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Top institutions in Japan for Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing

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Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing?

116 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.0% of all listed authors in Japan, and 18th of 103 countries in the subfield. 39 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (18), followed by RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (7) and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (6). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
116
2.0% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
39
33.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#18
of 103 countries in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Highest-ranked
#2,848
Amari, Shunichi
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Tokyo186#95Hirose, Akira #50,478
2RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project72#318Watanabe, Sumio #30,933
3National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology63#355Otsu, Nobuyuki #9,143
4Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University52#432Doya, Kenji #9,404
5Institute of Science Tokyo52#445Berrar, Daniel #21,720
6The University of Aizu41#572Shin, Jungpil #33,953
7Waseda University40#637Jin, Qun #135,775
8Sakana AI32#656Isola, Phillip J. #4,411
9Sony AI32#660Kitano, Hiroaki #6,512
10Research Organization of Information and Systems National Institute of Informatics31#732Aizawa, Akiko N. #42,703
11Tohoku University30#829Sakaguchi, Keisuke #119,823
12The University of Electro-Communications30#838Kajimoto, Hiroyuki #128,968
13The University of Osaka30#877Okura, Fumio #208,216
14Nagoya University30#878Takeda, Kazuya #223,049

The top 100 in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Amari, Shunichi
    Teikyo University
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
    Otsu, Nobuyuki
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  6. 6
    Doya, Kenji
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  7. 7
    Zhou, Xiaokang
    Kansai University
  8. 8
  9. 9
    Berrar, Daniel
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  10. 10
    Fukushima, Kunihiko
    Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute
  11. 11
    Watanabe, Sumio
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  12. 12
    van Meter, Rodney
    Keio University
  13. 13
    Shin, Jungpil
    The University of Aizu
  14. 14
    Shimodaira, Hidetoshi
    Kyoto University
  15. 15
    Akiba, Takuya
    Preferred Networks, Inc.
  16. 16
    Tanabe, Ryoji
    Yokohama National University
  17. 17
    Shimizu, Shohei
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  18. 18
    Sugeno, Michio
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  19. 19
    Aizawa, Akiko N.
    Research Organization of Information and Systems National Institute of Informatics
  20. 20
    Lu, Huimin
    Kyushu Institute of Technology
  21. 21
    Hirose, Akira
    The University of Tokyo
  22. 22
    Takefuji, Yoshiyasu Y.
    Keio University
  23. 23
    Marwala, Tshilidzi M.
    United Nations University, Japan
  24. 24
    Gao, Shangce
    University of Toyama
  25. 25
    Fukumizu, Kenji
    The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
  26. 26
    Matsuo, Yutaka
    The University of Tokyo
  27. 27
    Uchida, Seiichi
    Kyushu University
  28. 28
    Ha, David
    Sakana AI
  29. 29
    Tsai, Yao Hung Hubert
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  30. 30
  31. 31
    Okamoto, Tatsuaki
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  32. 32
    Suzuki, Taiji
    The University of Tokyo
  33. 33
    Ikeuchi, Katsushi
    The University of Tokyo
  34. 34
    Aizawa, Kiyoharu
    The University of Tokyo
  35. 35
    Zheng, Yinqiang
    The University of Tokyo
  36. 36
    Todo, Yosuke
    NTT Social Informatics Laboratories
  37. 37
    Umeyama, Shinji
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  38. 38
    Okumura, Keisuke
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  39. 39
    Aljundi, Rahaf
    Toyota Motor Corporation
  40. 40
    Asada, Minoru
    International Professional University of Technology in Osaka
  41. 41
    Tanaka, Gouhei
    Nagoya Institute of Technology
  42. 42
    Jiang, Renhe
    The University of Tokyo
  43. 43
    Matsui, Mitsuru
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  44. 44
    Tsuda, Koji
    The University of Tokyo
  45. 45
    Meng, Lin
    Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
  46. 46
    Iwasawa, Yusuke
    The University of Tokyo
  47. 47
    Sakaguchi, Keisuke
    Tohoku University
  48. 48
    Ikehata, Satoshi
    Research Organization of Information and Systems National Institute of Informatics
  49. 49
  50. 50
    Saxena, Deepika
    The University of Aizu
  51. 51
    Kajimoto, Hiroyuki
    The University of Electro-Communications
  52. 52
    Köeppen, Mario
    Kyushu Institute of Technology
  53. 53
    Yamasaki, Toshihiko
    The University of Tokyo
  54. 54
    Li, Yujie
    Fukuoka University
  55. 55
    Chen, Yenwei Weif
    Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
  56. 56
    Froese, Tom
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  57. 57
    Jin, Qun
    Waseda University
  58. 58
  59. 59
    Pei, Yan
    The University of Aizu
  60. 60
    Clark, Christopher
    Allen Institute for AI
  61. 61
    Xiao, Aoran
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  62. 62
    Uto, Masaki
    The University of Electro-Communications
  63. 63
    Sabokrou, Mohammad
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  64. 64
    Matsui, Yusuke
    The University of Tokyo
  65. 65
    Higuchi, Tomoyuki
    Chuo University
  66. 66
  67. 67
    Yamaguchi, Kota
    CyberAgent, Inc.
  68. 68
    Watanobe, Yutaka
    The University of Aizu
  69. 69
    Kojima, Takeshi
    The University of Tokyo
  70. 70
    Kanezaki, Asako
    Tohoku University
  71. 71
    Goto, Masataka
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  72. 72
    Sadakane, Kunihiko
    The University of Tokyo
  73. 73
    Ueda, Naonori
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  74. 74
    Sasaki, Yu
    NTT Social Informatics Laboratories
  75. 75
    Torii, Akihiko
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  76. 76
    Nojima, Yusuke
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  77. 77
    Ono, Nobutaka
    Tokyo Metropolitan University
  78. 78
    Miwa, Makoto
    Toyota Technological Institute
  79. 79
    Narumi, Takuji
    The University of Tokyo
  80. 80
    Niu, Gang
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  81. 81
    Hayashi, Yoichi
    Meiji University
  82. 82
    Tanaka, Masayuki
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  83. 83
    Yairi, Takehisa
    The University of Tokyo
  84. 84
    Kobayashi, Sosuke
    Tohoku University
  85. 85
    Gu, Lin
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
  86. 86
    Sakai, Tetsuya
    Waseda University
  87. 87
    Sato, Yoichi
    Institute of Industrial Science
  88. 88
    Iwana, Brian Kenji
    Kyushu University
  89. 89
    Tanaka, Hideo
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  90. 90
    Watada, Junzo
    Waseda University
  91. 91
    Kashima, Hisashi
    Kyoto University
  92. 92
    Cao, Mingdeng
    The University of Tokyo
  93. 93
    Fukunaga, Alex S.
    The University of Tokyo
  94. 94
    Cimpoi, Mircea
    Sony Corporation
  95. 95
    Okura, Fumio
    The University of Osaka
  96. 96
    Eguchi, Kei
    Fukuoka Institute of Technology
  97. 97
    Kobayashi, Takumi
    University of Tsukuba
  98. 98
    Yamada, Makoto
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  99. 99
    Hori, Muneo
    The University of Tokyo
  100. 100
    Yanai, Keiji K.
    The University of Electro-Communications

116 listed scientists in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing in Japan

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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