Top 25 chemistry

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.

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2016	Institution	WFC 2016	WFC 2012	Change in WFC 2012–2016	Count 2016
1	Kyoto University, Japan	125.83	182.09	–30.9%	233
2	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan	125.34	168.18	–25.5%	216
3	Osaka University, Japan	79.45	129.45	–38.6%	146
4	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan	77.70	68.95	12.7%	124
5	Tohoku University, Japan	59.39	72.19	–17.7%	112
6	Hokkaido University (Hokudai), Japan	50.84	57.47	–11.5%	86
7	Kyushu University, Japan	50.36	58.55	–14.0%	113
8	Nagoya University, Japan	48.02	74.00	–35.1%	82
9	RIKEN, Japan	46.75	44.40	5.3%	130
10	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan	36.57	49.80	–26.6%	106
11	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan	25.58	45.25	–43.5%	65
12	University of Tsukuba, Japan	20.32	31.20	–34.9%	39
13	Keio University, Japan	19.40	17.72	9.5%	36
14	Chiba University, Japan	18.38	19.90	–7.6%	32
15	Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), Japan	14.38	13.08	9.9%	22
16	Hiroshima University (HU), Japan	14.03	19.70	–28.8%	27
17	Waseda University, Japan	13.54	18.24	–25.8%	32
18	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan	13.37	23.41	–42.9%	24
19	Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), Japan	12.72	10.34	23.1%	20
20	Okayama University, Japan	10.47	7.96	31.5%	23
21	Kobe University, Japan	10.40	7.49	38.9%	20
22	Kanazawa University (KU), Japan	10.34	17.01	–39.2%	20
23	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan	9.62	9.47	1.6%	19
24	Chuo University, Japan	8.61	6.59	30.7%	14
25	Osaka City University (OCU), Japan	7.69	12.23	–37.1%	15

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.