Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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 :26
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Genome Editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
301
0.883
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
反応工学、分析化学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
130
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
chemistry
protein
catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
251
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Seismology
Geophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
230
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Organic synthesis
Environmental Catalysis
Energy Conversion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
309
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Phylogeny
Systematics
Taxonomy
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
278
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Analytical Chemistry
Geochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
neuronal maturation
epigenetics
chromatin remodeling
C. elegans
behavioral genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
190
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Metabolic engineering
Extremophile
Directed evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
205
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Protein Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
36
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Molecular biology
Plant virology
Next Generation Sequencing
Plant Transcription Factors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
110
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Partial Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems
Thermodynamics
Fluiddynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
177
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Category theory
Algebraic topology
formal methods
CPS
proof assistants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
182
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Microbial Ecology
Nitrogen fixation
Thermophiles
Aquificales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
195
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Protein
Nucleic Acid
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
194
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Systems Biology
Artifical Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
155
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
geochemistry
paleontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
167
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
63
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Bioinformatics
Soil Microbiology
Nitrogen Cycling
Microbial Community
Microbial Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
細菌学、生物物理学、合成生物学
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Stem cells
aging
organoids
glycans
glycobiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
100
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
80
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
mathematical physics
quantum information
condensed matter physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
105
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Microbial Ecology
Mathematical modeling
Systems biology
Single cell dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
74
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Natural product chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
79
0.919
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,073,690
19,353
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Yuichi Furuhata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
301
0.883
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Genome Editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,544
19,374
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Masahide Sasaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
340
130
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,085,600
19,527
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Tomoki Himiyama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
331
251
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,105,416
19,781
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Takahiro Shiina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
315
230
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111,128
19,865
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Sharmin Sultana Poly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
310
309
0.997
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Organic synthesis
Environmental Catalysis
Energy Conversion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,132,816
20,196
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Hiroki Kise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
294
278
0.946
Phylogeny
Systematics
Taxonomy
Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,157,308
20,537
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Yoshiki Makino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
274
0.989
Analytical Chemistry
Geochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,184,140
20,939
158
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Yoichi Shinkai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
190
0.731
neuronal maturation
epigenetics
chromatin remodeling
C. elegans
behavioral genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,193,605
21,071
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Keisuke Wada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
205
0.807
Metabolic engineering
Extremophile
Directed evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,235,853
21,674
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Kiyonori Hirota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
36
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,239,221
21,727
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Saqib Muhammad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228
110
0.482
Molecular biology
Plant virology
Next Generation Sequencing
Plant Transcription Factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,261,175
22,031
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Florian Kogelbauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
216
177
0.819
Partial Differential Equations
Dynamical Systems
Thermodynamics
Fluiddynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,757
22,188
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Jérémy Dubut
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
182
0.867
Category theory
Algebraic topology
formal methods
CPS
proof assistants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,290,543
22,434
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Arisa Nishihara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
195
0.970
Microbial Ecology
Nitrogen fixation
Thermophiles
Aquificales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,294,780
22,498
184
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Masahiro Mimura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
194
0.975
Protein
Nucleic Acid
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,323,832
22,911
188
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Adrien Rougny
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
155
0.833
Systems Biology
Artifical Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361,284
23,478
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ayumi Maeda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
167
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,394,087
23,943
202
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Naoki Higuchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
63
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,407,978
24,140
205
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Kazumori Mise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
152
1.000
Bioinformatics
Soil Microbiology
Nitrogen Cycling
Microbial Community
Microbial Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,456,111
24,814
214
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
水谷雅希 (Masaki Mizutani)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
129
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,475,754
25,107
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Lalhaba Oinam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
100
0.769
Stem cells
aging
organoids
glycans
glycobiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,544,200
26,034
222
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Makoto Matsushita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
80
0.727
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,557,324
26,200
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Takashi Imoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
105
0.991
mathematical physics
quantum information
condensed matter physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,593,936
26,686
228
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Sotaro Takano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
74
0.763
Microbial Ecology
Mathematical modeling
Systems biology
Single cell dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,639,980
27,354
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Kei Kudo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
79
0.919