Top institutions in Japan for Clinical Medicine

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Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Clinical Medicine?

2,074 researchers in Japan whose main field is Clinical Medicine are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 36.1% of all listed authors in Japan, and 9th of 145 countries in the field. 536 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Graduate School of Medicine has the most (205), followed by Keio University School of Medicine (51) and The University of Tokyo (44). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

2,074

36.1% of all in Japan

In the global top 100,000

536

25.8% of them

Country rank in the field

of 145 countries in Clinical Medicine

Highest-ranked

#238

Kudo, Masotoshi

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	Graduate School of Medicine	205	55	#28	Takayanagi, Hiroshi #2,771
2	Keio University School of Medicine	51	14	#271	Honda, Kenya #10,949
3	The University of Tokyo	44	18	#310	Tanaka, Sakae #29,189
4	Institute of Science Tokyo	37	7	#374	Ohno-Matsui, Kyoko #4,451
5	Graduate School of Medical Sciences	34	7	#412	Ninomiya, Toshiharu #9,450
6	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine	28	13	#510	Naganawa, Shinji #23,378
7	Tohoku University	27	5	#527	Shimokawa, Hiroaki #8,313
8	The University of Osaka	27	8	#530	Takeda, Kiyoshi #10,142
9	National Cancer Center Hospital	27	9	#542	Yoshida, Akihiko #25,849
10	Jichi Medical University	25	9	#570	Kario, Kazuomi #1,511
11	Hokkaido University	24	3	#592	Harashima, Hideyoshi #49,707
12	Faculty of Medicine	22	3	#153	Watanabe, Masashiko #71,147
13	Juntendo University School of Medicine	20	3	#742	Hattori, Nobutaka #18,817
14	The Jikei University School of Medicine	20	3	#755	Fujita, Yu #70,699
15	Kumamoto University	20	6	#756	Ihn, Hironobu #76,644
16	Tokyo Medical University	18	5	#838	Tomiyama, Hirofumi #65,379
17	Kyushu University	17	6	#865	Tsutsui, Hiroyuki #9,476
18	Teikyo University School of Medicine	17	4	#874	Kunugi, Hiroshi #19,710
19	Kyoto University	17	6	#879	Tabata, Yasuhiko #25,318
20	Kindai University School of Medicine	16	5	#896	Kudo, Masotoshi #238
21	National Cancer Center Hospital East	16	6	#915	Yoshino, Takayuki #18,120
22	Wakayama Medical University	16	2	#925	Mukaida, Naofumi #54,141
23	Hiroshima University	15	3	#943	Higashi, Yukihito #8,139
24	Nara Medical University	15	5	#950	Ikada, Yoshito #16,591
25	Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences	15	6	#959	Ono, Kenjiro #30,260
26	Tokyo Women's Medical University	14	2	#1,031	Harigai, Masayoshi #49,721
27	Fukushima Medical University	14	5	#1,033	Fujihara, Kazuko #52,249
28	Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences	14	1	#1,036	Mochizuki, Manabu #71,785
29	National Cancer Center Japan	13	5	#1,062	Yatabe, Yasushi #14,214
30	University of Tsukuba	13	5	#1,097	Yamada, Minoru #55,623
31	Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba	12	5	#1,128	Sakurai, Takeshi #9,935
32	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center	12	4	#1,131	Bhaskar, Sonu M.M. #13,261
33	Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences	12	4	#1,151	Iwata, Hiroji I. #26,763
34	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine	12	3	#1,156	Kinoshita, Shigeru #34,574
35	Hamamatsu University School of Medicine	12	2	#1,159	Tokura, Yoshiki M. #38,936
36	Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine	12	3	#1,160	Minamino, Tohru #39,787
37	Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences	12	2	#1,163	Wada, Jun #43,567
38	Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine	12	3	#1,164	Yashiro, Masakazu #44,018
39	International University of Health and Welfare	12	1	#1,174	Kira, Junichi #60,816
40	Tokushima University	12	2	#1,175	Ishida, Tatsuhiro #62,580
41	Chiba University	11	2	#1,183	Hashimoto, Kenji #2,218
42	University of Toyama	11	3	#1,218	Saito, Shigeru #17,981
43	Nippon Medical School	11	6	#1,223	Pawankar, Ruby U. #21,976
44	Fujita Health University	11	3	#1,238	Ito, Shosuke #33,226
45	Tokai University School of Medicine	11	4	#1,253	Mori, Masaki #51,421
46	Kanazawa University	11	3	#1,258	Wada, Takashi #55,461
47	Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine	11	2	#1,262	Homma, Yukio #61,455
48	National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology	10	4	#1,292	Arai, Hidenori #7,168
49	Keio University	10	4	#1,304	Okano, Hideyuki #10,416
50	Kurume University School of Medicine	10	4	#1,317	Tubbs, Richard Shane #12,827
51	Tohoku University School of Medicine	10	5	#1,332	Itoi, Eijii #18,505
52	Kansai Medical University	10	3	#1,350	Sano, Takeshi #30,617
53	Yokohama City University	10	0	#1,388	Goto, Atsushi #101,823
54	Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences	10	0	#1,393	Ohdan, Hideki #145,434
55	The University of Tokyo Hospital	9	4	#1,418	Nangaku, Masaomi #7,071
56	Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University	9	2	#1,471	Mima, Akira #36,879
57	Cancer Institute Hospital of Japan Foundation for Cancer Research	9	4	#1,486	Takahashi, Shyunji #44,924
58	National Cancer Center Research Institute	9	2	#1,487	Mano, Hiroyuki #45,753
59	Graduate School of Medical Science	9	2	#1,497	Fukumoto, Takeshi #54,646
60	Hyogo Medical University	9	2	#1,509	Wakabayashi, Ichiro #71,988
61	Shizuoka Cancer Center	9	2	#1,514	Ono, Hiroyuki #81,251
62	University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan	8	1	#1,536	Tanaka, Yoshiya #1,643
63	Shiga University of Medical Science	8	3	#1,558	Yokonishi, Tetsuhiro #7,977
64	RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences	8	4	#1,572	Ohno, Hiroshi #14,515
65	Nihon University School of Medicine	8	1	#1,642	Gotoda, Takushi #54,805
66	Kawasaki Medical School	8	3	#1,660	Kaku, Kohei #71,043
67	Fujita Health University School of Medicine	8	2	#1,669	Iizuka, Katsumi #89,683
68	National Center for Child Health and Development	8	0	#1,673	Mori, Rintaro #103,345
69	Nagasaki University	8	0	#1,677	Huy, Nguyen Tien #113,018
70	School of Medicine	7	3	#55	Endo, Itraru #38,612
71	Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences	7	2	#1,821	Ohishi, Mitsuru #58,230
72	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology	7	1	#1,830	Iwasaki, Masanori #66,621
73	Nagoya University	7	2	#1,844	Suzuki, Hiroshi I. #78,645
74	Dokkyo Medical University	7	1	#1,849	Maejima, Yasuhiro #81,634
75	Mie University Graduate School of Medicine	7	2	#1,860	Imanaka-Yoshida, Kyoko #92,167
76	Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine	7	0	#1,879	Chen, Chong #118,933
77	Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine	6	1	#1,917	Kabashima, Kenji #6,103
78	Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine	6	1	#1,977	Furuhashi, Masato #19,660
79	Shinshu University Faculty of Medicine	6	2	#2,019	Sekijima, Yoshiki #34,238
80	Tokyo Dental College	6	2	#2,029	Shimazaki, Jun N. #37,990
81	St. Marianna University School of Medicine	6	2	#2,047	Nagasaka, Misako #47,754
82	Osaka International Cancer Institute	6	1	#2,077	Ishihara, Ryu #63,376
83	National Defense Medical College Tokorozawa	6	1	#2,106	Ueno, Hideki #86,364
84	Osaka Metropolitan University	6	2	#2,107	Nakase, Ikuhiko #89,074
85	Kindai University	6	1	#2,110	Kawakami, Hisato #92,629
86	WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka	5	3	#2,141	Akira, Shizuo #430
87	Juntendo University	5	1	#2,210	Iba, Toshiaki #23,723
88	Showa Medical University	5	2	#2,217	Yamagishi, Sho-ichi #25,456
89	RIKEN Center for Brain Science	5	2	#2,221	Saido, Takaomi C. #27,145
90	Kanazawa University School of Medicine	5	2	#2,226	Yamada, Masahito #28,741
91	Nagoya City University	5	1	#2,235	Morita, Akimichi #31,300
92	Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital	5	2	#2,239	Kamisawa, Terumi #32,939
93	Nagoya University School of Medicine	5	2	#2,268	Murohara, Toyoaki #42,650
94	Fukuoka University	5	1	#2,299	Arima, Hisatomi #58,676
95	National Center for Global Health and Medicine	5	3	#2,302	Yamamoto, Takumi #59,810
96	Kanazawa Medical University	5	2	#2,318	Kawabata, Hiroshi #65,807
97	Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus	5	1	#2,323	Sugano, Kiyohiko #67,486
98	Kyushu University Hospital	5	0	#2,422	Hashizume, Makoto #153,985
99	Kyoto University Hospital	5	0	#2,425	Miyamoto, Susumu #157,840
100	Niigata University, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science	5	0	#2,428	Narita, Ichiei #162,005
101	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	5	0	#2,438	Koga, Tomohiro #175,607
102	University of Shizuoka	5	0	#2,439	Takeda, Atsushi #176,216
103	Kitasato University	5	0	#2,448	Yamaoka, Minako #206,479
104	Tokyo University of Science	4	4	#2,515	Yoshimura, Akihiko #11,961
105	University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine	4	1	#2,522	Yonemoto, Naohiro #12,767
106	Kuma Hospital	4	2	#2,594	Miyauchi, Akira #31,820
107	University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology	4	1	#2,625	Fujita, Toshiro #39,365
108	Gifu University	4	1	#2,633	Fujita, Hiroshi #42,329
109	Hirosaki University	4	1	#2,642	Wakabayashi, Koichi #43,911
110	Aichi Cancer Center Hospital and Research Institute	4	2	#2,662	Muro, Kei #50,273
111	National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology	4	1	#2,675	Hirano, Toshio #53,446
112	Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute	4	1	#2,711	Furuse, Jyunji #61,914
113	Okayama University Hospital	4	1	#2,741	Togashi, Yosuke #73,204
114	The University of Osaka Faculty of Medicine	4	1	#2,760	Mochizuki, Hideki #84,585
115	Showa University Yokohama Northern Hospital	4	2	#2,778	Mori, Yuichi #91,541
116	Iryouhojin Shadan Aishinkai Shonan Kamakukra General Hospital	4	1	#2,798	Saïto, Shigeru #99,046
117	National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center	4	0	#2,812	Matsumori, Akira #103,930
118	Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine	4	0	#2,826	Mogi, Masaki #109,535
119	Aichi Gakuin University	4	0	#2,847	Ban, Seiji #120,816
120	Asahikawa Medical University	4	0	#2,858	Takakusaki, Kaoru #128,479
121	Kitasato University School of Medicine	4	0	#2,874	Tsutsumi, Akizumi #137,248
122	Mie University	4	0	#2,885	Nakagawa, Hayato #149,809
123	Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University	4	0	#2,888	Fukuda, Hiroshi #151,457
124	Nagoya University Hospital	4	0	#2,904	Nakamura, Shigeo #162,448
125	Toranomon Hospital	4	0	#2,924	Nishioka, Hiroshi #191,405
126	St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo	4	0	#2,926	Kaido, Toshimi #195,711
127	Kyoto Pharmaceutical University	4	0	#2,932	Sakaeda, Toshiyuki #205,937
128	Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine	4	0	#2,937	Matsuda, Yoko #216,720
129	Waseda University	3	2	#3,019	Suzuki, Katsushiko #12,617
130	Hokkaido University School of Medicine	3	1	#3,142	Gando, Satoshi #36,852
131	Teikyo University	3	1	#3,191	Hamashima, Chisato #49,037
132	National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry	3	2	#3,203	Matsuda, Hiroslri #51,468
133	Sojo University	3	1	#3,206	Fang, Jun #51,567
134	National Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Institute for Physiological Sciences	3	2	#3,209	Tominaga, Makoto #53,031
135	Toho University	3	1	#3,212	Matsuoka, Katsuyoshi #54,672
136	Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital	3	1	#3,226	Kanda, Naoko #57,364
137	Kagawa University	3	1	#3,260	Nishiyama, Akira #64,300
138	St. Luke’s International University	3	1	#3,278	Ota, Erika #68,779
139	Kobe City Eye Hospital	3	1	#3,289	Mandai, Michiko #70,038
140	Tokai University	3	1	#3,292	Fukagawa, Masafumi #70,440
141	Research Institute for Microbial Diseases	3	2	#3,300	Okabe, Masaru Sar U. #72,817
142	Matsumoto Dental University	3	1	#3,374	Udagawa, Nobuyuki #92,353
143	Aichi Medical University	3	1	#3,394	Yoshida, Mari #96,889
144	Okayama University	3	0	#3,473	Makino, Hirofumi #128,168
145	Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital	3	0	#3,491	Tomita, Yoshihiko #136,890
146	Kyushu University, Faculty of Medical Sciences	3	0	#3,532	Matsushima, Shouji #155,097
147	University of Yamanashi	3	0	#3,537	Shuichi, Koizumi C. #156,645
148	Kochi Medical School	3	0	#3,547	Sano, Shigetoshi #160,636
149	Gifu Pharmaceutical University	3	0	#3,557	Takeuchi, Hirofiimi #163,502
150	Mie University Faculty of Medicine	3	0	#3,565	Wada, Hiroshi #168,731
151	University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine	3	0	#3,574	Nakayamada, Shingo #174,604
152	Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health	3	0	#3,575	Miyachi, Yoshiki I. #174,709
153	Tottori University Faculty of Medicine	3	0	#3,578	Isomoto, Hajime #177,475
154	Kobe University	3	0	#3,600	Nishio, Mizuho #198,063
155	Saitama Medical University International Medical Center	3	0	#3,603	Tsukasaki, Kunihiro #200,165

The top 100 in Clinical Medicine in Japan, in order

1
Kudo, Masotoshi
Kindai University School of Medicine
2
Akira, Shizuo
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
3
Sakaguchi, Shimon
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of OsakaNobel laureate
4
Kario, Kazuomi
Jichi Medical University
5
Tanaka, Yoshiya
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
6
Kanda, Yoshinobu
Jichi Medical University
7
Hashimoto, Kenji
Chiba University
8
Takayanagi, Hiroshi
Graduate School of Medicine
9
Kishimoto, Tadamitsu
WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, The University of Osaka
10
Maeda, Hiroshi
BioDynamics Research Foundation
11
Shitara, Kohei
National Cancer Hospital East
12
Kuro-O, Makoto
Jichi Medical University
13
Kojima, Gotaro
Gotaro Kojima Department of Research
14
Furukawa, Toshi A.
Kyoto University School of Public Health
15
Ohno-Matsui, Kyoko
Institute of Science Tokyo
16
Ogawa, Rei
Nippon Medical School Hospital
17
Iso, Hiroyasu
National Institute of Health Sciences Tokyo
18
Tsubota, Kazuo
Tsubota Laboratory, Inc.
19
Shibuya, Masabumi
Jobu University
20
Kabashima, Kenji
Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine
21
Tsugane, S.
National Institute of Health and Nutrition
22
Katoh, Masaru
M & amp; M Precision Medicine
23
Nangaku, Masaomi
The University of Tokyo Hospital
24
Arai, Hidenori
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
25
Yokonishi, Tetsuhiro
Shiga University of Medical Science
26
Higashi, Yukihito
Hiroshima University
27
Shimokawa, Hiroaki
Tohoku University
28
Ninomiya, Toshiharu
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
29
Tsutsui, Hiroyuki
Kyushu University
30
Sakurai, Takeshi
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
31
Takeda, Kiyoshi
The University of Osaka
32
Okano, Hideyuki
Keio University
33
Iwatsubo, Takeshi
The University of Tokyo Hospital
34
Honda, Kenya
Keio University School of Medicine
35
Furue, Masutaka
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
36
Ogawa, Seishi
Graduate School of Medicine
37
Mitsudomi, Tetsuya
Kindai University School of Medicine
38
Takeuchi, Tsutomu
Saitama Medical University
39
Takeuchi, Osamu
Graduate School of Medicine
40
Kadowaki, Takahashi
Graduate School of Medicine
41
Yoshimura, Akihiko
Tokyo University of Science
42
Suzuki, Katsushiko
Waseda University
43
Kawai, Taro
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
44
Yonemoto, Naohiro
University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine
45
Kawakami, Norito
Graduate School of Medicine
46
Tubbs, Richard Shane
Kurume University School of Medicine
47
Bhaskar, Sonu M.M.
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
48
Yamaoka, Yoshio Y.
Oita University Faculty of Medicine
49
Matsuzawa, Yuji
Sumitomo Hospital
50
Yatabe, Yasushi
National Cancer Center Japan
51
Sato, Toshiro
Keio University School of Medicine
52
Ohno, Hiroshi
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
53
Inamura, Kentaro
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
54
Asamura, Hisao
Keio University School of Medicine
55
Shimano, Hitoshi
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
56
Ikada, Yoshito
Nara Medical University
57
Nagino, Masato
Daido Hospital
58
Saito, Shigeru
University of Toyama
59
Yoshino, Takayuki
National Cancer Center Hospital East
60
Kanai, Yoshikatsu
Graduate School of Medicine
61
Itoi, Eijii
Tohoku University School of Medicine
62
Hattori, Nobutaka
Juntendo University School of Medicine
63
Kawato, Mitsuo
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
64
Makuuchi, Masatoshi
Koto Hospital
65
Furuhashi, Masato
Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
66
Kunugi, Hiroshi
Teikyo University School of Medicine
67
Nishikawa, Hiroyoshi
Graduate School of Medicine
68
Tanaka, Atsushi
Teikyo University School of Medicine
69
Pawankar, Ruby U.
Nippon Medical School
70
Kitagawa, Yuhkoh
Keio University School of Medicine
71
Isaka, Yoshitaka
The University of Osaka
72
Horita, Nobuyuki
Yokohama City University Hospital
73
Toyoda, Kazunori
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
74
Doki, Yuichiro
Graduate School of Medicine
75
Naganawa, Shinji
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
76
Iba, Toshiaki
Juntendo University
77
Kuzuya, Masafumi
Meitetsu Hospital
78
Tsuda, Makoto
Kyushu University
79
Tabata, Yasuhiko
Kyoto University
80
Yamagishi, Sho-ichi
Showa Medical University
81
Yoshida, Akihiko
National Cancer Center Hospital
82
Takahashi, Nobuhiro
Tohoku University
83
Sano, Motoaki
Keio University School of Medicine
84
Kamada, Nobuhiko
The University of Osaka
85
Okusaka, Takuji
National Cancer Center Hospital
86
Inoue, Kazuhide
Kyushu University
87
Iwata, Hiroji I.
Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
88
Kobayashi, Hiroshi
Nara Medical University
89
Saido, Takaomi C.
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
90
Ohta, Shigeo
Nippon Medical School
91
Kuwana, Masataka
Nippon Medical School
92
Hasegawa, Masato
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
93
Yamada, Masahito
Kanazawa University School of Medicine
94
Yoshida, Go J.
Juntendo University School of Medicine
95
Cyranoski, David
Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology
96
Tanaka, Sakae
The University of Tokyo
97
Kokubo, Yoshihiro
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
98
Inoue, Manami
National Cancer Center Japan
99
Ono, Kenjiro
Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
100
Akiyama, Masashi
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

2,074 listed scientists in Clinical Medicine in Japan

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