Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Japan Highly Cited Researchers Citation Education in Japan Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Exercise Immunology
Sports Science
Muscle Damage
Exercise Biochemistry
Applied Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,486
10,219
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
CSCL
Technology Enhanced Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,489
6,808
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
corpus linguistics
educational technology
English for Specific Purposes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,351
6,096
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Health and Sports Science
Exercise Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,638
4,229
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Learning
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,556
2,908
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,679
3,716
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
sports mega-events
sport and social theory
sport and social movements
sociology of sport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,115
2,213
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
運動生理学、運動生化学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,513
2,299
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Learning Engineering
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,972
2,172
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matrix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,865
2,916
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Neuromuscular responses to resistance exercise
Biomechanical aspects of human movement
and applied strength and conditioning for sports.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,859
1,253
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,302
2,969
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,904
2,121
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physcis
Geoscience
Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,899
2,864
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Learning analytics
Self-regulated learning
Community of Inquiry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,818
1,927
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
psychology
neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
369
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Educational Data Mining
Learning Analytics
Education Technology
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,675
1,487
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,649
1,744
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
science education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
739
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Education
History
Chinese Studies
China
Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,486
1,297
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,200
907
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
1,417
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Exercise
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,076
653
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
sports engineering
biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,049
828
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,041
1,220
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,777
605
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,486
10,219
0.524
Exercise Immunology
Sports Science
Muscle Damage
Exercise Biochemistry
Applied Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,441
1,237
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hiroaki Ogata|緒方 広明
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,489
6,808
0.545
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
CSCL
Technology Enhanced Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,016
1,637
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Laurence Anthony
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,351
6,096
0.589
corpus linguistics
educational technology
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,845
1,822
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hisashi Naito
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,638
4,229
0.439
Health and Sports Science
Exercise Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,367
2,121
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Arthur Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,556
2,908
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,964
2,474
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Takeshi Hashimoto
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,679
3,716
0.484
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,925
2,730
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Horne
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,115
2,213
0.311
sports mega-events
sport and social theory
sport and social movements
sociology of sport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
181,555
3,656
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
佐久間邦弘
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,513
2,299
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,609
4,051
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tsukasa Hirashima
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,972
2,172
0.437
Learning Engineering
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,866
4,167
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Koichi Nakazato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,865
2,916
0.599
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matrix
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,130
4,170
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hidetsugu Kobayashi
Sapporo International University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,859
1,253
0.258
Neuromuscular responses to resistance exercise
Biomechanical aspects of human movement
and applied strength and conditioning for sports.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
229,922
4,692
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masayuki Yoshida
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,302
2,969
0.690
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,357
6,649
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tadao Isaka
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,904
2,121
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,777
6,657
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rofiqul Umam
Kwansei Gakuin University
Nishinomiya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,899
2,864
0.988
Physcis
Geoscience
Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,324
6,796
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Masanori Yamada
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,818
1,927
0.684
Learning analytics
Self-regulated learning
Community of Inquiry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,835
7,015
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hikari Yamashita
Ehime University
Matsuyama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
369
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,667
7,092
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chengjiu Yin
Kobe University
Kobe, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,675
1,487
0.556
Educational Data Mining
Learning Analytics
Education Technology
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,353
7,151
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naokazu Miyamoto
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,649
1,744
0.658
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
364,088
7,467
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Masakata Ogawa
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,504
739
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
366,135
7,508
221
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Edward Vickers
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,486
1,297
0.522
Education
History
Chinese Studies
China
Hong Kong
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,550
8,250
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Victor S Kuwahara
Soka University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,200
907
0.412
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,612
8,457
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kikuchi Naoki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,126
1,417
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,009
8,593
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ryosuke Shigematsu
Mie University
Tsu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,076
653
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,081
8,683
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Motomu Nakashima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,049
828
0.404
sports engineering
biomechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
424,299
8,702
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Takanobu Okamoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,041
1,220
0.598