Shigeru Akamatsu

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
137 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Shigeru Akamatsu is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Shigeru Akamatsu has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Shigeru Akamatsu's work include Face and Expression Recognition (27 papers), Face recognition and analysis (20 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (19 papers). Shigeru Akamatsu is often cited by papers focused on Face and Expression Recognition (27 papers), Face recognition and analysis (20 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (19 papers). Shigeru Akamatsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Shigeru Akamatsu's co-authors include Michael J. Lyons, Miyuki Kamachi, Jiro Gyoba, Sakiko Yoshikawa, Jean-Christophe Terrillon, D. M. Burt, D. Rowland, David I. Perrett, Ian S. Penton‐Voak and S. Peter Henzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shigeru Akamatsu

129 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Coding facial expressions with Gabor wavelets

2002 1.5k citations Michael J. Lyons, Shigeru Akamatsu et al. profile →
Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness

1998 991 citations Shigeru Akamatsu et al. profile →
Automatic classification of single facial images

1999 770 citations Michael J. Lyons, Shigeru Akamatsu et al. profile →
Comparison between geometry-based and Gabor-wavelets-based facial expression recognition using multi-layer perceptron

2002 413 citations Michael J. Lyons, Shigeru Akamatsu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shigeru Akamatsu Japan	28	3.5k	2.9k	1.2k	611	519	137	6.6k
Alice J. O’Toole United States	44	3.6k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	4.5k 3.6×	624 1.0×	871 1.7×	159	7.6k
Thomas Vetter Switzerland	45	7.5k 2.2×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	324 0.5×	1.2k 2.3×	152	11.2k
Aleix M. Martı́nez United States	37	8.2k 2.4×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 2.8×	2.0k 3.8×	102	11.7k
Tadas Baltrušaitis United Kingdom	21	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	842 0.7×	1.9k 3.1×	810 1.6×	51	6.4k
Sebastian Möller Germany	35	1.6k 0.5×	385 0.1×	760 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	1.2k 2.2×	475	5.7k
Guodong Guo China	54	7.7k 2.2×	1.2k 0.4×	403 0.3×	1.6k 2.7×	2.4k 4.7×	235	10.1k
Thierry Pun Switzerland	38	4.9k 1.4×	4.6k 1.6×	4.7k 3.7×	1.2k 1.9×	1.2k 2.3×	214	11.3k
Michael Cohen United States	54	4.9k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	978 1.6×	969 1.9×	352	12.3k
Ira L. Cohen United States	46	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	2.6k 2.0×	1.3k 2.2×	467 0.9×	123	7.0k
Todd S. Horowitz United States	41	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	4.8k 3.9×	248 0.4×	50 0.1×	114	7.3k

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Tanabe, Kumiko, Motoyasu Takenaka, Shigeru Akamatsu, et al.. (2021). Edaravone attenuates sustained pial arteriolar vasoconstriction independently of endothelial function after unclamping of the abdominal aorta in rabbits. Korean journal of anesthesiology. 74(6). 531–540. 3 indexed citations

Doi, Tomoaki, Haruhiko Tokuda, Rie Matsushima‐Nishiwaki, et al.. (2012). Effect of antithrombin III on glycoprotein Ib/IX/V activation in human platelets: Suppression of thromboxane A2 generation. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 87(2-3). 57–62. 3 indexed citations

Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (2009). A FACE IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING THREE DIMENSIONS OF HIGHER-ORDER IMPRESSION(International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology 2009). 108(373). 219–224.

Kamachi, Miyuki, et al.. (2008). Building a 3D Model of the Face that Transmits an Arbitrary Combination of Identity, Facial Expression, and Gaze. 37(3). 189–195. 1 indexed citations

Takeshita, Naoki, et al.. (2007). Automatic Generation of Morphable 3D Face Model Using ICP Algorithm and Its Applications. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 106(537). 23–28. 1 indexed citations

Gyoba, Jiro, et al.. (2007). AUTOMATIC FACE IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM FOR HIGHER-ORDER IMPRESSION TRANSFORMATION. 106(449). 11–16.

Tokuda, Haruhiko, Shinji Takai, Yoshiteru Hanai, et al.. (2007). Platelet-derived growth factor-BB amplifies PGF2-stimulated VEGF synthesis in osteoblasts: Function of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 77(3-4). 187–193. 4 indexed citations

Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (2006). Effect of Automatic Impression Transformation of Faces in 3D Shape and Texture : A Perceptual Comparison on Gender Impressions with Processing on 2D Image. IEICE Technical Report; IEICE Tech. Rep.. 105(608). 139–144.

Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (2005). Morphable Model of Composite 3-D Faces that Transforms Gender Impression. 104(544). 73–78.

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Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (2004). Comparison of racial effect in face identification systems based on Eigenface and GaborJet. Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan. 1. 669–674. 1 indexed citations

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Ogawa, Takahiro, et al.. (2000). The role of facial parts in facial expression judgment. Perception. 29. 95.

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Lyons, Michael J., et al.. (2000). Viewpoint Dependent Facial Expressions Recognition Japanese Noh Masks and the Human Face. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 22(22).

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Kato, Takashi, et al.. (1998). Is facial attractiveness determined by any particular facial part. 97(599). 17–22. 1 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (1994). Porphyrin Pigment in Black-Lip Pearls and Its Application to Pearl Identification. Fisheries Science. 60(1). 69–71. 22 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Shigeru, Tsutomu Sasaki, Hideo Fukamachi, & Yasuhito Suenaga. (1993). Automatic extraction of target images for face identification using the sub-space classification method. IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. 76(10). 1190–1198. 7 indexed citations

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Sasaki, Tsutomu, Shigeru Akamatsu, Hideo Fukamachi, & Yasuhito Suenaga. (1992). A color segmentation method for image registration in automatic face recognition. SaB17–SaB17. 2 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Shigeru, Tsutomu Sasaki, Hideo Fukamachi, & Yasuhito Suenaga. (1992). TARGET IMAGE EXTRACTION FOR FACE RECOGNITION USING THE SUB-SPACE CLASSIFICATION METHOD. Machine Vision and Applications. 465–468. 1 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Shigeru. (1991). A new method for designing face image classifier using 3D CG modes. 1606. 204–216. 2 indexed citations

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Ueda, Kunihiko & Shigeru Akamatsu. (1980). Taxonomic study of Magnolia sieboldii C. Koch. 31. 117–126. 7 indexed citations

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Akamatsu, Shigeru, et al.. (1977). . NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI. 43(6). 773–777. 6 indexed citations

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