2026 Ryusuke Kakigi: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	82	1520	1383	31	29	613	22706

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Ryusuke Kakigi is affiliated with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan. Their research spans multiple aspects of neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and physiology.

The scientist has published extensively in fields that intersect fundamental brain function and clinical applications. Their main fields of study include:

Neuroscience
Medicine

The focus within these disciplines is concentrated on several subfields, notably:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Physiology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key research topics that Kakigi explores include:

EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Face Recognition and Perception
Neural dynamics and brain function
Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Their recent published papers reflect this varied interest and include:

"Review of techniques useful for the assessment of sensory small fiber neuropathies: Report from an IFCN expert group," 2022, Clinical Neurophysiology
"The Amygdala Network for Processing Itch in Human Brains," 2020, Acta Dermato Venereologica
"Temporal codes of visual working memory in the human cerebral cortex," 2020, NeuroImage
"Infants' recognition of their mothers' faces in facial drawings," 2020, Developmental Psychobiology
"Dexterous manual movement facilitates information processing in the primary somatosensory cortex: A magnetoencephalographic study," 2021, European Journal of Neuroscience

Kakigi frequently publishes in the following venues:

Clinical Neurophysiology
Acta Dermato Venereologica
Human Brain Mapping
Developmental Psychobiology
PLoS ONE

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

Tetsuo Kida
Kensaku Miki
Yasuyuki Takeshima
Koji Inui
Hiroki Nakata

Best Publications

Recommendations for the clinical use of somatosensory-evoked potentials

G. Cruccu;M.J. Aminoff;G. Curio;J.M. Guerit

782
Citations
One year of musical training affects development of auditory cortical-evoked fields in young children

Takako Fujioka;Bernhard Ross;Ryusuke Kakigi;Christo Pantev

516
Citations
Somatosensory Homunculus as Drawn by MEG

Akinori Nakamura;Takako Yamada;Atsuko Goto;Takashi Kato

457
Citations
Musical Training Enhances Automatic Encoding of Melodic Contour and Interval Structure

Takako Fujioka;Laurel J. Trainor;Bernhard Ross;Ryusuke Kakigi

453
Citations
Preferential stimulation of Aδ fibers by intra-epidermal needle electrode in humans

Koji Inui;Tuan Diep Tran;Minoru Hoshiyama;Ryusuke Kakigi

332
Citations
An ERP Study of Second Language Learning after Childhood: Effects of Proficiency

Shiro Ojima;Hiroki Nakata;Ryusuke Kakigi

321
Citations
The somatosensory evoked magnetic fields.

Ryusuke Kakigi;Minoru Hoshiyama;Motoko Shimojo;Daisuke Naka

267
Citations
Automatic Encoding of Polyphonic Melodies in Musicians and Nonmusicians

Takako Fujioka;Laurel J. Trainor;Bernhard Ross;Ryusuke Kakigi

243
Citations
Neural activation to upright and inverted faces in infants measured by near infrared spectroscopy

Yumiko Otsuka;Emi Nakato;So Kanazawa;Masami K. Yamaguchi

242
Citations
Somatosensory evoked magnetic fields following median nerve stimulation

Ryusuke Kakigi

241
Citations
Cortical tremor: a variant of cortical reflex myoclonus.

A. Ikeda;R. Kakigi;N. Funai;R. Neshige

238
Citations
Inner Experience of Pain: Imagination of Pain While Viewing Images Showing Painful Events Forms Subjective Pain Representation in Human Brain

Yuichi Ogino;Hidenori Nemoto;Koji Inui;Shigeru Saito

232
Citations
Serial Processing in the Human Somatosensory System

Koji Inui;Xiaohong Wang;Yohei Tamura;Yoshiki Kaneoke

221
Citations
Pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials following CO2 laser stimulation of foot in man.

Ryusuke Kakigi;Hiroshi Shibasaki;Akio Ikeda

221
Citations
The spatiotemporal dynamics of the face inversion effect: a magneto- and electro-encephalographic study.

S Watanabe;R Kakigi;A Puce

215
Citations
Pain-related magnetic fields following painful CO2 laser stimulation in man.

Ryusuke Kakigi;Sachiko Koyama;Minoru Hoshiyama;Yoshihiro Kitamura

201
Citations
Mechanisms of pain relief by vibration and movement.

R Kakigi;H Shibasaki

195
Citations
Electrophysiological studies on human pain perception.

Ryusuke Kakigi;Koji Inui;Koji Inui;Yohei Tamura;Yohei Tamura

188
Citations
A comparative magnetoencephalographic study of cortical activations evoked by noxious and innocuous somatosensory stimulations.

K Inui;T.D Tran;Y Qiu;X Wang

177
Citations
Temporal Analysis of Cortical Mechanisms for Pain Relief by Tactile Stimuli in Humans

Koji Inui;Takeshi Tsuji;Ryusuke Kakigi

174
Citations
Pain-Related Somatosensory Evoked Potentials Following CO2 Laser Stimulation in Man

R. Kakigi;H. Shibasaki;A. Ikeda

19
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