Nihon 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).
37
researchers on the list
38
rank in Japan
1,600
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiba, Takeshi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 476 / 164,120 | 566 / 164,120 |
| Iino, Masamitsu | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,428 / 216,826 | 2,868 / 216,826 |
| Yamagata, Kazuo | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,985 / 379,830 | 1,901 / 379,830 |
| Saito, Isao | Organic Chemistry | 989 / 188,664 | — |
| Iwamura, Hiizu | Organic Chemistry | 1,062 / 188,664 | — |
| Beppu, Teruhiko | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,576 / 216,826 | — |
| Katoh, Ryuzi | Chemical Physics | 1,581 / 121,889 | 2,408 / 121,889 |
| Sakaguchi, Hidetsugu | Fluids & Plasmas | 749 / 58,297 | — |
| Kobayashi, Hayao | Applied Physics | 2,614 / 323,282 | — |
| Nakanishi, Teruyuki | Fisheries | 252 / 47,614 | — |
| Tsubata, Takeshi | Immunology | 2,776 / 176,292 | — |
| Katto, Yoshiro | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 961 / 157,792 | 1,383 / 157,792 |
| Otsuki, Joe | General Chemistry | 338 / 57,505 | 418 / 57,505 |
| Yashima, Tatsuaki | Physical Chemistry | 493 / 44,088 | — |
| Ishida, Hiroshi | Applied Physics | 3,911 / 323,282 | — |
| Ohama, Yoshihiko | Materials | 2,411 / 330,896 | 5,640 / 330,896 |
| Abiko, Yoshimitsu | Dentistry | 1,105 / 101,728 | — |
| Hiramatsu, Takashi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,999 / 164,120 |
| Kobayashi, Akiko | Applied Physics | 6,224 / 323,282 | — |
| Shimizu, Noriyoshi | Dentistry | 1,322 / 101,728 | — |
| Takahashi, Kazufumi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,079 / 164,120 |
| Kasai, Kazutaka | Dentistry | 1,351 / 101,728 | — |
| Ueda, Masahito | Materials | — | 6,349 / 330,896 |
| Kitanaka, Susumu | General Chemistry | 560 / 57,505 | — |
| Ogata, Yorimasa | Dentistry | 1,455 / 101,728 | — |
| Matsumura, Hideo | Dentistry | 1,545 / 101,728 | — |
| Ito, Koichi | Dentistry | 1,558 / 101,728 | — |
| Sugita, Haruo | Fisheries | 938 / 47,614 | — |
| Hayashi, Takafumi | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,819 / 228,312 | — |
| Miyazaki, Masashi | Dentistry | 1,655 / 101,728 | — |
| Egashira, Minato | Energy | 5,541 / 371,959 | — |
| Maeda, Hideaki | General Physics | — | 1,670 / 87,024 |
| Motoyoshi, Mitsuru | Dentistry | 2,005 / 101,728 | — |
| Takido, Michio | General Chemistry | 772 / 57,505 | — |
| Hashimoto, Takuya | Energy | 6,300 / 371,959 | — |
| Yoshikawa, Hiroshi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,882 / 140,272 | — |
| Yasukawa, Ken | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 2,201 / 120,621 | — |
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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