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Researcher · Ehime University · Japan

Masahiro Sakanaka

Masahiro Sakanaka publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology.

World rank
#317,390
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#9,945
of 114,622
Works
50
Citations
146
Citations per work
2.9

What does Masahiro Sakanaka research?

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20.4%Physiology: 16.7%Molecular Biology: 14.8%Neurology: 5.6%other fields: 42.5%20%top field
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience20.4%Physiology16.7%Molecular Biology14.8%Neurology5.6%other fields42.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience20% of their works
  2. 2Physiology17% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology15% of their works
  4. 4Neurology6% of their works
  5. 5Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6% of their works
  6. 6Behavioral Neuroscience4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Masahiro Sakanaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Depression, Stress, Channelrhodopsin, Optogenetics, Carnosine, Neuropeptides, Neurotransmission and Receptors.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Depression52 topics
  2. Stress52 topics
  3. Channelrhodopsin41 topic
  4. Optogenetics41 topic
  5. Carnosine31 topic
  6. Neuropeptides31 topic
  7. Neurotransmission31 topic
  8. Receptors31 topic
  9. Synaptic Plasticity31 topic
  10. ß-Alanine Supplementation31 topic
  11. Brain21 topic
  12. Cortisol21 topic
  13. Crystal Structure21 topic
  14. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors21 topic
  15. Gene Therapy21 topic
  16. Microglia21 topic
  17. Neuroinflammation21 topic
  18. Retinitis Pigmentosa21 topic

Where does Masahiro Sakanaka work?

Masahiro Sakanaka's main affiliation in the publication record is Ehime University, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Masahiro Sakanaka have?

Science Explorer counts 50 works and 146 citations for Masahiro Sakanaka, ranking #317,390 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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