The University of Electro-Communications 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).
36
researchers on the list
40
rank in Japan
1,636
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanaka, Kazuo | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 180 / 131,085 | 1,463 / 131,085 |
| Hirata, Shuzo | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 883 / 177,859 | 761 / 177,859 |
| Iwasawa, Yashuhiro | Chemical Physics | 582 / 121,889 | — |
| Hayakawa, Masashi | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 406 / 84,638 | 911 / 84,638 |
| Kobayashi, Takayoshi T. | Applied Physics | 867 / 323,282 | 5,730 / 323,282 |
| Sakai, Taku | Materials | 567 / 330,896 | 1,245 / 330,896 |
| Shintake, Jun | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,243 / 131,085 | 476 / 131,085 |
| Shen, Qing | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,092 / 177,859 | 2,597 / 177,859 |
| Hayase, Shuzi | Applied Physics | 2,073 / 323,282 | 3,991 / 323,282 |
| Liu, Zhi | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 996 / 228,312 |
| Kajimoto, Hiroyuki | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,456 / 517,648 | 4,496 / 517,648 |
| Ueda, Kenichi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 348 / 140,272 | — |
| Akimitsu, Jun | General Physics | 756 / 87,024 | — |
| Matsuura, Motoharu | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,122 / 140,272 | 310 / 140,272 |
| Uto, Masaki | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 5,427 / 517,648 |
| Yanai, Keiji K. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,239 / 517,648 | 10,128 / 517,648 |
| Toyoda, Taro | Applied Physics | 4,057 / 323,282 | — |
| Wu, Celimuge | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 1,861 / 228,312 |
| Kobayashi, Naoki | Applied Physics | 4,624 / 323,282 | — |
| Shimizu, Fujio | General Physics | 1,168 / 87,024 | — |
| Minoshima, Kaoru | Optics | 765 / 83,504 | 963 / 83,504 |
| Ishida, Takayuki | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,176 / 86,991 | — |
| Okawa, Tomio | Energy | 5,004 / 371,959 | 6,028 / 371,959 |
| Karasawa, Yoshio | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,063 / 228,312 | — |
| Sandhu, Adarsh | Applied Physics | 5,778 / 323,282 | — |
| Oohama, Yasutada | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,138 / 228,312 | — |
| Shirakawa, Akira | Optics | 906 / 83,504 | — |
| Satoh, Akashi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,425 / 517,648 | — |
| Shimojo, Makoto | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,947 / 131,085 | — |
| Hakuta, Kohzo | General Physics | 1,749 / 87,024 | — |
| Tomita, Yasuo | Optics | 1,225 / 83,504 | — |
| Ohta, Kazuo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,201 / 517,648 | — |
| Nagaoka, Hiroshi | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,720 / 228,312 | — |
| Ujihara, Kikuo | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,214 / 140,272 | — |
| Musha, Mitsuru | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,443 / 140,272 | — |
| Ueno, Yoshiyasu | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,792 / 140,272 | — |
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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