Kumamoto 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).
65
researchers on the list
23
rank in Japan
971
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niwa, Hitoshi | Developmental Biology | 469 / 167,121 | 1,154 / 167,121 |
| Suda, Toshio | Immunology | 799 / 176,292 | 1,734 / 176,292 |
| Ihn, Hironobu | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 136 / 64,751 | 301 / 64,751 |
| Devkota, Hari Prasad | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,063 / 120,621 | 92 / 120,621 |
| Kawamura, Yoshihito | Materials | 396 / 330,896 | 1,228 / 330,896 |
| Matsuoka, Masao | Immunology | 979 / 176,292 | 1,339 / 176,292 |
| Vinogradov, Aleksey Yu | Materials | 586 / 330,896 | 811 / 330,896 |
| Matsumoto, Yasumichi | Energy | 636 / 371,959 | 3,519 / 371,959 |
| Ando, Yukio | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,290 / 379,830 | 7,487 / 379,830 |
| Nishinakamura, Ryuichi | Developmental Biology | 2,390 / 167,121 | 1,230 / 167,121 |
| Ogawa, Hisao | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,152 / 249,410 | 4,392 / 249,410 |
| Ohtsuki, Sumio | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 517 / 166,116 | 1,085 / 166,116 |
| Machida, Masato | Physical Chemistry | 239 / 44,088 | 475 / 44,088 |
| Ueda, Mitsuharu | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,061 / 379,830 |
| Nakagata, Naomi | Developmental Biology | 2,131 / 167,121 | — |
| Hiyama, T. | Energy | 1,077 / 371,959 | — |
| Tanaka, Yasuhito | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 1,083 / 113,536 | 1,246 / 113,536 |
| Horiuchi, Seikoh | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,976 / 216,826 | — |
| Tsujita, Kenichi | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 2,065 / 249,410 |
| Akiyama, Hidenori | Fluids & Plasmas | 797 / 58,297 | — |
| Yamashita, Yasuyuki | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 656 / 129,561 | 1,276 / 129,561 |
| Sheng, Guojun | Developmental Biology | — | 1,780 / 167,121 |
| Yamagata, Kazuya | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 1,802 / 100,693 | — |
| Nakao, Mitsuyoshi | Developmental Biology | 2,603 / 167,121 | — |
| Niidome, Takuro | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 841 / 166,116 | 2,872 / 166,116 |
| Sugimoto, Yukihiko | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,473 / 216,826 | 2,739 / 216,826 |
| Yamasaki, Michiaki | Materials | 3,572 / 330,896 | 2,358 / 330,896 |
| Miyamoto, Eischichi | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,366 / 379,830 | — |
| Molodov, Dmitri A. | Materials | 1,554 / 330,896 | 5,661 / 330,896 |
| Ishimoto, Takatsugu | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,262 / 377,791 |
| Mine, Yoji | Materials | 5,528 / 330,896 | 2,955 / 330,896 |
| Hayami, Shinya | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 826 / 86,991 | 666 / 86,991 |
| Kida, Tetsuya | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,654 / 177,859 | — |
| Numakawa, Tadahiro | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,456 / 379,830 |
| Nakata, Haruhiko | Environmental Sciences | 1,126 / 140,934 | — |
| Tanihara, Hidenobu | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,056 / 86,157 | 1,514 / 86,157 |
| Iwase, Hirotaka | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,283 / 377,791 | — |
| Ida, Shintaro | Energy | 2,336 / 371,959 | 6,783 / 371,959 |
| Arima, Hidetoshi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,394 / 166,116 | — |
| Shimojo, Fuyuki | Applied Physics | 4,183 / 323,282 | — |
| Katoh, Takahiko | Toxicology | 758 / 69,049 | — |
| Kubota, Naoto | Endocrinology & Metabolism | — | 2,046 / 100,693 |
| Fukaminato, Tuyoshi | Organic Chemistry | 2,939 / 188,664 | — |
| Noguchi, Yuji | Applied Physics | 4,632 / 323,282 | — |
| Taniguchi, Isato | Energy | 2,761 / 371,959 | — |
| Yamanaka, Kunitoshi | Microbiology | 4,352 / 232,186 | — |
| Takahashi, Kiyoshi | Pathology | 495 / 26,003 | — |
| Mashimo, Tsutomu | Applied Physics | 5,373 / 323,282 | — |
| Sawa, Shinichiro | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,903 / 204,373 | — |
| Yoshimoto, Soichiro | Energy | 3,242 / 371,959 | — |
| Hosokawa, Shinya | Applied Physics | 5,813 / 323,282 | — |
| Watanabe, Hiroshi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,675 / 166,116 | 1,629 / 166,116 |
| Ohyama, Junya | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,798 / 188,664 |
| Toda, Kei | Analytical Chemistry | 1,779 / 137,328 | — |
| Nagayama, Yasunori | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,300 / 129,561 |
| Sasaki, Mitsuru | Chemical Engineering | 1,389 / 97,821 | — |
| Irie, Tetsumi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,358 / 166,116 | — |
| Miyamoto, Yuji | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,780 / 377,791 |
| Ihara, Hirotaka | Analytical Chemistry | 2,220 / 137,328 | — |
| Yasunaga, Jun ichirou | Virology | — | 1,046 / 79,508 |
| Takahashi, Keitaro | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,805 / 164,120 |
| Hirai, Toshinori | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,798 / 129,561 |
| Yamashita, Youichi | Surgery | 2,693 / 146,713 | — |
| Higashi, Taishi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 3,296 / 166,116 | — |
| Mitsunaga, Masaharu | Optics | 1,867 / 83,504 | — |
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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