Top 50 Japanese institutions by international MCS

The table shows the top 50 Japanese 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. Also listed are each 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	RIKEN	328.32	1,010.57	586.03	2,122
4	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	325.38	548.56	301.20	947
5	Tohoku University	300.70	765.86	655.17	1,609
6	Osaka University	252.82	812.72	723.87	1,923
7	Nagoya University	189.82	576.17	504.97	1,439
8	Hokkaido University	172.54	470.48	446.03	1,000
9	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	146.54	518.92	507.81	1,334
10	Kyushu University	145.74	475.47	375.36	1,174
11	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	144.34	420.86	267.49	799
12	University of Tsukuba	98.02	287.19	188.06	870
13	Keio University	75.83	251.09	235.53	518
14	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	74.95	239.05	127.52	583
15	Hiroshima University (HU)	66.47	174.81	123.32	462
16	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	57.70	79.23	76.88	183
17	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	52.33	154.34	88.92	322
18	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	46.67	148.61	78.40	626
19	Okayama University	44.02	133.68	112.41	540
20	Kanazawa University (KU)	40.25	121.80	104.15	279
21	Chiba University	38.03	127.36	99.04	316
22	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	37.22	93.53	58.45	433
23	Kumamoto University	35.98	98.31	60.55	184
24	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	35.85	105.46	48.50	255
25	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	34.65	165.18	61.92	421
26	Kobe University	32.83	125.32	103.53	518
27	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	32.48	93.93	65.67	169
28	Waseda University	32.17	122.18	112.54	529
29	Shinshu University (SU)	25.71	57.41	38.33	360
30	Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)	25.55	85.30	43.98	204
31	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)	23.97	78.02	78.38	155
32	Toshiba Corporation	23.15	27.71	24.99	44
33	Mitsubishi Group	23.07	41.99	15.70	94
34	Gunma University	22.77	67.58	40.27	125
35	Ehime University	22.22	68.66	44.05	143
36	Niigata University	22.07	70.15	42.18	187
37	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)	22.06	168.47	49.60	414
38	Hitachi, Ltd.	21.67	33.69	20.51	96
39	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	21.58	110.40	78.47	239
40	Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech)	20.78	58.16	73.47	116
41	Osaka City University (OCU)	20.62	58.98	52.96	166
42	National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)	19.97	53.05	34.71	110
43	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	19.88	45.35	24.59	163
44	Toyota Group	19.74	49.94	40.42	90
45	National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)	19.35	54.31	29.11	117
46	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	18.77	83.26	61.87	189
47	Shizuoka University	17.32	50.87	34.10	97
48	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)	17.24	63.63	56.03	112
49	Meijo University	17.07	37.42	14.34	79
50	Yamagata University	16.55	50.76	44.14	130