Akemi Tomoda

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Akemi Tomoda is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Akemi Tomoda has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 36 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Akemi Tomoda's work include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (29 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (18 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (17 papers). Akemi Tomoda is often cited by papers focused on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (29 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (18 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (17 papers). Akemi Tomoda collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Akemi Tomoda's co-authors include Martin H. Teicher, Ann Polcari, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Susan L. Andersen, Hanako Suzuki, Hirotaka Kosaka, Teruhisa Miike, Teruhisa Miike, Osamu Onodera and A. Ishikawa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Akemi Tomoda

128 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Unstable expansion of CAG repeat in hereditary dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Akemi Tomoda Japan	32	1.1k	976	970	961	815	131	4.1k
Tsukasa Sasaki Japan	34	1.2k 1.0×	697 0.7×	709 0.7×	826 0.9×	653 0.8×	182	4.3k
Jill Harkavy‐Friedman United States	46	2.4k 2.1×	737 0.8×	631 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	2.2k 2.6×	111	6.0k
Stephanie H. Witt Germany	40	608 0.5×	731 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	657 0.8×	165	4.9k
Emily M. Drabant United States	16	917 0.8×	830 0.9×	438 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	518 0.6×	17	3.9k
R. Andrew Chambers United States	24	899 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	640 0.7×	936 1.0×	592 0.7×	60	4.0k
Randal G. Ross United States	44	741 0.6×	824 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.7×	1.4k 1.7×	108	5.3k
Christa Hohoff Germany	31	983 0.9×	684 0.7×	471 0.5×	858 0.9×	544 0.7×	68	3.4k
Renato Borgatti Italy	39	826 0.7×	487 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	993 1.2×	236	5.4k
Sue Z. Sabol United States	7	1.5k 1.3×	2.3k 2.4×	1.2k 1.3×	877 0.9×	946 1.2×	7	5.3k
Michele T. Pato United States	30	1.6k 1.4×	496 0.5×	678 0.7×	751 0.8×	783 1.0×	116	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akemi Tomoda

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Xu, Zihan, Akemi Tomoda, Xinyi Zhang, et al.. (2025). The effect of modulation Piezo2 by IGF-1 on tactile hypersensitivity in BTBR model mice. Life Sciences. 364. 123449–123449. 1 indexed citations

Nishitani, Shota, et al.. (2025). Behavioral and emotional difficulties in maltreated children: Associations with epigenetic clock changes and visual attention to social cues. PLoS ONE. 20(5). e0321952–e0321952. 1 indexed citations

Oshio, Takashi, Satoshi Harada, Yushiro Yamashita, et al.. (2024). A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of Well Parent Japan in routine care in Japan: The training and nurturing support for mothers (TRANSFORM) study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(12). 1624–1637. 2 indexed citations

Nishitani, Shota, Shinichiro Takiguchi, Yoshifumi Mizuno, et al.. (2024). Brain structures and functional connectivity in neglected children with no other types of maltreatment. NeuroImage. 292. 120589–120589. 8 indexed citations

Tomoda, Akemi, Shota Nishitani, Shinichiro Takiguchi, et al.. (2024). The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment on brain structure, function, and attachment. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 275(7). 1939–1958. 25 indexed citations

Wakusawa, Keisuke, Toshiro Sugiyama, Hiroshi Hotta, et al.. (2023). Triadic Therapy Based on Somatic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research. 17(3). 159–170. 1 indexed citations

Nishitani, Shota, et al.. (2023). Cross-tissue correlations of genome-wide DNA methylation in Japanese live human brain and blood, saliva, and buccal epithelial tissues. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 72–72. 31 indexed citations

Nishitani, Shota, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the pooled sample method in Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip array by comparison with individual samples. Clinical Epigenetics. 15(1). 138–138.

Mizuno, Yoshifumi, Weidong Cai, Kaustubh Supekar, et al.. (2022). Methylphenidate Enhances Spontaneous Fluctuations in Reward and Cognitive Control Networks in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 8(3). 271–280. 8 indexed citations

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Daley, David, Satoshi Harada, Akemi Tomoda, et al.. (2022). The Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Well Parent Japan for Japanese Mothers of Children With ADHD: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 11(4). e32693–e32693. 2 indexed citations

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Nishitani, Shota, Takashi X. Fujisawa, Daiki Hiraoka, et al.. (2021). A multi-modal MRI analysis of brain structure and function in relation to OXT methylation in maltreated children and adolescents. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 589–589. 17 indexed citations

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Fujisawa, Takashi X., et al.. (2021). Mismatch negativity of preschool children at risk of developing mental health problems. Neuropsychopharmacology Reports. 41(2). 185–191. 2 indexed citations

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Fujisawa, Takashi X., Shota Nishitani, Shinichiro Takiguchi, et al.. (2019). Oxytocin receptor DNA methylation and alterations of brain volumes in maltreated children. Neuropsychopharmacology. 44(12). 2045–2053. 46 indexed citations

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Liang, Shuang, Xuelai Wang, Mingyang Zou, et al.. (2014). Family-based association study of ZNF533, DOCK4 and IMMP2L gene polymorphisms linked to autism in a northeastern Chinese Han population. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 15(3). 264–271. 29 indexed citations

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Tomoda, Akemi, et al.. (2013). No interaction between serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and adversity on depression among Japanese children and adolescents. BMC Psychiatry. 13(1). 134–134. 8 indexed citations

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Tomoda, Akemi, Ann Polcari, Carl M. Anderson, & Martin H. Teicher. (2012). Reduced Visual Cortex Gray Matter Volume and Thickness in Young Adults Who Witnessed Domestic Violence during Childhood. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52528–e52528. 136 indexed citations

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Li, Xia, Na Zhao, Caihong Sun, et al.. (2012). EEG characteristics and visual cognitive function of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Brain and Development. 34(10). 806–811. 61 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia, Xue Zhou, Wei Xia, et al.. (2012). Parent-reported health care expenditures associated with autism spectrum disorders in Heilongjiang province, China. BMC Health Services Research. 12(1). 7–7. 27 indexed citations

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Hamada, Akinobu, Akemi Tomoda, Shigehiro Ohdo, et al.. (2005). Daily expression of clock genes in whole blood cells in healthy subjects and a patient with circadian rhythm sleep disorder. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 289(5). R1273–R1279. 63 indexed citations

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Iwatani, Noritaka, et al.. (1997). Glucoregulatory disorders in school refusal students. Clinical Endocrinology. 47(3). 273–278. 8 indexed citations

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