Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Japan Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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
20,164
10,610
0.526
* 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
12,769
7,081
0.555
* 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
10,614
6,338
0.597
* 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
9,760
4,339
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Learning
memory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,644
2,987
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,835
3,865
0.493
* 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
7,160
2,259
0.316
* 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
5,577
2,357
0.423
* 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
5,005
2,206
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matrix
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,923
2,967
0.603
* 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
4,898
1,292
0.264
* 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
4,421
3,083
0.697
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
2,193
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Physcis
Geoscience
Science Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
2,921
0.987
* 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
2,905
2,010
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
psychology
neuropsychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,725
379
0.139
* 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
2,719
1,531
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,683
1,777
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Knee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,568
1,525
0.594
* 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
2,551
1,357
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
science education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
750
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
932
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
1,450
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Exercise
Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
665
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
sports engineering
biomechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
842
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,774
580
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,164
10,610
0.526
Exercise Immunology
Sports Science
Muscle Damage
Exercise Biochemistry
Applied Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,987
1,222
107
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
12,769
7,081
0.555
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
CSCL
Technology Enhanced Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,237
1,603
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Laurence Anthony
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,614
6,338
0.597
corpus linguistics
educational technology
English for Specific Purposes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,510
1,819
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hisashi Naito
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,760
4,339
0.445
Health and Sports Science
Exercise Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,397
2,121
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Arthur Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,644
2,987
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
128,713
2,437
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Takeshi Hashimoto
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,835
3,865
0.493
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,842
2,747
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
John Horne
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,160
2,259
0.316
sports mega-events
sport and social theory
sport and social movements
sociology of sport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,002
3,652
125
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
佐久間邦弘
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,577
2,357
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,207
4,075
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tsukasa Hirashima
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,005
2,206
0.441
Learning Engineering
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,545
4,163
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Koichi Nakazato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,923
2,967
0.603
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matrix
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,587
4,189
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hidetsugu Kobayashi
Sapporo International University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,898
1,292
0.264
Neuromuscular responses to resistance exercise
Biomechanical aspects of human movement
and applied strength and conditioning for sports.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
228,585
4,641
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masayuki Yoshida
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,421
3,083
0.697
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,723
6,608
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tadao Isaka
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,976
2,193
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,354
6,640
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rofiqul Umam
Kwansei Gakuin University
Nishinomiya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,958
2,921
0.987
Physcis
Geoscience
Science Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,191
6,726
196
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Masanori Yamada
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
2,010
0.692
Learning analytics
Self-regulated learning
Community of Inquiry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,811
7,071
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hikari Yamashita
Ehime University
Matsuyama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,725
379
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,362
7,080
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chengjiu Yin
Kobe University
Kobe, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,719
1,531
0.563
Educational Data Mining
Learning Analytics
Education Technology
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,081
7,153
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Naokazu Miyamoto
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,683
1,777
0.662
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,427
7,405
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shimokochi Yohei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,568
1,525
0.594
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Knee
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,286
7,435
220
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Edward Vickers
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,551
1,357
0.532
Education
History
Chinese Studies
China
Hong Kong
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
369,045
7,512
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masakata Ogawa
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,518
750
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,075
8,283
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Victor S Kuwahara
Soka University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,226
932
0.419
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,920
8,461
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kikuchi Naoki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,161
1,450
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,714
8,634
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ryosuke Shigematsu
Mie University
Tsu, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
665
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
428,442
8,735
279
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Motomu Nakashima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,063
842
0.408
sports engineering
biomechanics