Top institutions in biological sciences 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	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (IGAKUKEN)	government	0.0530	44.02	831	128	83.8 %
2	RIKEN	government	0.0435	332.77	7,646	1,128	94.0 %
3	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	academic	0.0415	27.44	662	94	95.7 %
4	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	government	0.0369	67.66	1,832	260	98.0 %
5	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	academic	0.0351	602.20	17,179	1,548	78.1 %
6	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	academic	0.0343	46.19	1,345	233	89.6 %
7	Osaka University	academic	0.0340	312.75	9,192	868	75.1 %
8	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	academic	0.0315	30.79	976	103	83.6 %
9	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)	government	0.0306	8.34	273	81	98.0 %
10	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)	government	0.0282	11.05	392	70	70.9 %
11	Kyoto University	academic	0.0247	325.86	13,219	917	79.3 %
12	Nagoya University	academic	0.0243	156.27	6,431	413	74.9 %
13	Keio University	academic	0.0241	108.48	4,507	360	57.4 %
14	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	npo	0.0228	36.81	1,616	161	71.3 %
15	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	academic	0.0211	51.55	2,438	162	83.4 %
16	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	academic	0.0208	58.69	2,822	229	51.1 %
17	Yokohama City University (YCU)	academic	0.0206	43.57	2,111	156	51.6 %
18	Kyushu University	academic	0.0193	144.95	7,507	402	76.0 %
19	Hokkaido University (Hokudai)	academic	0.0182	150.58	8,277	405	79.7 %
20	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	government	0.0165	51.25	3,108	184	92.5 %
21	Kumamoto University	academic	0.0164	41.58	2,542	147	65.5 %
22	Tohoku University	academic	0.0162	128.44	7,938	384	80.2 %
23	Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR)	npo	0.0158	10.98	694	52	45.7 %
24	Gunma University	academic	0.0156	24.32	1,555	110	57.4 %
25	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC)	healthcare	0.0153	8.82	577	52	46.7 %
26	Kobe University	academic	0.0150	53.68	3,579	172	65.0 %
27	Kanazawa University (KU)	academic	0.0149	41.93	2,805	141	65.6 %
28	National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP)	government	0.0147	18.37	1,249	61	71.0 %
29	National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)	healthcare	0.0132	11.82	894	65	44.3 %
30	Nagoya City University	academic	0.0132	20.08	1,523	76	56.6 %
31	University of Tsukuba	academic	0.0129	60.45	4,703	227	74.8 %
32	Chiba University	academic	0.0126	47.04	3,719	167	66.1 %
33	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	academic	0.0122	18.40	1,505	91	78.5 %
34	Niigata University	academic	0.0118	27.16	2,300	122	63.2 %
35	Waseda University	academic	0.0118	21.34	1,810	96	68.5 %
36	University of Toyama	academic	0.0117	22.56	1,934	80	73.4 %
37	Juntendo University	academic	0.0116	25.31	2,175	124	44.4 %
38	Tokushima University	academic	0.0110	24.51	2,228	89	64.4 %
39	National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD)	healthcare	0.0108	9.25	860	50	48.3 %
40	National Cancer Center (NCC)	healthcare	0.0099	22.38	2,262	84	54.5 %
41	Hiroshima University (HU)	academic	0.0098	36.84	3,759	144	68.9 %
42	National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)	government	0.0092	14.35	1,555	59	70.8 %
43	Okayama University	academic	0.0085	33.37	3,942	125	72.0 %
44	National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)	government	0.0071	38.43	5,398	121	96.2 %
45	Nagasaki University	academic	0.0060	15.71	2,632	77	58.0 %
46	National Hospital Organization (NHO)	healthcare	0.0017	5.59	3,291	52	35.8 %