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Top researchers in Japan

Shizuo Akira ranks first among 114,622 ranked researchers based in Japan.

The ranking

  1. 1Shizuo Akira#298 worldwide3.6k citations · 192 works
  2. 2Hirofumi Akagi#505 worldwide3.3k citations · 149 works
  3. 3Ken Takahashi#814 worldwide2.6k citations · 98 works
  4. 4Shimon Sakaguchi#857 worldwide1.8k citations · 126 works
  5. 5Y. Makida#885 worldwide8.1k citations · 349 works
  6. 6S. Fratina#1,004 worldwide4k citations · 116 works
  7. 7S. Cole#1,016 worldwide3.7k citations · 104 works
  8. 8Hiroshi Yamaguchi#1,035 worldwide2.9k citations · 98 works
  9. 9Takehito Hayakawa#1,046 worldwide2.6k citations · 109 works
  10. 10N. Sasao#1,086 worldwide3.3k citations · 103 works
  11. 11Masashi Yanagisawa#1,094 worldwide2.2k citations · 108 works
  12. 12Fujio Izumi#1,117 worldwide5.8k citations · 88 works
  13. 13Yoshitaka Fujii#1,138 worldwide1.5k citations · 101 works
  14. 14A. Yamamoto#1,169 worldwide3.3k citations · 184 works
  15. 15Yoshio Yazaki#1,416 worldwide1.9k citations · 114 works
  16. 16Norito Kawakami#1,461 worldwide4.2k citations · 82 works
  17. 17T. Ohsugi#1,511 worldwide3.3k citations · 140 works
  18. 18Minoru Kanehisa#1,522 worldwide5.7k citations · 82 works
  19. 19Katsutoshi Goto#1,828 worldwide1.7k citations · 120 works
  20. 20Sadao Kimura#2,070 worldwide1.6k citations · 96 works
  21. 21Tadamitsu Kishimoto#2,150 worldwide1.7k citations · 145 works
  22. 22Y. Nagasaka#2,206 worldwide7.3k citations · 355 works
  23. 23Tsutomu Miyasaka#2,272 worldwide5.3k citations · 72 works
  24. 24Tsunefumi Mizuno#2,281 worldwide2.3k citations · 125 works
  25. 25Y. Arai#2,486 worldwide6k citations · 381 works
  26. 26Yasutomi Nishizuka#2,494 worldwide3.1k citations · 73 works
  27. 27M. Yokoyama#2,564 worldwide2.2k citations · 97 works
  28. 28Hiroyuki Ogata#2,604 worldwide4.1k citations · 69 works
  29. 29Tetsuya Mitsudomi#2,629 worldwide1.5k citations · 165 works
  30. 30Ryogo Kubo#2,978 worldwide4.1k citations · 66 works
  31. 31Manami Inoue#3,028 worldwide1.3k citations · 101 works
  32. 32Takayoshi Ohkubo#3,353 worldwide1.4k citations · 96 works
  33. 33Y. Hayato#3,511 worldwide2.2k citations · 69 works
  34. 34Kunihiko Sadakane#3,516 worldwide1.4k citations · 98 works
  35. 35Yukito Shinohara#3,648 worldwide928 citations · 73 works
  36. 36Takayasu Kurata#3,698 worldwide1.2k citations · 73 works
  37. 37Hisao Asamura#3,774 worldwide1k citations · 73 works
  38. 38Shinji Tsujikawa#3,841 worldwide2.4k citations · 84 works
  39. 39S. Tanaka#3,870 worldwide2.6k citations · 65 works
  40. 40Takahiro Tabuchi#3,877 worldwide1.8k citations · 73 works
  41. 41S. Murgia#3,908 worldwide2.1k citations · 69 works
  42. 42Masahiro Akishita#3,946 worldwide880 citations · 78 works
  43. 43Piero Carninci#4,118 worldwide2k citations · 65 works
  44. 44M. Fukugita#4,304 worldwide3.4k citations · 125 works
  45. 45Tasuku Honjo#4,534 worldwide1.4k citations · 104 works
  46. 46Michio Sugeno#4,564 worldwide1.3k citations · 66 works
  47. 47Fuminobu Takahashi#4,691 worldwide1.9k citations · 79 works
  48. 48H. Katagiri#4,804 worldwide1.5k citations · 75 works
  49. 49Шун-ичи Амари#4,828 worldwide1.6k citations · 113 works
  50. 50Mitsuo Nagamachi#4,947 worldwide566 citations · 80 works
  51. 51Takashi Mukai#4,995 worldwide1.5k citations · 91 works
  52. 52Tsuneo Yoshikawa#5,000 worldwide757 citations · 107 works
  53. 53Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki#5,031 worldwide1.6k citations · 67 works
  54. 54Jun‐ichi Miyazaki#5,116 worldwide1.2k citations · 110 works
  55. 55Yasushi Yatabe#5,121 worldwide1.3k citations · 141 works
  56. 56H. Takahashi#5,255 worldwide2.1k citations · 175 works
  57. 57Masao Iwagami#5,294 worldwide1k citations · 70 works
  58. 58Takeshi Iwatsubo#5,315 worldwide1.1k citations · 94 works
  59. 59Hamido Fujita#5,359 worldwide1.5k citations · 145 works
  60. 60Masato Takahashi#5,476 worldwide969 citations · 88 works
  61. 61Tetsuya Taga#5,541 worldwide1.2k citations · 66 works
  62. 62T. Kohriki#5,858 worldwide1.8k citations · 118 works
  63. 63Y. Oyama#5,900 worldwide1.2k citations · 70 works
  64. 64Hajime Kono#5,942 worldwide441 citations · 69 works
  65. 65Yoshihide Hayashizaki#5,973 worldwide2k citations · 60 works
  66. 66Kenji Shibuya#5,982 worldwide3.7k citations · 55 works
  67. 67Kenji Ikeda#6,023 worldwide715 citations · 73 works
  68. 68Nakao Iwata#6,051 worldwide1.3k citations · 72 works
  69. 69Masashi Ikeda#6,164 worldwide1.2k citations · 63 works
  70. 70Yoshikazu Inoue#6,180 worldwide829 citations · 116 works
  71. 71J. C. Hill#6,220 worldwide2.3k citations · 149 works
  72. 72Noboru Mizushima#6,276 worldwide2.1k citations · 57 works
  73. 73Hidenori Arai#6,401 worldwide1k citations · 97 works
  74. 74Hiroshi Fukui#6,486 worldwide778 citations · 96 works
  75. 75Masahiro Tsuboi#6,528 worldwide926 citations · 114 works
  76. 76Erika Ota#6,608 worldwide2.5k citations · 54 works
  77. 77Akira Masaoka#6,730 worldwide443 citations · 80 works
  78. 78Yoshihiro Kokubo#6,780 worldwide4.5k citations · 53 works
  79. 79Shuuji Kajita#6,800 worldwide830 citations · 61 works
  80. 80Toshihiko Masui#6,801 worldwide1.6k citations · 61 works
  81. 81P. Urquijo#6,812 worldwide6.9k citations · 426 works
  82. 82Kaoru Tone#6,910 worldwide1.1k citations · 64 works
  83. 83Yoshihiro Saito#7,116 worldwide938 citations · 86 works
  84. 84Takashi Ichikawa#7,234 worldwide1k citations · 86 works
  85. 85Takeshi Johkoh#7,253 worldwide628 citations · 60 works
  86. 86Si Si#7,483 worldwide3k citations · 52 works
  87. 87Ryōji Noyori#7,579 worldwide2.4k citations · 168 works
  88. 88Ichirou Yamaguchi#7,606 worldwide630 citations · 60 works
  89. 89Masahiko Jinno#7,636 worldwide878 citations · 71 works
  90. 90Takeshi Nakamori#7,652 worldwide1.1k citations · 62 works
  91. 91Kenichi Saito#7,692 worldwide719 citations · 73 works
  92. 92Rintaro Mori#7,753 worldwide1.1k citations · 55 works
  93. 93I. Ueda#7,756 worldwide1.7k citations · 117 works
  94. 94Tetsuo Hyodo#7,806 worldwide1.8k citations · 74 works
  95. 95Atsushi Goto#8,173 worldwide2k citations · 51 works
  96. 96Yoichiro Iwakura#8,190 worldwide950 citations · 109 works
  97. 97Heiga Zen#8,223 worldwide1.1k citations · 64 works
  98. 98Shinya Goto#8,347 worldwide657 citations · 76 works
  99. 99Shinya Yamanaka#8,398 worldwide3.4k citations · 50 works
  100. 100Nobuhiro Tsuji#8,462 worldwide2.3k citations · 172 works
  101. 101Shin’ichi Nojiri#8,595 worldwide2.8k citations · 126 works
  102. 102Tadatsugu Taniguchi#8,611 worldwide1.1k citations · 56 works
  103. 103Isao Takahashi#8,921 worldwide1.8k citations · 170 works
  104. 104Fumio Kishino#8,937 worldwide618 citations · 82 works
  105. 105J. H. Kang#8,939 worldwide1.2k citations · 74 works
  106. 106Kei Muro#9,123 worldwide1.1k citations · 162 works
  107. 107Shigekazu Nagata#9,215 worldwide1.8k citations · 149 works
  108. 108Osamu Takeuchi#9,303 worldwide1.3k citations · 70 works
  109. 109Hidenori Ichijo#9,368 worldwide1.2k citations · 55 works
  110. 110Nei Kato#9,415 worldwide2.3k citations · 251 works
  111. 111Yutaka Nishiwaki#9,500 worldwide578 citations · 68 works
  112. 112Kenji Kaneko#9,519 worldwide756 citations · 53 works
  113. 113K. Ishida#9,642 worldwide1.1k citations · 114 works
  114. 114T. Yanagida#9,671 worldwide1.7k citations · 51 works
  115. 115Mingwei Chen#9,727 worldwide2.2k citations · 107 works
  116. 116Takayuki Kanda#9,771 worldwide1.5k citations · 158 works
  117. 117Yuichi Ishikawa#9,805 worldwide730 citations · 54 works
  118. 118Masanori Kitaichi#9,861 worldwide707 citations · 52 works
  119. 119Takashi Nagasawa#9,991 worldwide694 citations · 54 works
  120. 120Y. Suematsu#10,002 worldwide684 citations · 89 works
  121. 121K. Murakami#10,078 worldwide1.5k citations · 132 works
  122. 122Hiroki Kurihara#10,084 worldwide1.4k citations · 51 works
  123. 123Shinji Kawabata#10,249 worldwide1.1k citations · 49 works
  124. 124Reiki Nishimura#10,323 worldwide1.4k citations · 48 works
  125. 125E. L. Barberio#10,329 worldwide7.6k citations · 498 works
  126. 126S. Miyashita#10,330 worldwide1.4k citations · 70 works
  127. 127H. Tajima#10,362 worldwide2.1k citations · 166 works
  128. 128Takeshi Yasumoto#10,493 worldwide741 citations · 66 works
  129. 129Takashi Saito#10,665 worldwide450 citations · 75 works
  130. 130K. E. Varvell#10,668 worldwide7.2k citations · 493 works
  131. 131N. Tamura#11,144 worldwide1.7k citations · 126 works
  132. 132K. Nakamura#11,145 worldwide1.1k citations · 50 works
  133. 133S. Uchida#11,245 worldwide1.7k citations · 110 works
  134. 134Sadanori Okamura#11,251 worldwide1.1k citations · 62 works
  135. 135S.-H. Lee#11,402 worldwide1.2k citations · 48 works
  136. 136S. Kazama#11,555 worldwide1.2k citations · 95 works
  137. 137Kiyoshi Takatsuki#11,667 worldwide660 citations · 109 works
  138. 138Yutaka Matsuo#11,686 worldwide1.2k citations · 124 works
  139. 139Shigeru Akamatsu#11,813 worldwide1.1k citations · 49 works
  140. 140Norio Ohmagari#11,838 worldwide941 citations · 121 works
  141. 141Hideto Tsuji#11,874 worldwide831 citations · 63 works
  142. 142Yutaka Toyozawa#12,046 worldwide865 citations · 51 works
  143. 143M. Koshiba#12,126 worldwide1k citations · 51 works
  144. 144B. Yabsley#12,161 worldwide7.2k citations · 523 works
  145. 145T. Kobayashi#12,312 worldwide1.2k citations · 90 works
  146. 146Masashi Mukoyama#12,384 worldwide860 citations · 49 works
  147. 147Nagahiro Saijo#12,411 worldwide962 citations · 131 works
  148. 148Yutaka Katsuyama#12,430 worldwide683 citations · 55 works
  149. 149Kazunari Misawa#12,456 worldwide931 citations · 46 works
  150. 150Antonio Pelliccia#12,581 worldwide672 citations · 60 works
  151. 151Masahiro Nakano#12,898 worldwide1.4k citations · 44 works
  152. 152Nobuhiro Yuki#12,913 worldwide589 citations · 67 works
  153. 153S. Terada#12,932 worldwide2.1k citations · 187 works
  154. 154Takaaki Tanaka#12,952 worldwide1.8k citations · 153 works
  155. 155Tsutomu Sato#13,184 worldwide583 citations · 60 works
  156. 156T. Takahashi#13,373 worldwide961 citations · 54 works
  157. 157Masayuki Noguchi#13,400 worldwide829 citations · 91 works
  158. 158Shuh Narumiya#13,496 worldwide1.4k citations · 144 works
  159. 159H. Okawa#13,639 worldwide1.1k citations · 61 works
  160. 160Shinya Toyokuni#13,647 worldwide795 citations · 77 works
  161. 161T. Ohshima#13,875 worldwide1.5k citations · 102 works
  162. 162Masakazu Toi#14,318 worldwide1.1k citations · 134 works
  163. 163T. Mimashi#14,366 worldwide753 citations · 83 works
  164. 164Zenji Horita#14,444 worldwide2.1k citations · 189 works
  165. 165Kazuo Fujihara#14,497 worldwide654 citations · 55 works
  166. 166Jacques Lacan#14,499 worldwide214 citations · 57 works
  167. 167Kaoru Ota#14,500 worldwide1.3k citations · 127 works
  168. 168A. Frey#14,583 worldwide905 citations · 64 works
  169. 169Hiroji Iwata#14,687 worldwide1.1k citations · 122 works
  170. 170Ippei Watanabe#14,707 worldwide2.5k citations · 42 works
  171. 171Kazuhiro Shimasaku#14,719 worldwide1.4k citations · 67 works
  172. 172Hitoshi Sakai#14,726 worldwide1.1k citations · 96 works
  173. 173Shogo Yamamoto#14,848 worldwide550 citations · 71 works
  174. 174Tohru Natsume#14,851 worldwide571 citations · 48 works
  175. 175Murat Doğru#14,982 worldwide593 citations · 62 works
  176. 176Michihiko Tada#15,069 worldwide700 citations · 70 works
  177. 177Yūjirō Hayami#15,255 worldwide412 citations · 72 works
  178. 178Junji Hisano#15,283 worldwide1.9k citations · 42 works
  179. 179M. Nakahata#15,289 worldwide1.3k citations · 95 works
  180. 180Masatake Haruta#15,318 worldwide1.7k citations · 57 works
  181. 181Shinsaku Imashuku#15,384 worldwide674 citations · 63 works
  182. 182Kazuhito Yokoi#15,416 worldwide536 citations · 87 works
  183. 183Yasuhiro Shimada#15,484 worldwide634 citations · 76 works
  184. 184Takako Eguchi Nakajima#15,541 worldwide405 citations · 53 works
  185. 185Noriaki Hamada#15,685 worldwide899 citations · 48 works
  186. 186Kohei Miyazono#15,798 worldwide736 citations · 66 works
  187. 187Kazumasa Noda#15,825 worldwide599 citations · 46 works
  188. 188Naotoshi Sugimoto#15,886 worldwide495 citations · 69 works
  189. 189Toru Watanabe#15,995 worldwide589 citations · 99 works
  190. 190Eiichi Araki#16,040 worldwide827 citations · 69 works
  191. 191Nobuyuki Horita#16,060 worldwide1.7k citations · 41 works
  192. 192Masaya Matsuoka#16,068 worldwide1.2k citations · 45 works
  193. 193Haruhiko Fukuda#16,262 worldwide522 citations · 50 works
  194. 194Naoto Yokoya#16,296 worldwide1k citations · 75 works
  195. 195K. R. Nakamura#16,397 worldwide1.1k citations · 44 works
  196. 196Masahiro Yano#16,425 worldwide669 citations · 47 works
  197. 197M. Ohno#16,430 worldwide1.2k citations · 93 works
  198. 198Masami Okamoto#16,445 worldwide891 citations · 74 works
  199. 199M. Takita#16,448 worldwide639 citations · 56 works
  200. 200T. Kobayashi#16,608 worldwide2.1k citations · 172 works

Researchers whose main institution is in Japan, ranked on field-normalised excellence, output and citations over their whole record.