2026 Norihiro Sadato: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	107	620	562	6	6	514	37112
Medicine	110	5625	5282	123	118	499	37833

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

107

620

562

514

37112

Medicine

110

5625

5282

123

118

499

37833

Neuroscience

D-Index

107

Citations

37112

World Ranking

620

National Ranking

Medicine

D-Index

110

Citations

37833

World Ranking

5625

National Ranking

123

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Norihiro Sadato is affiliated with the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and psychology, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, experimental and cognitive psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics, including:

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Action Observation and Synchronization
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Motor Control and Adaptation

They have contributed to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

NeuroImage
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Cerebral Cortex
Cerebral Cortex Communications

Recent notable papers include:

"Recommendations for Responsible Development and Application of Neurotechnologies," 2021, Neuroethics
"Brain/MINDS beyond human brain MRI project: A protocol for multi-level harmonization across brain disorders throughout the lifespan," 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
"Comparative connectomics of the primate social brain," 2021, NeuroImage
"Achieving affective human-virtual agent communication by enabling virtual agents to imitate positive expressions," 2020, Scientific Reports
"Cognitive control affects motor learning through local variations in GABA within the primary motor cortex," 2021, Scientific Reports

Norihiro Sadato frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include:

Masaki Fukunaga
Takahiko Koike
Motofumi Sumiya
Eri Nakagawa
Tetsuya Yamamoto

Best Publications

Activation of the primary visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects.

Norihiro Sadato;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Jordan Grafman;Vicente Ibañez

1711
Citations
Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans

Leonardo G. Cohen;Pablo Celnik;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Brian Corwell

1256
Citations
Processing of Social and Monetary Rewards in the Human Striatum

Keise Izuma;Daisuke N. Saito;Norihiro Sadato

1064
Citations
Modeling other minds.

Vinod Goel;Jordan Grafman;Norihiro Sadato;Mark Hallett

788
Citations
Visual Image Reconstruction from Human Brain Activity using a Combination of Multiscale Local Image Decoders

Yoichi Miyawaki;Hajime Uchida;Okito Yamashita;Masa-aki Sato

683
Citations
Both primary motor cortex and supplementary motor area play an important role in complex finger movement

Hiroshi Shibasaki;Norihiro Sadato;Hugh Lyshkow;Yoshiharu Yonekura

626
Citations
Cerebral structures participating in motor preparation in humans: a positron emission tomography study.

M. P. Deiber;V. Ibanez;N. Sadato;M. Hallett

598
Citations
Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI

Rafael Yuste;Sara Goering;Blaise Agüera y Arcas;Guoqiang Bi

566
Citations
Neural networks for Braille reading by the blind.

Norihiro Sadato;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Alvaro Pascual-Leone;Jordan Grafman;Marie Pierre Deiber

543
Citations
Mesial Motor Areas in Self-Initiated Versus Externally Triggered Movements Examined With fMRI: Effect of Movement Type and Rate

Marie Pierre Deiber;Manabu Honda;Vicente Ibañez;Norihiro Sadato

504
Citations
Attention to emotion modulates fMRI activity in human right superior temporal sulcus.

Jin Narumoto;Tomohisa Okada;Norihiro Sadato;Kenji Fukui

489
Citations
Listening to rhythms activates motor and premotor cortices

Sara L. Bengtsson;Fredrik Ullén;H. Henrik Ehrsson;Toshihiro Hashimoto

489
Citations
Role of the Supplementary Motor Area and the Right Premotor Cortex in the Coordination of Bimanual Finger Movements

Norihiro Sadato;Yoshiharu Yonekura;Atsuo Waki;Hiroki Yamada

444
Citations
Critical period for cross-modal plasticity in blind humans: a functional MRI study.

Norihiro Sadato;Tomohisa Okada;Manabu Honda;Yoshiharu Yonekura

443
Citations
11C-Acetate PET Imaging of Prostate Cancer

Nobuyuki Oyama;Hironobu Akino;Hiroshi Kanamaru;Yuji Suzuki

441
Citations
Cerebral processes related to visuomotor imagery and generation of simple finger movements studied with positron emission tomography.

Marie-Pierre Deiber;Marie-Pierre Deiber;Vicente Ibañez;Manabu Honda;Norihiro Sadato

433
Citations
Period of susceptibility for cross-modal plasticity in the blind

Leonardo G. Cohen;Robert A. Weeks;Norihiro Sadato;Pablo Celnik

431
Citations
Complexity affects regional cerebral blood flow change during sequential finger movements

Norihiro Sadato;Gregory Campbell;Vicente Ibáñez;Marie Pierre Deiber

415
Citations
Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self

Joan Y. Chiao;Tokiko Harada;Hidetsugu Komeda;Zhang Li

407
Citations
Internally simulated movement sensations during motor imagery activate cortical motor areas and the cerebellum.

Eiichi Naito;Takanori Kochiyama;Ryo Kitada;Satoshi Nakamura

404
Citations