Top research institutions in Japan
The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan on research quality in 2022-now (#97 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and RIKEN.
JapanRanked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of TokyoUniversity · Tokyo | #97 | 8.1% | 25,957 | #1 |
| 2 | Kyoto UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #215 | 7.5% | 15,962 | #2 |
| 3 | RIKENResearch facility · Wako | #306 | 11.4% | 4,697 | #3 |
| 4 | The University of OsakaUniversity · Osaka | #329 | 7.0% | 12,802 | #4 |
| 5 | Nagoya UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #383 | 6.8% | 10,340 | #5 |
| 6 | Tohoku UniversityUniversity · Sendai | #440 | 7.6% | 13,793 | #8 |
| 7 | Kyushu UniversityUniversity · Fukuoka | #459 | 6.8% | 11,673 | #12 |
| 8 | Hokkaido UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #474 | 6.5% | 9,280 | #11 |
| 9 | Tokyo Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #557 | 6.4% | 7,573 | #10 |
| 10 | Keio UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #576 | 7.0% | 7,737 | #9 |
| 11 | National Institute for Materials ScienceResearch facility · Tsukuba | #585 | 9.0% | 3,342 | #7 |
| 12 | University of TsukubaUniversity · Tsukuba | #750 | 5.8% | 8,555 | #14 |
| 13 | Chiba UniversityUniversity · Chiba | #907 | 6.5% | 5,424 | #23 |
| 14 | Korea UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #912 | 13.6% | 1,290 | #21 |
| 15 | National Institutes of Natural SciencesResearch facility · Tokyo | #913 | 10.0% | 1,483 | #16 |
| 16 | Hiroshima UniversityUniversity · Hiroshima | #958 | 7.1% | 7,413 | #22 |
| 17 | Waseda UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #1,035 | 6.6% | 6,934 | #20 |
| 18 | Okayama UniversityUniversity · Okayama | #1,094 | 5.9% | 5,074 | #38 |
| 19 | Research Organization of Information and SystemsResearch facility · Tokyo | #1,098 | 8.7% | 1,478 | #19 |
| 20 | Kanazawa UniversityUniversity · Kanazawa | #1,120 | 6.1% | 3,787 | #24 |
| 21 | Japan Science and Technology AgencyGovernment institution · Tokyo | #1,188 | 11.1% | 850 | #6 |
| 22 | Kumamoto UniversityUniversity · Kumamoto | #1,225 | 7.3% | 3,134 | #29 |
| 23 | Kobe UniversityUniversity · Kobe | #1,247 | 6.5% | 5,656 | #25 |
| 24 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIUniversity · Hayama | #1,262 | 8.4% | 871 | #15 |
| 25 | Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #1,352 | 8.3% | 2,588 | #26 |
| 26 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityUniversity · Onna | #1,363 | 11.8% | 1,057 | #13 |
| 27 | Tokyo University of ScienceUniversity · Tokyo | #1,386 | 4.8% | 4,262 | #34 |
| 28 | United Nations UniversityResearch facility · Tokyo | #1,583 | 17.8% | 925 | #47 |
| 29 | Life Science InstituteResearch facility · Tokyo | #1,596 | 8.8% | 643 | #18 |
| 30 | Nagoya Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Nagoya | #1,654 | 3.2% | 2,117 | #30 |
| 31 | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Yokosuka | #1,740 | 8.0% | 970 | #31 |
| 32 | Shinshu UniversityUniversity · Matsumoto | #1,743 | 4.8% | 2,678 | #55 |
| 33 | Osaka Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #1,808 | 5.0% | 2,788 | #43 |
| 34 | Japan Atomic Energy AgencyFunder · Tōkai Mura | #1,867 | 6.0% | 1,807 | #27 |
| 35 | Yokohama City UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #1,946 | 6.7% | 2,863 | #54 |
| 36 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Tsukuba | #1,973 | 5.6% | 5,716 | #17 |
| 37 | Ritsumeikan UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #2,001 | 5.3% | 3,613 | #56 |
| 38 | University of the Sacred HeartUniversity · Tokyo | #2,047 | 13.0% | 449 | #64 |
| 39 | Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,075 | 4.3% | 3,568 | #48 |
| 40 | Kindai UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #2,101 | 5.0% | 3,551 | #87 |
| 41 | High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationResearch facility · Tsukuba | #2,201 | 6.2% | 832 | #35 |
| 42 | Juntendo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,315 | 7.2% | 3,416 | #63 |
| 43 | Rikkyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,323 | 7.1% | 698 | #53 |
| 44 | Gakushuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,365 | 6.1% | 358 | #76 |
| 45 | Takeda (Japan)Company · Osaka | #2,434 | 11.0% | 1,237 | #51 |
| 46 | Ehime UniversityUniversity · Matsuyama | #2,435 | 4.9% | 1,875 | #62 |
| 47 | Bunkyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,511 | 6.6% | 533 | #1899 |
| 48 | National Institute for Environmental StudiesUniversity · Tsukuba | #2,525 | 7.5% | 808 | #70 |
| 49 | Niigata UniversityUniversity · Niigata | #2,541 | 5.4% | 2,916 | #80 |
| 50 | Yamaguchi UniversityUniversity · Yamaguchi | #2,561 | 4.1% | 2,990 | #91 |
| 51 | Honda (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #2,563 | 8.6% | 585 | #67 |
| 52 | Osaka City UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #2,612 | 6.9% | 1,042 | #57 |
| 53 | Chuo UniversityUniversity · Hachiōji | #2,722 | 3.2% | 1,594 | #46 |
| 54 | Gifu UniversityUniversity · Gifu City | #2,796 | 5.5% | 2,509 | #86 |
| 55 | National Institute of Infectious DiseasesGovernment institution · Tokyo | #2,866 | 8.6% | 740 | #73 |
| 56 | Hitotsubashi UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,873 | 6.0% | 888 | #103 |
| 57 | Aoyama Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,876 | 3.2% | 904 | #98 |
| 58 | National Center for Global Health and MedicineHospital / health system · Tokyo | #2,895 | 8.2% | 1,015 | #59 |
| 59 | Tokyo University of the ArtsUniversity · Tokyo | #2,929 | 6.9% | 369 | #106 |
| 60 | Tokyo University of Information SciencesUniversity · Chiba | #3,056 | 8.1% | 451 | #88 |
| 61 | National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Chiba | #3,091 | 6.0% | 1,264 | #28 |
| 62 | Nagasaki UniversityUniversity · Nagasaki | #3,151 | 7.0% | 2,775 | #95 |
| 63 | Saitama UniversityUniversity · Saitama | #3,231 | 4.2% | 1,611 | #84 |
| 64 | Kyoto Katsura HospitalHospital / health system · Kyoto | #3,284 | 7.5% | 434 | #32 |
| 65 | Osaka International UniversityUniversity · Moriguchi | #3,306 | 11.0% | 196 | #40 |
| 66 | Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Ikoma | #3,377 | 5.1% | 1,629 | #52 |
| 67 | National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,446 | 5.3% | 1,256 | #42 |
| 68 | Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteResearch facility · Sayō | #3,501 | 7.3% | 475 | #39 |
| 69 | Tokushima UniversityUniversity · Tokushima | #3,553 | 4.5% | 2,544 | #72 |
| 70 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #3,561 | 4.0% | 2,403 | #58 |
| 71 | Chubu UniversityUniversity · Kasugai | #3,600 | 3.4% | 615 | #37 |
| 72 | Mie UniversityUniversity · Tsu | #3,642 | 5.4% | 2,284 | #139 |
| 73 | Tokai UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #3,647 | 5.7% | 2,285 | #201 |
| 74 | NTT (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #3,652 | 6.6% | 2,018 | #60 |
| 75 | University of YamanashiUniversity · Kofu | #3,677 | 4.6% | 1,610 | #97 |
| 76 | Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,712 | 3.9% | 1,673 | #66 |
| 77 | University of FukuiUniversity · Fukui-shi | #3,727 | 4.3% | 1,454 | #118 |
| 78 | Hitachi (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #3,783 | 3.3% | 1,972 | #75 |
| 79 | Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchNonprofit · Tokyo | #3,934 | 9.3% | 1,116 | #74 |
| 80 | Gunma UniversityUniversity · Maebashi | #3,959 | 4.8% | 2,187 | #130 |
| 81 | Toshiba (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #3,989 | 3.7% | 831 | #68 |
| 82 | Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceNonprofit · Tokyo | #4,019 | 7.4% | 603 | #61 |
| 83 | Konan UniversityUniversity · Kobe | #4,033 | 3.4% | 324 | #116 |
| 84 | University of ToyamaUniversity · Toyama | #4,042 | 5.1% | 2,213 | #90 |
| 85 | Kitasato UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,044 | 5.3% | 1,843 | #107 |
| 86 | Kyoto Sangyo UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #4,125 | 5.8% | 303 | #96 |
| 87 | Tottori UniversityUniversity · Tottori-shi | #4,146 | 4.6% | 1,968 | #338 |
| 88 | Hokkaido University of ScienceUniversity · Sapporo | #4,160 | 4.7% | 552 | #89 |
| 89 | The University of KitakyushuUniversity · Kitakyushu | #4,205 | 10.6% | 682 | #146 |
| 90 | University of ShizuokaUniversity · Shizuoka | #4,215 | 4.5% | 596 | #108 |
| 91 | Kwansei Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Nishinomiya | #4,249 | 4.2% | 1,026 | #104 |
| 92 | Nagoya City UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #4,264 | 5.9% | 1,797 | #161 |
| 93 | National Defense Academy of JapanUniversity · Yokosuka | #4,322 | 2.3% | 511 | #222 |
| 94 | Nihon UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,330 | 3.9% | 3,812 | #120 |
| 95 | University of Electro-CommunicationsUniversity · Tokyo | #4,341 | 4.7% | 2,425 | #102 |
| 96 | National Cancer Center Hospital EastHospital / health system · Kashiwa | #4,422 | 10.7% | 1,152 | #110 |
| 97 | Pioneer (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #4,427 | 14.4% | 143 | #36 |
| 98 | Osaka University of EconomicsUniversity · Osaka | #4,452 | 6.1% | 384 | #77 |
| 99 | University of MiyazakiUniversity · Miyazaki | #4,455 | 4.8% | 1,965 | #171 |
| 100 | Advanced Institute of Materials ScienceResearch facility · Sendai | #4,475 | 17.3% | 262 | #33 |
| 101 | Teikyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,493 | 6.6% | 1,750 | #228 |
| 102 | Akita UniversityUniversity · Akita | #4,647 | 4.2% | 1,369 | #183 |
| 103 | Jichi Medical UniversityUniversity · Shimotsuke | #4,798 | 7.2% | 2,329 | #142 |
| 104 | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceResearch facility · Tokyo | #4,858 | 7.4% | 392 | #69 |
| 105 | Doshisha UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #4,923 | 3.2% | 1,651 | #82 |
| 106 | National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterHospital / health system · Osaka | #4,937 | 6.8% | 1,024 | #94 |
| 107 | University of AizuUniversity · Fukushima | #4,956 | 11.2% | 869 | #177 |
| 108 | The Polytechnic University of JapanUniversity · Kodaira | #5,017 | 6.5% | 237 | #282 |
| 109 | Tokyo University of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #5,022 | 3.8% | 652 | #163 |
| 110 | Meiji UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #5,073 | 3.6% | 1,817 | #156 |
| 111 | Hokkai Gakuen UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #5,085 | 7.3% | 161 | #113 |
| 112 | Oita UniversityUniversity · Ōita | #5,132 | 5.0% | 1,251 | #204 |
| 113 | Tsukuba International UniversityUniversity · Ibaraki | #5,164 | 7.1% | 199 | #93 |
| 114 | Shizuoka UniversityUniversity · Shizuoka | #5,170 | 3.5% | 1,805 | #133 |
| 115 | Keio University Shonan FujisawaUniversity · Fujisawa | #5,172 | 7.6% | 407 | #143 |
| 116 | Shiga UniversityUniversity · Hikone | #5,214 | 6.8% | 525 | #317 |
| 117 | Jikei University School of MedicineUniversity · Tokyo | #5,286 | 6.0% | 2,214 | #209 |
| 118 | Fujita Health UniversityUniversity · Toyoake | #5,287 | 6.9% | 1,804 | #135 |
| 119 | Yamagata UniversityUniversity · Yamagata | #5,364 | 4.2% | 1,891 | #121 |
| 120 | Kyoto Bunkyo UniversityUniversity · Uji | #5,370 | 7.7% | 186 | #71 |
| 121 | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseResearch facility · Kashiwa | #5,496 | 19.0% | 306 | #41 |
| 122 | Toho UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #5,500 | 4.9% | 1,977 | #178 |
| 123 | Okayama University of ScienceUniversity · Okayama | #5,517 | 3.9% | 953 | #159 |
| 124 | Shimadzu (Japan)Company · Kyoto | #5,596 | 7.7% | 298 | #131 |
| 125 | Meijo UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #5,605 | 3.6% | 954 | #65 |
| 126 | National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationGovernment institution · Tsukuba | #5,649 | 4.9% | 2,605 | #114 |
| 127 | Canon (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #5,659 | 9.2% | 350 | #180 |
| 128 | Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesUniversity · Tokyo | #5,743 | 7.1% | 558 | #192 |
| 129 | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityUniversity · Beppu | #5,774 | 11.8% | 307 | #165 |
| 130 | Kyoto University of EducationUniversity · Kyoto | #5,803 | 7.0% | 266 | #119 |
| 131 | Obayashi (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #5,844 | 6.5% | 223 | #124 |
| 132 | Asia UniversityUniversity · Musashino | #5,911 | 7.0% | 331 | #234 |
| 133 | National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryHospital / health system · Tokyo | #5,970 | 7.5% | 797 | #154 |
| 134 | Hirosaki UniversityUniversity · Hirosaki | #6,005 | 5.3% | 1,553 | #174 |
| 135 | Tokyo Gakugei UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #6,139 | 5.5% | 490 | #637 |
| 136 | Osaka International Cancer InstituteResearch facility · Osaka | #6,158 | 8.7% | 599 | #223 |
| 137 | Kansai Medical UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #6,240 | 5.9% | 1,081 | #305 |
| 138 | Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #6,352 | 4.7% | 1,318 | #302 |
| 139 | Wakayama Medical UniversityUniversity · Wakayama | #6,366 | 5.9% | 981 | #206 |
| 140 | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Nomi Shi | #6,404 | 5.5% | 1,472 | #141 |
| 141 | Asahi Kasei (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #6,440 | 9.9% | 145 | #115 |
| 142 | Tsukuba University of TechnologyUniversity · Tsukuba | #6,479 | 6.1% | 303 | #272 |
| 143 | Kurume UniversityUniversity · Kurume | #6,516 | 5.4% | 1,131 | #373 |
| 144 | Daiichi-Sankyo (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #6,522 | 10.9% | 505 | #127 |
| 145 | Shimane UniversityUniversity · Matsue | #6,543 | 5.4% | 1,618 | #148 |
| 146 | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of GerontologyResearch facility · Tokyo | #6,586 | 7.9% | 451 | #268 |
| 147 | Nippon Medical SchoolUniversity · Tokyo | #6,620 | 6.8% | 1,725 | #412 |
| 148 | Kyoto University of Advanced ScienceUniversity · Kameoka | #6,740 | 5.4% | 370 | #221 |
| 149 | Shibaura Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #6,767 | 4.3% | 1,765 | #284 |
| 150 | Ryukoku UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #6,792 | 5.1% | 582 | #179 |
| 151 | Osaka University of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity · Takatsuki | #6,793 | 6.2% | 1,194 | #648 |
| 152 | Sony Computer Science LaboratoriesResearch facility · Tokyo | #6,796 | 11.7% | 199 | #125 |
| 153 | Sony (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #6,819 | 10.3% | 196 | #166 |
| 154 | University of Tokyo Health SciencesUniversity · Tokyo | #6,831 | 9.7% | 200 | #128 |
| 155 | St. Luke's International HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #6,843 | 7.7% | 729 | #214 |
| 156 | Saga UniversityUniversity · Saga | #6,849 | 5.9% | 1,631 | #230 |
| 157 | Kōchi UniversityUniversity · Kochi | #6,870 | 4.3% | 1,159 | #182 |
| 158 | NTT Basic Research LaboratoriesResearch facility · Atsugi | #6,884 | 5.8% | 338 | #50 |
| 159 | National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and NutritionResearch facility · Tsukuba | #6,886 | 7.8% | 317 | #134 |
| 160 | Hyogo UniversityUniversity · Kakogawa | #6,930 | 5.4% | 669 | #212 |
| 161 | Funai Electric (Japan)Company · Osaka | #6,945 | 6.1% | 281 | #337 |
| 162 | University of Shiga PrefectureUniversity · Hikone | #6,960 | 4.6% | 354 | #244 |
| 163 | Ibaraki UniversityUniversity · Ibaraki | #6,997 | 2.7% | 995 | #126 |
| 164 | Osaka Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Suita | #7,007 | 6.2% | 224 | #79 |
| 165 | Kyoto Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Kyoto | #7,014 | 3.5% | 1,289 | #162 |
| 166 | The Open University of JapanUniversity · Chiba | #7,060 | 6.5% | 207 | #111 |
| 167 | Yokohama National UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #7,075 | 4.4% | 2,447 | #101 |
| 168 | Sapporo UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #7,106 | 7.8% | 270 | #205 |
| 169 | Kagawa UniversityUniversity · Takamatsu | #7,178 | 6.7% | 1,433 | #258 |
| 170 | National Center for Geriatrics and GerontologyHospital / health system · Ōbu | #7,221 | 9.6% | 566 | #187 |
| 171 | Hamamatsu University School of MedicineUniversity · Hamamatsu | #7,240 | 6.3% | 1,124 | #287 |
| 172 | Toyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,302 | 4.7% | 1,228 | #267 |
| 173 | Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryNonprofit · Tokyo | #7,311 | 3.4% | 647 | #150 |
| 174 | Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineUniversity · Kyoto | #7,318 | 6.9% | 1,528 | #194 |
| 175 | University of the RyukyusUniversity · Okinawa | #7,330 | 7.1% | 1,558 | #151 |
| 176 | Toyota Technological InstituteUniversity · Nagoya | #7,346 | 7.0% | 428 | #170 |
| 177 | Systems Biology InstituteNonprofit · Tokyo | #7,488 | 11.1% | 120 | #99 |
| 178 | Tokyo Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,557 | 6.5% | 1,907 | #145 |
| 179 | Zen-Noh (Japan)Company · Chiba | #7,574 | 8.8% | 249 | #368 |
| 180 | Daido UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #7,592 | 4.9% | 200 | #253 |
| 181 | Protein Research FoundationInstitution · Osaka | #7,593 | 8.3% | 137 | #85 |
| 182 | Wakayama UniversityUniversity · Wakayama | #7,750 | 4.8% | 516 | #403 |
| 183 | Ōtani UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #7,827 | 4.2% | 367 | #232 |
| 184 | International University of Health and WelfareUniversity · Ōtawara | #7,936 | 5.9% | 1,587 | #181 |
| 185 | Kyorin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,071 | 7.5% | 785 | #354 |
| 186 | Tama UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,080 | 6.1% | 470 | #509 |
| 187 | Osaka Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Osaka | #8,103 | 2.1% | 727 | #229 |
| 188 | Cabinet OfficeGovernment institution · Tokyo | #8,138 | 8.5% | 197 | #235 |
| 189 | Kanagawa UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #8,141 | 3.0% | 799 | #346 |
| 190 | Advanced Institute of Industrial TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #8,228 | 3.6% | 255 | #404 |
| 191 | National Tax CollegeUniversity · Tokyo | #8,264 | 7.9% | 318 | #149 |
| 192 | Nara Medical UniversityUniversity · Kashihara-shi | #8,303 | 7.2% | 1,501 | #369 |
| 193 | Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity · Sendai | #8,321 | 5.4% | 662 | #407 |
| 194 | Hiroshima International UniversityUniversity · Kure | #8,362 | 6.4% | 221 | #160 |
| 195 | Aichi Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Nagoya | #8,450 | 9.6% | 489 | #237 |
| 196 | Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)Company · Nagakute-shi | #8,453 | 4.6% | 479 | #81 |
| 197 | Hosei UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,567 | 5.3% | 1,457 | #278 |
| 198 | Sapporo Medical UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #8,586 | 5.8% | 1,253 | #332 |
| 199 | University of HyogoUniversity · Kobe | #8,633 | 3.6% | 1,237 | #112 |
| 200 | Tokyo City UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,651 | 3.9% | 1,023 | #292 |
| 201 | KDDI Research (Japan)Company · Fujimino | #8,665 | 4.2% | 501 | #138 |
| 202 | Tamagawa UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,703 | 5.3% | 256 | #261 |
| 203 | Health Sciences University of HokkaidoUniversity · Tōbetsu | #8,729 | 6.6% | 362 | #312 |
| 204 | Fukushima Medical UniversityUniversity · Fukushima | #8,752 | 5.0% | 1,799 | #188 |
| 205 | Fukushima UniversityUniversity · Fukushima | #8,903 | 5.9% | 452 | #451 |
| 206 | Japan Meteorological AgencyInstitution · Tokyo | #8,909 | 6.2% | 387 | #129 |
| 207 | Suzuki (Japan)Company · Hamamatsu | #8,910 | 6.0% | 286 | #296 |
| 208 | Shiga University of Medical ScienceUniversity · Ōtsu | #8,947 | 5.1% | 870 | #285 |
| 209 | Line Corporation (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #8,990 | 8.9% | 321 | #359 |
| 210 | Toyohashi University of TechnologyUniversity · Toyohashi | #8,996 | 3.2% | 1,171 | #132 |
| 211 | Japan Agency for Medical Research and DevelopmentResearch facility · Tokyo | #9,006 | 14.3% | 112 | #44 |
| 212 | Musashino UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,029 | 5.4% | 512 | #136 |
| 213 | Mizuho (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,061 | 6.2% | 165 | #123 |
| 214 | Kyoto Prefectural UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #9,093 | 4.8% | 405 | #231 |
| 215 | Wind Power Engineering (Japan)Company · Kashima-shi | #9,102 | 6.4% | 262 | #330 |
| 216 | Kajima Corporation (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,124 | 5.8% | 246 | #225 |
| 217 | Spintronics Research Network of JapanResearch facility · Tokyo | #9,130 | 8.2% | 229 | #49 |
| 218 | St. Marianna University School of MedicineUniversity · Kawasaki | #9,158 | 5.8% | 1,011 | #551 |
| 219 | Kogakuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,160 | 2.7% | 878 | #452 |
| 220 | NEC (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,177 | 5.7% | 546 | #208 |
| 221 | Sophia UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,234 | 4.3% | 982 | #190 |
| 222 | Chukyo UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #9,253 | 3.2% | 417 | #501 |
| 223 | JEOL (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,265 | 5.7% | 190 | #122 |
| 224 | Fukuoka UniversityUniversity · Fukuoka | #9,393 | 4.2% | 1,659 | #243 |
| 225 | University of Occupational and Environmental Health JapanUniversity · Kitakyushu | #9,394 | 6.6% | 1,191 | #304 |
| 226 | Hiroshima University of EconomicsUniversity · Hiroshima | #9,414 | 8.0% | 179 | #424 |
| 227 | Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for InformaticsUniversity · Kyoto | #9,428 | 8.1% | 295 | #216 |
| 228 | Omron (Japan)Company · Kyoto | #9,453 | 7.4% | 198 | #175 |
| 229 | Hyogo Medical UniversityUniversity · Nishinomiya | #9,454 | 6.8% | 405 | #377 |
| 230 | Muroran Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Muroran | #9,502 | 6.6% | 722 | #597 |
| 231 | Tokyo Women's Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,553 | 4.9% | 1,583 | #140 |
| 232 | Nara Women's UniversityUniversity · Nara | #9,615 | 2.8% | 428 | #172 |
| 233 | Saitama Medical UniversityUniversity · Morohongō | #9,617 | 6.0% | 1,390 | #220 |
| 234 | National Center For Child Health and DevelopmentFunder · Tokyo | #9,625 | 6.1% | 893 | #200 |
| 235 | Dokkyo Medical UniversityUniversity · Mibu | #9,646 | 6.4% | 980 | #334 |
| 236 | Osaka Health Science UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #9,650 | 7.7% | 166 | #147 |
| 237 | Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Nonoichi | #9,674 | 3.5% | 501 | #588 |
| 238 | Daikin (Japan)Company · Osaka | #9,727 | 4.7% | 133 | #342 |
| 239 | National Institute of Health SciencesResearch facility · Tokyo | #9,742 | 5.2% | 317 | #219 |
| 240 | Nanzan UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #9,748 | 2.9% | 241 | #246 |
| 241 | Taisei (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,756 | 3.9% | 180 | #252 |
| 242 | Panasonic (Japan)Company · Kadoma | #9,764 | 3.7% | 370 | #293 |
| 243 | Kagoshima UniversityUniversity · Kagoshima | #9,780 | 4.4% | 2,343 | #291 |
| 244 | Prefectural University of HiroshimaUniversity · Hiroshima | #9,806 | 3.0% | 247 | #504 |
| 245 | SHOWA Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,856 | 5.8% | 2,073 | #578 |
| 246 | University of NagasakiUniversity · Sasebo | #9,877 | 4.6% | 312 | #347 |
| 247 | Kanagawa Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Atsugi | #9,900 | 3.3% | 405 | #706 |
| 248 | Kyushu Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Kitakyushu | #9,931 | 3.8% | 2,346 | #256 |
| 249 | Otsuka (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,951 | 6.8% | 249 | #226 |
| 250 | National Police AcademyUniversity · Tokyo | #9,959 | 5.3% | 203 | #310 |
| 251 | Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteResearch facility · Tsukuba | #10,027 | 4.8% | 625 | #242 |
| 252 | Cardiovascular Institute HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #10,115 | 9.0% | 167 | #83 |
| 253 | Keihin (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #10,212 | 7.2% | 146 | #280 |
| 254 | National Cancer Centre JapanHospital / health system · Tokyo | #10,219 | 12.5% | 220 | #185 |
| 255 | Ebara (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #10,220 | 5.6% | 152 | #155 |
| 256 | Hoshi UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #10,227 | 4.6% | 246 | #979 |
| 257 | Kawasaki Medical SchoolUniversity · Kurashiki | #10,237 | 5.7% | 712 | #635 |
| 258 | Kanazawa Medical UniversityUniversity · Kanazawa | #10,278 | 4.7% | 748 | #247 |
| 259 | Toranomon HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #10,291 | 4.8% | 582 | #251 |
| 260 | Kumamoto Health Science UniversityUniversity · Kumamoto | #10,300 | 5.7% | 159 | #277 |
| 261 | Institute of Behavioral SciencesResearch facility · Tokyo | #10,342 | 12.5% | 105 | #78 |
| 262 | Japan Real Estate InstituteResearch facility · Tokyo | #10,425 | 7.9% | 168 | #276 |
| 263 | University of ShimaneUniversity · Hamada | #10,450 | 5.5% | 166 | #488 |
| 264 | Kansai UniversityUniversity · Suita | #10,457 | 4.1% | 1,583 | #217 |
| 265 | Takenaka (Japan)Company · Osaka | #10,470 | 4.8% | 218 | #328 |
| 266 | Fujitsu (Japan)Company · Kawasaki | #10,479 | 6.2% | 461 | #425 |
| 267 | Chiba Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Narashino | #10,498 | 2.5% | 866 | #365 |
| 268 | National Hospital OrganizationGovernment institution · Tokyo | #10,508 | 5.4% | 930 | #301 |
| 269 | Tohoku Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Sendai | #10,565 | 4.6% | 231 | #1194 |
| 270 | Soka UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #10,614 | 4.2% | 355 | #458 |
| 271 | Akita Prefectural UniversityUniversity · Akita | #10,618 | 4.6% | 370 | #396 |
| 272 | Kyoto Medical CenterHospital / health system · Kyoto | #10,621 | 6.2% | 393 | #281 |
| 273 | Tokyo International UniversityUniversity · Kawagoe | #10,766 | 7.7% | 168 | #408 |
| 274 | Kobe Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Kobe | #10,767 | 5.4% | 236 | #1058 |
| 275 | National Graduate Institute for Policy StudiesUniversity · Tokyo | #10,846 | 10.0% | 168 | #202 |
| 276 | Building Research InstituteInstitution · Tsukuba | #10,915 | 4.8% | 218 | #186 |
| 277 | Kochi University of TechnologyUniversity · Kochi | #10,953 | 5.1% | 545 | #210 |
| 278 | Toneyama National HospitalHospital / health system · Toyonaka | #10,978 | 5.7% | 152 | #191 |
| 279 | Kanto Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #10,994 | 3.0% | 237 | #986 |
| 280 | Meiji Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #10,998 | 7.8% | 150 | #189 |
| 281 | Aichi Medical UniversityUniversity · Nagakute | #11,013 | 6.3% | 1,012 | #406 |
| 282 | Hiroshima Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Hiroshima | #11,069 | 4.8% | 211 | #443 |
| 283 | Murata (Japan)Company · Kyoto | #11,142 | 5.9% | 246 | #213 |
| 284 | Japanese Red Cross Society, JapanNonprofit · Tokyo | #11,159 | 4.6% | 2,314 | #399 |
| 285 | Future University HakodateUniversity · Hakodate | #11,162 | 2.6% | 257 | #413 |
| 286 | Nippon Soken (Japan)Company · Nishio | #11,169 | 6.4% | 139 | #184 |
| 287 | Kyoto Tachibana UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #11,229 | 3.7% | 204 | #655 |
| 288 | Aichi Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #11,243 | 4.6% | 452 | #308 |
| 289 | Kansai Gaidai UniversityUniversity · Hirakata | #11,332 | 6.9% | 187 | #195 |
| 290 | Japan Women's UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #11,340 | 3.6% | 241 | #259 |
| 291 | NOF Corporation (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #11,393 | 9.5% | 253 | #722 |
| 292 | Inpex (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #11,422 | 3.4% | 192 | #395 |
| 293 | Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute InternationalResearch facility · Kyoto | #11,474 | 6.3% | 167 | #109 |
| 294 | Shibuya (Japan)Company · Ishikawa | #11,476 | 5.6% | 131 | #238 |
| 295 | Microbial Chemistry Research FoundationResearch facility · Tokyo | #11,486 | 7.7% | 102 | #45 |
| 296 | Trend Micro (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #11,497 | 7.1% | 126 | #356 |
| 297 | Iwate UniversityUniversity · Morioka | #11,504 | 3.1% | 865 | #335 |
| 298 | Okayama Prefectural UniversityUniversity · Sōja | #11,594 | 1.9% | 235 | #459 |
| 299 | Aichi Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Toyota | #11,601 | 2.0% | 408 | #448 |
| 300 | Iwate Prefectural UniversityUniversity · Takizawa | #11,634 | 6.5% | 144 | #203 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Japan on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside Japan
The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.
above the meannear itbelow it
One dot per institution in the table above.
Questions people ask
What are the top universities in Japan for research?
The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan on research quality in 2022-now (#97 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and RIKEN.