Yamaguchi 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).
28
researchers on the list
56
rank in Japan
2,020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matsui, Kenji | Plant Biology & Botany | 857 / 204,373 | 806 / 204,373 |
| Matsuno, Yoshimasa | Mathematical Physics | 65 / 6,761 | 38 / 6,761 |
| Okamoto, Kenichi | Polymers | 712 / 133,253 | — |
| Shimizu, Takashi | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 860 / 105,735 | 1,162 / 105,735 |
| Hyodo, Masayuki | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,598 / 82,760 | 1,130 / 82,760 |
| Yamamoto, Takashi | Polymers | 996 / 133,253 | 1,998 / 133,253 |
| Ögura, Kotaro | Energy | 1,603 / 371,959 | — |
| Kita, Hidetoshi | Polymers | 1,004 / 133,253 | — |
| Matsushita, Kazunobu | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,977 / 216,826 | — |
| Taguchi, Tsunemasa | Applied Physics | 4,376 / 323,282 | — |
| Wakita, Koji | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,191 / 108,013 |
| Kato, Akio | Food Science | 1,109 / 107,913 | — |
| Mano, Jun’ichi | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,739 / 204,373 | 3,772 / 204,373 |
| Yamamoto, Shuichi | Chemical Engineering | 1,057 / 97,821 | — |
| Kamimura, Akio | Organic Chemistry | 3,390 / 188,664 | — |
| Nishikata, Takashi | Organic Chemistry | 3,632 / 188,664 | — |
| Shimomura, Yutaka | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 1,257 / 64,751 | 1,230 / 64,751 |
| Furukawa, Hiroshi | General Physics | 1,535 / 87,024 | — |
| Mochizuki, Masami | Veterinary Sciences | 878 / 72,388 | — |
| Akada, Rinji | Biotechnology | 846 / 69,700 | — |
| Oishi, Tsutsumi | Polymers | 2,403 / 133,253 | — |
| Imamura, Hiromi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,726 / 216,826 |
| Yoshimoto, Makoto | Biotechnology | 1,033 / 69,700 | — |
| Nishimura, Tatsuo | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,477 / 157,792 | — |
| Tanaka, Kazuhiro | Polymers | 2,898 / 133,253 | — |
| Goda, Kohichi | Materials | 5,504 / 330,896 | — |
| Hamamoto, Yoshihiko | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,300 / 517,648 | — |
| Mishima, Tomokazu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,827 / 133,072 | 2,063 / 133,072 |
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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