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Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 3.654 Scientists Citation in Japan Rankings - 2026

See how widely and consistently research is cited with real-time citation rankings.
Covering 2.6 million scientists, this list evaluates both total and last 5 years’ citation counts to measure scientific influence and highlight Highly Cited Researchers.
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Total 3.654 scientists , 791 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total Citation Counts Rankings

Rankings

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19,204
World Rank
Japan
241
Country Rank
Kyushu University Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Norris Krueger
Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship | Economic Development | Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship | Sustainable Entrepreneurshi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,390
  • Last 5 Years
    16,438
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.440
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Rankings

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19,261
World Rank
Japan
242
Country Rank
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Kaoru Tone
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Tokyo, Japan
Business & Management / Decision Science and Operations Management
Operations Research | Management Science | Data Envelopment Analysis | DE

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    37,320
  • Last 5 Years
    16,539
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.443
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Rankings

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22,477
World Rank
Japan
292
Country Rank
Keio University Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Rajib Shaw
Keio University Tokyo, Japan
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Disaster risk | climate change adaptation | innovation | science and technology | community based DR

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    33,732
  • Last 5 Years
    23,954
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.710
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Rankings

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25,770
World Rank
Japan
347
Country Rank
United Nations University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Klaus F Zimmermann
United Nations University Tokyo, Japan
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Economics | Labor Economics | Population Economics | Migratio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    30,844
  • Last 5 Years
    8,135
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.264
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Rankings

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27,113
World Rank
Japan
366
Country Rank
Aoyama Gakuin University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University Tokyo, Japan
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
second language acquisition | applied linguistics | task complexity | individual differences | attentio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,870
  • Last 5 Years
    8,458
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.283
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Rankings

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27,493
World Rank
Japan
374
Country Rank
Hitotsubashi University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Toshio Yamagishi
Hitotsubashi University Kunitachi, Japan
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology | sociology | behavioral economic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,593
  • Last 5 Years
    9,020
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.305
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Rankings

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27,737
World Rank
Japan
379
Country Rank
Chukyo University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Kohske Takahashi
Chukyo University Nagoya, Japan
Social Sciences / Psychology
psychology | cognitive scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    29,402
  • Last 5 Years
    26,663
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.907
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Rankings

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31,236
World Rank
Japan
440
Country Rank
Ryukoku University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Hiroyuki Nakano
Ryukoku University Kyoto, Japan
Law / Law and Legal Studies
Gravitation | Black Holes | Gravitational Wave

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    27,130
  • Last 5 Years
    21,550
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.794
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Rankings

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35,204
World Rank
Japan
500
Country Rank
Tokai University Logo
3
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Farhad Taghizadeh Hesary
Tokai University Tokyo, Japan
Economics & Econometrics / Accounting & Finance
Green Finance | Energy Economics | Energy Economics and Policy | Energy Transitio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,982
  • Last 5 Years
    23,614
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.945
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Rankings

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35,247
World Rank
Japan
503
Country Rank
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Alexandria (Alex) Cogdill
Daiichi Sankyo Inc. , Japan
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
Immunology | Cancer | Microbiome | Entrepreneurship | Data Scienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    24,965
  • Last 5 Years
    17,934
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.718
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Rankings

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38,202
World Rank
Japan
550
Country Rank
Waseda University Logo
7
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Katsuhiko Suzuki
Waseda University Tokyo, Japan
Education / Physical Education and Sport Science
Exercise Immunology | Sports Science | Muscle Damage | Exercise Biochemistry | Applied Physiolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    23,573
  • Last 5 Years
    12,617
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.535
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Rankings

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40,134
World Rank
Japan
581
Country Rank
Tama University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Noboru Konno
Tama University Tama-shi, Japan
Business & Management / Entrepreneurship
innovation | knowledge creation | design managemen

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    22,762
  • Last 5 Years
    5,131
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.225
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Rankings

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44,424
World Rank
Japan
657
Country Rank
Kyoto University Logo
55
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
藤井聡, Satoshi Fujii
Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
Social Sciences / Psychology
Psychology | Economics | Transportation Planning | Urban Planning | Public Polic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    21,168
  • Last 5 Years
    7,166
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.339
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Rankings

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47,533
World Rank
Japan
715
Country Rank
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Fumio Hayashi
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Tokyo, Japan
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
macroeconomics | applied econometric

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    20,129
  • Last 5 Years
    3,889
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.193
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Rankings

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49,202
World Rank
Japan
755
Country Rank
Tottori University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Akira Ishii
Tottori University Tottori, Japan
Social Sciences / Sociology
sociophysics | opinion dynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,636
  • Last 5 Years
    8,040
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.409
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Rankings

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50,227
World Rank
Japan
770
Country Rank
Kobe University Logo
9
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Keijiro Otsuka
Kobe University Kobe, Japan
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Development Economics | Agricultural Economic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    19,340
  • Last 5 Years
    6,405
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.331
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Rankings

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53,635
World Rank
Japan
838
Country Rank
Waseda University Logo
14
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Alex Coad
Waseda University Tokyo, Japan
Economics & Econometrics / Economics
Economics of Innovation | Industrial Economics | Firm growth | Entrepreneurshi

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    18,641
  • Last 5 Years
    8,965
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.481
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Rankings

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65,995
World Rank
Japan
1,076
Country Rank
Kyoto University Logo
94
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Hiroaki Ogata|緒方 広明
Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
Education / Education (Other, All)
Educational Data Science | AI and Education | Evidence-based Education | Mobile and Ubiquitous Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,760
  • Last 5 Years
    9,294
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.590
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Rankings

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68,741
World Rank
Japan
1,137
Country Rank
Chuo University Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Ippeita Dan
Chuo University Hachioji, Japan
Business & Management / Marketing
Psychophysiology | Neuromarketing | fNIRS | Cognitive neuroscience | Consumer neuroscienc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,263
  • Last 5 Years
    7,466
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.489
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Rankings

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69,324
World Rank
Japan
1,150
Country Rank
Keio University Logo
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Norichika Kanie
Keio University Tokyo, Japan
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
International Relations | Environmental Governanc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    15,166
  • Last 5 Years
    10,313
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.680
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Rankings

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72,583
World Rank
Japan
1,212
Country Rank
Shizuoka University Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Takashi Nagatani
Shizuoka University Shizuoka, Japan
Social Sciences / Transportation Science & Technology
Traffic dynamics | Nonlinear dynamics | Complex system

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,637
  • Last 5 Years
    3,113
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.213
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Rankings

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74,161
World Rank
Japan
1,239
Country Rank
Tohoku University Logo
61
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Victor Ryzhii
Tohoku University Sendai, Japan
Business & Management / Strategic Management
Device Physics | Graphene Electronic Devices | Graphene Plasmonics | Terahertz Electronic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,394
  • Last 5 Years
    3,612
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.251
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Rankings

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75,892
World Rank
Japan
1,277
Country Rank
Teikyo University Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Kazuo Okanoya
Teikyo University Tokyo, Japan
Social Sciences / Psychology
Biopsychology | Neuroetholog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    14,120
  • Last 5 Years
    5,285
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.374
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Rankings

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78,219
World Rank
Japan
1,334
Country Rank
United Nations University Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Dirk Messner
United Nations University Tokyo, Japan
Social Sciences / Political Science and International Relations
Sustainability Research | Digital Transformations | Global Governance | Climate Politic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,777
  • Last 5 Years
    5,262
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.382
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Rankings

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78,954
World Rank
Japan
1,353
Country Rank
Keio University Logo
37
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Ohtsuki Tomoaki
Keio University Tokyo, Japan
Business & Management / Communications and Media Studies
communication | information theor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    13,676
  • Last 5 Years
    8,030
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.587
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