenori Yamasue;Shigeki Aoki;Motomu Suga

  • Glucocorticoid receptor activation is involved in producing abnormal phenotypes of single-prolonged stress rats: a putative post-traumatic stress disorder model.

    K. Kohda;K. Harada;K. Kato;A. Hoshino

  • Identification of mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms that alter mitochondrial matrix pH and intracellular calcium dynamics.

    An A. Kazuno;Kae Munakata;Takeharu Nagai;Satoshi Shimozono

  • Effects of creatine on mental fatigue and cerebral hemoglobin oxygenation.

    Airi Watanabe;Nobumasa Kato;Tadafumi Kato;Tadafumi Kato

  • Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Choreoathetosis Locus Maps to Chromosome 16p11.2-q12.1

    Hiro-aki Tomita;Shinichiro Nagamitsu;Keiko Wakui;Yoshimitsu Fukushima

  • Association of the oxytocin receptor ( OXTR ) gene polymorphisms with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Japanese population

    Xiaoxi Liu;Yoshiya Kawamura;Takafumi Shimada;Takeshi Otowa

  • Aberrant DNA methylation associated with bipolar disorder identified from discordant monozygotic twins

    G Kuratomi;K Iwamoto;M Bundo;I Kusumi

  • Two genetic variants of CD38 in subjects with autism spectrum disorder and controls.

    Toshio Munesue;Shigeru Yokoyama;Kazuhiko Nakamura;Ayyappan Anitha

  • Mitigation of sociocommunicational deficits of autism through oxytocin-induced recovery of medial prefrontal activity: a randomized trial.

    Takamitsu Watanabe;Osamu Abe;Hitoshi Kuwabara;Noriaki Yahata

  • Reduced intracellular pH in the basal ganglia and whole brain measured by 31P-MRS in bipolar disorder.

    Hiroshi Hamakawa;Jun Murashita;Naoto Yamada;Toshiro Inubushi

  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Affective Disorders

    Tadafumi Kato;Toshiro Inubushi;Nobumasa Kato

  • QUANTITATIVE PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE BASAL GANGLIA IN PATIENTS WITH AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

    H. Hamakawa;Tadafumi Kato;J. Murashita;Nobumasa Kato

  • Hyperactivity and spatial maze learning impairment of adult rats with temporary neonatal hypothyroidism.

    Masashi Akaike;Nobumasa Kato;Hiroko Ohno;Takayoshi Kobayashi

  • Patients with methamphetamine psychosis admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Japan. A preliminary report.

    A. Iwanami;A. Sugiyama;N. Kuroki;S. Toda

  • Minimum light intensity required to suppress nocturnal melatonin concentration in human saliva.

    Harusuke Aoki;Naoto Yamada;Yuji Ozeki;Hideo Yamane

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiyoto Kasai
Kiyoto Kasai University of Tokyo
Tadafumi Kato
Tadafumi Kato Juntendo University
Hidehiko Takahashi
Hidehiko Takahashi Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Noriaki Yahata
Noriaki Yahata National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Koji Matsuo
Koji Matsuo Yamaguchi University
Mitsuo Kawato
Mitsuo Kawato Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Yasumasa Okamoto
Yasumasa Okamoto Hiroshima University
Hiroshi Imamizu
Hiroshi Imamizu University of Tokyo
Go Okada
Go Okada Hiroshima University
Katsushi Tokunaga
Katsushi Tokunaga University of Tokyo

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