Top 100 institutions 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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1 | Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC) | npo | 0.2008 | 46.39 | 231 | 70 | 99.6 % |
2 | Gakushuin University | academic | 0.0938 | 42.42 | 452 | 83 | 77.0 % |
3 | National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) | government | 0.0733 | 22.27 | 304 | 58 | 83.7 % |
4 | The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) | academic | 0.0680 | 2,699.17 | 39,721 | 7,829 | 78.1 % |
5 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) | corporate | 0.0634 | 108.18 | 1,706 | 190 | 50.8 % |
6 | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | government | 0.0611 | 488.08 | 7,986 | 1,254 | 98.8 % |
7 | Konan University | academic | 0.0611 | 34.16 | 559 | 134 | 83.8 % |
8 | RIKEN | government | 0.0592 | 858.14 | 14,493 | 3,125 | 94.0 % |
9 | Kyoto University | academic | 0.0577 | 1,686.08 | 29,212 | 4,334 | 79.3 % |
10 | Aoyama Gakuin University | academic | 0.0575 | 43.88 | 763 | 205 | 69.9 % |
11 | Osaka University | academic | 0.0574 | 1,239.47 | 21,579 | 3,232 | 75.1 % |
12 | Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) | academic | 0.0563 | 105.15 | 1,867 | 253 | 83.6 % |
13 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) | academic | 0.0561 | 61.13 | 1,089 | 165 | 95.7 % |
14 | Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) | academic | 0.0547 | 701.44 | 12,834 | 2,031 | 83.4 % |
15 | Rigaku Corporation | corporate | 0.0527 | 11.38 | 216 | 58 | 100.0 % |
16 | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (IGAKUKEN) | government | 0.0520 | 44.12 | 848 | 129 | 83.8 % |
17 | Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) | government | 0.0497 | 45.58 | 918 | 122 | 97.9 % |
18 | Shimadzu Corporation | corporate | 0.0495 | 14.20 | 287 | 62 | 92.0 % |
19 | Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) | academic | 0.0491 | 108.31 | 2,204 | 160 | 77.4 % |
20 | Nagoya University | academic | 0.0478 | 741.82 | 15,527 | 2,480 | 74.9 % |
21 | Kwansei Gakuin University | academic | 0.0467 | 44.89 | 961 | 120 | 76.1 % |
22 | Keio University | academic | 0.0463 | 326.40 | 7,057 | 763 | 57.4 % |
23 | Tohoku University | academic | 0.0454 | 1,017.64 | 22,408 | 3,004 | 80.2 % |
24 | Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) | government | 0.0449 | 83.04 | 1,851 | 597 | 98.0 % |
25 | Kyoto Sangyo University | academic | 0.0447 | 29.00 | 649 | 177 | 82.0 % |
26 | Toshiba Corporation | corporate | 0.0443 | 38.76 | 874 | 66 | 70.2 % |
27 | Chuo University | academic | 0.0423 | 42.28 | 1,000 | 126 | 68.1 % |
28 | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) | academic | 0.0422 | 42.50 | 1,007 | 87 | 64.9 % |
29 | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) | government | 0.0409 | 128.06 | 3,131 | 426 | 97.7 % |
30 | Toyota Group | corporate | 0.0387 | 70.01 | 1,807 | 137 | 77.5 % |
31 | Hokkaido University (Hokudai) | academic | 0.0384 | 603.80 | 15,725 | 1,411 | 79.7 % |
32 | National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) | government | 0.0356 | 233.77 | 6,559 | 2,501 | 98.0 % |
33 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | government | 0.0355 | 438.36 | 12,358 | 1,163 | 92.5 % |
34 | Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences (TUPLS) | academic | 0.0348 | 35.44 | 1,019 | 88 | 91.1 % |
35 | Kyushu University | academic | 0.0344 | 560.75 | 16,313 | 1,641 | 76.0 % |
36 | Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) | academic | 0.0341 | 113.77 | 3,339 | 277 | 83.3 % |
37 | Rikkyo University | academic | 0.0337 | 29.24 | 868 | 168 | 85.4 % |
38 | FujiFilm Corporation | corporate | 0.0330 | 6.37 | 193 | 60 | 79.1 % |
39 | University of Shizuoka | academic | 0.0328 | 44.78 | 1,364 | 81 | 88.9 % |
40 | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) | npo | 0.0327 | 120.31 | 3,684 | 1,101 | 99.0 % |
41 | Kanazawa University (KU) | academic | 0.0326 | 150.12 | 4,599 | 337 | 65.6 % |
42 | Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) | npo | 0.0324 | 13.45 | 415 | 85 | 98.1 % |
43 | Osaka City University (OCU) | academic | 0.0316 | 94.65 | 2,991 | 363 | 60.4 % |
44 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai) | academic | 0.0307 | 95.78 | 3,117 | 881 | 89.6 % |
45 | JEOL Ltd. | corporate | 0.0304 | 10.92 | 359 | 81 | 98.4 % |
46 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) | academic | 0.0292 | 113.55 | 3,883 | 251 | 86.2 % |
47 | Chiba University | academic | 0.0291 | 179.63 | 6,167 | 576 | 66.1 % |
48 | Waseda University | academic | 0.0291 | 164.15 | 5,645 | 925 | 68.5 % |
49 | University of Tsukuba | academic | 0.0291 | 301.75 | 10,387 | 1,408 | 74.8 % |
50 | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) | government | 0.0290 | 37.40 | 1,288 | 164 | 70.9 % |
51 | Yokohama City University (YCU) | academic | 0.0286 | 70.46 | 2,463 | 208 | 51.6 % |
52 | Doshisha University | academic | 0.0286 | 38.69 | 1,354 | 95 | 75.6 % |
53 | Tokyo University of Science (TUS) | academic | 0.0279 | 133.64 | 4,786 | 386 | 78.5 % |
54 | Saitama University | academic | 0.0277 | 51.72 | 1,867 | 196 | 83.6 % |
55 | The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) | academic | 0.0272 | 39.79 | 1,465 | 144 | 64.6 % |
56 | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) | academic | 0.0270 | 89.58 | 3,313 | 289 | 51.1 % |
57 | Hiroshima University (HU) | academic | 0.0264 | 209.11 | 7,914 | 876 | 68.9 % |
58 | Chubu University | academic | 0.0250 | 25.71 | 1,027 | 75 | 80.7 % |
59 | Kumamoto University | academic | 0.0250 | 99.94 | 3,998 | 293 | 65.5 % |
60 | Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) | npo | 0.0247 | 59.14 | 2,395 | 278 | 71.3 % |
61 | Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) | academic | 0.0243 | 86.22 | 3,545 | 700 | 77.2 % |
62 | Okayama University | academic | 0.0236 | 158.53 | 6,712 | 817 | 72.0 % |
63 | Nara Women's University | academic | 0.0229 | 17.75 | 776 | 119 | 86.9 % |
64 | Gunma University | academic | 0.0228 | 57.11 | 2,507 | 177 | 57.4 % |
65 | University of Hyogo | academic | 0.0227 | 48.13 | 2,119 | 201 | 85.6 % |
66 | Kobe University | academic | 0.0222 | 152.72 | 6,875 | 820 | 65.0 % |
67 | Ritsumeikan University | academic | 0.0220 | 51.94 | 2,359 | 194 | 70.6 % |
68 | University of Toyama | academic | 0.0219 | 68.02 | 3,109 | 181 | 73.4 % |
69 | Yokohama National University (YNU) | academic | 0.0217 | 44.60 | 2,058 | 96 | 77.9 % |
70 | Kanagawa University | academic | 0.0216 | 20.86 | 964 | 133 | 72.9 % |
71 | Shizuoka University | academic | 0.0213 | 55.94 | 2,625 | 146 | 86.0 % |
72 | Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) | academic | 0.0207 | 33.94 | 1,639 | 86 | 89.9 % |
73 | Yamagata University | academic | 0.0202 | 58.32 | 2,888 | 237 | 73.5 % |
74 | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) | government | 0.0196 | 36.93 | 1,885 | 115 | 85.1 % |
75 | Ehime University | academic | 0.0195 | 68.60 | 3,514 | 366 | 76.0 % |
76 | Nagoya City University | academic | 0.0188 | 32.14 | 1,709 | 118 | 56.6 % |
77 | Saga University | academic | 0.0181 | 33.65 | 1,855 | 137 | 62.8 % |
78 | Hitachi, Ltd. | corporate | 0.0178 | 31.36 | 1,766 | 148 | 73.5 % |
79 | Meijo University | academic | 0.0176 | 20.18 | 1,144 | 95 | 81.3 % |
80 | Ochanomizu University | academic | 0.0174 | 18.33 | 1,052 | 120 | 88.0 % |
81 | Toho University | academic | 0.0172 | 32.76 | 1,907 | 197 | 51.4 % |
82 | Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. | corporate | 0.0171 | 11.01 | 645 | 75 | 70.6 % |
83 | Tokushima University | academic | 0.0169 | 53.18 | 3,147 | 197 | 64.4 % |
84 | NEC Corporation | corporate | 0.0169 | 8.56 | 507 | 57 | 56.3 % |
85 | University of Fukui | academic | 0.0167 | 29.20 | 1,752 | 97 | 70.2 % |
86 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | corporate | 0.0163 | 18.40 | 1,130 | 74 | 83.6 % |
87 | Niigata University | academic | 0.0161 | 62.38 | 3,864 | 297 | 63.2 % |
88 | University of Yamanashi | academic | 0.0161 | 29.92 | 1,862 | 104 | 68.3 % |
89 | Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR) | npo | 0.0159 | 11.36 | 714 | 68 | 45.7 % |
90 | Ibaraki University | academic | 0.0155 | 24.57 | 1,587 | 168 | 82.5 % |
91 | National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP) | government | 0.0153 | 19.35 | 1,265 | 64 | 71.0 % |
92 | Kindai University | academic | 0.0151 | 52.64 | 3,481 | 154 | 66.4 % |
93 | Nagasaki University | academic | 0.0147 | 49.26 | 3,341 | 139 | 58.0 % |
94 | Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) | government | 0.0144 | 69.76 | 4,833 | 317 | 97.5 % |
95 | National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC) | healthcare | 0.0140 | 9.70 | 692 | 55 | 46.7 % |
96 | Yamaguchi University | academic | 0.0140 | 35.76 | 2,552 | 112 | 63.3 % |
97 | Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. | corporate | 0.0140 | 6.26 | 448 | 50 | 75.5 % |
98 | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | government | 0.0139 | 32.71 | 2,361 | 599 | 90.0 % |
99 | The Kitasato Institute | academic | 0.0138 | 40.08 | 2,907 | 109 | 63.0 % |
100 | Kyushu Institute of Technology | academic | 0.0133 | 20.97 | 1,578 | 75 | 72.0 % |