The three Keio University researchers selected to the annual Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers (below HCR) list were Professor Kenya Honda from the School of Medicine (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), Associate Professor Koji Atarashi (Department of Microbiology and Immunology), and Professor Toshiro Sato (The Sakaguchi Laboratory/Organoid Medicine). HCR are outstanding researchers producing multiple papers which rank in the top 1% by citation in 21 scientific fields. Around 4,000 researchers were chosen worldwide, with 90 of these from Japan for the 2019 list.
Professor Kenya Honda and Associate Professor Koji Atarashi were chosen in the field of Immunology while Professor Toshiro Sato was selected in the field of Molecular Biology/Genetics.