Top institutions in physical 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 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) | corporate | 0.0757 | 97.52 | 1,288 | 171 | 50.8 % |
2 | The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) | academic | 0.0600 | 1,181.68 | 19,679 | 4,699 | 78.1 % |
3 | RIKEN | government | 0.0495 | 342.09 | 6,916 | 1,491 | 94.0 % |
4 | Toshiba Corporation | corporate | 0.0464 | 38.34 | 827 | 64 | 70.2 % |
5 | Keio University | academic | 0.0442 | 106.09 | 2,402 | 249 | 57.4 % |
6 | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | government | 0.0415 | 298.89 | 7,199 | 830 | 98.8 % |
7 | Aoyama Gakuin University | academic | 0.0391 | 22.88 | 585 | 168 | 69.9 % |
8 | Tohoku University | academic | 0.0370 | 477.66 | 12,898 | 1,864 | 80.2 % |
9 | Kyoto University | academic | 0.0337 | 458.75 | 13,632 | 1,954 | 79.3 % |
10 | High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) | npo | 0.0298 | 103.91 | 3,484 | 1,020 | 99.0 % |
11 | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) | government | 0.0296 | 24.25 | 818 | 85 | 70.9 % |
12 | Osaka University | academic | 0.0288 | 340.41 | 11,815 | 1,396 | 75.1 % |
13 | Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) | government | 0.0277 | 40.81 | 1,472 | 256 | 98.0 % |
14 | Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) | npo | 0.0269 | 10.96 | 408 | 58 | 98.1 % |
15 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | government | 0.0267 | 211.40 | 7,915 | 523 | 92.5 % |
16 | Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) | academic | 0.0264 | 241.14 | 9,143 | 1,188 | 83.4 % |
17 | Nagoya University | academic | 0.0258 | 206.42 | 8,007 | 1,430 | 74.9 % |
18 | Kyoto Sangyo University | academic | 0.0253 | 7.60 | 300 | 113 | 82.0 % |
19 | Rikkyo University | academic | 0.0247 | 11.74 | 475 | 114 | 85.4 % |
20 | Osaka City University (OCU) | academic | 0.0239 | 29.28 | 1,226 | 220 | 60.4 % |
21 | University of Tsukuba | academic | 0.0230 | 113.15 | 4,924 | 914 | 74.8 % |
22 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai) | academic | 0.0218 | 35.87 | 1,643 | 575 | 89.6 % |
23 | Toyota Group | corporate | 0.0215 | 34.10 | 1,586 | 66 | 77.5 % |
24 | National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) | government | 0.0214 | 96.67 | 4,508 | 2,064 | 98.0 % |
25 | The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) | academic | 0.0211 | 23.37 | 1,108 | 94 | 64.6 % |
26 | Hokkaido University (Hokudai) | academic | 0.0207 | 118.00 | 5,711 | 376 | 79.7 % |
27 | Chiba University | academic | 0.0200 | 40.88 | 2,042 | 244 | 66.1 % |
28 | Waseda University | academic | 0.0200 | 67.55 | 3,375 | 668 | 68.5 % |
29 | Hiroshima University (HU) | academic | 0.0197 | 70.85 | 3,605 | 540 | 68.9 % |
30 | Saga University | academic | 0.0196 | 14.91 | 759 | 81 | 62.8 % |
31 | Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) | academic | 0.0196 | 37.22 | 1,901 | 123 | 83.3 % |
32 | Yamagata University | academic | 0.0194 | 29.83 | 1,535 | 156 | 73.5 % |
33 | Kyushu University | academic | 0.0183 | 139.21 | 7,613 | 689 | 76.0 % |
34 | Ritsumeikan University | academic | 0.0177 | 23.06 | 1,305 | 113 | 70.6 % |
35 | National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) | government | 0.0174 | 18.77 | 1,080 | 70 | 85.1 % |
36 | Okayama University | academic | 0.0167 | 40.10 | 2,402 | 522 | 72.0 % |
37 | Saitama University | academic | 0.0163 | 16.02 | 985 | 96 | 83.6 % |
38 | Toho University | academic | 0.0154 | 7.67 | 497 | 122 | 51.4 % |
39 | Hitachi, Ltd. | corporate | 0.0153 | 22.82 | 1,488 | 94 | 73.5 % |
40 | Konan University | academic | 0.0149 | 4.98 | 335 | 82 | 83.8 % |
41 | Kobe University | academic | 0.0143 | 43.49 | 3,048 | 536 | 65.0 % |
42 | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | government | 0.0138 | 23.77 | 1,721 | 557 | 90.0 % |
43 | Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) | government | 0.0127 | 53.70 | 4,241 | 271 | 97.5 % |
44 | Ibaraki University | academic | 0.0121 | 10.88 | 896 | 116 | 82.5 % |
45 | Ehime University | academic | 0.0117 | 12.09 | 1,037 | 179 | 76.0 % |
46 | Tokyo University of Science (TUS) | academic | 0.0110 | 32.22 | 2,921 | 151 | 78.5 % |
47 | Shinshu University (SU) | academic | 0.0109 | 23.55 | 2,162 | 462 | 69.6 % |
48 | Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) | academic | 0.0106 | 24.46 | 2,304 | 557 | 77.2 % |
49 | Ochanomizu University | academic | 0.0095 | 5.77 | 608 | 79 | 88.0 % |
50 | University of Hyogo | academic | 0.0090 | 12.05 | 1,333 | 82 | 85.6 % |
51 | Niigata University | academic | 0.0090 | 11.88 | 1,317 | 116 | 63.2 % |
52 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) | academic | 0.0085 | 13.61 | 1,603 | 83 | 86.2 % |
53 | Nihon University | academic | 0.0073 | 10.14 | 1,391 | 94 | 59.3 % |
54 | Kagoshima University | academic | 0.0072 | 4.81 | 669 | 96 | 66.9 % |
55 | Nara Women's University | academic | 0.0067 | 2.76 | 411 | 94 | 86.9 % |
56 | Tokai University | academic | 0.0057 | 4.79 | 840 | 80 | 54.4 % |
57 | Kanagawa University | academic | 0.0036 | 2.24 | 620 | 96 | 72.9 % |
58 | Hiroshima Institute of Technology | academic | 0.0023 | 1.71 | 742 | 397 | 84.5 % |
59 | Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science | academic | 0.0014 | 1.09 | 780 | 392 | 97.6 % |
60 | Kyoto University of Education | academic | 0.0013 | 0.79 | 601 | 343 | 95.3 % |