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	AC 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.