Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Biology?
257 researchers in Japan whose main field is Biology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.5% of all listed authors in Japan, and 11th of 104 countries in the field. 91 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo has the most (15), followed by The University of Tokyo (15) and RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (14). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
257
4.5% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
91
35.4% of them
Country rank in the field
#11
of 104 countries in Biology
Highest-ranked
#306
Tamura, Koichiro
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Biology in Japan, in order
- 1Tamura, KoichiroTokyo Metropolitan University
- 2Ma, JianfengOkayama University
- 3Kimura, MotooNational Institute of Genetics Mishima
- 4Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A.Kagawa University
- 5Sakakibara, HitoshiRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 6Shinozaki, Kazuo Y.RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 7Saito, KazukiRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 8Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, KazukoGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 9Hamilton, William D.Kyushu University
- 10Tajima, FumioThe University of Tokyo
- 11Mori, Akira S.University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
- 12Yamaguchi, ShinjiroInstitute for Chemical Research
- 13Fujita, MasayukiKagawa University
- 14Miya, Masaki U.Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
- 15Yanagisawa, ShuichiGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 16Suzuki, NobuhiroSophia University
- 17Yamori, WataruGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 18Matsubayashi, YoshikatsuNagoya University
- 19Hikosaka, KoukiTohoku University
- 20Shikanai, ToshiharuKyoto University
- 21Kato-Noguchi, H.Kagawa University
- 22Kozai, ToyokiJapan Plant Factory Association
- 23Yamaji, NaokiOkayama University
- 24Tohge, TakayukiNara Institute of Science and Technology
- 25Makino, AmaneTohoku University
- 26Shirasu, KenRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 27Sakuraba, YasuhitoGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 28Minamoto, ToshifumiKobe University
- 29Yano, MasahiroInstitute of Crop Science, NARO
- 30Kitajima, KaoruGraduate School of Agriculture
- 31Soga, MasashiGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 32Tsukaya, HirokazuThe University of Tokyo
- 33Torii, Keiko U.Nagoya University
- 34Yazaki, KazufumiResearch Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
- 35Doi, HideyukiGraduate School of Informatics
- 36Asada, KoziKyoto University
- 37Seki, MotoakiSaitama University
- 38Frommer, W. B.Nagoya University
- 39Matsuoka, MakotoFukushima University
- 40Izawa, TakeshiGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 41Fukuda, HirooAkita Prefectural University
- 42Ueguchi-Tanaka, MiyakoNagoya University
- 43Toju, HirokazuGraduate School of Biostudies
- 44Fukatsu, TakemaUniversity of Tsukuba
- 45Nakamura, YasunoriAkita Prefectural University
- 46Matsui, KenjiYamaguchi University
- 47Kakimoto, TatsuoThe University of Osaka
- 48Ashihara, HiroshiOchanomizu University
- 49Ezura, HiroshiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 50Kitayama, KanehiroGraduate School of Agriculture
- 51Asada, KoziFukuyama University
- 52Kondoh, MichioTohoku University
- 53Sugiyama, AkifumiResearch Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere
- 54Ashikari, MotoyukiNagoya University
- 55Osakabe, YurikoInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 56Takatsuji, HiroshiInstitute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO
- 57Yamaguchi, NobutoshiNara Institute of Science and Technology
- 58Kobayashi, TakanoriGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
- 59Kudo, GakuHokkaido University
- 60Ohta, TomokoNational Institute of Genetics Mishima
- 61Higashiyama, TetsuyaThe University of Tokyo
- 62Iwasa, YohKyushu University
- 63Mizutani, MasaharuKobe University
- 64Jo, Toshiaki S.Graduate School of Informatics
- 65Nakashima, KazuoJapan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
- 66Miura, KenjiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 67Onoda, YusukeGraduate School of Agriculture
- 68Kyozuka, JyunkoTohoku University
- 69Nakamura, YukiThe University of Tokyo
- 70Mitsuda, NobutakaNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 71Takeuchi, KazuhikoThe University of Tokyo
- 72Xuan, T. D.Hiroshima University
- 73Uga, YusakuInstitute of Crop Science, NARO
- 74Ohtsuki, HisashiThe Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- 75Fujita, YasunariUniversity of Tsukuba
- 76Seo, MitsunoriRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- 77Toki, SeiichiRyukoku University
- 78Sato, ShuseiTohoku University
- 79Tanabe, Akifumi S.Tohoku University
- 80Kobayashi, KoichiOsaka Metropolitan University
- 81Uye, Shin IchiHiroshima University
- 82Mitani-Ueno, NamikiOkayama University
- 83Nakamichi, NorihitoNagoya University
- 84Dieckmann, UlfThe Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- 85Mizuno, TakeshiNagoya University
- 86Matsuda, KazuhikoKindai University
- 87Sakamoto, WataruOkayama University
- 88Hayashi, KenichiroOkayama University of Science
- 89Futai, KazuyoshiGraduate School of Agriculture
- 90Miyake, ChikahiroKobe University
- 91Wada, MasamitsuTokyo Metropolitan University
- 92Asami, TadaoThe University of Tokyo
- 93Kinoshita, ToshinoriNagoya University
- 94Tanaka, YoshikazuSuntory Global Innovation Center Limited
- 95Yoshida, TakuyaNational Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Basic Biology
- 96Miryeganeh, MatinOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
- 97Matsui, MasafumiGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
- 98Yoneyama, KaoriEhime University
- 99Kiba, TakatoshiNagoya University
- 100Takahashi, FuminoriTokyo University of Science
257 listed scientists in Biology in Japan
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