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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 138 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
Network
ubiquitous computing
social computing
cyber technolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,408
11,485
0.624
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,017
3,021
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Distributed systems
Computer networks
Green computing
Information flow comtrol
Distributed database system
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,087
3,366
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fung
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,408
4,993
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Astrophysics
Astronom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,316
2,738
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bacterial adaptive growth
Bacterial stress response
Transcriptional regulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
1,954
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
deep learning
computer vision
machine learning
medical engineerin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,550
3,120
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
medical imagin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
1,694
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,841
3,133
0.647
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
parallel distibited algorithm
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
1,706
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
AI
brain modeling
machine intelligence
cognitive computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,134
1,765
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
microtubules
centriole
centrosome
cilia
flagell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,058
1,139
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
compassion
prosocial behavior
culture
ama
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
870
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,282
1,471
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Applied linguistc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
752
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
FDTD
BPM
Computational Electromagnetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
521
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Formal Language Theory
Computational Linguistics
Grammatical Inference
Proof Theory
Natural Language Semantic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,131
383
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evolutionary robotics
assistive robotics
multi robotic systems
humanoid robo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,805
564
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
経営戦略、技術戦略、新規事業創出戦�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,691
509
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
466
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
robotics
mobile robot
vision
navigatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
362
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Physical Geography
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glacial Geology and Geomorpholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,377
626
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Business Administratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
990
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
483
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Computer Architecture
Interconnection Network
Parallel and Distributed Computin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
236
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,551
750
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jianhua Ma
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,408
11,485
0.624
Network
ubiquitous computing
social computing
cyber technolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
76,461
1,290
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hisamatsu Nakano
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,017
3,021
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,617
1,446
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Makoto Takizawa
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,087
3,366
0.278
Distributed systems
Computer networks
Green computing
Information flow comtrol
Distributed database system
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,175
2,042
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yuuri Hirooka
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,408
4,993
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,892
2,832
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tomoaki Matsumoto
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,316
2,738
0.374
Astrophysics
Astronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,305
2,944
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kaneyoshi Yamamoto
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,070
1,954
0.276
Bacterial adaptive growth
Bacterial stress response
Transcriptional regulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
165,955
3,208
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hitoshi Iyatomi
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,550
3,120
0.476
deep learning
computer vision
machine learning
medical engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
175,201
3,427
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Koichi Ogawa
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,211
1,694
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
223,487
4,487
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Masayuki Yoshida
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,841
3,133
0.647
Sport Management
Sport Marketing
Sport Consumer Behavior
Marketing
Service Marketin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
233,876
4,691
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Koichi Wada
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,613
1,706
0.370
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
258,800
5,183
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Runhe Huang
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,134
1,765
0.427
AI
brain modeling
machine intelligence
cognitive computin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,135
5,274
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Masafumi Hirono
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,058
1,139
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
419,845
8,514
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yu Niiya
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
870
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,222
8,518
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eisuke Ochi
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,282
1,471
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,920
8,885
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yasuo Nakatani
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,143
752
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
440,713
8,899
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jun Shibayama (柴山 純)
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,138
521
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
441,730
8,919
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Makoto Kanazawa
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,131
383
0.180
Formal Language Theory
Computational Linguistics
Grammatical Inference
Proof Theory
Natural Language Semantic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
496,099
9,976
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Genci Capi
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,805
564
0.312
Evolutionary robotics
assistive robotics
multi robotic systems
humanoid robo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
518,246
10,386
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
玄場公規
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,691
509
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
520,107
10,422
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mizusawa Naoki
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,682
466
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,700
10,654
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kazuyuki Kobayashi|小林 一行
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,620
362
0.223
robotics
mobile robot
vision
navigatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
589,052
11,695
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Takanobu Sawagaki
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,377
626
0.455
Physical Geography
Glaciology
Antarctica
Glacial Geology and Geomorpholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
597,039
11,838
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Takuma Kimura æœ ̈æ‘ ç¢ç£ ̈
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,346
990
0.736
Organizational Behavior
Human Resource Management
Business Administratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,970
11,994
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Atsushi Kanai
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,313
483
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,896
12,421
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yamin Li
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
236
0.193
Computer Architecture
Interconnection Network
Parallel and Distributed Computin