Top institutions in Japan for General Physics

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

105 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is General Physics 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 5th of 63 countries in the subfield. 35 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (19), followed by Tohoku University (6) and Institute of Science Tokyo (5). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
105
1.8% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
35
33.3% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#5
of 63 countries in General Physics
Highest-ranked
#2,369
Bliokh, Konstantin
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1The University of Tokyo199#6Kubo, Ryogo #4,685
2Tohoku University64#49Hasegawa, Akira #22,677
3Institute of Science Tokyo51#62Ando, Tsuneya #25,577
4The University of Osaka51#72Fujii, Keisuke #64,823
5RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing42#90Goto, Hayato #22,099
6Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University42#101Munro, William John #42,714
7Kyoto University42#102Yanase, Youichi #49,747
8Nagoya University40#116Buscemi, Francesco #101,104
9Riken32#135Nori, Franco #12,410
10Tokyo University of Science31#151Wadati, Miki #40,405
11National Institute for Materials Science30#174Hu, Xiaoyuan #128,797
12RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science30#177Johansson, Jesper Robert #156,657

The top 100 in General Physics in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Bliokh, Konstantin
    RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
  2. 2
    Kubo, Ryogo
    The University of Tokyo
  3. 3
    Tanaka, Hajime
    Institute of Industrial Science
  4. 4
    Ueda, Masahito
    The University of Tokyo
  5. 5
  6. 6
    Hirota, Ryogo
    Waseda University
  7. 7
    Goto, Hayato
    RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
  8. 8
    Hasegawa, Akira
    Tohoku University
  9. 9
    Izumi, Fujio
    Graduate School of Engineering
  10. 10
    Ando, Tsuneya
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  11. 11
    Ozawa, Tomoki
    Tohoku University
  12. 12
    Nakamura, Yasunobu
    The University of Tokyo
  13. 13
    Wadati, Miki
    Tokyo University of Science
  14. 14
    Munro, William John
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  15. 15
    Itikawa, Yukikazu
    JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
  16. 16
    Kawabata, Kohei
    The University of Tokyo
  17. 17
    Kusunose, Hiroaki
    Meiji University
  18. 18
    Yanase, Youichi
    Kyoto University
  19. 19
    Hatano, Naomichi
    The University of Tokyo
  20. 20
    Imada, Masatoshi
    Sophia University
  21. 21
    Ashhab, Sahel
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  22. 22
    Nishimori, Hidetoshi
    Tohoku University
  23. 23
    Katori, Hidetoshi
    The University of Tokyo
  24. 24
    Fujii, Keisuke
    The University of Osaka
  25. 25
    Ashida, Yuto
    The University of Tokyo
  26. 26
    Van Vu, Tan
    Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
  27. 27
    Koashi, Masato
    The University of Tokyo
  28. 28
    Hiroi, Zenji
    The University of Tokyo
  29. 29
    Aoki, Dai
    Tohoku University
  30. 30
    Němoto, Kae
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  31. 31
    Kageyama, Hiroshi
    Graduate School of Engineering
  32. 32
    Regula, Bartosz
    RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
  33. 33
    Saito, Keiji
    Kyoto University
  34. 34
  35. 35
  36. 36
    Buscemi, Francesco
    Nagoya University
  37. 37
    Takagi, Ryuji
    The University of Tokyo
  38. 38
    Mizuguchi, Yoshikazu
    Tokyo Metropolitan University
  39. 39
    Kanamori, Junjiro
    The University of Osaka
  40. 40
    Ozawa, Masanao
    Nagoya University
  41. 41
    Kawamura, Hikaru
    Kobe University
  42. 42
    Hofmann, Holger Friedrich
    Hiroshima University
  43. 43
    Yamamoto, Naoki
    Keio University
  44. 44
    Hu, Xiaoyuan
    National Institute for Materials Science
  45. 45
    Maeno, Yoshiteru
    Toyota Riken–Kyoto University Research Center (TRiKUC)
  46. 46
    Takahashi, Yoshiro
    Graduate School of Science
  47. 47
    Gong, Zongping
    The University of Tokyo
  48. 48
    Taneda, Sadatoshi
    Kurume Institute of Technology
  49. 49
    Johansson, Jesper Robert
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
  50. 50
    Morimae, Tomoyuki
    Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
  51. 51
    Uchida, Shin'ichi Ichia
    The University of Tokyo
  52. 52
    Saito, Hiroaki
    The University of Tokyo
  53. 53
    Tabuchi, Yutaka
    RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
  54. 54
    Akai, Hisazumi
    The University of Tokyo
  55. 55
    Yosida, Kei
    Tokyo University of Science
  56. 56
    Moriya, Tôru B.
    The University of Tokyo
  57. 57
    Matsuda, Yuji
    Kyoto University
  58. 58
    Shibauchi, Takasada
    The University of Tokyo
  59. 59
    Machida, Kazushige
    Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
  60. 60
    Kuwahara, Tomotaka
    Japan Science and Technology Agency
  61. 61
    Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki
    Yokohama National University
  62. 62
    Murakami, Masato
    Shibaura Institute of Technology
  63. 63
    Ichimaru, Setsuo
    The University of Tokyo
  64. 64
    Azuma, Koji
    NTT Basic Research Laboratories
  65. 65
    Lambert, Neill
    RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
  66. 66
    Ohzeki, Masayuki
    Tohoku University
  67. 67
    Shimizu, Katsuya
    The University of Osaka
  68. 68
  69. 69
    Tamaki, Kiyoshi
    University of Toyama
  70. 70
    Tsubota, Makoto
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  71. 71
    Nishino, Tomotoshi
    Kobe University
  72. 72
    Fukuyama, Hideotoshi
    Tokyo University of Science
  73. 73
    Nishida, Yusuke
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  74. 74
    Busch, Thomas
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  75. 75
    Seo, Hitoshi
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
  76. 76
    Ikeda, Tatsuhiko N.
    ZEN University
  77. 77
    Aizu, Kêitsirô
    Hitachi, Ltd.
  78. 78
    Tákano, Mikio
    Research Institute For Production Development
  79. 79
    Kotani, Akio
    High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Institute of Materials Structure Science
  80. 80
    Fujiwara, Akio
    The University of Osaka
  81. 81
    Noguchi, So
    Hokkaido University
  82. 82
    Ueda, Kiyoshi
    Tohoku University
  83. 83
    Maeda, Hideaki
    Nihon University
  84. 84
    Kawahara, Takuji
    Kyoto University
  85. 85
    Kawakami, Norio
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  86. 86
    Elkouss, David
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  87. 87
    Hanai, Ryo
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  88. 88
    Miryala, Muralidhar
    Shibaura Institute of Technology
  89. 89
    Shimoyama, Junichi
    Aoyama Gakuin University
  90. 90
    Okunishi, Kohichi
    Osaka Metropolitan University
  91. 91
  92. 92
    Kasahara, Yuichi
    Graduate School of Science
  93. 93
    Kitagawa, Masahiro
    The University of Osaka
  94. 94
    Onoda, Shigeki
    RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
  95. 95
    Tong, Xiaomin Ming
    University of Tsukuba
  96. 96
    Yanagisawa, Yoshinori
    RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  97. 97
    Banno, Nobuya
    National Institute for Materials Science
  98. 98
    Koga, Akihisa
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  99. 99
    Ishibashi, Yoshishiro
    Nagoya University
  100. 100
    Hukushima, Koji
    The University of Tokyo

105 listed scientists in General Physics in Japan

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