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Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
May Aye Thiri
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2
Takahiro Sigaki
Unknown
3
Jabari C. Jones
University of Minnesota
4
Ken TSUBOUCHI
Hokkaido University
5
Naoto Inagaki
Waseda University
6
Jacqui Wise
Transnational Press London
7
Toshimitsu Nagata
Japan Meteorological Agency
8
Nobuhiko Komatsuzaki
The University of Tokyo
9
Nombulelo Kitsepile Ngulube
Kyoto University
10
Hitomi Matsunaga
Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science

Rising Stars Papers

1
ESTIMATION OF EARTHQUAKE MOTION INCIDENT ANGLE AT ROCK SITE
World Conference of Earthquake Engineering|2025
27 cit.
2
Global life expectancy to increase by almost five years by 2050, study predicts
BMJ|2024
21 cit.
3
Toward participatory participation: A community perspective on effective engagement in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction
Community Development|2024
18 cit.
4
Factors Impacting Participatory Post-Disaster Relocation and Housing Reconstruction: The Case of Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science|2024
17 cit.
5
Field survey of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: Characteristics of damage patterns to coastal communities
Ocean Engineering|2024
15 cit.
6
Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study
BMJ|2024
12 cit.
7
UK-US pharmaceutical deal: NHS will pay billions more for new drugs
BMJ|2025
12 cit.
8
Measles: Birmingham outbreak declared a national incident and likely to spread
BMJ|2024
11 cit.
9
From Fukushima to fossil fuels: Carbon emissions, climate narratives, and grassroots movements in Japan's energy transition
Energy Research & Social Science|2024
11 cit.
10
RCP members vote to limit physician associate roles amid calls for president to resign
BMJ|2024
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Eko Pradjoko
Tohoku University
2
Mayumi Miyazaki
Sumco Corporation (Japan)
3
Naotoshi Shinkawa
Fugro (Norway)
4
B. Kim
Okayama University
5
Naoki Imamori
Public Works Research Institute
6
Taihei Masuda
The University of Tokyo
7
Nilo Lemuel J. Dolojan
Tohoku University
8
Kenta Koyanagi
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
9
Julia Gerster
Tohoku University
10
Florence Lahournat
Kyoto University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Hydrologic-geotechnical modelling of shallow landslide and flood hazards caused by heavy rainfall
Engineering Geology|2023
36 cit.
2
Japanese stone monuments and disaster memory – perspectives for DRR
Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal|2022
22 cit.
3
The potential of disaster digital archives in disaster education: The case of the Japan disasters digital archive (JDA) and its geo-location functions
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction|2022
22 cit.
4
Japan’s Disaster Memorial Museums and framing 3.11: Othering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in cultural memory
Contemporary Japan|2022
21 cit.
5
Rediscovering wood‐laden debris flow studies: A perspective from Japan
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms|2022
6 cit.
6
Soil erosion prediction and risk assessment using RUSLE model and GIS techniques in the Nangka watershed
Journal of Water and Land Development|2022
5 cit.
7
Disturbance-intervention interactions on post-windthrow hillslope runoff and erosion processes in the Eastern Italian Alps
Journal of Hydrology|2025
5 cit.
8
School memorials as sites of memory and the dynamics of remembrance after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Social Science Japan Journal|2025
3 cit.
9
Pengembangan Potensi Wisata Berbasis Partisipasi Masyarakat Lokal Di Desa Jelantik Kecamatan Jonggat Lombok Tengah
Jurnal Gema Ngabdi|2022
1 cit.
10
Integrated multihazard study combining qualitative and quantitative analyses of floods, landslides, and debris flows: A case study on the impacts of Typhoon Yun-Yeung on Iwaki City, Fukushima
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction|2025
1 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Fumihiko Imamura
Tohoku University
2
Shunichi Koshimura
Tohoku University
3
Keiko Udo
Tohoku University
4
Khalid M. Mosalam
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
5
Toshihiro Noda
Nagoya University
6
So Kazama
Tohoku University
7
Kentaro Imai
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
8
Erick Mas
Hokkaido University of Education
9
Hideomi Gokon
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10
Nguyen Xuan Tinh
Tohoku University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Deep Transfer Learning for Image‐Based Structural Damage Recognition
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering|2018
759 cit.
2
Probabilistic Capacity Models and Fragility Estimates for Reinforced Concrete Columns based on Experimental Observations
Journal of Engineering Mechanics|2002
671 cit.
3
Performance of reinforced concrete buildings during the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey earthquake, and seismic design and construction practise in Turkey
Engineering Structures|2002
450 cit.
4
Developing Fragility Functions for Tsunami Damage Estimation Using Numerical Model and Post-Tsunami Data from Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Coastal Engineering Journal|2009
378 cit.
5
Damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami - A quick report
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change|2011
358 cit.
6
Building damage characteristics based on surveyed data and fragility curves of the 2011 Great East Japan tsunami
Natural Hazards|2012
328 cit.
7
Damage statistics (Summary of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake damage)
SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS|2012
284 cit.
8
PEER Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering Methodology, Revisited
Journal of Earthquake Engineering|2013
283 cit.
9
A numerical model for the transport of a boulder by tsunami
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|2008
259 cit.
10
PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER
Unknown Journal|2009
236 cit.

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