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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
38,241
Country Rank
554
Institution Rank : 2
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Satoshi Nakamura](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/77/410949.jpg)
speech and natural language processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,445
7,236
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
39,557
Country Rank
582
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Shigehiko Kanaya](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fd/411026.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Biodatabase
Metabolome
Systems Biology
Omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
6,684
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
40,567
Country Rank
601
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hirokazu Kato](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/548812.jpg)
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Human Computer Interaction
3D User Interface
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,605
5,714
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
42,375
Country Rank
632
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Kiyohiro Shikano](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/29/547489.jpg)
Speech Processing
Speech Recognition
Speaker Adaptation
Speech and Language Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,981
3,343
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
77,606
Country Rank
1,325
Institution Rank : 10
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Kenichi Matsumoto](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/550009.jpg)
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,968
5,663
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
90,583
Country Rank
1,600
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yoshinobu Sato 佐藤 嘉伸](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/54/412502.jpg)
Medical Image Analysis
Medical Imaging
Computer Assisted Surgery
Computational Anatomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,522
3,163
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
92,596
Country Rank
1,645
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Naokazu Yokoya](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Computer Vision
Virtual Reality
Mixed Reality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,328
1,373
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
131,721
Country Rank
2,535
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Kiyoshi Kiyokawa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/26/347696.jpg)
Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Virtual Reality
Human Augmentation
3D User Interfaces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,559
3,602
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
176,298
Country Rank
3,523
Institution Rank : 26
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Keiichi Yasumoto](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Sensor Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
2,581
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
192,732
Country Rank
3,867
Institution Rank : 27
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Tsukasa Ogasawara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/415081.jpg)
robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,200
1,787
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
261,388
Country Rank
5,328
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Eiji Aramaki](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/510358.jpg)
Natural Language Processing / Medical Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
2,127
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
286,799
Country Rank
5,872
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Masayuki Kanbara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/420819.jpg)
Augmented Reality
Computer Vision
Human-robot Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
853
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
285,586
Country Rank
5,847
Institution Rank : 36
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yasuhiro Mukaigawa](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,384
1,718
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
296,680
Country Rank
6,098
Institution Rank : 38
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hiroyuki Shindo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
2,641
0.816
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
311,347
Country Rank
6,411
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Raula Gaikovina Kula](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/516695.jpg)
Software Ecosystems
Code Proficiency
Code Review
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,054
2,501
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
320,222
Country Rank
6,586
Institution Rank : 44
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Jun Takamatsu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f6/394815.jpg)
Robotics
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,954
1,446
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
312,815
Country Rank
6,442
Institution Rank : 42
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hideaki Hata](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/518739.jpg)
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
2,413
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
323,422
Country Rank
6,641
Institution Rank : 45
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Takamitsu Matsubara](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/428718.jpg)
Robot Learning
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,853
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
373,254
Country Rank
7,665
Institution Rank : 51
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Naoaki Ono](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/86/423655.jpg)
Deep Learning
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
Complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
1,101
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
378,445
Country Rank
7,765
Institution Rank : 52
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Taro Watanabe](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Machine Translation
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
682
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
409,424
Country Rank
8,425
Institution Rank : 57
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yasuhiko Nakashima 中島康彦](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5f/449950.jpg)
Computer Architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,147
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
407,624
Country Rank
8,385
Institution Rank : 56
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Takashi Ishio](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9f/518737.jpg)
Software Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
1,503
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
436,041
Country Rank
8,924
Institution Rank : 61
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yu Suzuki](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Web Mining
Information Retrieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
549
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
432,707
Country Rank
8,864
Institution Rank : 60
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Junichiro Yoshimoto](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Statistical Learning
Computational Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,367
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
455,212
Country Rank
9,307
Institution Rank : 62
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Naoki Shibata](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Parallel and Distributed Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
377
0.202
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
38,241
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
554
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
2
Satoshi Nakamura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,445
7,236
0.354
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
speech and natural language processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
39,557
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
582
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
3
Shigehiko Kanaya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,961
6,684
0.335
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Bioinformatics
Biodatabase
Metabolome
Systems Biology
Omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
40,567
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
601
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
5
Hirokazu Kato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,605
5,714
0.291
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Human Computer Interaction
3D User Interface
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
42,375
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
632
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
6
Kiyohiro Shikano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,981
3,343
0.176
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Speech Processing
Speech Recognition
Speaker Adaptation
Speech and Language Processing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
77,606
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
1,325
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
10
Kenichi Matsumoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,968
5,663
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
90,583
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
1,600
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
12
Yoshinobu Sato 佐藤 嘉伸
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,522
3,163
0.301
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Medical Image Analysis
Medical Imaging
Computer Assisted Surgery
Computational Anatomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
92,596
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
1,645
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
13
Naokazu Yokoya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,328
1,373
0.133
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Computer Vision
Virtual Reality
Mixed Reality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
131,721
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
2,535
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
21
Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,559
3,602
0.477
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Augmented Reality
Mixed Reality
Virtual Reality
Human Augmentation
3D User Interfaces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
176,298
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
3,523
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
26
Keiichi Yasumoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,698
2,581
0.453
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Sensor Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
192,732
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
3,867
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
27
Tsukasa Ogasawara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,200
1,787
0.344
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
261,388
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
5,328
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
33
Eiji Aramaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
2,127
0.567
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Natural Language Processing / Medical Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
286,799
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
5,872
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
37
Masayuki Kanbara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,368
853
0.253
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Augmented Reality
Computer Vision
Human-robot Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
285,586
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
5,847
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
36
Yasuhiro Mukaigawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,384
1,718
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
296,680
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
6,098
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
38
Hiroyuki Shindo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,236
2,641
0.816
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
311,347
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
6,411
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
41
Raula Gaikovina Kula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,054
2,501
0.819
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Software Ecosystems
Code Proficiency
Code Review
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
320,222
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
6,586
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
44
Jun Takamatsu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,954
1,446
0.490
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Robotics
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
312,815
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
6,442
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
42
Hideaki Hata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,037
2,413
0.795
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Empirical Software Engineering
Software Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
323,422
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
6,641
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
45
Takamitsu Matsubara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,917
1,853
0.635
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Robot Learning
Machine Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
373,254
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
7,665
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
51
Naoaki Ono
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,436
1,101
0.452
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Deep Learning
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Artificial Life
Complex systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
378,445
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
7,765
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
52
Taro Watanabe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,393
682
0.285
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Machine Translation
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
409,424
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
8,425
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
57
Yasuhiko Nakashima 中島康彦
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,154
1,147
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
407,624
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
8,385
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
56
Takashi Ishio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,167
1,503
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
436,041
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
8,924
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
61
Yu Suzuki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
549
0.278
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Web Mining
Information Retrieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
432,707
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
8,864
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
60
Junichiro Yoshimoto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,998
1,367
0.684
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
Statistical Learning
Computational Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
455,212
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
9,307
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6041.png)
62
Naoki Shibata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,862
377
0.202
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Parallel and Distributed Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems