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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,700
Country Rank
67
Institution Rank : 1
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Anne Ducout](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,891
45,757
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,217
Country Rank
153
Institution Rank : 2
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Naoki Yoshida](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/4516785.jpg)
astrophysics
cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,786
16,410
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
63,169
Country Rank
1,030
Institution Rank : 3
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yuji Tachikawa](/pictures/b8/4516949.jpg)
String Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,971
7,011
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
77,009
Country Rank
1,323
Institution Rank : 4
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Tomotake Matsumura](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,951
5,505
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
104,395
Country Rank
1,923
Institution Rank : 5
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hiraku Nakajima](/pictures/3a/4516612.jpg)
Representation Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,222
3,599
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
158,955
Country Rank
3,124
Institution Rank : 6
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Alessandro Sonnenfeld](/pictures/ed/4516507.jpg)
Early-type galaxies
Gravitational Lensing
Bayesian inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,268
4,843
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
169,247
Country Rank
3,353
Institution Rank : 7
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hikage Chiaki](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
宇宙論、宇宙の構造形成
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,891
4,203
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
194,413
Country Rank
3,915
Institution Rank : 8
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Benda Xu](/pictures/b2/4516521.jpg)
neutrino
dark matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,111
2,995
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
209,832
Country Rank
4,279
Institution Rank : 9
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hiromi M Yokoyama](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Science communication
AI Ethics
STEM gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,724
776
0.164
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
210,409
Country Rank
4,292
Institution Rank : 10
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Ryoma Murata](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Observational cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,710
4,285
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
215,517
Country Rank
4,401
Institution Rank : 12
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Masahito Yamazaki](/pictures/ad/4516755.jpg)
high energy theory
string theory
mathematical physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,592
2,554
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
215,069
Country Rank
4,390
Institution Rank : 11
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Chengcheng Han](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,602
3,505
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
277,037
Country Rank
5,684
Institution Rank : 13
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![David Stark](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
astrophysics
galaxy evolution
HST/ACS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,475
2,814
0.810
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
310,016
Country Rank
6,401
Institution Rank : 14
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Youngsoo Park](/pictures/6f/1741452.jpg)
Cosmology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,042
2,924
0.961
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
365,690
Country Rank
7,504
Institution Rank : 15
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Shi Pi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cosmology
Astrophysics
General Relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,477
2,247
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
378,101
Country Rank
7,773
Institution Rank : 16
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Jia Liu](/pictures/86/1734710.jpg)
Cosmology
Black Holes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,886
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
436,683
Country Rank
8,943
Institution Rank : 17
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Shing-Chi Leung](/pictures/51/4516838.jpg)
supernova hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis
dark matter astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,952
1,833
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
458,592
Country Rank
9,379
Institution Rank : 18
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Claire Lackner](/pictures/e1/4516544.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,823
746
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
540,436
Country Rank
10,905
Institution Rank : 19
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Joshua Eby](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,424
1,223
0.859
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
557,608
Country Rank
11,239
Institution Rank : 20
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Yunqin Zheng](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Topological phases of Matter
Dynamics of Gauge Theories
Entanglement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,354
1,288
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
628,464
Country Rank
12,467
Institution Rank : 21
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Ipsita Saha](/pictures/b0/4516650.jpg)
Particle Physics Phenomenology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,108
822
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
695,747
Country Rank
13,540
Institution Rank : 22
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Tommaso Ghigna](/pictures/6a/4516888.jpg)
Cosmology
CMB
Low Temperature Detectors
Optics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
919
909
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
725,242
Country Rank
13,992
Institution Rank : 23
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Hyunbae Park](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
847
671
0.792
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
730,848
Country Rank
14,103
Institution Rank : 25
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Alexey Tolstov](/pictures/81/4516508.jpg)
Astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
834
601
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
729,860
Country Rank
14,077
Institution Rank : 24
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![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Jingjing Shi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Cosmology
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
702
0.840