Minoru Kanehisa Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Minoru Kanehisa's h-index is 103 (241 i10-index, 174,667+ total citations across 623+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Minoru Kanehisa is affiliated with Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University.
Minoru Kanehisa is a researcher affiliated with Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 174,667 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Minoru Kanehisa's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 623 indexed publications.
- H-Index
- 103
- i10-Index
- 241
- Total Citations
- 174,667
- Citing Countries
- 74
As of October 2026.
Minoru Kanehisa has an h-index of 103 and 174,667 total citations across 623 publications, with research cited by institutions in 74 countries.
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About Minoru Kanehisa's research
Minoru Kanehisa is a researcher at Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University. Their work has been cited 174,667 times across 623 publications (h-index 103), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “KEGG: kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes” (2000), has accumulated 45,160 citations. Other influential works include “KEGG: new perspectives on genomes, pathways, diseases and drugs” (2017) with 10,006 citations and “KEGG as a reference resource for gene and protein annotation” (2016) with 8,451 citations.
Citations of Minoru Kanehisa's research come primarily from China, United States and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











