Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Japan Highly Cited Researchers Citation Others 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)

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Japan
Yusuke Nakamura
Cancer
Genomics
Genetics
Precision Medicine
Drug Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,184
47,919
0.210
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Japan
T Taniguchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,942
168,671
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Japan
Kenji Kangawa
peptide hormone
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,847
20,954
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Japan
Shinya Yamanaka
Pluripotency
Stem cell
iPS cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,242
41,781
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Japan
Takeuchi Osamu
Innate Immunity
Inflammation
RNA stability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,524
33,329
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Japan
Hideo Ohno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,465
27,684
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Japan
Yasunori Yamazaki
物理学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,681
46,067
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Japan
Toshio Kamiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,124
26,313
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Japan
Rintaro Mori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,880
55,432
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Japan
Yutaka Sato
Welding and Joining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,612
38,143
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Japan
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
発生生物、 神経科学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,467
19,088
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Japan
Hiroshi Maeda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,090
22,705
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Japan
Yasuo Fukui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,680
13,824
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Japan
Tadashi Yamamoto
生命科学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,939
13,024
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Japan
Tatsuya Kobayashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,886
32,611
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Japan
Tetsuya Mitsudomi
Lung cancer
molecular oncology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,176
24,576
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Japan
遠藤暁
Radiation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,648
21,129
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Japan
Damien Mercier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,206
17,839
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Japan
Anne Ducout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,891
45,757
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Japan
Takayuki Asahara
endothelial progenitor
angiogenesis
organ regeneration
cell therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,609
8,155
0.121
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Japan
Takao Shimizu
lipid biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,595
16,493
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Japan
Amari S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,320
15,659
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Japan
Takashi Sasaki
Radiation Physics
Computing Research
Simulation
Geant4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,572
23,435
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Japan
Tsutomu Miyasaka
Photoelectrochemistry
Photovoltaics
Perovskite solar cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,346
33,704
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Japan
Masamitsu Nakazato
摂食調節、糖尿病、ペプチド探索
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,758
10,857
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
570
Japan
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yusuke Nakamura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,184
47,919
0.210
Cancer
Genomics
Genetics
Precision Medicine
Drug Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
619
Japan
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
T Taniguchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218,942
168,671
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,267
Japan
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Kenji Kangawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,847
20,954
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,737
Japan
19
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shinya Yamanaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132,242
41,781
0.316
Pluripotency
Stem cell
iPS cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810
Japan
20
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Takeuchi Osamu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129,524
33,329
0.257
Innate Immunity
Inflammation
RNA stability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,575
Japan
28
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hideo Ohno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,465
27,684
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,774
Japan
30
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yasunori Yamazaki
RIKEN Saitama, Japan Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,681
46,067
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,225
Japan
37
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Toshio Kamiya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,124
26,313
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,393
Japan
39
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rintaro Mori
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,880
55,432
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,675
Japan
40
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yutaka Sato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,612
38,143
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,767
Japan
42
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
RIKEN Saitama, Japan Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,467
19,088
0.216
発生生物、 神経科学
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,798
Japan
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hiroshi Maeda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,090
22,705
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,699
Japan
55
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yasuo Fukui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,680
13,824
0.178
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,147
Japan
60
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tadashi Yamamoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,939
13,024
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,156
Japan
61
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tatsuya Kobayashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,886
32,611
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,341
Japan
62
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tetsuya Mitsudomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,176
24,576
0.341
Lung cancer
molecular oncology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,401
Japan
63
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
遠藤暁
Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima, Japan Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,648
21,129
0.295
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,703
Japan
67
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Damien Mercier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,206
17,839
0.258
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,746
Japan
68
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anne Ducout
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,891
45,757
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,940
Japan
70
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Takayuki Asahara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,609
8,155
0.121
endothelial progenitor
angiogenesis
organ regeneration
cell therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,378
Japan
77
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Takao Shimizu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,595
16,493
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,423
Japan
78
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Amari S
RIKEN Saitama, Japan Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,320
15,659
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,279
Japan
84
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Takashi Sasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,572
23,435
0.393
Radiation Physics
Computing Research
Simulation
Geant4
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,514
Japan
87
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Tsutomu Miyasaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,346
33,704
0.578
Photoelectrochemistry
Photovoltaics
Perovskite solar cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,841
Japan
94
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Masamitsu Nakazato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,758
10,857
0.191
摂食調節、糖尿病、ペプチド探索