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Researcher · National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology · Japan

Masafumi Shimojo

Masafumi Shimojo publishes mostly in Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

ORCID 0000-0003-4491-7294 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,116,949
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#15,736
of 383,136
Works
35
Citations
1.6k
Citations per work
45.9
h-index
17
i10-index 20Top 32% in Physiology (Medicine)
Masafumi Shimojo

What does Masafumi Shimojo research?

Masafumi Shimojo's work is mostly in Neuroscience (35%), Medicine (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%).

Life Sciences: 16 works · 47.1% of their workNeuroscience: 12 works · 34.6% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 works · 18.3% of their workNeurology: 4 works · 11.5% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 works · 4.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 works · 12.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 4 works · 12.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 10 works · 29.8% of their workMedicine: 10 works · 29.8% of their workPhysiology: 9 works · 26.0% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 23.1% of their workTHEIR WORKMasafumi Shimojo35works
Life Sciences47%Health Sciences30%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience1234.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology412.5%
    1. Medicine1029.8%
  3. Everything else823.1%
  1. 1Physiology26% of their works
  2. 2Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience18% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology12% of their works
  4. 4Neurology12% of their works
  5. 5Cognitive Neuroscience5% of their works
  6. 6Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masafumi Shimojo's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Amyloid Hypothesis, Tau Pathology, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity and Astrocytes.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurodegeneration312 topics
  2. Neuroinflammation312 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress242 topics
  4. Amyloid Hypothesis211 topic
  5. Tau Pathology211 topic
  6. Neurotransmission151 topic
  7. Synaptic Plasticity151 topic
  8. Astrocytes101 topic
  9. Microglia101 topic
  10. Pharmacology62 topics
  11. Endocytosis41 topic
  12. Membrane Fusion41 topic
  13. Acetylcholinesterase31 topic
  14. Carnosine31 topic
  15. Cholinesterase Inhibitors31 topic
  16. Cortical Networks31 topic
  17. Crystal Structure31 topic
  18. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors31 topic
  19. Neuronal Oscillations31 topic
  20. ß-Alanine Supplementation31 topic

Where does Masafumi Shimojo work?

Masafumi Shimojo's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masafumi Shimojo have?

OpenAlex counts 35 works and 1,605 citations for Masafumi Shimojo, an h-index of 17, ranking #1,116,949 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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