Nara Institute of Science and Technology 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).
41
researchers on the list
33
rank in Japan
1,457
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yanagida, Takayuki | Applied Physics | 351 / 323,282 | 89 / 323,282 |
| Kawai, Taro | Immunology | 1,235 / 176,292 | 267 / 176,292 |
| Fujiki, Michiya | Polymers | 195 / 133,253 | 1,808 / 133,253 |
| Tohge, Takayuki | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,389 / 204,373 | 374 / 204,373 |
| Hashimoto, Takashi | Plant Biology & Botany | 555 / 204,373 | 2,784 / 204,373 |
| Takagi, Hiroshi | Biotechnology | 130 / 69,700 | 149 / 69,700 |
| Shimamoto, Ko | Plant Biology & Botany | 912 / 204,373 | 2,236 / 204,373 |
| Yamaguchi, Nobutoshi | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,051 / 204,373 |
| Kobuke, Yoshiaki | Organic Chemistry | 1,361 / 188,664 | — |
| Kohno, Kenji | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,255 / 216,826 | 3,519 / 216,826 |
| Suetsugu, Shiro | Developmental Biology | 2,745 / 167,121 | — |
| Ogasawara, Naotake | Microbiology | 2,540 / 232,186 | — |
| Koga, Kenji | Organic Chemistry | 2,008 / 188,664 | — |
| Kato, J. Y. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,257 / 216,826 | — |
| Kawai, Tsuyoshi | Applied Physics | 3,272 / 323,282 | 3,880 / 323,282 |
| Sano, Hiroshi | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,759 / 204,373 | — |
| Kobayashi, Kazuo | Microbiology | 3,151 / 232,186 | 3,265 / 232,186 |
| Tasaka, Masao | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,897 / 204,373 | 4,307 / 204,373 |
| Saijo, Yusuke | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,289 / 204,373 | 2,469 / 204,373 |
| Kato, Takumi | Applied Physics | — | 2,785 / 323,282 |
| Nakauchi, Daisuke | Applied Physics | — | 2,835 / 323,282 |
| Demura, Taku | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,242 / 204,373 | 3,830 / 204,373 |
| Yoshida, Satoko | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,285 / 204,373 | 2,848 / 204,373 |
| Hirota, Shun | General Chemistry | 429 / 57,505 | 975 / 57,505 |
| Kawaguchi, Hitoshi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 654 / 140,272 | — |
| Kawaguchi, Noriaki | Applied Physics | — | 3,401 / 323,282 |
| Yoshida, Shosuke | Microbiology | — | 3,466 / 232,186 |
| Ikeuchi, Momoko | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,279 / 204,373 |
| Wada, Takahiro | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,396 / 131,085 |
| Hakoshima, Toshio | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,043 / 216,826 |
| Funatsu, Kimito | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 983 / 120,621 | 1,416 / 120,621 |
| Kiyokawa, Kisyoshi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,433 / 517,648 | — |
| Kato, Hirokazu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,651 / 517,648 | — |
| Nakajima, Keiji | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,620 / 204,373 | — |
| Rapenne, G. | General Chemistry | 562 / 57,505 | — |
| Ito, Toshiro | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,892 / 204,373 | — |
| Umeda, Masaaki | Plant Biology & Botany | 4,013 / 204,373 | — |
| Yalikun, Yaxiaer | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,244 / 137,328 |
| Sato, Yoshinobu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,730 / 517,648 | — |
| Yokoya, Naokazu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,938 / 517,648 | — |
| Hosokawa, Youichiroh | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,621 / 137,328 |
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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