Top institutions in Japan for Engineering
Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Engineering?
313 researchers in Japan whose main field is Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 5.5% of all listed authors in Japan, and 12th of 103 countries in the field. 79 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Tohoku University has the most (32), followed by The University of Tokyo (23) and Kyoto University (15). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
313
5.5% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
79
25.2% of them
Country rank in the field
#12
of 103 countries in Engineering
Highest-ranked
#149
Awual, Md Rabiul
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Engineering in Japan, in order
- 1Awual, Md RabiulJapan Atomic Energy Agency
- 2Tone, KaoruNational Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- 3Murakami, YukitakaKyushu University
- 4Akagi, HirofumiInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 5Tominaga, YoshihideNiigata Institute of Technology
- 6Kokubo, TadashiChubu University
- 7Estoque, Ronald C.Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
- 8Pataky, Todd C.Graduate School of Medicine
- 9Yokoya, NaotoThe University of Tokyo
- 10Ishihara, KenjiiChuo University
- 11Oda, MsasanobuSaitama University
- 12Fujino, YozoJosai University
- 13Miljkovic, NenadKyushu University
- 14Soyama, HitoshiTohoku University, Department of Finemechanics
- 15Yang, YangInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 16Yamazaki, DaiInstitute of Industrial Science
- 17Yan, JiwangKeio University
- 18Kumar, PankajInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies
- 19Riener, RobertTohoku University
- 20Matsuyama, HidetoKobe University
- 21Nakashima, MasayoshiKobori Research Complex Inc.
- 22Arimoto, Suguru A.The University of Osaka
- 23Fukushima, MasaoKyoto University
- 24Shintake, JunThe University of Electro-Communications
- 25Saha, Bidyut BaranKyushu University
- 26Kamaya, MasayukiInstitute of Nuclear Safety System, Incorporated
- 27Ishiguro, HiroshiThe University of Osaka
- 28Taniguchi, MakotoNational Institutes for the Humanities, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
- 29Tatsuoka, FumioTokyo University of Science
- 30Avtar, RamHokkaido University
- 31Tsuru, ToshinoriHiroshima University
- 32Tomiyama, AkioKobe University
- 33Johnson, Brian AlanInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies
- 34Tamura, ToshiyoWaseda University
- 35Kato, KojiTohoku University
- 36Goto, MotonobuNagoya Industrial Science Research Institute
- 37Kanda, TakayukiKyoto University
- 38Liu, HaoChiba University
- 39Ishikawa, TakujiTohoku University
- 40Kawai, SoshiTohoku University
- 41Daiguji, HirofumiThe University of Tokyo
- 42Hori, YoichiTokyo University of Science
- 43Inoue, YoshioCancer Institute Hospital of Japan Foundation for Cancer Research
- 44Gao, WeiTohoku University
- 45Murayama, YujiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 46Yoshida, KazuyaTohoku University
- 47She, JinhuaTokyo University of Technology
- 48Sassa, KyojiInternational Consortium on Landslides
- 49Yoshikawa, TsuneoRitsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
- 50Suzuki, TaroChiba Institute of Technology
- 51Khayyer, AbbasKyoto University
- 52Matsui, KenjiKobe University
- 53Shimada, MasanobuTokyo Denki University
- 54Mori, Ken-ichiroToyohashi University of Technology
- 55Iiduka, HideakiMeiji University
- 56Takewaki, IzuruDepartment of Architecture and Architectural Engineering
- 57Iai, SusumuFLIP Consortium
- 58Nezu, IehisaKyoto University
- 59Sasaki, KeikoWaseda University
- 60Jiang, YuijingNagasaki University
- 61Tsuji, YutadkaThe University of Osaka
- 62Gen, MistsuoTokyo University of Science
- 63Sakamoto, ToshihiroInstitute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO
- 64Kanae, ShinjiroInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 65Liu, YingyiKyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics
- 66Wang, GonghuiDisaster Prevention Research Institute
- 67Tsuda, YuichiJAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
- 68Aydan, OrnerUniversity of the Ryukyus
- 69Tokimatsu, KohjiTokyo Soil Research Co., Ltd
- 70Fukuyama, HirofumiFukuoka University
- 71Xia, JunshiRIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
- 72Manzello, Samuel L.Tohoku University
- 73Kokusho, TakajiChuo University
- 74Suzumori, KoichiInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 75Ookawara, Shinichi A.Institute of Science Tokyo
- 76Sakai, MikioThe University of Tokyo
- 77Komine, HideoWaseda University
- 78Nomura, TatsuyaRyukoku University
- 79Kawashima, KazuhikoInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 80Chen, HongruixuanRIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
- 81Kawamoto, HiroyukiWaseda University
- 82Towhata, IkuoKanto Gakuin University
- 83Hyodo, MasayukiYamaguchi University
- 84Kitazume, MasakiKitazume Geotechnics
- 85Yamabe, JunichiroFukuoka University
- 86Goto, MasahiroKyushu University
- 87Shibata, TakanoriNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 88Yamaguchi, YoshioNiigata University
- 89Hashiguchi, KoichiKyushu University
- 90Yamada, HidetakaKanazawa University
- 91Tanaka, KazuoThe University of Electro-Communications
- 92Mizuno, Akira Q.Toyohashi University of Technology
- 93Shimizu, YukiHokkaido University
- 94Ma, ShugenRitsumeikan University
- 95Ohno, NobutadaNagoya University
- 96Katto, YoshiroNihon University
- 97Smith, Richard Lee JrTohoku University
- 98Chen, XinkaiShibaura Institute of Technology
- 99Zhang, XudongKyoto University
- 100Kalantar, BaharehRIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project
313 listed scientists in Engineering in Japan
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