Iwate University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
11
researchers on the list
181
rank in Japan
4,213
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubota, Noriaki | Chemical Engineering | 674 / 97,821 | — |
| Nagai, Takeshi | Food Science | 911 / 107,913 | — |
| Shirai, Masayuki | Physical Chemistry | 676 / 44,088 | — |
| Rahman, Abidur | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,910 / 204,373 | 3,494 / 204,373 |
| Takaki, Koichi | Applied Physics | 6,215 / 323,282 | — |
| Kumagai, Naoaki | Energy | 3,916 / 371,959 | — |
| Kimura, Kenichi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,373 / 120,621 | — |
| Shimono, Hiroyuki | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,878 / 95,377 | — |
| Takeguchi, Tatsuya | Energy | 6,724 / 371,959 | — |
| Iwabuchi, Akira | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,133 / 157,792 | — |
| Takeda, Yoichi | Mining & Metallurgy | 666 / 37,230 | — |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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