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Seiji Ogawa

Seiji Ogawa

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
29839
World Ranking
6283
National Ranking
206

Seiji Ogawa publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 88 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Seiji Ogawa D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Japan Prize for the discovery of the principle for functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Overview

Seiji Ogawa is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed significantly to the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, atomic and molecular physics, music, and social psychology.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on advanced MRI techniques and applications, functional brain connectivity studies, and medical imaging techniques. Additional topics in their research include atomic and subatomic physics, neural dynamics and brain function, as well as neuroscience and music perception.

Seiji Ogawa has published extensively in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Human Brain Mapping

Recent papers highlight the diversity and range of their investigations:

  • "Brain Plasticity Reflects Specialized Cognitive Development Induced by Musical Training," 2021, Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • "deepPGSegNet: MRI-based pituitary gland segmentation using deep learning," 2024, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "Involvement of the intrinsic functional network of the red nucleus in complex behavioral processing," 2022, Cerebral Cortex Communications
  • "DeepParcellation: A novel deep learning method for robust brain magnetic resonance imaging parcellation in older East Asians," 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "Measurement of ultra-fast signal progression related to face processing by 7T fMRI," 2020, Human Brain Mapping

Key frequent co-authors include Yul-Wan Sung, Takashi Ueguchi, Uk-Su Choi, Guoxiang Liu, and Sachiko Kiyama.

Seiji Ogawa's contributions to the scientific community were recognized with the Japan Prize in 2003 for the discovery of the principle for functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Best Publications

  • Brain magnetic resonance imaging with contrast dependent on blood oxygenation

    S Ogawa;T M Lee;A R Kay;D W Tank

  • INTRINSIC SIGNAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING SENSORY STIMULATION: FUNCTIONAL BRAIN MAPPING WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

    Seiji Ogawa;David W. Tank;Ravi Menon;Jutta M. Ellermann

  • Oxygenation-sensitive contrast in magnetic resonance image of rodent brain at high magnetic fields.

    Seiji Ogawa;Tso-Ming Lee;Asha S. Nayak;Asha S. Nayak;Paul Glynn

  • Functional brain mapping by blood oxygenation level-dependent contrast magnetic resonance imaging. A comparison of signal characteristics with a biophysical model.

    S. Ogawa;R. S. Menon;D. W. Tank;S. G. Kim

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of blood vessels at high fields: In vivo and in vitro measurements and image simulation

    Seiji Ogawa;Tso-Ming Lee

  • BOLD based functional MRI at 4 Tesla includes a capillary bed contribution: echo-planar imaging correlates with previous optical imaging using intrinsic signals

    Ravi S. Menon;Seiji Ogawa;Xiaoping Hu;John P. Strupp

  • 4 Tesla gradient recalled echo characteristics of photic stimulation‐induced signal changes in the human primary visual cortex

    Ravi S. Menon;Seiji Ogawa;David W. Tank;Kamil Ugurbil

  • Functional imaging of human motor cortex at high magnetic field

    Seong-Gi Kim;J. Ashe;A. P. Georgopoulos;H. Merkle

  • Dynamic mapping of the human visual cortex by high-speed magnetic resonance imaging

    A M Blamire;S Ogawa;K Ugurbil;D Rothman

  • On the characteristics of functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain.

    S. Ogawa;R. S. Menon;S. G. Kim;Kamil Ugurbil

  • Cellular applications of 31P and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance

    RG Shulman;TR Brown;K Ugurbil;S Ogawa

  • The sensitivity of magnetic resonance image signals of a rat brain to changes in the cerebral venous blood oxygenation.

    Seiji Ogawa;T. M. Lee;Bertrand Barrere

  • An approach to probe some neural systems interaction by functional MRI at neural time scale down to milliseconds

    Seiji Ogawa;Tso Ming Lee;Ray Stepnoski;Wei Chen

  • Imaging at high magnetic fields: initial experiences at 4 T.

    Kamil Ugurbil;Michael Garwood;Jutta M Ellermann;K. Hendrich

  • Ocular Dominance in Human V1 Demonstrated by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Ravi S. Menon;Seiji Ogawa;John P Strupp;Kamil Ugurbil

  • Determination of relative CMRO2 from CBF and BOLD changes: significant increase of oxygen consumption rate during visual stimulation.

    Seong-Gi Kim;Egill Rostrup;Henrik B.W. Larsson;Seiji Ogawa

  • Allosteric interpretation of haemoglobin properties

    R. G. Shulman;J. J Hopfield;S. Ogawa

  • 31P nuclear magnetic resonance studies of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.

    G Navon;S Ogawa;R G Shulman;T Yamane

  • The nature of spatiotemporal changes in cerebral hemodynamics as manifested in functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    Partha P. Mitra;Seiji Ogawa;Xiaoping Hu;Kamil Ugurbil

  • High-resolution 31P nuclear magnetic resonance studies of metabolism in aerobic Escherichia coli cells.

    G Navon;S Ogawa;R G Shulman;T Yamane

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamil Ugurbil
Kamil Ugurbil University of Minnesota
Seong-Gi Kim
Seong-Gi Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Wei Chen
Wei Chen University of Minnesota
Xiao Hong Zhu
Xiao Hong Zhu University of Minnesota
Xiaoping Hu
Xiaoping Hu University of California, Riverside
Truman R. Brown
Truman R. Brown Medical University of South Carolina
Robert G. Shulman
Robert G. Shulman Yale University
David W. Tank
David W. Tank Princeton University
Peter L. Anderson
Peter L. Anderson University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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