Top institutions in chemistry by normalized WFC

The tables show Japan’s leading institutions ranked by normalized weighted fractional count (WFC), an indicator of an institution’s high-quality research output as a proportion of total output in the natural sciences (NS) from 2012 to 2017. This is derived by dividing an institution’s WFC in the Nature Index (WFC 2012–2017) by its total number of natural sciences articles in Scopus (Scopus NS articles 2012–2017). Also listed are an institution’s total number of articles in the Nature Index (AC 2012–2017) and the percentage of its total articles in Scopus that are in the natural sciences (NS articles (%) 2012–2017).

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#Rank	Institution	Sector	Normalized WFC 2012–2017	Nature Index WFC 2012–2017	Scopus NS articles 2012–2017	Nature Index AC 2012–2017	NS articles (%) 2012–2017
1	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	academic	0.1121	905.48	8,078	1,559	78.1 %
2	Kyoto University	academic	0.1118	930.58	8,320	1,513	79.3 %
3	Osaka University	academic	0.1020	630.78	6,185	1,090	75.1 %
4	Nagoya University	academic	0.1019	367.84	3,611	623	74.9 %
5	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	academic	0.0876	407.82	4,654	684	83.4 %
6	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	academic	0.0824	57.04	692	119	83.6 %
7	RIKEN	government	0.0801	246.59	3,079	727	94.0 %
8	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	government	0.0794	75.42	950	195	98.0 %
9	Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech)	academic	0.0781	78.19	1,001	109	77.4 %
10	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	government	0.0768	262.20	3,415	649	98.8 %
11	Hokkaido University (Hokudai)	academic	0.0751	326.37	4,346	570	79.7 %
12	Keio University	academic	0.0714	119.98	1,681	184	57.4 %
13	Osaka City University (OCU)	academic	0.0701	53.92	769	90	60.4 %
14	Tohoku University	academic	0.0688	402.42	5,847	744	80.2 %
15	Rigaku Corporation	corporate	0.0675	10.73	159	54	100.0 %
16	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)	academic	0.0625	94.14	1,507	140	86.2 %
17	Kyushu University	academic	0.0617	287.80	4,665	570	76.0 %
18	Kanazawa University (KU)	academic	0.0609	81.33	1,335	127	65.6 %
19	University of Tsukuba	academic	0.0603	133.41	2,212	279	74.8 %
20	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	academic	0.0574	47.63	829	94	77.2 %
21	Waseda University	academic	0.0573	81.74	1,426	185	68.5 %
22	Osaka Prefecture University (OPU)	academic	0.0553	74.41	1,345	140	83.3 %
23	Toyota Group	corporate	0.0548	42.61	777	85	77.5 %
24	Chiba University	academic	0.0541	95.57	1,768	169	66.1 %
25	Okayama University	academic	0.0507	76.15	1,502	138	72.0 %
26	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)	government	0.0483	33.54	695	290	98.0 %
27	Hiroshima University (HU)	academic	0.0477	97.26	2,040	189	68.9 %
28	Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC)	npo	0.0444	6.31	142	52	98.1 %
29	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	academic	0.0418	88.34	2,112	162	78.5 %
30	Kumamoto University	academic	0.0412	49.76	1,209	105	65.5 %
31	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	government	0.0411	193.71	4,714	484	92.5 %
32	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	npo	0.0378	16.53	437	73	99.0 %
33	JEOL Ltd.	corporate	0.0354	5.17	146	52	98.4 %
34	Kobe University	academic	0.0339	51.68	1,525	88	65.0 %
35	University of Hyogo	academic	0.0308	22.74	738	77	85.6 %
36	Mitsubishi Group	corporate	0.0227	11.27	497	74	74.9 %
37	Hitachi, Ltd.	corporate	0.0198	11.39	576	65	73.5 %