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Shoji Nakamura

Shoji Nakamura

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
4623
World Ranking
9055
National Ranking
333

Shoji Nakamura 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 Shoji Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 127 publications — 32nd percentile

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

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

Shoji Nakamura 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 Shoji Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shoji Nakamura is affiliated with Yamaguchi University in Japan and specializes in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their research predominantly focuses on subfields including Radiation, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics of their work encompass Nuclear Physics and Applications, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear physics research studies, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

Frequently publishing in scientific journals, Shoji Nakamura has contributed notably to venues such as:

  • Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Hematological Oncology
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • The European Physical Journal A
  • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Shoji Nakamura are:

  • Integrated pathophysiology of schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorder as monoamine axon disorder, 2022, Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar
  • Thermal-neutron capture cross-section measurement of Tantalum-181 using graphite thermal column at KUR, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Other significant publications in which Nakamura is involved, though as co-author or related researchers, include:

  • Gamma-ray spectra from thermal neutron capture on gadolinium-155 and natural gadolinium, 2020, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • Neutron capture and total cross-section measurements and resonance parameter analysis of niobium-93 below 400 eV, 2021, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Measurement of cesium isotopic ratio by thermal ionization mass spectrometry for neutron capture reaction studies on 135Cs, 2020, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Shoji Nakamura collaborates frequently with several co-authors including:

  • A. Kimura
  • Shunsuke Endo
  • Gerard Rovira
  • Nobuyuki Iwamoto
  • Osamu Iwamoto

Their research contributions consistently address critical topics in nuclear physics with a particular focus on nuclear reactor physics, nuclear materials, and radiation detection technologies. They have participated in experimental investigations on neutron capture, cross-section measurements, and radiation studies, contributing to the advancement of applied and theoretical nuclear science.

Best Publications

  • Effect of bilateral lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei on the circadian rhythm of food-intake.

    Katsuya Nagai;Takashi Nishio;Hachiro Nakagawa;Shoji Nakamura

  • Convergence and Interaction of Hippocampal and Amygdalar Projections within the Prefrontal Cortex in the Rat

    Akinori Ishikawa;Shoji Nakamura

  • Differential effects of prenatal stress on the morphological maturation of hippocampal neurons.

    A. Fujioka;T. Fujioka;Y. Ishida;T. Maekawa

  • Induction and adaptation of Fos expression in the rat brain by two types of acute restraint stress.

    Golam Mohammad Iqbal Chowdhury;T. Fujioka;S. Nakamura

  • Postnatal development of electrical activity in the locus ceruleus.

    S. Nakamura;F. Kimura;T. Sakaguchi

  • Mild prenatal stress enhances learning performance in the non-adopted rat offspring.

    T Fujioka;A Fujioka;N Tan;G.M.I Chowdhury

  • The effects of prenatal stress on the development of hypothalamic paraventricular neurons in fetal rats.

    T. Fujioka;Y. Sakata;K. Yamaguchi;T. Shibasaki

  • Ventral Hippocampal Neurons Project Axons Simultaneously to the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala in the Rat

    Akinori Ishikawa;Shoji Nakamura

  • Development and plasticity of the locus coeruleus: a review of recent physiological and pharmacological experimentation.

    S. Nakamura;T. Sakaguchi

  • Some electrophysiological properties of neurones of rat locus coeruleus.

    S Nakamura

  • Antidromic activation of the rat locus coeruleus neurons from hippocampus, cerebral and cerebellar cortices.

    Shoji Nakamura;Kitsuya Iwama

  • Pyramidal tract control over cutaneous and kinesthetic sensory transmission in the cat thalamus.

    T. Tsumoto;T. Tsumoto;S. Nakamura;K. Iwama

  • Selective rapid eye movement sleep deprivation impairs the maintenance of long‐term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

    Akinori Ishikawa;Yasuyo Kanayama;Hideki Matsumura;Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi

  • Yield losses of soybean and maize by competition with interseeded cover crops and weeds in organic-based cropping systems.

    H. Uchino;K. Iwama;Y. Jitsuyama;T. Yudate

  • Postnatal development of the electrical activity of rat nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons

    James M. Tepper;Francine Trent;Shoji Nakamura

  • Autoreceptor-mediated changes in dopaminergic terminal excitability: effects of striatal drug infusions.

    James M. Tepper;Shoji Nakamura;Stephen J. Young;Philip M. Groves

  • Two types of inhibitory effects upon brain stem reticular neurons by low frequency stimulation of raphe nucleus in the rat.

    S Nakamura

  • Locus coeruleus neurons in the neonatal rat: Electrical activity and responses to sensory stimulation

    Fumitaka Kimura;Shoji Nakamura

  • Degeneration of locus coeruleus axons in stress-induced depression model.

    Isao Kitayama;Shoji Nakamura;Takatoshi Yaga;Sumio Murase

  • Antidepressants induce regeneration of catecholaminergic axon terminals in the rat cerebral cortex

    S. Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Kubo
Takeshi Kubo Osaka University
Philip M. Groves
Philip M. Groves University of California, San Diego
James M. Tepper
James M. Tepper Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Shoei Furukawa
Shoei Furukawa Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Hiroyuki Kagechika
Hiroyuki Kagechika Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Katsuya Nagai
Katsuya Nagai Osaka University
Yutaka Fukuda
Yutaka Fukuda Osaka University
Masahiro Sakanaka
Masahiro Sakanaka Ehime University
Larry R. Squire
Larry R. Squire University of California, San Diego
John Powell
John Powell King's College London

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