Nov. 28, 2025

Fifteen RIKEN scientists chosen as Highly Cited Researchers 2025

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Fifteen RIKEN researchers appeared in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2025. Over 6,800 researchers from 60 nations and regions were recognized in Clarivate’s annual list which selects researchers based on their publications over the past decade or more. Researchers from RIKEN were recognized for their contributions in cross-field studies, immunology, physics, plant and animal science, neuroscience and behavior, and geoscience.

Cross-Field	Ryotaro Arita	Team Director, First-Principles Materials Science Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
	Yoshihiro Iwasa	Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Group Director, Emergent Device Research Group, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
	Takaomi Saido	Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
	Wataru Suda	Team Director, Laboratory for Symbiotic Microbiome Sciences, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
	Takao Someya	Chief Scientist, Thin-Film Device Lab, RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute Team Director, Emergent Soft System Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Immunology	Kenya Honda	Team Director, Laboratory for Gut Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Neuroscience and Behavior	Susumu Tonegawa	RIKEN Fellow
Physics	Yoshinori Tokura	Executive Director of Science Group Director, Strong Correlation Physics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Team Director, Strong Correlation Quantum Transport Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
	Naoto Nagaosa	Director, Fundamental Quantum Science Program, TRIP Headquarters Group Director, Strong Correlation Theory Research Group, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science
	Franco Nori	Team Director, Quantum Information Physics Theory Research Team, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing
Plant and Animal Science	Kazuki Saito	Executive Director of Science Senior Advisor, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
	Kazuo Shinozaki	RIKEN Honorary Science Advisor, RIKEN Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
	Hitoshi Sakakibara	Senior Visiting Scientist, Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, Technology Platform Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Department of Applied Biosciences, Nagoya University
	Lam-Son Phan Tran	Senior Visiting Scientist, Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Professor, Texas Tech University
Geoscience	Naoto Yokoya	Team Director, Geoinformatics Team, Goal-Oriented Technology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project