Top 20 Japanese institutions in Biological Sciences by international MCS

The table shows the top 20 Japanese institutions in the biological sciences 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 institution's total MCS, fractional count (FC) and article count (AC) in the biological sciences in the Nature Index during the same period.

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1	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	182.38	544.37	393.25	1,049
2	RIKEN	128.53	366.61	226.14	778
3	Kyoto University	106.65	301.23	220.13	648
4	Osaka University	80.37	271.24	190.23	572
5	Nagoya University	49.43	149.96	109.02	314
6	Hokkaido University	48.67	127.14	94.65	278
7	University of Tsukuba	43.31	86.22	50.76	191
8	Tohoku University	40.63	115.06	84.88	249
9	Kyushu University	31.19	134.48	98.81	293
10	Keio University	26.69	117.61	74.24	243
11	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	24.20	63.31	41.57	134
12	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	23.62	65.23	32.32	148
13	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	19.31	89.13	40.41	185
14	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	18.75	56.75	24.99	115
15	Kanazawa University (KU)	18.69	55.39	32.84	131
16	Chiba University	17.23	53.96	28.94	133
17	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	16.78	64.13	37.65	150
18	Gunma University	16.30	40.04	21.60	79
19	Okayama University	15.88	50.70	30.17	103
20	Kumamoto University	15.86	42.96	27.27	96