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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 139 Scientists Citation 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
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,001
5,667
0.162
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Biological Physics
Nonlinear Science
Medical Physics
Physical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,120
5,292
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gene regulation
Molecular Biology
Stress respons
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,148
6,506
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Lithium-ion Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrocatalyst
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,222
5,104
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
発達科学
Developmental Cybernetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,547
3,664
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuroscience
Synaps
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
2,125
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,303
2,234
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Manufacturing Management
Management Sciences
Manufacturing Systems
Seru Production
Production System
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,267
3,288
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
EMC
Lightning
Computational Electromagnetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,001
1,667
0.333
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
1,145
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Fiber laser
time stretch dispersive fourier transform
ultrafast spectroscop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,568
1,045
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,332
826
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ultrasoun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
1,369
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
システム工学、脳神経科学、進化計算、人工知能、情報処�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
905
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
health promotion
physical activity
sports scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
989
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
materials scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,927
1,757
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Numerical Acoustic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,493
551
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
コーパス言語学 語用論 言語教育 コミュニケーショ�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,359
438
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,985
261
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Active tectonics
Tectonic geomorphology
Paleoseismolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,890
673
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
527
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Acoustic Signal Processing
Sound Event Detectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
1,623
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Clinical Child Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
952
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sociolinguistics
stylistics
onomastic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
297
0.171
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Materials science
Metals and alloys
Magnesium
Computational materials scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
939
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,066
235
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Yasuo Ihara (井原 康夫)
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,001
5,667
0.162
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,167
395
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kenichi Yoshikawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,120
5,292
0.195
Biological Physics
Nonlinear Science
Medical Physics
Physical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,295
584
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Akira Kobayashi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,148
6,506
0.308
Gene regulation
Molecular Biology
Stress respons
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,894
694
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Minoru Inaba
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,222
5,104
0.266
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Lithium-ion Batteries
Fuel Cells
Electrocatalyst
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,375
2,328
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shoji İtakura
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,547
3,664
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,689
2,391
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shigeo Takamori
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,407
2,125
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,514
2,429
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yasuhito Tanaka
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,303
2,234
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
206,925
4,093
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yong Yin|殷勇, Yin Y.
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,267
3,288
0.624
Manufacturing Management
Management Sciences
Manufacturing Systems
Seru Production
Production System
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,623
4,339
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yoshihiro Baba
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,001
1,667
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,311
4,624
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hiroaki Misonou
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,709
1,145
0.243
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,935
4,752
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Masayuki Suzuki
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,568
1,045
0.229
Fiber laser
time stretch dispersive fourier transform
ultrafast spectroscop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
248,776
5,004
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tomoyuki Yamanaka
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,332
826
0.191
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
270,129
5,427
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mami Matsukawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,955
1,369
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,317
5,705
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tomoyuki Hiroyasu
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,744
905
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,549
6,305
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kojiro Ishii
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,362
989
0.294
health promotion
physical activity
sports scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,033
7,026
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hiroyuki Miyamoto
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,927
1,757
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,780
8,007
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Takao Tsuchiya
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,493
551
0.221
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
411,378
8,356
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kenji Kitao 北尾謙治
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,359
438
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,991
9,389
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hiroyuki Toda
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,985
261
0.131
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,160
9,700
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,890
673
0.356
Active tectonics
Tectonic geomorphology
Paleoseismolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
502,159
10,100
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masahiro Okuda
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
527
0.296
Image Processing
Signal Processing
Machine Learnin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
503,390
10,124
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Keisuke Imoto
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,774
1,623
0.915
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,055
10,134
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shin Ichi Ishikawa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,771
952
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
511,668
10,271
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leo Loveday
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
297
0.171
sociolinguistics
stylistics
onomastic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
541,278
10,815
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Motohiro Yuasa
Doshisha University
Kyoto, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,586
939
0.592
Materials science
Metals and alloys
Magnesium
Computational materials scienc