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Susumu Kokubun

Susumu Kokubun

Susumu Kokubun publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susumu Kokubun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Susumu Kokubun D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Susumu Kokubun is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, and Epidemiology.

The research topics that Kokubun has addressed include:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Medical Imaging and Analysis
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
  • Spinal Hematomas and Complications
  • Bone fractures and treatments

Kokubun has published research papers in venues such as:

  • Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
  • Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Rate of spinal surgery in a rapidly aging society: the 27-year changes in Miyagi prefecture, Japan" (2021), published in Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
  • "Anterior Decompression and Fusion Versus Laminoplasty for Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Soft Disk Herniation" (2020), published in Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Yasuhisa Tanaka
  • Toshimi Aizawa
  • Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Ko Hashimoto
  • Haruo Kanno

Best Publications

  • Magnetopause location under extreme solar wind conditions

    J.-H. Shue;P. Song;C. T. Russell;J. T. Steinberg

  • The GEOTAIL Magnetic Field Experiment.

    Susumu Kokubun;Tatsundo Yamamoto;Mario H. Acuña;Kanji Hayashi

  • Structure and dynamics of magnetic reconnection for substorm onsets with Geotail observations

    T. Nagai;M. Fujimoto;Y. Saito;S. Machida

  • Decay of the Dst field of geomagnetic disturbance after substorm onset and its implication to storm-substorm relation

    T. Iyemori;D. R. K. Rao

  • Solar wind control of density and temperature in the near-Earth plasma sheet: WIND/GEOTAIL collaboration

    T. Terasawa;M. Fujimoto;T. Mukai;I. Shinohara

  • Geotail observations of the Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability at the equatorial magnetotail boundary for parallel northward fields

    D. H. Fairfield;A. Otto;T. Mukai;S. Kokubun

  • Slow‐mode shocks in the magnetotail

    Yoshifumi Saito;Toshifumi Mukai;Toshio Terasawa;Atsuhiro Nishida

  • Association between Geotail plasma flows and auroral poleward boundary intensifications observed by CANOPUS photometers

    L. R. Lyons;T. Nagai;G. T. Blanchard;J. C. Samson

  • Global simulation of the Geospace Environment Modeling substorm challenge event

    J. Raeder;R. L. McPherron;L. A. Frank;S. Kokubun

  • Substorm dipolarization and recovery

    W. Baumjohann;M. Hesse;S. Kokubun;T. Mukai

  • Radial expansion of the tail current disruption during substorms: A new approach to the substorm onset region

    S. Ohtani;S. Kokubun;C. T. Russell

  • Statistical analysis of the plasmoid evolution with Geotail observations

    A. Ieda;S. Machida;T. Mukai;Y. Saito

  • Plasma entry from the flanks of the near-Earth magnetotail: Geotail observations

    M. Fujimoto;T. Terasawa;T. Mukai;Y. Saito

  • Extended magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause from detection of bi-directional jets

    T. D. Phan;L. M. Kistler;B. Klecker;G. Haerendel

  • Triggering of substorms by solar wind discontinuities

    S. Kokubun;R. L. McPherron;C. T. Russell

  • Two‐component auroral electrojet: Importance for substorm studies

    Y. Kamide;S. Kokubun

  • Comprehensive study of the magnetospheric response to a hot flow anomaly

    D. G. Sibeck;N. L. Borodkova;S. J. Schwartz;C. J. Owen

  • Evidence for intermittency in Earth’s plasma sheet and implications for self-organized criticality

    V. Angelopoulos;T. Mukai;S. Kokubun

  • Magnetotail flow bursts: Association to global magnetospheric circulation, relationship to ionospheric activity and direct evidence for localization

    V. Angelopoulos;T. D. Phan;D. E. Larson;F. S. Mozer

  • Substorm signatures at synchronous altitude

    Susumu Kokubun;Robert L. McPherron

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshifumi Mukai
Toshifumi Mukai Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Atsuhiro Nishida
Atsuhiro Nishida University of Tokyo
L. A. Frank
L. A. Frank University of Iowa
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
R. W. McEntire
R. W. McEntire Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
D. H. Fairfield
D. H. Fairfield Goddard Space Flight Center
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Tsugunobu Nagai
Tsugunobu Nagai Tokyo Institute of Technology
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
F. S. Mozer
F. S. Mozer University of California, Berkeley

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