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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 94 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 Rankings

Rankings

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39,731
World Rank
Japan
574
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Medical and Health Sciences / General Surgery
Hepato-biliary and Pancreatic Surgery | Liver Transplantation | Surgical Infection | Surgical Nutritio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,411
  • Last 6 Years
    6,755
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.315
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Rankings

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53,764
World Rank
Japan
841
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    17,151
  • Last 6 Years
    2,743
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.160
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Rankings

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69,626
World Rank
Japan
1,142
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Others
Renin-Angiotensin System | Angiotensinogen | Hypertension | Kidne

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,113
  • Last 6 Years
    3,079
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.218
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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102,240
World Rank
Japan
1,842
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Others
Reproductive Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    10,264
  • Last 6 Years
    4,610
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.449
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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112,759
World Rank
Japan
2,046
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Medical and Health Sciences / Endocrinology and Metabolism
Hypertension | bioactive peptide | nephrology | endocrinology | cardiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    9,423
  • Last 6 Years
    3,955
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.420
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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156,203
World Rank
Japan
2,997
Country Rank
Fukuoka International University of Health and Welfare Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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156,264
World Rank
Japan
3,003
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology
Immunology Radiation Epidemiology | Radiation Biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    6,991
  • Last 6 Years
    1,253
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.179
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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191,984
World Rank
Japan
3,781
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Natural Sciences / Physics
Plasma membrane disruption | membrane repair | membrane resealin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,706
  • Last 6 Years
    1,454
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.255
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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205,961
World Rank
Japan
4,069
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Medical and Health Sciences / Radiology
Radiology | MRI | human | anima

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,309
  • Last 6 Years
    2,866
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.540
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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209,258
World Rank
Japan
4,146
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Medical and Health Sciences / Nephrology
Nephrology Hypertension Diabete

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,223
  • Last 6 Years
    974
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.186
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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216,052
World Rank
Japan
4,291
Country Rank
Fukuoka International University of Health and Welfare Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Others
Cardiovascular Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    5,054
  • Last 6 Years
    451
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.089
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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230,158
World Rank
Japan
4,602
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
10
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Others
Medicin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,726
  • Last 6 Years
    1,155
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.244
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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240,843
World Rank
Japan
4,825
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,500
  • Last 6 Years
    1,170
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.260
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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241,745
World Rank
Japan
4,849
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
12
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,480
  • Last 6 Years
    2,976
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.664
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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244,752
World Rank
Japan
4,909
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
13
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    4,422
  • Last 6 Years
    1,043
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.236
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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406,971
World Rank
Japan
8,247
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,402
  • Last 6 Years
    420
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.175
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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407,485
World Rank
Japan
8,258
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
15
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Medical and Health Sciences / Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases | Infection Prevention & Control | Public Health/Nutrition | Microbiology | Bi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,397
  • Last 6 Years
    1,678
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.700
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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455,552
World Rank
Japan
9,178
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
16
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Epidemiology | Drug information | Pain | Animal model | 疫学、医薬品情報、疼痛、疾患モデル動�

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,057
  • Last 6 Years
    668
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.325
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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461,921
World Rank
Japan
9,306
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Medical and Health Sciences / Neurosurgery
Neurotrauma | Neurocritical car

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    2,017
  • Last 6 Years
    770
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.382
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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490,312
World Rank
Japan
9,845
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
18
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Natural Sciences / Biological Science
Structural biology | Biochemistr

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    1,851
  • Last 6 Years
    444
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.240
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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752,273
World Rank
Japan
14,378
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Others
Renal physiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    880
  • Last 6 Years
    542
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.616
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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767,041
World Rank
Japan
14,650
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
20
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    844
  • Last 6 Years
    532
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.630
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,047,535
World Rank
Japan
18,910
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
21
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    405
  • Last 6 Years
    110
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.272
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Rankings

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1,061,353
World Rank
Japan
19,105
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
22
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Others
皮膚科、感染症、膠原病、乾癬、アトピー性皮膚炎、予防医�

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    391
  • Last 6 Years
    384
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.982
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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1,164,227
World Rank
Japan
20,578
Country Rank
International University of Health and Welfare Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Others
Infectious disease epidemiology | Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases | Bayesian inferenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    307
  • Last 6 Years
    307
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    1.000
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