Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Materials?
215 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is Materials are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 3.7% of all listed authors in Japan, and 6th of 84 countries in the subfield. 66 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Tohoku University has the most (23), followed by National Institute for Materials Science (21) and The University of Osaka (13). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
215
3.7% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
66
30.7% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#6
of 84 countries in Materials
Highest-ranked
#1,200
Inoue, Akishisa
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Materials in Japan, in order
- 1Inoue, AkishisaJosai International University
- 2Reed, Roger C.Shimane University
- 3Niinomi, MitsuoInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 4Edalati, KavehKyushu University
- 5Tsuji, NobuhiroKyoto University
- 6Hono, KazuhiroNational Institute for Materials Science
- 7Hanawa, TakaoThe University of Osaka
- 8Kirchheim, ReinerKyushu University
- 9Hirscher, MichaelTohoku University
- 10Pezzotti, GiuseppeKansai Medical University
- 11Abe, FujioNational Institute for Materials Science
- 12Okamoto, HiroakiAsahi University
- 13Ishida, KiyohitoTohoku University
- 14Furuhara, TadashiInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 15Ikuhara, YuichiThe University of Tokyo
- 16Gutiérrez-Urrutia, IvánNational Institute for Materials Science
- 17Qing, HuangNational Institute for Materials Science
- 18Miyazaki, ShuichiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 19Suganuma, KatasuakiThe University of Osaka
- 20Masuda, YoshitakeNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu
- 21Kondoh, KatsuyoshiThe University of Osaka
- 22Katayama, SeijiJoining and Welding Research Institute
- 23Takeuchi, AkiraUniversity of Hyogo
- 24Shibata, NaoyaThe University of Tokyo
- 25Marin, EliaKyoto Institute of Technology
- 26Yashima, MasatomoInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 27Kainuma, RyousukeTohoku University
- 28Nagumo, MichihikoWaseda University
- 29Vinogradov, Aleksey YuKumamoto University
- 30Niihara, KouichiNagaoka University of Technology
- 31Rouxel, TanguyGraduate School of Human and Environmental Studies
- 32Nakano, TakayoshiThe University of Osaka
- 33Koike, JunichiTohoku University
- 34Chiba, AkihikoInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 35Orimo, S.Tohoku University
- 36Takaki, SetsuoKyushu University
- 37Sakai, TakuThe University of Electro-Communications
- 38Koyama, MotomichiInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 39Ishikawa, KunioKyushu University
- 40Horita, ZenjiKyushu University
- 41Fujii, HidetoshiJoining and Welding Research Institute
- 42Hagihara, KojiNagoya Institute of Technology
- 43Yoshimura, MasahiroInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 44Hirata, AkihikoTohoku University
- 45Kawamura, YoshihitoKumamoto University
- 46Sato, Yutaka S.Tohoku University
- 47Rae, Catherine Mary FionaShimane University
- 48Matsuda, AtsunoriToyohashi University of Technology
- 49Sepehri-Amin, HosseinNational Institute for Materials Science
- 50Ma, Ninshu XuJoining and Welding Research Institute
- 51Mori, Ken-ichiroToyohashi University of Technology
- 52Nakanishi, KazukiNagoya University
- 53Makino, AkihiroTohoku University
- 54Nakajima, HideoSumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd.
- 55Yokozeki, TomohiroThe University of Tokyo
- 56Otsuka, KazuhiroNational Institute for Materials Science
- 57Tsuzaki, KaneakiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 58Somekawa, HidetoshiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 59Takaki, TomohiroKyoto Institute of Technology
- 60Hinuma, YoyoNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- 61Pekala, Richard W.Chiba University
- 62Habazaki, HirokiHokkaido University
- 63Kuwabara, ToshihikoTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- 64Yin, ShuTohoku University
- 65Kamado, ShigeharuNagaoka University of Technology
- 66Todoroki, Akira A.Institute of Science Tokyo
- 67Ogata, ShigenobuThe University of Osaka
- 68Tanaka, KeisukeNagoya University
- 69Sakka, SumioKyoto University
- 70Shibata, AkinobuNational Institute for Materials Science
- 71Akiba, EtsuoKyushu University
- 72Sasaki, Taisuke T.National Institute for Materials Science
- 73Louzguine-Luzgin, Dmitri V.Tohoku University
- 74Kakehi, KojiTokyo Metropolitan University
- 75Tsuchiya, KoichiUniversity of Tsukuba
- 76Goto, TakashiTohoku University
- 77Okabe, Toru H.The University of Tokyo
- 78Taokaew, SiripornNagaoka University of Technology
- 79Suzuki, Ryosuke O.Hokkaido University
- 80Kakihana, MasatoTohoku University
- 81Yamasaki, MichiakiKumamoto University
- 82Hashimoto, KojiTohoku Institute of Technology
- 83Chong, YanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering
- 84Nakata, T.Nagaoka University of Technology
- 85Tanaka, ManabuJoining and Welding Research Institute
- 86Nakada, NobuoInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 87Miyamoto, GoroInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 88Omori, ToshihiroTohoku University
- 89Shibuta, YasushiThe University of Tokyo
- 90Sutou, YujiTohoku University
- 91Uda, TetsuyaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering
- 92Inui, HaruyukiKyoto University
- 93Mine, YojiKumamoto University
- 94Hiromoto, SachikoNational Institute for Materials Science
- 95Tsai, AnpangTohoku University
- 96Narita, FumioTohoku University
- 97Sakka, YoshioNational Institute for Materials Science
- 98Koizumi, YuichiroThe University of Osaka
- 99Akiyama, EijiInstitute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
- 100Nagase, TakeshiUniversity of Hyogo
215 listed scientists in Materials in Japan
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