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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#Rank
Institution
International MCS
Total MCS
FC
AC
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