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 %