Top institutions in Japan for Physics & Astronomy
Which institutions in Japan have the most top-cited scientists in Physics & Astronomy?
866 researchers in Japan whose main field is Physics & Astronomy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 15.1% of all listed authors in Japan, and 5th of 105 countries in the field. 262 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The University of Tokyo has the most (118), followed by Tohoku University (68) and Nagoya University (38). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.
Listed authors
866
15.1% of all in Japan
In the global top 100,000
262
30.3% of them
Country rank in the field
#5
of 105 countries in Physics & Astronomy
Highest-ranked
#465
Tokura, Yoshinori
No institution matches.
The top 100 in Physics & Astronomy in Japan, in order
- 1Tokura, YoshinoriThe University of Tokyo
- 2Hosono, HideoTokyo Institute of Technology
- 3Togo, AtsushiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 4Nagaosa, NaotoRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 5Iijima, SumioMeijo University
- 6Ezawa, MotohikoThe University of Tokyo
- 7Adachi, ChihayaKyushu University
- 8Bliokh, KonstantinRIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
- 9Nosé, ShuichiKeio University
- 10Adachi, SadaoGunma University
- 11Someya, TakaoRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 12Higashiwaki, MasatakaNational Institute of Information and Communications Technology
- 13Nojiri, Shin'ichi N.IchiHigh Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba
- 14Kimoto, TsunenobuKyoto University
- 15Kubo, RyogoThe University of Tokyo
- 16Pickard, Chris J.Tohoku University
- 17Tanaka, HajimeInstitute of Industrial Science
- 18Ohno, HideoTohoku University
- 19Oguri, MasamuneChiba University
- 20Tsujikawa, ShinjiTokyo University of Science
- 21Fukui, KenichiKyoto University
- 22Fujishima, AkiraTokyo University of Science
- 23Shibata, MasaruYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 24Ueda, MasahitoThe University of Tokyo
- 25Murakami, ShuuichiThe University of Tokyo
- 26Yokoyama, Jun’Ichi N.IchiResearch Center for the Early Universe
- 27Kraichnan, Robert H.Nagoya Institute of Technology
- 28Jungwirth, TomášTohoku University
- 29Nori, FrancoRiken
- 30Yasui, KyuichiNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chubu
- 31Koshino, MikitoThe University of Tokyo
- 32Hayami, SatoruHokkaido University
- 33Hirota, RyogoWaseda University
- 34Sasaki, KoheiNovel Crystal Technology, Inc.
- 35Tsukamoto, NaokiTokyo University of Science
- 36Amano, HiroshiNagoya University
- 37Sato, MasatoshiYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 38Smalyukh, Ivan I.Hiroshima University
- 39Nosaka, YoshioNagaoka University of Technology
- 40Kawasaki, MasahiroKanagawa University
- 41Bamba, KazuharuFukushima University
- 42Fukushima, KenjiThe University of Tokyo
- 43Prochaska, Jason XavierNational Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 44Nakatsuji, SatoruThe University of Tokyo
- 45Yanagida, TakayukiNara Institute of Science and Technology
- 46Tasaki, HalGakushuin University
- 47Ioka, KunihitoYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 48Tanaka, IsaoKyoto University
- 49Goto, HayatoRIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
- 50Tanimura, YoshitakaGraduate School of Science
- 51Hasegawa, AkiraTohoku University
- 52Tanabe, SetsuhisaKyoto University
- 53Kimura, TsuyoshiThe University of Tokyo
- 54Hasan, Md MunjurThe University of Osaka
- 55Kohri, KazunoriNational Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 56Izumi, FujioGraduate School of Engineering
- 57Hatsugai, YasuhiroUniversity of Tsukuba
- 58Kaneko, KatsumiShinshu University
- 59Nakajima, KoheiUniversity of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
- 60Suzuki, MasuoThe University of Tokyo
- 61Ando, TsuneyaInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 62Noda, SusumuKyoto University
- 63Kobayashi, TsutomuRikkyo University
- 64Inoue, Akio K.Waseda University
- 65Saito, RiichiroTohoku University
- 66Arima, TakahisaThe University of Tokyo
- 67Tachikawa, YujiThe University of Tokyo
- 68Takayanagi, TadashiYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 69Ohshima, HiroyukiTokyo University of Science
- 70Koyama, KazuyaYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 71Seto, NaokiKyoto University
- 72Fujiwara, HiroyukiGifu University
- 73Ozaki, TaisukeThe University of Tokyo
- 74Chiba, TakeshiNihon University
- 75Shibata, KazunariDoshisha University
- 76Kamiya, ToshioInstitute of Science Tokyo
- 77Sasaki, MisaoThe University of Tokyo
- 78Nagatani, TakashiShizuoka University
- 79Tonouchi, MasayoshiOkayama University
- 80Uchida, KenichiNational Institute for Materials Science
- 81Iwasa, YoshihiroRiken
- 82Hunge, Yuvaraj M.Tokyo University of Science
- 83Nomoto, Ken'Ichi N.IchiThe University of Tokyo
- 84Ozawa, TomokiTohoku University
- 85Sagawa, TakahiroThe University of Tokyo
- 86Uzan, Jean PhilippeYukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 87Nakamura, YasunobuThe University of Tokyo
- 88Kohmoto, MahitoThe University of Tokyo
- 89Arakawa, YasuhikoThe University of Tokyo
- 90Notomi, MasayaNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- 91Jimbo, MichioRikkyo University
- 92Sotani, HajimeNational Institutes of Natural Sciences - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- 93Fukada, EiichiKobayasi Institute of Physical Research
- 94Fujita, ShizuoKyoto University
- 95Wadati, MikiTokyo University of Science
- 96Yu, XiuzhenRIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
- 97Yanai, TakeshiNagoya University
- 98Mori, TakashiKeio University
- 99Fukagata, KojiKeio University
- 100Tanaka, ToshikatsuWaseda University
866 listed scientists in Physics & Astronomy in Japan
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