Top institutions in Japan for Applied Physics
Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Applied Physics?
424 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is Applied Physics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.4% of all listed authors in Japan, and 5th of 91 countries in the subfield. 101 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (54), followed by Tohoku University (46) and National Institute for Materials Science (32). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
424
7.4% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
101
23.8% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#5
of 91 countries in Applied Physics
Highest-ranked
#465
Tokura, Yoshinori
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Applied Physics in Japan, in order
- 1Tokura, YoshinoriThe University of Tokyo
- 2Hosono, HideoTokyo Institute of Technology
- 3Togo, AtsushiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 4Nagaosa, NaotoRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 5Iijima, SumioMeijo University
- 6Ezawa, MotohikoThe University of Tokyo
- 7Adachi, ChihayaKyushu University
- 8Adachi, SadaoGunma University
- 9Someya, TakaoRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 10Higashiwaki, MasatakaNational Institute of Information and Communications Technology
- 11Kimoto, TsunenobuKyoto University
- 12Ohno, HideoTohoku University
- 13Murakami, ShuuichiThe University of Tokyo
- 14Jungwirth, TomášTohoku University
- 15Koshino, MikitoThe University of Tokyo
- 16Hayami, SatoruHokkaido University
- 17Sasaki, KoheiNovel Crystal Technology, Inc.
- 18Amano, HiroshiNagoya University
- 19Sato, MasatoshiYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 20Mori, TakaoNational Institute for Materials Science
- 21Nakatsuji, SatoruThe University of Tokyo
- 22Yanagida, TakayukiNara Institute of Science and Technology
- 23Tanaka, IsaoKyoto University
- 24Tanabe, SetsuhisaKyoto University
- 25Kimura, TsuyoshiThe University of Tokyo
- 26Hatsugai, YasuhiroUniversity of Tsukuba
- 27Saito, RiichiroTohoku University
- 28Arima, TakahisaThe University of Tokyo
- 29Fujiwara, HiroyukiGifu University
- 30Ozaki, TaisukeThe University of Tokyo
- 31Kamiya, ToshioInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 32Tonouchi, MasayoshiOkayama University
- 33Uchida, KenichiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 34Iwasa, YoshihiroRiken
- 35Hunge, Yuvaraj M.Tokyo University of Science
- 36Kohmoto, MahitoThe University of Tokyo
- 37Arakawa, YasuhikoThe University of Tokyo
- 38Fukada, EiichiKobayasi Institute of Physical Research
- 39Fujita, ShizuoKyoto University
- 40Yu, XiuzhenRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 41Tanaka, ToshikatsuWaseda University
- 42Maekawa, SadamichiJapan Atomic Energy Agency
- 43Yuasa, ShinijiNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 44Kanemitsu, YoshihikoInstitute for Chemical Research
- 45Oka, TakashiThe University of Tokyo
- 46Sekitani, TsuyoshiThe University of Osaka
- 47Kuramata, AkitoNovel Crystal Technology, Inc.
- 48Aoki, HideoThe University of Tokyo
- 49Saitoh, EijiThe University of Tokyo
- 50Kim, Hyun-HaNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 51Yamaguchi, MasafumiToyota Technological Institute
- 52Ohki, YoshimichiWaseda University
- 53Bauer, Gerrit E.W.Tohoku University
- 54Takenaka, KoshiNagoya University
- 55Fukami, ShunsukeTohoku University
- 56Takagi, ShinichiThe University of Tokyo
- 57Chichibu, Shigefusa F.RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 58Kawarada, HiroshiWaseda University
- 59Zhang, XichaoWaseda University
- 60Hori, MasaruNagoya University
- 61Shirane, GenInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 62Minami, TadatsuauKanazawa Institute of Technology
- 63Ueda, JumpeiJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- 64Hamada, IkutaroThe University of Osaka
- 65Yadav, Anuja A.University of Tsukuba
- 66Komatsu, TakayukiNagaoka University of Technology
- 67Ohta, HiromichiHokkaido University
- 68Oba, FumiyasuInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 69Wakabayashi, KatsunoriNational Institute for Materials Science
- 70Kawamura, MitsuakiYokohama National University
- 71Kumagai, YuInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 72Arita, RyotaroRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 73Katsura, HoshoThe University of Tokyo
- 74Hirohata, AtsufumiTohoku University
- 75Shimakawa, YuichiInstitute for Chemical Research
- 76Volz, Sébastian GunterInstitute of Industrial Science
- 77Ando, KazuyaSpintronics Research Center
- 78Yoshida, HiroyukiChiba University
- 79Akedo, JunNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 80Miao, LeiShibaura Institute of Technology
- 81Saito, WataruKyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- 82Sumiya, HitoshiSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- 83Nomura, YusukeTohoku University
- 84Minemoto, TakashiRitsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
- 85Akiyama, MoritoNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 86Morimoto, TakahiroThe University of Tokyo
- 87Kasu, MakotoSaga University
- 88Umezawa, HitoshiNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 89Takimiya, KazuoTohoku University
- 90Solovyev, I. V.National Institute for Materials Science
- 91Shirakawa, HidekiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 92Mitarai, KosukeThe University of Osaka
- 93Shiozaki, KenYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 94Seki, ShinichiroThe University of Tokyo
- 95Otani, YoshichikaThe University of Tokyo
- 96Åkerman, Johan J.Tohoku University
- 97Tadano, TerumasaNational Institute for Materials Science
- 98Mochizuki, MasahitoWaseda University
- 99Shluger, Alexander L.Tohoku University
- 100Nakanotani, HajimeHokkaido University
424 listed scientists in Applied Physics in Japan
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