Okayama 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).
78
researchers on the list
20
rank in Japan
842
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ma, Jianfeng | Plant Biology & Botany | 8 / 204,373 | 9 / 204,373 |
| Tonouchi, Masayoshi | Applied Physics | 362 / 323,282 | 657 / 323,282 |
| Shen, Jianren | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,335 / 216,826 | 315 / 216,826 |
| Yamaji, Naoki | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,642 / 204,373 | 345 / 204,373 |
| Kawai, Fusako | Biotechnology | 185 / 69,700 | 86 / 69,700 |
| Okuda, Takuo | General Chemistry | 129 / 57,505 | 456 / 57,505 |
| Matsumoto, Hideaki | Plant Biology & Botany | 443 / 204,373 | 3,154 / 204,373 |
| Shinoda, Wataru | Chemical Physics | 1,329 / 121,889 | 539 / 121,889 |
| Tanaka, Hideki | Chemical Physics | 920 / 121,889 | 2,159 / 121,889 |
| Uneyama, Kenji | Organic Chemistry | 1,038 / 188,664 | — |
| Makino, Hirofumi | Urology & Nephrology | 562 / 96,288 | 800 / 96,288 |
| Ema, Tadashi | Organic Chemistry | 1,119 / 188,664 | 636 / 188,664 |
| Kanatani, Ken'ichi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,282 / 517,648 | — |
| Takai, Kazuhiko | Organic Chemistry | 1,128 / 188,664 | 3,668 / 188,664 |
| Ito, Eiji | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,081 / 108,013 | — |
| Matsuo, Toshihiîko | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 492 / 86,157 | — |
| Yamakata, Akira | Organic Chemistry | — | 824 / 188,664 |
| Nakamura, Yoshimasa | Biotechnology | 214 / 69,700 | 1,020 / 69,700 |
| Sakamoto, Wataru | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,096 / 204,373 | 1,483 / 204,373 |
| Miyatake, Takahisa | Entomology | 204 / 40,595 | 364 / 40,595 |
| Nishina, Yuta | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,125 / 177,859 | 2,941 / 177,859 |
| Yoshino, Takashi | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,407 / 108,013 | 1,137 / 108,013 |
| Motomizu, Shoji | Analytical Chemistry | 645 / 137,328 | — |
| Toraya, Tetsuo | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,235 / 216,826 | — |
| Hayatsu, Hikoya | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,434 / 377,791 | — |
| Sheikh, Md Chanmiya | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 313 / 86,991 |
| Date, Isao | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,820 / 379,830 | — |
| Mitani-Ueno, Namiki | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 1,638 / 204,373 |
| Miura, Tomoya | Organic Chemistry | 1,926 / 188,664 | 4,215 / 188,664 |
| Kumon, Hiromi | Urology & Nephrology | 1,162 / 96,288 | — |
| Murata, Yoshiyuki | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,889 / 204,373 | 1,921 / 204,373 |
| Funahashi, Hiroaki | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,062 / 105,735 | — |
| Suzuki, Nobuhiro | Virology | 978 / 79,508 | 493 / 79,508 |
| Kawaguchi, Kentarou | Chemical Physics | 2,350 / 121,889 | — |
| Suzuki, Daisuke | Chemical Physics | — | 1,456 / 121,889 |
| Kutsukake, Kazuhiro | Microbiology | 3,102 / 232,186 | — |
| Sato, Kazuhiro | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,392 / 204,373 | 2,173 / 204,373 |
| Katsuhara, Maki | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,039 / 204,373 | — |
| Misawa, Hiroaki | Applied Physics | 3,795 / 323,282 | 4,424 / 323,282 |
| Yamamoto, Yoko | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,120 / 204,373 | 2,933 / 204,373 |
| Shinoda, Sumino Mio | Microbiology | 3,485 / 232,186 | — |
| Akagi, Teiji | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,737 / 249,410 | — |
| Hirayama, Takashi | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,585 / 204,373 | 2,858 / 204,373 |
| Tomioka, Kenji | Entomology | 586 / 40,595 | — |
| Sakata, Yusaku | Energy | 2,879 / 371,959 | — |
| Nishihara, Yasushi | Organic Chemistry | 3,188 / 188,664 | — |
| Takahashi, Taku | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,891 / 204,373 | — |
| Taguchi, H. | Materials | 3,124 / 330,896 | — |
| Munemasa, Shintaro | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,626 / 204,373 |
| Nakamura, Kazufumi | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 4,646 / 249,410 |
| Takemoto, Masatsugu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 733 / 133,072 | 1,938 / 133,072 |
| Hippler, Michael F.A. | Chemical Physics | — | 2,418 / 121,889 |
| Takaishi, Kazuto | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,968 / 188,664 |
| Ichioka, Masanori | General Physics | 1,625 / 87,024 | — |
| Matsumoto, Masakazu | Chemical Physics | — | 2,625 / 121,889 |
| Nakanishi, Kazuhiro | Biotechnology | 834 / 69,700 | — |
| Senuma, Takehide | Mining & Metallurgy | 118 / 37,230 | — |
| Mashimo, Tomoaki | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,488 / 131,085 | 2,776 / 131,085 |
| Sato, Yasuharu | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,494 / 377,791 |
| Kimura, Toshikiro | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,354 / 166,116 | — |
| Kuromori, Takashi | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,436 / 204,373 |
| Hata, Masaharu | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,616 / 228,312 | — |
| Kaneta, Takashi | Analytical Chemistry | 2,144 / 137,328 | — |
| Obayashi, Ippei | Applied Physics | — | 5,054 / 323,282 |
| Ishida, Hiroyuki | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,733 / 86,991 | — |
| Hayakawa, Satoshi | Materials | 4,381 / 330,896 | — |
| Kondo, Hideki | Virology | — | 1,128 / 79,508 |
| Noritsugu, Toshiro | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,384 / 131,085 | — |
| Osaka, Akiyoshi | Materials | 4,986 / 330,896 | — |
| Kano, Mitsunobu R. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,982 / 166,116 | — |
| Uma, Thanganathan | Materials | 5,115 / 330,896 | — |
| Miyake, Michihiro | Materials | 5,123 / 330,896 | — |
| Tasaka, Kenji | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 3,088 / 166,116 | — |
| Okayasu, Mitsuhiro | Materials | 5,312 / 330,896 | — |
| Fujiwara, Masazumi | Optics | — | 1,407 / 83,504 |
| Uddin, Md Azhar | Energy | 6,180 / 371,959 | — |
| Takemiya, Hirokazu | Civil Engineering | 1,492 / 67,736 | — |
| Yamato, Masatoshi | General Chemistry | 1,256 / 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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