Distinguished Honorary Prof. Kazunari DOMEN and Distinguished Prof. Takashi HISATOMI, both of the Institute for Aqua Regeneration, have been selected for this year's "Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2025" list by Clarivate Plc, a global leader in academic information and analysis.

Summary
The "Highly Cited Researchers" list identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their respective fields over the past decade or more, as evidenced by the high frequency with which their papers have been cited by peers worldwide. Specifically, the list features researchers who have been selected multiple times as authors of "Highly Cited Papers," which are defined as those that rank in the top 1% by citations for a specific field and publication year.

In 2025, approximately 6,800 researchers from over 60 countries and regions around the world were selected.

Distinguished Honorary Prof. DOMEN and Distinguished Prof. HISATOMI were selected in recognition of the high global acclaim for their long-standing research achievements in hydrogen production from water splitting using photocatalysis.