Top institutions in Japan for General Chemistry

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Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in General Chemistry?

102 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is General Chemistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.8% of all listed authors in Japan, and 3rd of 54 countries in the subfield. 13 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (10), followed by Kyushu University (7) and Kyoto University (4). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
102
1.8% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
13
12.7% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 54 countries in General Chemistry
Highest-ranked
#5,515
Kudo, Akihiko
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Tokyo101#6Tsukuda, Tatsuya #76,182
2Kyushu University71#17Sato, Osamu #37,307
3Kyoto University42#45Abe, Ryu #19,559
4Hokkaido University41#51Hasegawa, Yasuchika #83,263
5Japan Science and Technology Agency40#54Seki, Shu #104,053
6Osaka Metropolitan University40#60Amao, Yutaka #164,036
7Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry40#63Hamachi, Itaru #195,024
8The University of Osaka40#64Kitagawa, Issao #303,935
9Institute of Science Tokyo40#66Ishii, Yoshitaka #393,977
10Tokyo University of Science32#69Kudo, Akihiko #5,515
11Tohoku University30#85Kato, Hideki #106,739
12Kyoto Pharmaceutical University30#88Matsuda, Hisashi #126,425
13National Institute for Materials Science30#91Chaikittisilp, Watcharop #157,354
14University of Tsukuba30#103Sekiguchi, Akira #290,761

The top 100 in General Chemistry in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Kudo, Akihiko
    Tokyo University of Science
  2. 2
    Irie, Mashiro
    Rikkyo University
  3. 3
    Aida, Takuzo
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
  4. 4
    Abe, Ryu
    Kyoto University
  5. 5
    Hatakeyama, Takuji
    Kyoto University
  6. 6
    Kitagawa, Hiroshi
    Graduate School of Science
  7. 7
    Nagano, Tetsuo
    Chugai Foundation for Innovative Drug Discover Science
  8. 8
    Sato, Osamu
    Kyushu University
  9. 9
    Imahori, Hiroshi
    Department of Molecular Engineering
  10. 10
    Narita, Akimitsu
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  11. 11
    Tsukuda, Tatsuya
    The University of Tokyo
  12. 12
    Hasegawa, Yasuchika
    Hokkaido University
  13. 13
    Nishihara, Hiroshi
    Tokyo University of Science
  14. 14
    Kimizuka, Nobuo
    Kyushu University
  15. 15
    Seki, Shu
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
  16. 16
    Kato, Hideki
    Tohoku University
  17. 17
    Matsuda, Hisashi
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
  18. 18
    Yoshikawa, Masayuki
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
  19. 19
    Chaikittisilp, Watcharop
    National Institute for Materials Science
  20. 20
    Takano, Shinjiro
    The University of Tokyo
  21. 21
    Amao, Yutaka
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  22. 22
    Yamauchi, Miho
    Tohoku University
  23. 23
    Kusada, Kohei
    Hakubi Center for Advanced Research
  24. 24
    Mukaiyama, Teruaki
    The University of Tokyo
  25. 25
    Yamada, Teppei
    The University of Tokyo
  26. 26
    Kobatake, Seiya
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  27. 27
    Hosono, Nobuhiko
    The University of Tokyo
  28. 28
    Hamachi, Itaru
    Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
  29. 29
    Hatano, Tsutomu
    Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  30. 30
    Ishii, Kazuyuki
    Institute of Industrial Science
  31. 31
    Otsuki, Joe
    Nihon University
  32. 32
    Au, Vonika Ka Man
    Kyoto University
  33. 33
    Tanaka, Takashi
    Nagasaki University
  34. 34
    Matsuda, Kenji
    Kyoto University
  35. 35
    Matsuda, Ryotaro
    Nagoya University
  36. 36
    Okuda, Takuo
    Okayama University
  37. 37
    Tamura, Tomonori
    Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
  38. 38
    Seki, Tomohiro
    Shizuoka University
  39. 39
    Kato, Kenichi
    Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
  40. 40
    Yoshida, Takashi
    Matsuyama University
  41. 41
    Sekiguchi, Akira
    University of Tsukuba
  42. 42
    Kunitake, Toyoki
    Kyushu University
  43. 43
    Nakashima, Naotoshi
    Kyushu University
  44. 44
    Nagase, Shigeru Nagase
    National Institutes of Natural Sciences - Institute for Molecular Science
  45. 45
    Kitagawa, Issao
    The University of Osaka
  46. 46
    Kusamoto, Tetsuro
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
  47. 47
    Takeda, Hiroyuki
    Gunma University
  48. 48
    Hiyama, Tamejiro
    Chuo University
  49. 49
    Kobayashi, Hirokazu
    Kyushu University
  50. 50
    Higashi, Masanobu
    Graduate School of Engineering
  51. 51
    Sato, Kohei
    Kwansei Gakuin University
  52. 52
    Terai, Takuya
    The University of Tokyo
  53. 53
    Le Ouay, Benjamin
    Kyushu University
  54. 54
    Ushimaru, Richiro
    Kyushu University
  55. 55
    Zhu, Hao
    Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
  56. 56
    Ishii, Yoshitaka
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  57. 57
    Ohtaki, Hitoshi
    Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
  58. 58
    Datta, Sougata
    Chiba University
  59. 59
    Nihei, Masayuki
    University of Tsukuba
  60. 60
    Kojima, Hirotatsu
    The University of Tokyo
  61. 61
    Yamamoto, Yohei
    University of Tsukuba
  62. 62
    Gon, Masayuki
    Department of Polymer Chemistry
  63. 63
    Ishigaki, Yusuke
    Hokkaido University
  64. 64
    Sakamoto, Ryota
    Tohoku University
  65. 65
    Yoshio, Masafumi
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
  66. 66
    Takezawa, Hiroki
    The University of Tokyo
  67. 67
    Shichibu, Yukatsu
    Hokkaido University
  68. 68
    Huang, Chungyang Yang Dennis
    Hokkaido University
  69. 69
    Inagaki, Shinji
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  70. 70
    Ahmad, Mohd Fairus
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  71. 71
    Harano, Koji
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  72. 72
    Kubota, Yoshiki
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  73. 73
    Ogata, Fumihiko
    Kindai University
  74. 74
    Yoshikawa, Massayuki
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
  75. 75
    Kawano, Masaki
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  76. 76
    Jiang, Dong
    Nagoya University
  77. 77
    Ishii, Ayumi
    Waseda University
  78. 78
    Nohara, Toshihiro
    Sojo University
  79. 79
    Yamazaki, Yasuomi
    The University of Tokyo
  80. 80
    Suzuki, Norihiro
    Tokyo University of Science
  81. 81
    Matsumoto, Michio
    National Institute for Materials Science
  82. 82
    Toyota, Shinji
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  83. 83
    Tsuji, Hayato
    Kanagawa University
  84. 84
    Fujita, Daishi
    Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences
  85. 85
    Kiuchi, Fumiyuki
    Keio University
  86. 86
    Kumagai, Hiromu
    University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
  87. 87
    Miyase, Toshio
    University of Shizuoka
  88. 88
    Suzuki, Nozomu
    Kobe University
  89. 89
    Konishi, Akihito
    The University of Osaka
  90. 90
    Umeyama, Daiki
    National Institute for Materials Science
  91. 91
    Nakamuro, Takayuki
    The University of Tokyo
  92. 92
    Koumura, Nagatoshi
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  93. 93
    Rekharsky, Mikhail V.
    The University of Osaka
  94. 94
    Kimura, Tatsuo
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu
  95. 95
    Kawasaki, Naohito
    Kindai University
  96. 96
    Ono, Masateru
    Tokai University
  97. 97
    Fukushima, Tomohiro
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
  98. 98
    Nishiuchi, Tomohiko
    The University of Osaka
  99. 99
    Yamada, Michio
    Tokyo Gakugei University
  100. 100
    Hirota, Shun
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology

102 listed scientists in General Chemistry in Japan

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