Top institutions in Japan for Biomedical Research

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Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Biomedical Research?

534 researchers in Japan whose main field is Biomedical Research are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 9.3% of all listed authors in Japan, and 6th of 105 countries in the field. 163 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (41), followed by The University of Osaka (30) and Graduate School of Medicine (27). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

534

9.3% of all in Japan

In the global top 100,000

163

30.5% of them

Country rank in the field

of 105 countries in Biomedical Research

Highest-ranked

#68

Kanehisa, Minoru I.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	The University of Tokyo	41	14	#47	Suzuki, Tsutomu #7,134
2	The University of Osaka	30	9	#82	Katoh, Kazutaka #5,310
3	Graduate School of Medicine	27	9	#95	Yoshimori, Tamotsu #11,067
4	Tohoku University	21	9	#146	Yamamoto, Masayuki #6,028
5	Institute of Science Tokyo	17	7	#198	Ohsumi, Yoshinori #3,740
6	Hokkaido University	13	5	#287	Hatakeyama, Masanori #24,875
7	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	13	2	#299	Saijo, Masayuki #64,120
8	Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo	10	3	#397	Uchida, Koji #29,358
9	Kyoto University	9	3	#418	Yamanaka, Shinya #2,307
10	The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo	9	3	#456	Nakamura, Yusuke #85,037
11	Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine	8	3	#477	Hirokawa, Nobutaka #12,833
12	National Institute of Genetics Mishima	7	5	#575	Kawakami, Koichi #39,345
13	Graduate School of Medical Sciences	7	1	#606	Hayashi, Katsuhiko #96,950
14	Kyushu University	7	0	#608	Nakabeppu, Yusaku #102,976
15	Faculty of Medicine	6	2	#265	Hatakeyama, Shigetsugu #28,958
16	Chiba University	6	0	#716	Miyazaki, Yoshifumi #133,739
17	Graduate School of Agriculture	6	0	#717	Sugawara, Tatsuya #137,168
18	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University	5	3	#760	Rokhsar, Daniel S. #19,905
19	RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research	5	2	#770	Takeichi, Masatoshi #25,253
20	Nara Institute of Science and Technology	5	1	#801	Takagi, Hiroshi #41,785
21	Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences	5	2	#840	Kageyama, Ryoichiro #84,428
22	Nagasaki University	5	0	#850	Parry, Christopher Mark #104,524
23	Nagoya University	4	2	#907	Toyokuni, Shinya #15,713
24	Keio University	4	3	#908	Soga, Tomoyoshi #16,281
25	Okayama University	4	2	#930	Kawai, Fusako #23,366
26	RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences	4	2	#946	Carninci, Piero #33,751
27	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	4	0	#1,059	Hanada, Satoshi #162,476
28	University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology	3	2	#1,082	Niki, Etsuto #7,003
29	Hiroshima University	3	1	#1,098	Suzuki, Takuya #11,312
30	Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine	3	1	#1,108	Ohtani, Naoko #15,409
31	Center for iPS Cell Research and Application	3	1	#1,122	Takahashi, Kazutoshi #20,717
32	Graduate School of Biostudies	3	2	#1,139	Kimura, Ikuo #27,745
33	Kanazawa University	3	1	#1,155	Ando, Toshio #34,245
34	Juntendo University	3	1	#1,162	Hiramatsu, Keiichi #37,563
35	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	3	2	#1,168	Takai, Ken #40,363
36	Riken	3	1	#1,203	Hirano, Tatsuya #52,957
37	University of Tsukuba	3	1	#1,204	Toyofuku, Masanori #54,018
38	Kumamoto University	3	3	#1,206	Nishinakamura, Ryuichi #56,652
39	Kyoto Sangyo University	3	1	#1,261	Nagata, Kazuhiro #84,044
40	Doshisha University	3	2	#1,262	Osono, Takashi #84,245
41	Riken BRC Microbe Division (JCM)	3	1	#1,263	Ohkuma, Moriya #84,429
42	National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan	3	1	#1,276	Honda, Yasushi #91,506
43	Tokyo University of Agriculture	3	0	#1,294	Takaichi, Shinichi #100,151
44	University of Miyazaki	3	0	#1,306	Niimura, Yoshihito #107,647
45	Teikyo University	3	0	#1,312	Kano, Rui #113,471
46	Research Institute for Microbial Diseases	3	0	#1,314	Standley, Daron M. #114,195
47	Gifu University	3	0	#1,331	Kizuka, Yasuhiko #122,698
48	Kyoto Prefectural University	3	0	#1,373	Aoi, Wataru #149,299
49	Keio University School of Medicine	3	0	#1,383	Fujii, Masayuki #160,663
50	Aichi Medical University	3	0	#1,404	Kato, Hideo #201,551

The top 100 in Biomedical Research in Japan, in order

1
Kanehisa, Minoru I.
Institute for Chemical Research
2
Mizushima, Noboru N.
University of Tokyo
3
Komori, Toshihisa
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
4
Yamanaka, Shinya
Kyoto UniversityNobel laureate
5
Nagata, Shigekazu
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
6
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Institute of Science TokyoNobel laureate
7
Komatsu, Masaaki
Juntendo University School of Medicine
8
Katoh, Kazutaka
The University of Osaka
9
Yamamoto, Masayuki
Tohoku University
10
Niki, Etsuto
University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
11
Suzuki, Tsutomu
The University of Tokyo
12
Kimura, Hideo
Sanyo-Onoda City University
13
Yoshimori, Tamotsu
Graduate School of Medicine
14
Maoka, Takashi
Research Institute For Production Development
15
Suzuki, Takuya
Hiroshima University
16
Tanaka, Kazuyoshi
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
17
Hirokawa, Nobutaka
Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
18
Okada, Yukinori
The University of Osaka
19
Nakatogawa, Hitoshi
Institute of Science Tokyo
20
Kawaoka, Yoshihiro K.
The University of Tokyo
21
Ohtani, Naoko
Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine
22
Toyokuni, Shinya
Nagoya University
23
Soga, Tomoyoshi
Keio University
24
Murata, Norio
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Basic Biology
25
Miyawaki, Atshushi
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
26
Furuse, Mikio
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
27
Rokhsar, Daniel S.
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
28
Tsujimoto, Yoshihide
Osaka International Cancer Institute
29
Takahashi, Kazutoshi
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application
30
Yagi, Kunio
Nagoya University School of Medicine
31
Saitou, Mitinori
Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology
32
Kawai, Fusako
Okayama University
33
Fukuda, Mitsunori
Tohoku University
34
Hatakeyama, Masanori
Hokkaido University
35
Tanida, Isei
Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
36
Takeichi, Masatoshi
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
37
Noda, Nobuo N.
Hokkaido University
38
Sasai, Yoshiki
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
39
Kimura, Ikuo
Graduate School of Biostudies
40
Hatakeyama, Shigetsugu
Faculty of Medicine
41
Uchida, Koji
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
42
Kihara, Akio
Hokkaido University
43
Matsuzaki, Katsumi
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
44
Shen, Jianren
Okayama University
45
Tanokura, Masaru
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
46
Carninci, Piero
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
47
Ando, Toshio
Kanazawa University
48
Mori, Kazutoshi
Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
49
Taniguchi, Tadatsugu
University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
50
Hiramatsu, Keiichi
Juntendo University
51
Komatsu, Setsuko
Fukui University of Technology
52
Saito, Yoshiro
Tohoku University
53
Noda, Takeshi
The University of Osaka
54
Kawakami, Koichi
National Institute of Genetics Mishima
55
Narita, Masashi
Institute of Science Tokyo
56
Itoh, Nobuyujki
Kyoto University
57
Takai, Ken
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
58
Yoshida, Hiderou
University of Hyogo
59
Takagi, Hiroshi
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
60
Murakami, Makoto
Graduate School of Medicine
61
DeGrado, William F.
Tohoku University
62
Shimizu, Takao
Microbial Chemistry Research Center
63
Ogata, Hiroyuki
Institute for Chemical Research
64
Kinoshita, Taroh
The University of Osaka
65
Hashizume, Masahiro
The University of Tokyo
66
Hattori, Masahira
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
67
Kimura, Hiroshi
Institute of Science Tokyo
68
Frith, Martin C.
The University of Tokyo
69
Miyashita, Kazlio
Hokkaido University
70
Terao, Junji
Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine
71
Arita, Makoto
Yokohama City University
72
Iwai, Kazuhiro
Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
73
Watanabe, Kazuya
Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
74
Ogoh, Shigehiko
Toyo University
75
Li, Qing
Graduate School of Medicine
76
Kikuchi, Yoshitomo
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Hokkaido
77
Nureki, Osamu
The University of Tokyo
78
Itoh, Ken
Hirosaki University School of Medicine
79
Fujii, Junichi
Yamagata University Graduate School of Medical Science
80
Hirano, Tatsuya
Riken
81
Saitoh, Masao
University of Yamanashi
82
Motohashi, Hozumi
Graduate School of Medicine
83
Toyofuku, Masanori
University of Tsukuba
84
Saitou, Naruya
National Institute of Genetics Mishima
85
Nishiura, Hiroshi
Kyoto University
86
Nishinakamura, Ryuichi
Kumamoto University
87
Niwa, Hitoshi
Kumamoto University
88
Nagahama, Yoshitaka
National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Basic Biology
89
Gotoh, Osamu
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
90
Arita, Masanori
National Institute of Genetics Mishima
91
Ichijo, Hidenori I.
The University of Tokyo
92
Kato, Souichiro
The University of Osaka
93
Okabe, Satoshi
Hokkaido University
94
Kitamura, Hiroshi
Rakuno Gakuen University
95
Sasaki, Satoshi
Graduate School of Medicine
96
Ohto, Umeharu
The University of Tokyo
97
Saijo, Masayuki
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
98
Akaike, Takaaki
Tohoku University
99
Tanaka, Keiji
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
100
Ueda, Hiroki R.
Graduate School of Medicine

534 listed scientists in Biomedical Research in Japan

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