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Sakiko Yoshikawa

Sakiko Yoshikawa

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
32
Citations
7649
World Ranking
10745
National Ranking
35

Sakiko Yoshikawa publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 149 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Sakiko Yoshikawa D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sakiko Yoshikawa is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields, notably cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, and human-computer interaction.

The research topics covered by Yoshikawa include face recognition and perception, action observation and synchronization, neural and behavioral psychology studies, multisensory perception and integration, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, tactile and sensory interactions, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Yoshikawa has published in several frequent venues including Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychology, Nutrients, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, and Cognition & Emotion.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Physiological correlates of subjective emotional valence and arousal dynamics while viewing films, 2020, Biological Psychology
  • Emotional valence sensing using a wearable facial EMG device, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Amygdala activity related to perceived social support, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Survey report on damage caused by 2019 Typhoon Hagibis in Marumori Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, 2021, SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • Enhanced emotional and motor responses to live versus videotaped dynamic facial expressions, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Yoshikawa include:

  • Wataru Sato
  • Akie Saito
  • Takanori Kochiyama
  • Nobuhito Abe
  • Ryusuke Nakai

Best Publications

  • Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness

    David I. Perrett;Kieran J Lee;Kieran J Lee;Ian S. Penton-Voak;Duncan Rowland

  • Cross-cultural reading the mind in the eyes: An fmri investigation

    Reginald B. Adams;Nicholas O. Rule;Robert G. Franklin;Elsie Wang

  • Enhanced neural activity in response to dynamic facial expressions of emotion: an fMRI study

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Eiichi Naito

  • Attractiveness of Facial Averageness and Symmetry in Non-Western Cultures: In Search of Biologically Based Standards of Beauty

    Gillian Rhodes;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Alison Clark;Kieran Lee

  • Spontaneous facial mimicry in response to dynamic facial expressions.

    Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

  • Dynamic Properties Influence the Perception of Facial Expressions

    Miyuki Kamachi;Vicki Bruce;Shigeru Mukaida;Jiro Gyoba

  • Emotional expression boosts early visual processing of the face: ERP recording and its decomposition by independent component analysis.

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Michikazu Matsumura

  • The amygdala processes the emotional significance of facial expressions: an fMRI investigation using the interaction between expression and face direction.

    Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Takanori Kochiyama;Michikazu Matsumura

  • Polling the Face: Prediction and Consensus Across Cultures

    Nicholas O. Rule;Nalini Ambady;Reginald B. Adams;Hiroki Ozono

  • A 12‐Week Physical and Cognitive Exercise Program Can Improve Cognitive Function and Neural Efficiency in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Shu Nishiguchi;Shu Nishiguchi;Minoru Yamada;Takanori Tanigawa;Kaoru Sekiyama

  • Perceived health contributes to the attractiveness of facial symmetry, averageness, and sexual dimorphism.

    Gillian Rhodes;Sakiko Yoshikawa;Romina Palermo;Leigh W. Simmons

  • The dynamic aspects of emotional facial expressions

    Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

  • Enhanced Experience of Emotional Arousal in Response to Dynamic Facial Expressions

    Wataru Sato;Sakiko Yoshikawa

  • Attractiveness of own-race, other-race, and mixed-race faces

    Gillian Rhodes;Kieran Lee;Romina Palermo;Mahi Weiss

  • Seeing happy emotion in fearful and angry faces: qualitative analysis of facial expression recognition in a bilateral amygdala-damaged patient.

    Wataru Sato;Yasutaka Kubota;Takashi Okada;Toshiya Murai

  • Dynamic facial expressions of emotion induce representational momentum

    Sakiko Yoshikawa;Wataru Sato

  • Commonalities in the neural mechanisms underlying automatic attentional shifts by gaze, gestures, and symbols.

    Wataru Sato;Takanori Kochiyama;Shota Uono;Sakiko Yoshikawa

  • Emotion Elicitation EffEct of films in a JapanEsE samplE

    Wataru Sato;Motoko Noguchi;Sakiko Yoshikawa

  • Farming cultivates a community-level shared culture through collective activities: Examining contextual effects with multilevel analyses.

    Yukiko Uchida;Kosuke Takemura;Shintaro Fukushima;Izuru Saizen

  • Culture, gaze and the neural processing of fear expressions

    Reginald B. Adams;Robert G. Franklin;Nicholas O. Rule;Jonathan B. Freeman

  • Facial Expressions of Basic Emotions in Japanese Laypeople.

    Wataru Sato;Sylwia Hyniewska;Kazusa Minemoto;Sakiko Yoshikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Wataru Sato
Wataru Sato Kyoto University
Takanori Kochiyama
Takanori Kochiyama Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
Gillian Rhodes
Gillian Rhodes University of Western Australia
Reginald B. Adams
Reginald B. Adams Pennsylvania State University
Nicholas O. Rule
Nicholas O. Rule University of Toronto
Toshiya Murai
Toshiya Murai Kyoto University
Rob Jenkins
Rob Jenkins University of York
Nalini Ambady
Nalini Ambady Stanford University
Motomi Toichi
Motomi Toichi Kyoto University
Yukiko Uchida
Yukiko Uchida Kyoto University

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