Top 20 Japanese academic institutions by international MCS

The table shows the top 20 Japanese academic institutions ranked by their international multilateral collaboration score (international MCS) from January 2015 to October 2018. The international MCS sums up the contribution of each Japanese institution and their overseas partners to high-quality research papers in the field. Also listed are each academic institution's total MCS, fractional count (FC) and article count (AC) in the Nature Index during the same period.

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1	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	729.26	2,042.08	1,787.68	4,385
2	Kyoto University	455.21	1,185.34	1,114.92	2,676
3	Tohoku University	300.70	765.86	655.17	1,609
4	Osaka University	252.82	812.72	723.87	1,923
5	Nagoya University	189.82	576.17	504.97	1,439
6	Hokkaido University	172.54	470.48	446.03	1,000
7	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	146.54	518.92	507.81	1,334
8	Kyushu University	145.74	475.47	375.36	1,174
9	University of Tsukuba	98.02	287.19	188.06	870
10	Keio University	75.83	251.09	235.53	518
11	Hiroshima University (HU)	66.47	174.81	123.32	462
12	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	57.70	79.23	76.88	183
13	Okayama University	44.02	133.68	112.41	540
14	Kanazawa University (KU)	40.25	121.80	104.15	279
15	Chiba University	38.03	127.36	99.04	316
16	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	37.22	93.53	58.45	433
17	Kumamoto University	35.98	98.31	60.55	184
18	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	34.65	165.18	61.92	421
19	Kobe University	32.83	125.32	103.53	518
20	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	32.48	93.93	65.67	169