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Top institutions in Japan for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

19 institutions · Biochemistry & Molecular Biology · Japan

Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology?

264 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is Biochemistry & Molecular Biology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.6% of all listed authors in Japan, and 4th of 70 countries in the subfield. 74 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Graduate School of Medicine has the most (16), followed by The University of Tokyo (16) and Tohoku University (13). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
264
4.6% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
74
28.0% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#4
of 70 countries in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Highest-ranked
#190
Mizushima, Noboru N.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Graduate School of Medicine164#18Yoshimori, Tamotsu #11,067
2The University of Tokyo165#19Nureki, Osamu #52,282
3Tohoku University136#29Yamamoto, Masayuki #6,028
4The University of Osaka101#67Kikuchi, Akira #72,982
5Institute of Science Tokyo92#75Ohsumi, Yoshinori #3,740
6Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo83#93Uchida, Koji #29,358
7Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine72#109Tanida, Isei #25,116
8Faculty of Medicine62#65Hatakeyama, Shigetsugu #28,958
9Graduate School of Medical Sciences60#151Kanki, Tomotake #134,356
10Nagoya University52#170Toyokuni, Shinya #15,713
11Hokkaido University43#240Hatakeyama, Masanori #24,875
12Kyoto University41#257Itoh, Nobuyujki #40,047
13National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center40#318Kangawa, Kenji #204,784
14University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology31#326Niki, Etsuto #7,003
15Nippon Medical School31#348Ohta, Shigeo #27,450
16Graduate School of Biostudies32#349Kimura, Ikuo #27,745
17Kyoto Sangyo University31#399Nagata, Kazuhiro #84,044
18Kyushu University30#417Nakabeppu, Yusaku #102,976
19Tokushima University30#423Kurose, Hitoshi #110,314

The top 100 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Mizushima, Noboru N.
    University of Tokyo
  2. 2
    Komori, Toshihisa
    Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  3. 3
    Nagata, Shigekazu
    WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
  4. 4
    Ohsumi, Yoshinori
    Institute of Science TokyoNobel laureate
  5. 5
    Komatsu, Masaaki
    Juntendo University School of Medicine
  6. 6
    Yamamoto, Masayuki
    Tohoku University
  7. 7
    Niki, Etsuto
    University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
  8. 8
    Kimura, Hideo
    Sanyo-Onoda City University
  9. 9
    Yoshimori, Tamotsu
    Graduate School of Medicine
  10. 10
    Tanaka, Kazuyoshi
    Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
  11. 11
    Toyokuni, Shinya
    Nagoya University
  12. 12
    Shimano, Hitoshi
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
  13. 13
    Miyawaki, Atshushi
    RIKEN Center for Brain Science
  14. 14
    Tsujimoto, Yoshihide
    Osaka International Cancer Institute
  15. 15
    Yagi, Kunio
    Nagoya University School of Medicine
  16. 16
    Fukuda, Mitsunori
    Tohoku University
  17. 17
    Hatakeyama, Masanori
    Hokkaido University
  18. 18
    Tanida, Isei
    Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
  19. 19
    Noda, Nobuo N.
    Hokkaido University
  20. 20
    Ohta, Shigeo
    Nippon Medical School
  21. 21
    Kimura, Ikuo
    Graduate School of Biostudies
  22. 22
    Hatakeyama, Shigetsugu
    Faculty of Medicine
  23. 23
    Uchida, Koji
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
  24. 24
    Kihara, Akio
    Hokkaido University
  25. 25
    Matsuzaki, Katsumi
    Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  26. 26
    Shen, Jianren
    Okayama University
  27. 27
    Tanokura, Masaru
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
  28. 28
    Ando, Toshio
    Kanazawa University
  29. 29
    Mori, Kazutoshi
    Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
  30. 30
    Komatsu, Setsuko
    Fukui University of Technology
  31. 31
    Saito, Yoshiro
    Tohoku University
  32. 32
    Narumiya, Shuh
    Graduate School of Medicine
  33. 33
    Itoh, Nobuyujki
    Kyoto University
  34. 34
    Yoshida, Hiderou
    University of Hyogo
  35. 35
    Murakami, Makoto
    Graduate School of Medicine
  36. 36
    DeGrado, William F.
    Tohoku University
  37. 37
    Shimizu, Takao
    Microbial Chemistry Research Center
  38. 38
    Terao, Junji
    Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine
  39. 39
    Arita, Makoto
    Yokohama City University
  40. 40
    Iwai, Kazuhiro
    Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
  41. 41
    Saito, Masayuki
    Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  42. 42
    Nureki, Osamu
    The University of Tokyo
  43. 43
    Itoh, Ken
    Hirosaki University School of Medicine
  44. 44
    Fujii, Junichi
    Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science
  45. 45
    Saitoh, Masao
    University of Yamanashi
  46. 46
    Motohashi, Hozumi
    Graduate School of Medicine
  47. 47
    Gotoh, Osamu
    Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
  48. 48
    Ichijo, Hidenori I.
    The University of Tokyo
  49. 49
    Kitamura, Hiroshi
    Rakuno Gakuen University
  50. 50
    Hirota, Kiichi
    Kansai Medical University
  51. 51
    Ohto, Umeharu
    The University of Tokyo
  52. 52
    Akaike, Takaaki
    Tohoku University
  53. 53
    Tanaka, Keiji
    Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
  54. 54
    Kambe, Taiho
    Graduate School of Biostudies
  55. 55
    Kiyama, Ryoiti
    Kyushu Sangyo University
  56. 56
    Kato, Shigeaki
    Iryo Sosei University
  57. 57
    Ishihama, Akira
    Hosei University
  58. 58
    Kikuchi, Akira
    The University of Osaka
  59. 59
    Yoshida, Minoru
    RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
  60. 60
    Bannai, Shiro
    Faculty of Medicine
  61. 61
    Muramatsu, Takahashi
    Nagoya University
  62. 62
    Shimizu, Toshiyuki
    The University of Tokyo
  63. 63
    Nagata, Kazuhiro
    Kyoto Sangyo University
  64. 64
    Sato, Ryuichiro
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
  65. 65
    Matsuzawa, Atsushi
    Tohoku University
  66. 66
    Kobayashi, Akira
    Doshisha University
  67. 67
    Fujimoto, Toyoshi
    Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
  68. 68
    Kandori, Hideki
    Nagoya Institute of Technology
  69. 69
    Taniguchi, Naoyuki
    Osaka International Cancer Institute
  70. 70
    Yasuda, Hisataka
    Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd.
  71. 71
    Shimizu, Shigeomi
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  72. 72
    Itoh, Yoshifumi
    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  73. 73
    Hanada, Kentaro
    National Institute of Infectious Diseases
  74. 74
    Aoki, Junken
    The University of Tokyo
  75. 75
    Saito, Taku
    The University of Tokyo Hospital
  76. 76
    Inoue, Asuka
    Tohoku University
  77. 77
    Ishii, Tetsuro
    University of Tsukuba School of Medicine
  78. 78
    Nakabeppu, Yusaku
    Kyushu University
  79. 79
    Nakamura, Haruki K.
    The University of Osaka
  80. 80
    Igarashi, Kazuhiko
    Graduate School of Medicine
  81. 81
    Kurose, Hitoshi
    Tokushima University
  82. 82
    Nabeshima, Yohichi
    Graduate School of Medicine
  83. 83
    Kono, Yasuhisa
    Tottori University Faculty of Medicine
  84. 84
    Akagawa, Mitsugu
    Tokushima University
  85. 85
    Takai, Yoshimi
    Graduate School of Medicine
  86. 86
    Toyoshima, Chikashi
    The University of Tokyo
  87. 87
    Ishihara, Naotada
    The University of Osaka
  88. 88
    Yokomizo, Takehiko
    Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
  89. 89
    Nishizuka, Yasutomi
    Kobe University
  90. 90
    Shimizu, Makoto
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
  91. 91
    Kizuka, Yasuhiko
    Gifu University
  92. 92
    Aratani, Yasuaki
    Yokohama City University
  93. 93
    Nishitoh, Hideki
    University of Miyazaki
  94. 94
    Yamashita, Keitaro
    University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
  95. 95
    Noji, Hiroyuki
    The University of Tokyo
  96. 96
    Kasuga, Masato
    The Institute for Adult Diseases, Asahi Life Foundation
  97. 97
    Imai, Hirotaka
    Kitasato University
  98. 98
    Takagi, Junichi
    The University of Osaka
  99. 99
    Hirayama, Tasuku
    Gifu Pharmaceutical University
  100. 100

264 listed scientists in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 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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