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Top institutions in Japan for Enabling & Strategic Technologies

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Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Enabling & Strategic Technologies?

520 researchers in Japan whose main field is Enabling & Strategic Technologies are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 9.1% of all listed authors in Japan, and 8th of 109 countries in the field. 164 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Tohoku University has the most (46), followed by National Institute for Materials Science (34) and Kyushu University (30). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
520
9.1% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
164
31.5% of them
Country rank in the field
#8
of 109 countries in Enabling & Strategic Technologies
Highest-ranked
#229
Sharifi, Ayyoob
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Tohoku University4619#71Aziz, Muhammad #2,158
2National Institute for Materials Science3419#106Watanabe, Kenji #4,104
3Kyushu University3012#125Edalati, Kaveh #5,037
4Institute of Science Tokyo234#180Kanno, Ryoji #20,609
5The University of Osaka228#188Hanawa, Takao #10,988
6The University of Tokyo208#210Yamada, Atsuo #4,962
7Hokkaido University157#317Inagaki, Michio I. #18,115
8Kyoto University135#372Tsuji, Nobuhiro #8,948
9Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University124#402Niinomi, Mitsuo #4,847
10Nagoya University112#475Iwahara, Hiroyasu #54,371
11National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology112#480Ito, Hiroshi #72,706
12National Institute of Information and Communications Technology101#522Toyoshima, Morio #36,582
13University of Tsukuba94#542Zhou, Haoshen #2,784
14Joining and Welding Research Institute93#579Katayama, Seiji #31,712
15Waseda University95#582Vo Thanh, Hung Vo #37,059
16Hiroshima University72#667Sharifi, Ayyoob #229
17Tokyo University of Science71#678Komaba, Shinichi #3,584
18Keio University72#697Shaw, Rajib K. #17,137
19Kumamoto University72#729Vinogradov, Aleksey Yu #44,200
20Nagoya Institute of Technology71#736Hagihara, Koji #54,810
21NTT Network Innovation Laboratories70#764Sasai, Takeo #219,141
22Toyohashi University of Technology62#789Kumar, Rajesh #14,542
23The University of Electro-Communications63#801Hirata, Shuzo #22,686
24Shimane University52#877Reed, Roger C. #1,365
25Yokohama National University53#899Yabuuchi, Naoaki #13,463
26Osaka Metropolitan University53#906Hayashi, Akitoshi #17,061
27National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu51#936Masuda, Yoshitake #29,307
28Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology51#1,023Kuwabara, Toshihiko #94,163
29University of Yamanashi50#1,031Uchida, Makoto #113,801
30Institute of Industrial Science41#1,114Matsuhisa, Naoji #26,723
31University of Hyogo41#1,133Takeuchi, Akira #33,446
32Nagaoka University of Technology42#1,166Niihara, Kouichi #44,548
33Shinshu University41#1,168Endo, Morinobu #46,165
34Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency40#1,264Ishikawa, Takashi #172,813
35KDDI Research, Inc.40#1,274Soma, Daiki #454,238
36RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics31#1,308Sugioka, Koji #12,499
37Mie University31#1,443Yamamoto, Osamu #54,856
38Chiba University32#1,444Hori, Yoshio #54,963
39Graduate School of Engineering31#1,456Eguchi, Koichi #59,008
40Kobe University31#1,504Kondo, Akihiko #76,589
41Kagawa University31#1,513Izumori, Ken #78,752
42Ibaraki University30#1,641Tomota, Yo #176,390
43Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus30#1,658Ameyama, Kei #225,347
44Nippon Steel Corporation30#1,659Takahashi, Jun #225,476
45University of Toyama30#1,663Ishimoto, Takuya #235,902

The top 100 in Enabling & Strategic Technologies in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Sharifi, Ayyoob
    Hiroshima University
  2. 2
    Inoue, Akishisa
    Josai International University
  3. 3
    Reed, Roger C.
    Shimane University
  4. 4
    Aziz, Muhammad
    Tohoku University
  5. 5
    Zhou, Haoshen
    University of Tsukuba
  6. 6
  7. 7
    Komaba, Shinichi
    Tokyo University of Science
  8. 8
    Watanabe, Kenji
    National Institute for Materials Science
  9. 9
    Taniguchi, Takashi
    National Institute for Materials Science
  10. 10
    Niinomi, Mitsuo
    Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
  11. 11
    Yamada, Atsuo
    The University of Tokyo
  12. 12
    Edalati, Kaveh
    Kyushu University
  13. 13
    Myers, Eugene Wimberly
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  14. 14
    Guan, Guoqing
    Hirosaki University
  15. 15
    Ahmad, Tanveer
    Kyushu University
  16. 16
    Tsuji, Nobuhiro
    Kyoto University
  17. 17
    Hono, Kazuhiro
    National Institute for Materials Science
  18. 18
    Hanawa, Takao
    The University of Osaka
  19. 19
    Sugioka, Koji
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  20. 20
    Miyasaka, Tsutomu
    Toin University of Yokohama
  21. 21
    Kirchheim, Reiner
    Kyushu University
  22. 22
    Yabuuchi, Naoaki
    Yokohama National University
  23. 23
    Kojima, Yoshitisugu
    Hiroshima University
  24. 24
    Kumar, Rajesh
    Toyohashi University of Technology
  25. 25
    Ustun, Taha Selim
    Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute
  26. 26
    Hirscher, Michael
    Tohoku University
  27. 27
    Alexander, David E.
    Tohoku University
  28. 28
    Hayashi, Akitoshi
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  29. 29
    Shaw, Rajib K.
    Keio University
  30. 30
    Inagaki, Michio I.
    Hokkaido University
  31. 31
    Pezzotti, Giuseppe
    Kansai Medical University
  32. 32
    Tatsumisago, Masahiro
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  33. 33
    Mori, Takao
    National Institute for Materials Science
  34. 34
    Yamada, Yuki
    The University of Osaka
  35. 35
    Abe, Fujio
    National Institute for Materials Science
  36. 36
    Li, Hao
    Tohoku University
  37. 37
    Takada, Kazunori
    National Institute for Materials Science
  38. 38
    Kanno, Ryoji
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  39. 39
    Kobayashi, Hideaki
    Tohoku University
  40. 40
    Okamoto, Hiroaki
    Asahi University
  41. 41
    Ishida, Kiyohito
    Tohoku University
  42. 42
    Hirata, Shuzo
    The University of Electro-Communications
  43. 43
    Furuhara, Tadashi
    Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
  44. 44
    Danish, Mir Sayed Shah
    University of the Ryukyus
  45. 45
    Ikuhara, Yuichi
    The University of Tokyo
  46. 46
    Ishihara, Tatsumi
    Kyushu University
  47. 47
    Gutiérrez-Urrutia, Iván
    National Institute for Materials Science
  48. 48
    Matsuhisa, Naoji
    Institute of Industrial Science
  49. 49
    Qing, Huang
    National Institute for Materials Science
  50. 50
    Mclellan, Benjamin C.
    Kyoto University
  51. 51
    Miyazaki, Shuichi
    University of Tsukuba
  52. 52
    Jinnouchi, Ryosuke
    Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.
  53. 53
    Suganuma, Katasuaki
    The University of Osaka
  54. 54
    Masuda, Yoshitake
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu
  55. 55
    Biju, Vasudevanpillai
    Hokkaido University
  56. 56
    Kondoh, Katsuyoshi
    The University of Osaka
  57. 57
    Sasaki, Takayoshi
    National Institute for Materials Science
  58. 58
    Katayama, Seiji
    Joining and Welding Research Institute
  59. 59
    Kubota, Kei
    National Institute for Materials Science
  60. 60
    Ma, Renzhi Renzhi
    National Institute for Materials Science
  61. 61
    Ono, Luis Katsuya
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  62. 62
    Takeuchi, Akira
    University of Hyogo
  63. 63
    Fujita, Takeshi
    Kochi University of Technology
  64. 64
    Shibata, Naoya
    The University of Tokyo
  65. 65
    Marin, Elia
    Kyoto Institute of Technology
  66. 66
    Toyoshima, Morio
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  67. 67
    Takei, Kuniharu
    Hokkaido University
  68. 68
    Vo Thanh, Hung Vo
    Waseda University
  69. 69
    Zhang, Xiao
    Tohoku University
  70. 70
    Sofronis, Petros
    Kyushu University
  71. 71
    Yokota, Tomoyuki
    The University of Tokyo
  72. 72
    Yashima, Masatomo
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  73. 73
    Kainuma, Ryousuke
    Tohoku University
  74. 74
    Kikuchi, Kazuro
    The University of Tokyo
  75. 75
    Nagumo, Michihiko
    Waseda University
  76. 76
    Sakuda, Atsushi
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  77. 77
    Vinogradov, Aleksey Yu
    Kumamoto University
  78. 78
    Niihara, Kouichi
    Nagaoka University of Technology
  79. 79
    Rouxel, Tanguy
    Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
  80. 80
    Nakano, Takayoshi
    The University of Osaka
  81. 81
    Endo, Morinobu
    Shinshu University
  82. 82
    Koike, Junichi
    Tohoku University
  83. 83
    Chiba, Akihiko
    Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
  84. 84
    Baba, Toshihiko
    Yokohama National University
  85. 85
    Kawamoto, Haruo
    Kyoto University
  86. 86
    Suenaga, Kazutomo
    The University of Osaka
  87. 87
    Okafor, Ekenechukwu C.
    Kyushu University
  88. 88
  89. 89
    Orimo, S.
    Tohoku University
  90. 90
    Takaki, Setsuo
    Kyushu University
  91. 91
    Sakai, Taku
    The University of Electro-Communications
  92. 92
    Koyama, Motomichi
    Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
  93. 93
    Ishikawa, Kunio
    Kyushu University
  94. 94
    Horita, Zenji
    Kyushu University
  95. 95
    Yu-You, Li
    Tohoku University
  96. 96
    Iwahara, Hiroyasu
    Nagoya University
  97. 97
    Fujii, Hidetoshi
    Joining and Welding Research Institute
  98. 98
    Hagihara, Koji
    Nagoya Institute of Technology
  99. 99
    Yamamoto, Osamu
    Mie University
  100. 100
    Hori, Yoshio
    Chiba University

520 listed scientists in Enabling & Strategic Technologies 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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