Kobe 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).
81
researchers on the list
18
rank in Japan
821
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nishizuka, Yasutomi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 163 / 216,826 | 1,935 / 216,826 |
| Tatsumi, Yoshikyuki | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 212 / 108,013 | 296 / 108,013 |
| Kawamura, Hikaru | General Physics | 166 / 87,024 | 591 / 87,024 |
| Minamoto, Toshifumi | Ecology | — | 610 / 82,882 |
| Okubo, Masayoshi | Polymers | 306 / 133,253 | — |
| Matsuyama, Hideto | Chemical Engineering | 376 / 97,821 | 249 / 97,821 |
| Makino, Junichiro | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 586 / 58,202 | 1,774 / 58,202 |
| Suetsugu, Kenji | Evolutionary Biology | — | 247 / 31,128 |
| Kondo, Akihiko | Biotechnology | 120 / 69,700 | 260 / 69,700 |
| Tomiyama, Akio | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 382 / 157,792 | 512 / 157,792 |
| Ten-no, Seiichiro L. | Chemical Physics | 1,216 / 121,889 | 1,760 / 121,889 |
| Sugasawa, Kaoru | Developmental Biology | 1,817 / 167,121 | — |
| Tsuneda, Takao | Chemical Physics | 2,043 / 121,889 | 788 / 121,889 |
| Miyake, Chikahiro | Plant Biology & Botany | 889 / 204,373 | 1,433 / 204,373 |
| Hayashi, Shinji | Applied Physics | 1,668 / 323,282 | — |
| Otsuka, Keijiro | Development Studies | 43 / 5,287 | 68 / 5,287 |
| Mizutani, Masaharu | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,488 / 204,373 | 1,116 / 204,373 |
| Nishino, Takashi | Polymers | 685 / 133,253 | 1,214 / 133,253 |
| Mori, Atsunori | Organic Chemistry | 1,481 / 188,664 | — |
| Matsui, Kenji | Operations Research | — | 305 / 31,951 |
| Onishi, Hiroshi | Chemical Physics | 1,683 / 121,889 | — |
| Fujii, Minoru | Applied Physics | 2,221 / 323,282 | 5,789 / 323,282 |
| Masahiro Funahashi, Masahiro | Applied Physics | 2,322 / 323,282 | 5,563 / 323,282 |
| Harima, Hisatomo | General Physics | 612 / 87,024 | — |
| Soda, Jiro | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,697 / 164,120 | 2,363 / 164,120 |
| Abe, Shigeo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,579 / 517,648 | — |
| Mukai, Toshiji | Materials | 1,721 / 330,896 | — |
| Nakamura, Kaoru | Organic Chemistry | 2,079 / 188,664 | — |
| Mimura, Tetsuro | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,703 / 204,373 | — |
| Nishitani, Kimitaka | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,818 / 140,934 |
| Osawa, Ro | Microbiology | 3,070 / 232,186 | — |
| Matsuo, Masafumi | Genetics & Heredity | 619 / 42,273 | 649 / 42,273 |
| Moriwaki, Tosliiniichi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,013 / 131,085 | — |
| Ohta, Yasuhiro | Mathematical Physics | 93 / 6,761 | 76 / 6,761 |
| Hamori, Shigeyuki | Economics | 1,085 / 54,592 | — |
| Tomita, Yoshihiro | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,046 / 157,792 | 3,471 / 157,792 |
| Hayashi, Masahiko | Organic Chemistry | 2,413 / 188,664 | — |
| Taguchi, Seiichi | Biotechnology | 425 / 69,700 | 1,281 / 69,700 |
| Wada, Osamu | Applied Physics | 3,736 / 323,282 | — |
| Matsuoka, Yoshihiro | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,043 / 204,373 | — |
| Tsenkova, Roumiana N. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,232 / 137,328 | 972 / 137,328 |
| Ishizaki, Kimitsune | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,551 / 204,373 | 2,401 / 204,373 |
| Kanno, Isaku | Applied Physics | 3,796 / 323,282 | 3,800 / 323,282 |
| Hasunuma, Tomohisa | Biotechnology | 829 / 69,700 | 579 / 69,700 |
| Fukuda, Hideki | Biotechnology | 459 / 69,700 | — |
| Guan, Kecheng | Chemical Engineering | — | 1,353 / 97,821 |
| Teramoto, Masahiro | Chemical Engineering | 823 / 97,821 | — |
| Matoba, Osamu | Optics | 667 / 83,504 | 1,003 / 83,504 |
| Nishino, Tomotoshi | General Physics | 1,064 / 87,024 | 1,541 / 87,024 |
| Kakeji, Yoshishiro | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,718 / 377,791 | — |
| Uchino, Takashi | Applied Physics | 4,769 / 323,282 | — |
| Fukaki, Hidehiro | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,177 / 204,373 |
| Murakami, Takamichi | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,683 / 129,561 | 1,223 / 129,561 |
| Takeuchi, Toshifumi | Analytical Chemistry | 1,599 / 137,328 | — |
| Nakayashiki, Hitoshi | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,936 / 204,373 | — |
| Tachikawa, Takashi | Chemical Physics | — | 2,232 / 121,889 |
| Nishioka, Toshihisa | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,646 / 157,792 | — |
| Tsuda, Akilliko | Organic Chemistry | 3,596 / 188,664 | — |
| Minami, Hideto | Polymers | 1,978 / 133,253 | — |
| Horie, Yoshifumi | Toxicology | — | 807 / 69,049 |
| Jinno, Ryusuke | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,918 / 164,120 |
| Nishio, Mizuho | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,271 / 129,561 |
| Okamura, Hideo | Environmental Sciences | 2,174 / 140,934 | — |
| Takumi, Shigeo | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,668 / 204,373 | — |
| Mochida, Tomoyuki | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,580 / 86,991 | — |
| Yokokohji, Yasuyoshi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,133 / 131,085 | — |
| Tosa, Yukio | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,967 / 204,373 | — |
| Mannen, Hideyuki | Dairy & Animal Science | 973 / 78,455 | — |
| Mizuhata, Minoru | Energy | 4,667 / 371,959 | — |
| Ando, Yoichi | Acoustics | 751 / 38,987 | — |
| Maruyama, Tatsuo | Chemical Engineering | 1,797 / 97,821 | — |
| Deki, Shigehito | Energy | 5,667 / 371,959 | — |
| Matsumoto, Hiroaki | Materials | 5,319 / 330,896 | — |
| Ogino, Chiaki | Biotechnology | 1,171 / 69,700 | — |
| Masubuchi, Izumi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,787 / 131,085 | — |
| Nagata, Makoto | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,236 / 133,072 | — |
| Fukuoka, Toshimichi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,892 / 157,792 | — |
| Tanaka, Katsushi | Materials | 6,692 / 330,896 | — |
| Takahashi, Kazuyuki | General Chemistry | 905 / 57,505 | — |
| Kawaguchi, Hiroshi | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,010 / 133,072 | — |
| Suzuki, Nozomu | General Chemistry | — | 1,030 / 57,505 |
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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