Top 25 academic institutions
Japan’s leading institutions for high-quality science, ordered by weighted fractional count (WFC) for 2016. Also shown are the total number of articles, and the change in WFC from 2012.
2016 |
Institution |
WFC 2016 |
WFC 2012 |
Change in WFC 2012–2016 |
Count 2016 |
1 |
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan
|
379.04 |
488.11 |
–22.3%
|
1,246 |
2 |
Kyoto University, Japan
|
228.53 |
313.13 |
–27.0%
|
668 |
3 |
Osaka University, Japan
|
172.95 |
261.11 |
–33.8%
|
504 |
4 |
Tohoku University, Japan
|
157.37 |
184.90 |
–14.9%
|
503 |
5 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan
|
121.40 |
112.64 |
7.8%
|
379 |
6 |
Nagoya University, Japan
|
107.90 |
138.68 |
–22.2%
|
366 |
7 |
Kyushu University, Japan
|
97.69 |
106.99 |
–8.7%
|
304 |
8 |
Hokkaido University (Hokudai), Japan
|
92.34 |
113.35 |
–18.5%
|
230 |
9 |
Keio University, Japan
|
58.52 |
52.80 |
10.8%
|
146 |
10 |
University of Tsukuba, Japan
|
48.59 |
63.17 |
–23.1%
|
240 |
11 |
Chiba University, Japan
|
33.86 |
38.18 |
–11.3%
|
102 |
12 |
Hiroshima University (HU), Japan
|
28.78 |
47.35 |
–39.2%
|
161 |
13 |
Kobe University, Japan
|
27.93 |
31.35 |
–10.9%
|
148 |
14 |
Waseda University, Japan
|
25.79 |
31.70 |
–18.7%
|
148 |
15 |
Kanazawa University (KU), Japan
|
25.29 |
30.83 |
–18.0%
|
65 |
16 |
Okayama University, Japan
|
22.24 |
25.98 |
–14.4%
|
140 |
17 |
Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), Japan
|
19.09 |
18.64 |
2.4%
|
30 |
18 |
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan
|
16.15 |
25.68 |
–37.1%
|
34 |
19 |
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan
|
16.01 |
6.78 |
136.0%
|
37 |
20 |
Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), Japan
|
15.94 |
17.76 |
–10.3%
|
36 |
21 |
Osaka City University (OCU), Japan
|
15.19 |
19.41 |
–21.8%
|
45 |
22 |
Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan
|
15.08 |
29.89 |
–49.5%
|
55 |
23 |
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Japan
|
14.76 |
16.05 |
–8.0%
|
184 |
24 |
Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
|
14.62 |
19.77 |
–26.0%
|
36 |
25 |
Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), Japan
|
14.46 |
13.41 |
7.9%
|
133 |
Weighted fractional count (WFC) for each institution is shown to two decimal places only. When two or more institutions have the same WFC, their positions are determined by the thousandth place (or beyond).
These results are based on the most recent data available. Owing to continual refinements of the data, the figures in the database are liable to change and might differ to those printed in the supplements.