Eleven Osaka University Researchers Selected to Thomson Reuters' "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015"

Highly Cited Researchers are researchers selected by Thomson Reuters with theses that have a large number of citations from all over the world. In 2015, some 3,000 researchers from 21 fields were selected as performing some of the most influential researcher in the world.

11 researchers (in a total of 12 selections) in 5 fields were selected from Osaka University.

The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015

Highly Cited Researchers (As of January 19, 2016)

Biology & Biochemistry

• Shizuo AKIRA , Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center

Chemistry

• Tetsuya SATOH, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Engineering
• Masahiro MIURA , Professor, Graduate School of Engineering

Immunology

• Shizuo AKIRA , Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center
• Ken J ISHII , Specially Appointed Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center
• Shimon SAKAGUCHI , Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center
• Shintaro SATO , Specially Appointed Associate Professor (Full-time), Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
• Kiyoshi TAKEDA , Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
• Hiroaki HEMMI, Visiting Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center
• Masahiro YAMAMOTO , Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases

Molecular Biology & Genetics

• Tamotsu YOSHIMORI , Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences

Plant & Animal Science

• Tatsuo KAKIMOTO , Professor, Graduate School of Science

Related links

• Thomson Reuters (link in Japanese)
• Osaka University researchers selected in 2014