Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Japan Highly Cited Researchers Citation Engineering & Technology 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 Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities 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 is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation indexUniversities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)

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Total 7.740 scientist
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Japan
Vapnik
machine learning
statistics
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,376
111,467
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Japan
Kenji Watanabe
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,311
156,516
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Japan
Hideo Hosono
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,332
54,158
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Japan
Hirokazu Ishino
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,514
36,391
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Japan
Minoru Kanehisa
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,336
67,962
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Japan
Wei Chen
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,131
82,813
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Japan
Teruo Okano
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,891
26,744
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Japan
Kazunori Kataoka
Biomaterials
Polymers
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,624
31,887
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Japan
Chihaya Adachi
Organic Electronics
OLED
Organic Semiconductors
Optoelectronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,726
49,290
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Japan
Kazuhito Hashimoto
Materials Science
Physical Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,558
23,094
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Japan
Satoshi Tanaka
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
32,925
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Japan
Jinhua Ye
Photocatalysis
Solar energy conversion
Photofunctional Materials
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,792
41,681
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Japan
Katsuhiko Ariga
Nanomaterials
Surface Science
Supramolecular Chemistry
Molecular Recognition
Self-assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,555
26,359
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Japan
Hirofumi Akagi
Electrical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,030
16,432
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Japan
Andrzej Cichocki
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
EEG
Tensor Decomposition
Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,562
25,391
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Japan
Morinobu Endo
Carbon Science
Applications of novel carbon materials
nanostructured carbons
Nanocarbons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,881
16,962
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Japan
Hiroshi Amano 天野 浩
Semiconductor devices
Opto electronics
Power devices
High frequency devices
photocathode
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,515
16,699
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Japan
Shuhei Nomura
Global Health Policy
Universal Health Coverage
Health Emergency
Food Science & Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,773
55,018
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Japan
Hiromichi Ohta
Thermal management
Thermoelectric materials
Oxides
Thin Films
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,339
15,239
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Japan
Kazuhiro Hono
Materials Science
Materials Science and Engineering
Magnetic Materials
Physical Metallurgy
Atom Probe Tomography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,097
22,468
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Japan
Shinya Toyokuni
oxidative stress
ferroptosis
cancer prevention
nanomaterials
plasma medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,266
21,810
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Japan
Takayoshi Sasaki
Layered compounds
2D materials
nanosheets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,019
19,174
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Japan
Zenji Horita
Materials Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,930
17,220
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Japan
Yasuhiko Arakawa
photonics
quantum dot photonics
quantum optics
silicon photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,358
12,130
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
163
Japan
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vapnik
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
316,376
111,467
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753
Japan
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenji Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,311
156,516
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966
Japan
11
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hideo Hosono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179,332
54,158
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,655
Japan
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hirokazu Ishino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,514
36,391
0.269
Astroparticle Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
High Energy Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,685
Japan
17
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Minoru Kanehisa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,336
67,962
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,876
Japan
21
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Wei Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,131
82,813
0.651
Pharmaceutical Development
Chemical Engineering
CFD
DEM Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,463
Japan
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Teruo Okano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,891
26,744
0.243
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Intelligent Polymer
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,673
Japan
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kazunori Kataoka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,624
31,887
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,104
Japan
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chihaya Adachi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,726
49,290
0.504
Organic Electronics
OLED
Organic Semiconductors
Optoelectronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,265
Japan
38
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kazuhito Hashimoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,558
23,094
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,816
Japan
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Satoshi Tanaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,867
32,925
0.375
Visualization
Digital Humanities
Monte Carlo Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,589
Japan
53
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jinhua Ye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,792
41,681
0.529
Photocatalysis
Solar energy conversion
Photofunctional Materials
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,948
Japan
71
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Katsuhiko Ariga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,555
26,359
0.390
Nanomaterials
Surface Science
Supramolecular Chemistry
Molecular Recognition
Self-assembly
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,012
Japan
72
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hirofumi Akagi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,030
16,432
0.245
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,229
Japan
74
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrzej Cichocki
RIKEN Saitama, Japan Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,562
25,391
0.387
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
EEG
Tensor Decomposition
Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,328
Japan
76
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hideya Iwasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,869
28,177
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,030
Japan
80
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Morinobu Endo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,881
16,962
0.279
Carbon Science
Applications of novel carbon materials
nanostructured carbons
Nanocarbons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,112
Japan
82
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hiroshi Amano 天野 浩
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,515
16,699
0.276
Semiconductor devices
Opto electronics
Power devices
High frequency devices
photocathode
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,837
Japan
93
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shuhei Nomura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,773
55,018
0.969
Global Health Policy
Universal Health Coverage
Health Emergency
Food Science & Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,189
Japan
97
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hiromichi Ohta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,339
15,239
0.275
Thermal management
Thermoelectric materials
Oxides
Thin Films
Materials Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,249
Japan
99
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kazuhiro Hono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,097
22,468
0.408
Materials Science
Materials Science and Engineering
Magnetic Materials
Physical Metallurgy
Atom Probe Tomography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,740
Japan
106
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shinya Toyokuni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,266
21,810
0.409
oxidative stress
ferroptosis
cancer prevention
nanomaterials
plasma medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,815
Japan
108
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Takayoshi Sasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,019
19,174
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,841
Japan
109
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zenji Horita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,930
17,220
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,517
Japan
124
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yasuhiko Arakawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,358
12,130
0.256
photonics
quantum dot photonics
quantum optics
silicon photonics