Kimitaka Asatani

Project Associate Professor

Analyzing social data using complex network and natural language processing methods.

Office

Engineering Bldg. 8, Room 629

Research Areas

Computational Social Science, Complex Networks, Science of Science

Courses

Computational Social Science, Quantitative Methods for Management and Policy Analysis

Selected Publications

Preprints

Large Language Models Exhibit Normative Conformity

M. Bito, K. Nishimoto, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.19301 (2026)

Cooperation Breakdown in LLM Agents Under Communication Delays

K. Nishimoto, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.11754 (2026)

Asymmetric Impact of Basic Scientists during Applied Shift

R. Kaku, M. Bito, K. Nishimoto, I. Sakata, & K. Asatani · arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01530 (2025)

Do Researchers Benefit Career-wise from Involvement in International Policy Guideline Development?

Y. Tomokiyo, K. Nishimoto, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.22584 (2025)

Journal Papers

Structure of scientific knowledge flows to intergovernmental organizations

K. Asatani, Y. Iwata, Y. Tomokiyo, B. Mahfouz, M. Yarime, & I. Sakata · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

Tracing the evolution of household carbon emission research by machine learning

Y. Long, L. Huang, S. Montagna, Z. Chen, X. Ding, Y. Shigetomi, T. Zhao, K. Asatani, I. Sakata, & Y. Yoshida · Environmental Impact Assessment Review (2025)

Urban Sustainability Studies as an Integrated Academic Field: A Systematic Review

H. Nakajima, & K. Asatani · Sustainability (2026)

Quantifying advances from basic research to applied research in material science

N. Higashide, Y. Zhang, K. Asatani, T. Miura, & I. Sakata · Technovation (2024)

Detecting possible pairs of materials for composites using a material word co-occurrence network

C. Ishii, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · PLOS ONE (2024)

Quantifying progress in research topics across nations

K. Asatani, S. Oki, T. Momma, & I. Sakata · Scientific Reports (2023)

Emerging trends in roadmapping research: A bibliometric literature review

S. Vinayavekhin, R. Phaal, T. Thanamaitreejit, & K. Asatani · Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (2023)

Obtaining interactions among science, technology, and research policy for developing an innovation strategy: A case study of supercapacitors

C. Ishii, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Heliyon (2022)

Revisiting the uniformity and inconsistency of slow-cited papers in science

T. Miura, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Journal of Informetrics (2023)

Discovering Interdisciplinarily Spread Knowledge in the Academic Literature

M. Kamada, K. Asatani, M. Isonuma, & I. Sakata · IEEE Access (2021)

Large-scale analysis of delayed recognition using sleeping beauty and prince

T. Miura, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Applied Network Science (2021)

Categorization of mergers and acquisitions using transaction network features

B. Shao, K. Asatani, H. Sasaki, & I. Sakata · Research in International Business and Finance (2021)

Dense and influential core promotes daily viral information spreading in political echo chambers

K. Asatani, H. Yamano, T. Sakaki, & I. Sakata · Scientific Reports (2021)

Evaluating Nodes of Latent Mediators in Heterogeneous Communities

H. Yamano, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Scientific Reports (2020)

Scientific Attention to sustainability and SDGs: Meta-analysis of academic papers

K. Asatani, T. Takeda, H. Yamano, & I. Sakata · Energies (2020)

Detecting Interpersonal Relationships in Large-Scale Railway Trip Data

K. Asatani, F. Toriumi, M. Ochi, J. Mori, & I. Sakata · Journal of Computational Social Science (2018)

Detecting trends in academic research from a citation network using network representation learning

K. Asatani, J. Mori, M. Ochi, & I. Sakata · PLOS ONE (2018)

Geospatial Area Embedding Based on the Movement Purpose Hypothesis using Large-scale Mobility Data from Smart Cards

M. Ochi, J. Mori, K. Asatani, I. Sakata, et al. · International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences (IJCNS) (2016)

Comments

Mental health as both outcome and determinant in climate adaptation

Y. Long, Z. Zhou, Y. Kajikawa, K. Asatani, I. Sakata, & Y. Yoshida · Nature Climate Change (2026)

Conference Papers

Partner Firm Selection via Patent Embedding–Derived Technology Graphs and Synergy

H. Kubo, Y. Ito, K. Nishimoto, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · The 14th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2025) (2025)

Measuring the researcher's movement toward growing organization focusing on researcher's career-age

T. Miura, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Portland International Conference on Management Engineering and Technology (PICMET'20) (2021)

Evaluating Emerging Technologies on the Gartner Hype Cycle by Network Analysis

Y. Kondo, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · Portland International Conference on Management Engineering and Technology (PICMET'20) (2021)

Classifying Sleeping Beauties and Princes Using Citation Rarity

T. Miura, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · The 9th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2020) (2020)

Evaluating Nodes of Latent Mediators in Heterogeneous Communities

H. Yamano, I. Sakata, & K. Asatani · The 9th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019) (2019)

Scientific research on sustainability: A meta-analysis of academic papers about sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals

K. Asatani, H. Takeda, H. Yamano, & I. Sakata · The 12th Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) (2019)

Communication based on unilateral preference on Twitter: Internet luring in Japan

K. Asatani, Y. Kawahata, F. Toriumi, & I. Sakata · 10th International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo'18) (2018)

Inequality Structure of Global Investment: Analysis and Simulation of an M&A Network

K. Asatani & I. Sakata · 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2018) (2018)

Categorization of Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan Using Corporate Databases: A Fundamental Research for Prediction

B. Shao, K. Asatani, & I. Sakata · 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM 2018) (2018)

Representation Learning for Geospatial Areas using Large-scale Mobility Data from Smart Card

M. Ochi, K. Asatani, Y. Nakashio, Y. Yamashita, M. Ruttley, J. Mori, & I. Sakata · PURBA-2016 Workshop, in conjunction with UbiComp 2016 (2016)