Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 40.743 Scientists Citation in Japan Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Neuroscience
Slee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,021
16,010
0.139
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Microbiome
Metagenomics
genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,814
36,188
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,565
23,393
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,080
13,959
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,093
25,391
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
物理�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,994
41,684
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Biomaterials
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,539
29,940
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,020
37,071
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Organic Electronics
OLED
Organic Semiconductors
Optoelectronic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,085
47,712
0.458
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
geant4
gpgpu
computing
medical physics
microdosimetr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,810
32,995
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Framework
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,190
32,555
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
stem cell biology
neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,691
32,120
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,559
51,010
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,155
22,658
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Laser interferometr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,316
64,990
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Materials Science
Physical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,510
20,480
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,143
33,022
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,796
9,904
0.109
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,578
20,625
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
ophthalmology
aging
dry eye
ocular surfac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,446
34,190
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Databas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,689
40,104
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
発生生物、 神経科�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,470
16,908
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
human evolution
genome evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,882
17,539
0.197
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Welding and Joinin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,441
33,077
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Stem cell biology
Reprogramming
Translation
Endogenous retroviru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,586
23,658
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,586
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Masashi Yanagisawa
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,021
16,010
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,689
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Masahira Hattori
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,814
36,188
0.321
Microbiome
Metagenomics
genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,701
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Teruo Okano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,565
23,393
0.208
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,720
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Kaoru Hagiwara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112,080
13,959
0.125
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,768
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Hideo Ohno
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,093
25,391
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,823
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Yasunori Yamazaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,994
41,684
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,852
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Kazunori Kataoka
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,539
29,940
0.273
Biomaterials
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,935
33
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Osaka University
Suita, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,020
37,071
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,139
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Chihaya Adachi
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,085
47,712
0.458
Organic Electronics
OLED
Organic Semiconductors
Optoelectronic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,274
35
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Koichi Murakami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,810
32,995
0.324
geant4
gpgpu
computing
medical physics
microdosimetr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,312
36
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101,190
32,555
0.322
Chemistry of Coordination Space
Porous Coordination Polymers
Metal-Organic Framework
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,342
37
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Hideyuki Okano
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,691
32,120
0.319
stem cell biology
neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,348
38
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Rintaro Mori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,559
51,010
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,451
39
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Toshio Kamiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,155
22,658
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,516
40
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Kiwamu Izumi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,316
64,990
0.661
Gravitational waves
Astrophysics
Laser interferometr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,571
41
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Kazuhito Hashimoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,510
20,480
0.210
Materials Science
Physical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,021
42
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Satoshi Tanaka
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,143
33,022
0.362
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,040
43
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ryoji Noyori
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,796
9,904
0.109
asymmetric synthesis
catalysis
organic chemistry
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,058
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Hiroshi Maeda
Sojo University
Kumamoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,578
20,625
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,070
45
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kazuo Tsubota
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,446
34,190
0.378
ophthalmology
aging
dry eye
ocular surfac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,128
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Susumu Goto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,689
40,104
0.447
Bioinformatics
Computational biology
Databas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,153
47
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,470
16,908
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,195
48
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Saitou Naruya
National Institute of Genetics, Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,882
17,539
0.197
human evolution
genome evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,222
49
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Yutaka Sato
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,441
33,077
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,285
50
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Kazutoshi Takahashi
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,586
23,658
0.270
Stem cell biology
Reprogramming
Translation
Endogenous retroviru