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Top institutions in Japan for Optoelectronics & Photonics

9 institutions · Optoelectronics & Photonics · Japan

Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Optoelectronics & Photonics?

104 researchers in Japan whose main subfield is Optoelectronics & Photonics 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 6th of 68 countries in the subfield. 9 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has the most (11), followed by The University of Tokyo (7) and NTT Network Innovation Laboratories (7). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
104
1.8% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
9
8.7% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#6
of 68 countries in Optoelectronics & Photonics
Highest-ranked
#12,499
Sugioka, Koji
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology111#28Toyoshima, Morio #36,582
2The University of Tokyo72#62Kikuchi, Kazuro #41,441
3NTT Network Innovation Laboratories70#72Sasai, Takeo #219,141
4Keio University50#120Ota, Yasutomo #239,515
5RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics41#130Sugioka, Koji #12,499
6Kyoto University41#134Noda, Susumu #26,593
7Institute of Science Tokyo40#156Nakamura, Kentaro #169,124
8KDDI Research, Inc.40#186Soma, Daiki #454,238
9National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology40#188Ikeda, Kazuhiro #484,862

The top 100 in Optoelectronics & Photonics in Japan, in order

  1. 1
    Sugioka, Koji
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  2. 2
    Noda, Susumu
    Kyoto University
  3. 3
    Toyoshima, Morio
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  4. 4
    Notomi, Masaya
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  5. 5
    Kikuchi, Kazuro
    The University of Tokyo
  6. 6
    Baba, Toshihiko
    Yokohama National University
  7. 7
    Saitoh, Kunimasa
    Hokkaido University
  8. 8
    Takeda, Mitsuo
    Utsunomiya University
  9. 9
    Yamashita, Shinji
    The University of Tokyo
  10. 10
    Ghosh, Gorachand
    Waseda University
  11. 11
    Kawanishi, Tetsuya
    Waseda University
  12. 12
    Jinno, Masahiko
    Kagawa University
  13. 13
    Koshiba, Masanori
    Hokkaido University
  14. 14
    Hayashi, Tetsuya
    Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
  15. 15
    Hotate, Kazuo
    Toyota Technological Institute
  16. 16
    Matsuura, Motoharu
    The University of Electro-Communications
  17. 17
    Inoue, Azusa
    RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
  18. 18
    Nakazawa, Masataka
    Tohoku University
  19. 19
    Inoue, Kyo
    The University of Osaka
  20. 20
    Okamoto, Katsunari
    Okamoto Laboratory
  21. 21
    Nakamura, Kentaro
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  22. 22
    Kanno, Atsushi
    Nagoya Institute of Technology
  23. 23
    Lúis, Ruben Soares
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  24. 24
    Inoue, Takuya
    Kyoto University
  25. 25
    Sasai, Takeo
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  26. 26
    Ota, Yasutomo
    Keio University
  27. 27
    Kitayama, Kenichi
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  28. 28
    Koike, Yasuhiro
    Keio University
  29. 29
    Miyamoto, Yutaka
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  30. 30
    Koyama, Fuinio
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  31. 31
    Takamoto, Masao
    RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research
  32. 32
    Tanaka, Takuo
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  33. 33
    Kato, Kiyoshi
    Okamoto Optics, Inc.
  34. 34
    Matsuo, Shinji
    NTT Device Innovation Center
  35. 35
    Ito, Hiroshi
    Kitasato University
  36. 36
    Shoji, Yuya
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  37. 37
    Awaji, Yoshinari
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  38. 38
    Hoshida, Takeshi
    1Finity Inc.
  39. 39
    Kuze, A.
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  40. 40
    Nakamura, Masanori
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  41. 41
  42. 42
    Terakawa, Mitsuhiro
    Keio University
  43. 43
    Midorikawa, Katsumi
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  44. 44
    Horiguchi, Tsuneo
    Shibaura Institute of Technology
  45. 45
    Soma, Daiki
    KDDI Research, Inc.
  46. 46
    Furukawa, Hideaki
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  47. 47
    de Zoysa, Menaka
    Kyoto University
  48. 48
    Ikeda, Kazuhiro
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  49. 49
    Watanabe, Wataru
    Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
  50. 50
    Hasegawa, Takemi
    Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
  51. 51
    Mizumoto, Tetsuya
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  52. 52
    Bai, Shi
    RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
  53. 53
    Set, Sze Yun
    University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
  54. 54
    Kato, Kazutoshi
    Kyushu University
  55. 55
    Nozaki, Kengo
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
  56. 56
    Yoshida, Masahiro
    Kyoto University
  57. 57
    Asavanant, Warit
    The University of Tokyo
  58. 58
    Nakajima, Kazuhide
    NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories
  59. 59
    Koyamada, Yahei
    Ibaraki University
  60. 60
    Mizuno, Yosuke
    Yokohama National University
  61. 61
    Matsuo, Shouichiro
    Fujikura Ltd.
  62. 62
    Hamaoka, Fukutaro
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  63. 63
    Sato, Kosuke Ichi
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  64. 64
    Kobayashi, Takayuki
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  65. 65
    Fujisada, Hiroyuki
    Sensor Information Laboratory Corp
  66. 66
    Hashimoto, Toshikazu
    NTT Device Technology Laboratories
  67. 67
    Shibahara, Kohki
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  68. 68
    Namiki, Shu
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  69. 69
  70. 70
    Endo, Mamoru
    The University of Tokyo
  71. 71
    Ishizaki, Kenji
    Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
  72. 72
    Tanemura, Takuo
    The University of Tokyo
  73. 73
    Klaus, Werner
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  74. 74
    Duling, Irl N.
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  75. 75
    Rao, Allam Srinivasa
    Chiba University
  76. 76
    Hasegawa, Hirioshi
    Nagoya University
  77. 77
    Sato, Yuji
    Joining and Welding Research Institute
  78. 78
    Dat, Pham Tien
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  79. 79
    Carrasco-Casado, Alberto
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  80. 80
  81. 81
    Mimura, Hidekazu
    RIKEN SPring-8 Center
  82. 82
    Tomita, Akihisa
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  83. 83
    Mateo, Eduardo F.
    NEC Corporation
  84. 84
    Matsui, Takashi
    NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories
  85. 85
    Wada, Naoya
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  86. 86
    Liu, Bowen
    Keio University
  87. 87
    Ogawa, Shinpei
    Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
  88. 88
    Murakami, Hiroshi
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  89. 89
    Yamazaki, Hiroshi
    NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
  90. 90
  91. 91
    Tsuritani, Takehiro
    KDDI Research, Inc.
  92. 92
    Beppu, Shohei
    KDDI Research, Inc.
  93. 93
    Okoshi, Takanori
    The University of Tokyo
  94. 94
    Yoshizawa, Toru
    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  95. 95
    Horiuchi, Noriaki
    Nature Photonics
  96. 96
    Yamada, Koji
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  97. 97
    Fujii, Shun
    Keio University
  98. 98
  99. 99
    Ito, Yusuke
    The University of Tokyo
  100. 100
    Sakamoto, Taiji
    Access Network Service Systems Laboratories

104 listed scientists in Optoelectronics & Photonics 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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