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Highly Cited Researchers
Education Highly Cited Researchers 476 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: 1
Exercise Immunology
Sports Science
Muscle Damage
Exercise Biochemistry
Applied Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,842
10,950
0.501
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
AI in Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,585
7,997
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
corpus linguistics
educational technology
English for Specific Purpose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,788
6,458
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Health and Sports Science
Exercise Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,424
4,273
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Learning
memor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,905
2,828
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sports mega-events
sport and social theory
sport and social movements
sociology of spor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,366
2,062
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
運動生理学、運動生化�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,935
2,197
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Learning Engineering
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Technology
Learning Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
2,477
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
2,892
0.538
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,444
3,044
0.559
* 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
5,034
1,248
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,212
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Biomechanic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,392
2,349
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Learning analytics
Self-regulated learning
Community of Inquir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,202
2,036
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Geoscience
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Physics
Hydrolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,155
2,752
0.872
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Educational Data Mining
Learning Analytics
Education Technology
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,985
1,538
0.515
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,773
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Education
History
Chinese Studies
China
Hong Kon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,813
1,458
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
psychology
neuropsycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,764
336
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Kne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,711
766
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
science educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,624
725
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,545
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Educational Data Minin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,445
2,031
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
970
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Exercise physiology and biochemistry
Sport and exercise genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,347
1,949
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,392
551
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,842
10,950
0.501
Exercise Immunology
Sports Science
Muscle Damage
Exercise Biochemistry
Applied Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,324
1,077
98
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
14,585
7,997
0.548
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning
AI in Educatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,412
1,509
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Laurence Anthony
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,788
6,458
0.548
corpus linguistics
educational technology
English for Specific Purpose
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,897
1,801
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hisashi Naito
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,424
4,273
0.410
Health and Sports Science
Exercise Physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,589
2,196
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Arthur Huang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,905
2,828
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,180
2,817
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Horne
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,366
2,062
0.280
sports mega-events
sport and social theory
sport and social movements
sociology of spor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
183,821
3,629
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
佐久間邦弘
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,935
2,197
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,407
3,648
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Tsukasa Hirashima
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,917
2,477
0.419
Learning Engineering
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Educational Technology
Learning Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,604
4,010
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Takeshi Hashimoto
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,374
2,892
0.538
Exercise Physiology/Biochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,845
4,016
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Koichi Nakazato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,444
3,044
0.559
muscle physiology
biochemistry
extracellular matri
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
215,943
4,306
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hidetsugu Kobayashi
Sapporo International University
Sapporo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,034
1,248
0.248
Neuromuscular responses to resistance exercise
Biomechanical aspects of human movement
and applied strength and conditioning for sports
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,539
4,419
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masayuki Yoshida
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,922
3,212
0.653
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,596
6,254
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tadao Isaka
Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,392
2,349
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,921
6,553
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Masanori Yamada
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,202
2,036
0.636
Learning analytics
Self-regulated learning
Community of Inquir
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332,672
6,743
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rofiqul Umam
Kwansei Gakuin University
Nishinomiya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,155
2,752
0.872
Geoscience
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Physics
Hydrolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,961
6,911
108
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chengjiu Yin
Kobe University
Kobe, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,985
1,538
0.515
Educational Data Mining
Learning Analytics
Education Technology
Mobile and Ubiquitous Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,831
7,053
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Naokazu Miyamoto
Juntendo University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,913
1,773
0.609
Sport Science
Biomechanics
Muscle physiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
358,750
7,231
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Edward Vickers
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,813
1,458
0.518
Education
History
Chinese Studies
China
Hong Kon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
363,894
7,315
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hikari Yamashita
Ehime University
Matsuyama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,764
336
0.122
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,269
7,487
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Shimokochi Yohei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,711
766
0.283
Sports Medicine
Injury Prevention
Kne
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381,569
7,705
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masakata Ogawa
Tokyo University of Science
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,624
725
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,525
8,098
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Kikuchi Naoki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,449
1,545
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,970
8,108
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brendan Flanagan
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,445
2,031
0.831
Educational Data Science
Learning Analytics
Educational Data Minin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,350
8,208
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Victor S Kuwahara
Soka University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,410
970
0.402
Biological Oceanography
Environmental Optic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
412,255
8,386
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kumpei Tanisawa|谷澤薫平
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,347
1,949
0.830
Exercise physiology and biochemistry
Sport and exercise genomic