Niigata 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).
27
researchers on the list
61
rank in Japan
2,081
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kodama, Tatsuya | Energy | 691 / 371,959 | 4,055 / 371,959 |
| Matano, Yoshihiro | Organic Chemistry | 1,099 / 188,664 | 2,380 / 188,664 |
| Tsubokawa, Norio | Polymers | 539 / 133,253 | — |
| Suzuki, Yasuyuki | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,323 / 164,120 | — |
| Yamazaki, Kazuhisa | Dentistry | 638 / 101,728 | 344 / 101,728 |
| Tanimoto, Morimitsu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,470 / 164,120 | — |
| Ushiki, Tatsuo | Microbiology | 2,080 / 232,186 | — |
| Asaka, Takehiko | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,832 / 164,120 | 4,168 / 164,120 |
| Ejiri, Shinji | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,957 / 164,120 | — |
| Kitaoka, Motomitsu | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,902 / 216,826 | 4,068 / 216,826 |
| Yamaguchi, Yoshio | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 618 / 82,760 | 1,280 / 82,760 |
| Hagiwara, Hisashiro | Organic Chemistry | 2,065 / 188,664 | — |
| Hoshino, Tsutomu | Organic Chemistry | 2,319 / 188,664 | — |
| Tachibana, Masayoshi | Otorhinolaryngology | 385 / 54,521 | — |
| Watanabe, Kenichi | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,354 / 249,410 | — |
| Aoki, Toshiki | Polymers | 1,601 / 133,253 | — |
| Fujimoto, Yuki | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,800 / 164,120 |
| Toda, Kenji | Materials | 3,467 / 330,896 | — |
| Sato, Mineo | Materials | 3,758 / 330,896 | — |
| Gokon, Nobuyuki | Energy | 4,367 / 371,959 | 8,137 / 371,959 |
| Sawada, Kiyoshia | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,636 / 86,991 | — |
| Yoshihara, Akihiro | Dentistry | — | 1,240 / 101,728 |
| Takimoto, Tetsuya | General Physics | 1,905 / 87,024 | — |
| Taniguchi, Masayuki | Biotechnology | 1,127 / 69,700 | — |
| Tanaka, Takaaki | Biotechnology | 1,197 / 69,700 | — |
| Yagi, Masayuki | Energy | 6,592 / 371,959 | — |
| Shimizu, Tadaaki | Energy | 6,723 / 371,959 | — |
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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