Citation Rankings
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Japan Highly Cited Researchers Citation Education Education / Sociology of 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
Sociology of Education
Grounded Theory
Personal Construct Repertory Grids
Oral History
Corpus Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
772
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
314
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
99
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Sociocultural Theory
Activity Theory
SLA
Sociology of Education
Vygotsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
92
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
International Higher Education
Sociology of Education
EMI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
169
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
高等教育
教育社会学
統計分析 Higher Education
Sociology of Education
Statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
55
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Sociology of Education
Educational Planning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
76
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Sociology of Education
Higher Education Policy
Governmentality
Social Reproduction
Neoliberalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
147
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Sociology of Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
43
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Comparative Education
Sociology of Education
Education and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
41
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Student mobility
Student migration
Region
Sociology of Education
Higher Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
applied linguistics
self-directed learning
sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Comparative and international education
Teacher education
Educational policy
Sociology of education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
sociology of education
historical sociology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,778
10,081
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gregory Hadley
Niigata University
Niigata, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,633
772
0.473
Sociology of Education
Grounded Theory
Personal Construct Repertory Grids
Oral History
Corpus Linguistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
967,766
17,789
235
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ryoji Matsuoka （松岡亮二）
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
424
314
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,216,382
21,368
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wataru Nakazawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
229
99
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,220,040
21,425
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Arturo Escandon
Nanzan University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
227
92
0.405
Sociocultural Theory
Activity Theory
SLA
Sociology of Education
Vygotsky
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,257,459
21,913
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sae Shimauchi
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Hachioji, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
169
0.816
International Higher Education
Sociology of Education
EMI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,268,573
22,063
337
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
村澤昌崇 / Masataka Murasawa
Hiroshima University
Higashihiroshima, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
55
0.272
高等教育
教育社会学
統計分析 Higher Education
Sociology of Education
Statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,307,695
22,617
613
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
木村拓也
Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
76
0.413
Sociology of Education
Educational Planning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,397,689
23,949
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Michael D Smith
Kwansei Gakuin University
Nishinomiya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
147
0.993
Sociology of Education
Higher Education Policy
Governmentality
Social Reproduction
Neoliberalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,616,000
26,918
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Shinichi Aizawa
Sophia University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
43
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,778,528
29,271
1,301
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diana Kartika
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
41
0.745
Comparative Education
Sociology of Education
Education and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,882,085
30,795
547
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Takeshi Endo
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
38
0.974
Student mobility
Student migration
Region
Sociology of Education
Higher Education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,974,802
32,113
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Huw Davies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
25
0.893
applied linguistics
self-directed learning
sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,103,339
33,979
618
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rita Z Nazeer-Ikeda
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Comparative and international education
Teacher education
Educational policy
Sociology of education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,212,350
35,506
1,965
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tatsuya Fujimura
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
sociology of education
historical sociology