RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) 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).
9
researchers on the list
217
rank in Japan
4,872
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bliokh, Konstantin | General Physics | 72 / 87,024 | 22 / 87,024 |
| Nagataki, Shigehiro | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,561 / 164,120 | 1,682 / 164,120 |
| Furukawa, Takeo | Applied Physics | 2,311 / 323,282 | 4,513 / 323,282 |
| Ogawa, Tomoya | Organic Chemistry | 1,945 / 188,664 | — |
| Isono, Kiyoshi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,578 / 216,826 | — |
| Kimura, Masaaki | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,140 / 164,120 | — |
| Yamaguchi, Isamu | Entomology | 759 / 40,595 | — |
| Makinouchi, Akitake | Materials | 5,907 / 330,896 | — |
| Higashi, Iwarni | Materials | 6,171 / 330,896 | — |
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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