Riken 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).
40
researchers on the list
35
rank in Japan
1,493
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugiyama, Masashi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 182 / 517,648 | 190 / 517,648 |
| Nori, Franco | General Physics | 46 / 87,024 | 95 / 87,024 |
| Kurosaki, Tomohiro | Immunology | 287 / 176,292 | 737 / 176,292 |
| Hirano, Tatsuya | Developmental Biology | 554 / 167,121 | 1,045 / 167,121 |
| Doi, Yoshiharu | Polymers | 114 / 133,253 | 1,038 / 133,253 |
| Nozaki, Kyoko | Organic Chemistry | 357 / 188,664 | 519 / 188,664 |
| Iwasa, Yoshihiro | Applied Physics | 845 / 323,282 | 672 / 323,282 |
| Yamaguchi, Ichirou | Optics | 157 / 83,504 | 674 / 83,504 |
| Kato, Reizo | Applied Physics | 977 / 323,282 | 5,712 / 323,282 |
| Hirayama, Hideki | Applied Physics | 1,338 / 323,282 | 1,689 / 323,282 |
| Fukuda, Kenjiro | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,123 / 177,859 |
| Tahara, Tahei | Chemical Physics | 2,319 / 121,889 | 901 / 121,889 |
| Harada, Tatsuya | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,880 / 517,648 | 3,631 / 517,648 |
| Kuwata-Gonokami, Makoto | Optics | 396 / 83,504 | 1,775 / 83,504 |
| Suzuki, Tadashi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,241 / 216,826 | 1,871 / 216,826 |
| Sato, Wataru | Experimental Psychology | — | 1,035 / 37,808 |
| Hamazaki, Ryusuke | General Physics | — | 634 / 87,024 |
| Ebisuzaki, Toshikazu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,879 / 164,120 | 2,784 / 164,120 |
| Kubo, Toshiygbri | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,087 / 164,120 | — |
| Tanaka, Yo | Analytical Chemistry | 1,570 / 137,328 | 828 / 137,328 |
| Motobayashi, Tohru | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,252 / 164,120 | — |
| Seto, Yasuo | Analytical Chemistry | 1,021 / 137,328 | — |
| Maeda, Mizuo | Analytical Chemistry | 1,098 / 137,328 | — |
| Uchinokura, Kunimitsu | Applied Physics | 4,260 / 323,282 | — |
| Yabashi, Makina | General Physics | 1,419 / 87,024 | 942 / 87,024 |
| Fujioka, Shozo | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,854 / 204,373 | 2,891 / 204,373 |
| Yamazaki, Yasunori | General Physics | 1,169 / 87,024 | — |
| Fujita, Masashi | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,149 / 377,791 |
| Kamimura, Masayasu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,163 / 164,120 | — |
| Kitamura, Hideo | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,213 / 164,120 | — |
| Chen, Che Yu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,564 / 164,120 |
| Chiu, Chingkai | Applied Physics | — | 3,593 / 323,282 |
| Suzuki, Kengo | Biotechnology | — | 883 / 69,700 |
| Ohmori, Hitoshi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,763 / 131,085 | — |
| Iwaki, Masaya | Applied Physics | 6,091 / 323,282 | — |
| Matsumoto, Shogo | Entomology | 802 / 40,595 | — |
| Aoyagi, Yoshinobu | Applied Physics | 6,419 / 323,282 | — |
| Yoshida, Shigeo | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,464 / 204,373 | — |
| Kato, Yuichiro K. | Applied Physics | — | 6,216 / 323,282 |
| Takamaeda-Yamazaki, Shinya | Computer Hardware & Architecture | — | 317 / 21,014 |
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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