The Graduate University for Advanced Studies 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).
31
researchers on the list
47
rank in Japan
1,847
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshida, Ryo | Polymers | 203 / 133,253 | 484 / 133,253 |
| Tanaka, Masayuki | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,409 / 58,202 | 532 / 58,202 |
| Takahata, Naoyuki | Evolutionary Biology | 301 / 31,128 | — |
| Saga, Yumiko Saga | Developmental Biology | 1,210 / 167,121 | 3,235 / 167,121 |
| Matsubara, Takahiko | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 562 / 58,202 | 1,294 / 58,202 |
| Ouchi, Masami | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 852 / 58,202 |
| Hirota, Eizi | Chemical Physics | 1,131 / 121,889 | — |
| Innan, Hideki | Developmental Biology | 2,040 / 167,121 | — |
| Imanishi, Masatoshi | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,195 / 58,202 | 1,523 / 58,202 |
| Ohtsuki, Hisashi | Evolutionary Biology | 692 / 31,128 | 447 / 31,128 |
| Tominaga, Nozorau | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,430 / 58,202 |
| Nakamura, Hiroki | Chemical Physics | 1,686 / 121,889 | — |
| Arikawa, Kentaro | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,374 / 379,830 | 8,456 / 379,830 |
| Akashi, Hiroshi | Developmental Biology | 2,459 / 167,121 | — |
| Moriya, Takashi J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,607 / 58,202 |
| Aoki, Wako | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,587 / 58,202 | — |
| Dieckmann, Ulf | Evolutionary Biology | 799 / 31,128 | 565 / 31,128 |
| Kojo, Toru | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,556 / 164,120 |
| Kawaguchi, Masayoshi | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,588 / 204,373 | — |
| Watanabe, Yuuki Y. | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | — | 623 / 54,545 |
| Kanemaki, Masato T. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,393 / 167,121 |
| Nojiri, Mihoko M. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,182 / 164,120 | — |
| Morita, Miyo T. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,006 / 204,373 | 2,367 / 204,373 |
| Nishimura, Jun | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,474 / 164,120 | — |
| Kubo, Takayuki | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,024 / 164,120 |
| Minagawa, Jun | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,239 / 204,373 | 2,867 / 204,373 |
| Iso, Satoshi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,806 / 164,120 | — |
| Adachi, Ichiro | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,208 / 164,120 | 2,292 / 164,120 |
| Niki, Hironori | Microbiology | 4,048 / 232,186 | — |
| Hazumi, Masashi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,158 / 164,120 | — |
| Sone, Yoshitsugu | Energy | 6,964 / 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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