--- title: "Sho Yokoi · Tohoku University — author profile and papers" description: "Sho Yokoi, Tohoku University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2026), h-index 9 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sho Yokoi # Sho Yokoi Sho Yokoi has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2026, most of them on [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/); often with [Kentaro Inui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kentaro-inui/), [Shinnosuke Isono](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shinnosuke-isono/), [Tatsuki Kuribayashi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuki-kuribayashi/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5025689297) · [**h-index 9**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5025689297) · [54 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5025689297) · [365 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5025689297&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 127 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5794](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/58/#star-5794) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Sho+Yokoi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sho+Yokoi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sho+Yokoi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sho+Yokoi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Tohoku University** Sendai · Japan 2017–2026 · 41 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/tohoku-university/) · [🔬**RIKEN** Wako · Japan 2020–2026 · 27 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/riken/) · [🔬**National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics** Tokyo · Japan 2025–2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/national-institute-for-japanese-language-and-linguistics/) · [🔬**RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project** Tokyo · Japan 2020–2023 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/riken-center-for-advanced-intelligence-project/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 3 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/year/2026/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/year/2020/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Attention is Not Only a Weight: Analyzing Transformers with Vector Norms](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kobayashi-2020-attention-is-not-only-weight/)** *(2020 · 270 citations)* Research that probes Transformers often treats attention weights as a direct measure of how much each input token shapes a representation. 2. **[Timesteps of Mamba Align with Human Reading Times](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/yamamoto-2026-timesteps-mamba-align-human-reading/)** *(2026)* This study asks whether Mamba, a state-space language model, handles words on a time scale that resembles human reading. ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Kentaro Inui](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kentaro-inui/) - [Shinnosuke Isono](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shinnosuke-isono/) - [Tatsuki Kuribayashi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tatsuki-kuribayashi/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/): [EMNLP 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/emnlp/2020/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 127 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [15 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sho-yokoi/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026