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Yasuhiko Saito

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 46 3648 3363 8 8 158 8508

Yasuhiko Saito publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yasuhiko Saito between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yasuhiko Saito published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 4.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2017. 12 of the 181 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2017. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 4 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1984 2025

181 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yasuhiko Saito: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 0
1991 1
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 2
1997 3
1998 2
1999 2
2000 1
2001 4
2002 0
2003 7
2004 0
2005 1
2006 1
2007 3
2008 4
2009 4
2010 7
2011 3
2012 6
2013 7
2014 8
2015 8
2016 12
2017 18
2018 9
2019 12
2020 11
2021 11
2022 9
2023 8
2024 6
2025 6
Total 181
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Yasuhiko Saito publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuhiko Saito sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 154–163 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 158 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411 158
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Yasuhiko Saito D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yasuhiko Saito sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228 46
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yasuhiko Saito is affiliated with Nihon University in Japan, focusing on research within the field of neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The main themes explored in Saito's research include neuroscience and neuropharmacology, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neural dynamics and brain function, mitochondrial function and pathology, vestibular and auditory disorders, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Saito include:

  • Manabu Makinodan
  • Kazuhiko Yamamuro
  • Taishiro Kishimoto
  • Taketoshi Sugimura
  • Kazuya Okamura

Publication venues where Saito's research frequently appears include:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • eNeuro

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Yasuhiko Saito are:

  • Brainstem Organoids From Human Pluripotent Stem Cells (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor from microglia regulates neuronal development in the medial prefrontal cortex and its associated social behavior (2024, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Juvenile Social Isolation Enhances the Activity of Inhibitory Neuronal Circuits in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex (2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)
  • Maternal Immune Activation Affects Hippocampal Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Offspring From an Early Developmental Period to Adulthood (2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)
  • Developmental dysregulation of excitatory-to-inhibitory GABA-polarity switch may underlie schizophrenia pathology: A monozygotic-twin discordant case analysis in human iPS cell-derived neurons (2021, Neurochemistry International)

Best Publications

  • Trends in healthy life expectancy in the United States, 1970-1990: gender, racial, and educational differences.

    Eileen M Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Changing Mortality and Morbidity Rates and the Health Status and Life Expectancy of the Older Population

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Mark D. Hayward;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Spirituality, religiosity, aging and health in global perspective: A review

    Zachary Zimmer;Carol Jagger;Chi Tsun Chiu;Mary Beth Ofstedal

  • Changes in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in the United States

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Dominique Ingegneri

  • Differentials in Active Life Expectancy in the Older Population of the United States

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Mark D. Hayward;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Further Evidence on Recent Trends in the Prevalence and Incidence of Disability among Older Americans from Two Sources: The LSOA and the NHIS

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Sandra L. Reynolds

  • Trends in disability-free life expectancy in the United States 1970-90.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Dominique Ingegneri

  • Change in Disability-Free Life Expectancy for Americans 70 Years Old and Older

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Mark D. Hayward;Aaron Hagedorn;Yasuhiko Saito

  • The Impact of Obesity on Active Life Expectancy in Older American Men and Women

    Sandra L. Reynolds;Yasuhiko Saito;Eileen M. Crimmins

  • Getting Better and Getting Worse Transitions in Functional Status among Older Americans

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Association between Depression and Insomnia Subtypes: A Longitudinal Study on the Elderly in Japan

    Eise Yokoyama;Yoshitaka Kaneita;Yasuhiko Saito;Makoto Uchiyama

  • Trends Over 4 Decades in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in the United States.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yuan Zhang;Yasuhiko Saito

  • The methods and materials of health expectancy

    Yasuhiko Saito;Jean-Marie Robine;Eileen M Crimmins

  • Cross-national comparison of sex differences in health and mortality in Denmark, Japan and the US

    Anna Oksuzyan;Anna Oksuzyan;Eileen Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Angela O’Rand

  • Trends in Health Expectancies

    Jean-Marie Robine;Carol Jagger;Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Change in the prevalence of diseases among older Americans: 1984-1994.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Estimation of multi-state life table functions and their variability from complex survey data using the SPACE program

    Liming Cai;Mark D. Hayward;Yasuhiko Saito;James Lubitz

  • Trends in Health and Ability to Work Among the Older Working-Age Population

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Sandra L. Reynolds;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Educational Differences in the Prevalence of Dementia and Life Expectancy with Dementia: Changes from 2000 to 2010.

    Eileen M Crimmins;Yasuhiko Saito;Jung Ki Kim;Yuan S Zhang

  • Trends in healthy life expectancy in Japan: 1986 - 2004

    Vanessa Yong;Yasuhiko Saito

  • Preference changes among American youth: family work and goods aspirations 1976-86.

    Eileen M. Crimmins;Richard A. Easterlin;Yasuhiko Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Eileen M. Crimmins
Eileen M. Crimmins University of Southern California
Angelique Chan
Angelique Chan Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Carol Jagger
Carol Jagger Newcastle University
Zachary Zimmer
Zachary Zimmer Mount Saint Vincent University
Mark Hayward
Mark Hayward University of Sussex
Mary Beth Ofstedal
Mary Beth Ofstedal University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
François Herrmann
François Herrmann University of Geneva
David B. Matchar
David B. Matchar Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Truls Østbye
Truls Østbye Duke University

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