Top research institutions in Japan
The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan on research quality in 2022–2025 (#73 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and Tohoku University.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of TokyoUniversity · Tokyo | #73 | 15.7% | 24,603 | #1 |
| 2 | Kyoto UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #166 | 15.1% | 14,991 | #2 |
| 3 | Tohoku UniversityUniversity · Sendai | #239 | 13.9% | 13,046 | #3 |
| 4 | National Institute for Materials ScienceResearch facility · Tsukuba | #263 | 13.2% | 3,342 | #7 |
| 5 | The University of OsakaUniversity · Osaka | #305 | 12.4% | 12,536 | #4 |
| 6 | Nagoya UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #422 | 13.0% | 9,716 | #6 |
| 7 | Kyushu UniversityUniversity · Fukuoka | #506 | 13.0% | 11,154 | #10 |
| 8 | Hokkaido UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #509 | 13.0% | 8,637 | #9 |
| 9 | Keio UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #743 | 12.0% | 7,252 | #17 |
| 10 | University of TsukubaUniversity · Tsukuba | #758 | 11.7% | 8,213 | #14 |
| 11 | Tokyo Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #801 | 11.6% | 6,837 | #5 |
| 12 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyGovernment institution · Tsukuba | #908 | 10.0% | 5,400 | #11 |
| 13 | Hiroshima UniversityUniversity · Hiroshima | #927 | 13.6% | 6,560 | #18 |
| 14 | Waseda UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #989 | 12.5% | 6,926 | #20 |
| 15 | Kobe UniversityUniversity · Kobe | #1,141 | 12.6% | 5,369 | #23 |
| 16 | RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter ScienceResearch facility · Wako | #1,185 | 21.2% | 431 | #26 |
| 17 | Chiba UniversityUniversity · Chiba | #1,222 | 11.2% | 4,784 | #21 |
| 18 | RIKENResearch facility · Wako | #1,224 | 20.7% | 780 | #16 |
| 19 | Tokyo University of ScienceUniversity · Tokyo | #1,434 | 9.5% | 4,262 | #13 |
| 20 | Japan Science and Technology AgencyGovernment institution · Tokyo | #1,479 | 17.6% | 850 | #8 |
| 21 | Kanazawa UniversityUniversity · Kanazawa | #1,552 | 10.6% | 3,479 | #31 |
| 22 | Japan Atomic Energy AgencyFunder · Tōkai Mura | #1,570 | 10.9% | 1,475 | #12 |
| 23 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityUniversity · Onna | #1,609 | 22.9% | 1,057 | #71 |
| 24 | Okayama UniversityUniversity · Okayama | #1,908 | 10.7% | 4,293 | #29 |
| 25 | Korea UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #1,920 | 23.3% | 1,290 | #167 |
| 26 | Kumamoto UniversityUniversity · Kumamoto | #1,921 | 12.6% | 2,682 | #33 |
| 27 | RIKEN Center for Advanced PhotonicsResearch facility · Wako | #1,955 | 17.9% | 350 | #146 |
| 28 | Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,148 | 14.3% | 2,588 | #36 |
| 29 | Juntendo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,151 | 11.8% | 3,057 | #51 |
| 30 | Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,161 | 9.3% | 3,568 | #30 |
| 31 | University of ToyamaUniversity · Toyama | #2,309 | 9.6% | 2,213 | #75 |
| 32 | Ritsumeikan UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #2,385 | 10.0% | 3,613 | #79 |
| 33 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIUniversity · Hayama | #2,389 | 21.0% | 871 | #68 |
| 34 | Nagasaki UniversityUniversity · Nagasaki | #2,417 | 11.7% | 2,429 | #60 |
| 35 | Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Ikoma | #2,481 | 12.8% | 1,629 | #44 |
| 36 | Tokai UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,507 | 10.0% | 2,082 | #47 |
| 37 | RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical SciencesResearch facility · Yokohama | #2,555 | 24.9% | 338 | #45 |
| 38 | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseResearch facility · Kashiwa | #2,573 | 46.3% | 306 | #97 |
| 39 | University of Electro-CommunicationsUniversity · Tokyo | #2,575 | 9.2% | 2,425 | #43 |
| 40 | Osaka Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #2,584 | 9.6% | 2,782 | #318 |
| 41 | Kyushu Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Kitakyushu | #2,594 | 7.9% | 2,346 | #65 |
| 42 | National Astronomical Observatory of JapanResearch facility · Mitaka-shi | #2,668 | 25.1% | 448 | #80 |
| 43 | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Yokosuka | #2,723 | 16.9% | 970 | #62 |
| 44 | Advanced Institute of Materials ScienceResearch facility · Sendai | #2,727 | 24.7% | 262 | #78 |
| 45 | National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Chiba | #2,736 | 11.4% | 1,213 | #188 |
| 46 | Kindai UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #2,834 | 9.2% | 3,337 | #74 |
| 47 | Niigata UniversityUniversity · Niigata | #2,843 | 10.7% | 2,574 | #38 |
| 48 | Nihon UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #2,862 | 7.0% | 3,655 | #58 |
| 49 | Tokushima UniversityUniversity · Tokushima | #2,890 | 7.6% | 2,330 | #48 |
| 50 | University of Occupational and Environmental Health JapanUniversity · Kitakyushu | #2,965 | 11.8% | 1,191 | #176 |
| 51 | Yokohama National UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #2,973 | 8.0% | 2,447 | #37 |
| 52 | Shinshu UniversityUniversity · Matsumoto | #2,975 | 9.0% | 2,406 | #53 |
| 53 | High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationResearch facility · Tsukuba | #2,993 | 17.3% | 758 | #28 |
| 54 | Life Science InstituteResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,001 | 12.9% | 643 | #189 |
| 55 | Spintronics Research Network of JapanResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,019 | 11.1% | 229 | #128 |
| 56 | Yokohama City UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #3,118 | 12.0% | 2,233 | #73 |
| 57 | Nagoya Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Nagoya | #3,159 | 5.3% | 2,117 | #57 |
| 58 | Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteResearch facility · Sayō | #3,271 | 10.8% | 475 | #54 |
| 59 | RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence ProjectResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,307 | 22.7% | 586 | #244 |
| 60 | Gunma UniversityUniversity · Maebashi | #3,312 | 9.1% | 1,991 | #66 |
| 61 | Shizuoka UniversityUniversity · Shizuoka | #3,315 | 9.1% | 1,805 | #63 |
| 62 | Institute for Molecular ScienceResearch facility · Okazaki | #3,371 | 14.3% | 340 | #27 |
| 63 | Teikyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #3,452 | 10.2% | 1,397 | #102 |
| 64 | Gifu UniversityUniversity · Gifu City | #3,454 | 9.3% | 2,250 | #67 |
| 65 | Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba UniversityHospital / health system · Chiba | #3,456 | 41.9% | 93 | #160 |
| 66 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #3,529 | 8.2% | 2,403 | #50 |
| 67 | National Institute for Environmental StudiesUniversity · Tsukuba | #3,544 | 17.2% | 808 | #59 |
| 68 | National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,630 | 10.3% | 1,256 | #56 |
| 69 | SPring-8Research facility · Sayō | #3,684 | 11.4% | 332 | #41 |
| 70 | RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics ResearchResearch facility · Kobe | #3,690 | 22.2% | 437 | #231 |
| 71 | Yamagata UniversityUniversity · Yamagata | #3,811 | 7.9% | 1,613 | #85 |
| 72 | Hosei UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #3,864 | 11.0% | 1,457 | #116 |
| 73 | Jichi Medical UniversityUniversity · Shimotsuke | #3,898 | 12.2% | 1,760 | #86 |
| 74 | Tottori UniversityUniversity · Tottori-shi | #3,930 | 9.7% | 1,853 | #123 |
| 75 | National Institutes of Natural SciencesResearch facility · Tokyo | #3,940 | 23.0% | 306 | #124 |
| 76 | Meiji UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #3,964 | 8.6% | 1,817 | #161 |
| 77 | Yamaguchi UniversityUniversity · Yamaguchi | #3,977 | 6.1% | 2,868 | #81 |
| 78 | Saitama UniversityUniversity · Saitama | #3,992 | 10.4% | 1,611 | #87 |
| 79 | National Cancer Center Hospital EastHospital / health system · Kashiwa | #4,007 | 15.3% | 1,152 | #210 |
| 80 | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Nomi Shi | #4,014 | 11.5% | 1,472 | #99 |
| 81 | Okayama University of ScienceUniversity · Okayama | #4,075 | 8.1% | 953 | #83 |
| 82 | Advanced Science Research CenterResearch facility · Naka | #4,126 | 24.3% | 158 | #52 |
| 83 | Mie UniversityUniversity · Tsu | #4,196 | 9.3% | 2,006 | #70 |
| 84 | RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceResearch facility · Yokohama | #4,206 | 23.7% | 371 | #77 |
| 85 | RIKEN Nishina CenterResearch facility · Wako | #4,230 | 28.0% | 230 | #103 |
| 86 | RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceResearch facility · Wako | #4,246 | 20.1% | 312 | #55 |
| 87 | Toho UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,268 | 8.0% | 1,530 | #142 |
| 88 | Osaka City UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #4,283 | 11.2% | 1,042 | #49 |
| 89 | Chuo UniversityUniversity · Hachiōji | #4,298 | 7.1% | 1,594 | #137 |
| 90 | Kwansei Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Nishinomiya | #4,310 | 10.1% | 1,026 | #133 |
| 91 | Hitachi (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #4,344 | 5.2% | 1,621 | #19 |
| 92 | Tokyo Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,562 | 12.0% | 1,330 | #144 |
| 93 | SHOWA Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,563 | 9.4% | 1,308 | #119 |
| 94 | Nippon Medical SchoolUniversity · Tokyo | #4,592 | 11.1% | 1,220 | #136 |
| 95 | Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineUniversity · Kyoto | #4,606 | 12.2% | 1,454 | #135 |
| 96 | Pioneer (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #4,613 | 24.3% | 143 | #270 |
| 97 | Kagoshima UniversityUniversity · Kagoshima | #4,622 | 8.9% | 2,068 | #104 |
| 98 | University of MiyazakiUniversity · Miyazaki | #4,627 | 6.7% | 1,851 | #187 |
| 99 | Toyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,637 | 9.5% | 1,228 | #217 |
| 100 | University of YamanashiUniversity · Kofu | #4,642 | 8.7% | 1,610 | #118 |
| 101 | National Center for Global Health and MedicineHospital / health system · Tokyo | #4,643 | 13.8% | 1,015 | #248 |
| 102 | Nagoya City UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #4,660 | 10.2% | 1,675 | #121 |
| 103 | University of FukuiUniversity · Fukui-shi | #4,704 | 8.0% | 1,272 | #92 |
| 104 | Kitasato UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,727 | 9.0% | 1,843 | #125 |
| 105 | Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchNonprofit · Tokyo | #4,829 | 15.2% | 797 | #173 |
| 106 | Rikkyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #4,841 | 15.6% | 698 | #171 |
| 107 | Kyoto Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Kyoto | #4,880 | 6.8% | 1,289 | #113 |
| 108 | Fujita Health UniversityUniversity · Toyoake | #4,907 | 10.8% | 1,306 | #162 |
| 109 | Ehime UniversityUniversity · Matsuyama | #4,924 | 10.0% | 1,875 | #82 |
| 110 | Ibaraki UniversityUniversity · Ibaraki | #4,936 | 6.4% | 995 | #109 |
| 111 | Saitama Medical UniversityUniversity · Morohongō | #4,940 | 9.1% | 1,390 | #213 |
| 112 | Hirosaki UniversityUniversity · Hirosaki | #4,947 | 9.0% | 1,553 | #151 |
| 113 | Fukushima Medical UniversityUniversity · Fukushima | #5,000 | 9.5% | 1,648 | #203 |
| 114 | University of Tokyo HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #5,023 | 12.8% | 1,217 | #183 |
| 115 | Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)Company · Nagakute-shi | #5,029 | 11.1% | 479 | #61 |
| 116 | University of the RyukyusUniversity · Okinawa | #5,068 | 13.3% | 1,188 | #157 |
| 117 | National Institute of Infectious DiseasesGovernment institution · Tokyo | #5,094 | 16.4% | 740 | #89 |
| 118 | Shibaura Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #5,095 | 7.8% | 1,765 | #166 |
| 119 | Sapporo Medical UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #5,104 | 9.4% | 1,145 | #112 |
| 120 | Osaka University of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity · Takatsuki | #5,117 | 10.0% | 1,194 | #303 |
| 121 | Japan Meteorological AgencyInstitution · Tokyo | #5,131 | 12.6% | 200 | #114 |
| 122 | Jikei University School of MedicineUniversity · Tokyo | #5,164 | 10.2% | 1,799 | #175 |
| 123 | Kyoto Katsura HospitalHospital / health system · Kyoto | #5,183 | 14.4% | 434 | #122 |
| 124 | Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyResearch facility · Tokyo | #5,217 | 9.7% | 1,451 | #42 |
| 125 | Shimane UniversityUniversity · Matsue | #5,219 | 9.7% | 1,494 | #148 |
| 126 | NTT (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #5,238 | 8.3% | 1,926 | #15 |
| 127 | Nagoya University HospitalHospital / health system · Nagoya | #5,277 | 13.5% | 623 | #241 |
| 128 | Dokkyo Medical UniversityUniversity · Mibu | #5,302 | 9.6% | 980 | #331 |
| 129 | University of AizuUniversity · Fukushima | #5,329 | 20.0% | 869 | #192 |
| 130 | Nara Medical UniversityUniversity · Kashihara-shi | #5,364 | 11.7% | 1,334 | #219 |
| 131 | Doshisha UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #5,391 | 7.7% | 1,651 | #159 |
| 132 | Kagawa UniversityUniversity · Takamatsu | #5,404 | 11.1% | 1,332 | #155 |
| 133 | NTT Basic Research LaboratoriesResearch facility · Atsugi | #5,409 | 9.0% | 338 | #24 |
| 134 | Saga UniversityUniversity · Saga | #5,454 | 10.4% | 1,604 | #120 |
| 135 | Kansai UniversityUniversity · Suita | #5,548 | 6.4% | 1,583 | #110 |
| 136 | Kansai Medical UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #5,591 | 9.4% | 1,081 | #156 |
| 137 | Aichi Medical UniversityUniversity · Nagakute | #5,680 | 10.2% | 797 | #284 |
| 138 | RIKEN Center for Computational ScienceResearch facility · Kobe | #5,750 | 17.9% | 300 | #181 |
| 139 | Wakayama Medical UniversityUniversity · Wakayama | #5,760 | 8.8% | 945 | #215 |
| 140 | Oita UniversityUniversity · Ōita | #5,785 | 7.8% | 1,157 | #212 |
| 141 | Sophia UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #5,790 | 9.3% | 982 | #106 |
| 142 | Akita UniversityUniversity · Akita | #5,805 | 8.5% | 1,249 | #152 |
| 143 | Osaka Prefecture UniversityUniversity · Sakai | #5,810 | 7.7% | 769 | #40 |
| 144 | International University of Health and WelfareUniversity · Ōtawara | #5,826 | 9.3% | 1,441 | #320 |
| 145 | Japan Proton Accelerator Research ComplexResearch facility · Tōkai Mura | #5,851 | 15.8% | 174 | #174 |
| 146 | Fukuoka UniversityUniversity · Fukuoka | #6,003 | 7.3% | 1,491 | #163 |
| 147 | Shiga University of Medical ScienceUniversity · Ōtsu | #6,090 | 9.5% | 809 | #209 |
| 148 | Fujitsu (Japan)Company · Kawasaki | #6,096 | 10.3% | 461 | #35 |
| 149 | Kurume UniversityUniversity · Kurume | #6,192 | 8.1% | 1,131 | #127 |
| 150 | Hamamatsu University School of MedicineUniversity · Hamamatsu | #6,204 | 11.5% | 1,066 | #164 |
| 151 | National Center For Child Health and DevelopmentFunder · Tokyo | #6,209 | 11.3% | 893 | #250 |
| 152 | Meijo UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #6,350 | 7.1% | 954 | #105 |
| 153 | Japan Fine Ceramics CenterResearch facility · Nagoya | #6,376 | 9.8% | 154 | #100 |
| 154 | University of the Sacred HeartUniversity · Tokyo | #6,409 | 20.8% | 449 | #286 |
| 155 | National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryHospital / health system · Tokyo | #6,458 | 12.9% | 578 | #117 |
| 156 | University of HyogoUniversity · Kobe | #6,617 | 6.6% | 1,237 | #140 |
| 157 | Bunkyo UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #6,620 | 11.8% | 533 | #260 |
| 158 | Kyorin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #6,642 | 10.6% | 785 | #195 |
| 159 | Hiroshima University HospitalHospital / health system · Hiroshima | #6,655 | 11.1% | 743 | #448 |
| 160 | Takeda (Japan)Company · Osaka | #6,713 | 16.5% | 480 | #95 |
| 161 | Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceNonprofit · Tokyo | #6,731 | 15.1% | 603 | #220 |
| 162 | Osaka International UniversityUniversity · Moriguchi | #6,750 | 19.2% | 196 | #226 |
| 163 | Hokkaido University of ScienceUniversity · Sapporo | #6,778 | 9.0% | 552 | #168 |
| 164 | JEOL (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #6,794 | 11.5% | 137 | #153 |
| 165 | Hokkaido University HospitalHospital / health system · Sapporo | #6,819 | 9.6% | 643 | #430 |
| 166 | Iwate UniversityUniversity · Morioka | #6,833 | 7.0% | 865 | #129 |
| 167 | Toyohashi University of TechnologyUniversity · Toyohashi | #6,850 | 6.6% | 1,171 | #72 |
| 168 | Kyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #6,867 | 10.1% | 386 | #165 |
| 169 | National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterHospital / health system · Osaka | #6,884 | 9.0% | 1,024 | #150 |
| 170 | Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Nonoichi | #6,898 | 7.3% | 501 | #238 |
| 171 | The University of KitakyushuUniversity · Kitakyushu | #6,903 | 17.9% | 682 | #326 |
| 172 | Kyoto University HospitalHospital / health system · Kyoto | #6,948 | 11.0% | 670 | #207 |
| 173 | Tokyo Women's Medical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,026 | 8.5% | 1,370 | #131 |
| 174 | Aoyama Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,036 | 7.5% | 904 | #91 |
| 175 | Chubu UniversityUniversity · Kasugai | #7,049 | 8.9% | 615 | #202 |
| 176 | National Institute of InformaticsResearch facility · Tokyo | #7,166 | 16.3% | 735 | #169 |
| 177 | National Institute for Physiological SciencesResearch facility · Okazaki | #7,174 | 17.4% | 165 | #101 |
| 178 | St. Marianna University School of MedicineUniversity · Kawasaki | #7,213 | 9.5% | 947 | #278 |
| 179 | University of ShizuokaUniversity · Shizuoka | #7,265 | 12.0% | 596 | #205 |
| 180 | Chiba University HospitalHospital / health system · Chiba | #7,281 | 10.7% | 547 | #353 |
| 181 | Tokyo University of Information SciencesUniversity · Chiba | #7,316 | 13.3% | 451 | #230 |
| 182 | Kōchi UniversityUniversity · Kochi | #7,318 | 9.5% | 880 | #177 |
| 183 | Tokyo University of the ArtsUniversity · Tokyo | #7,359 | 13.9% | 369 | #197 |
| 184 | Iwate Medical UniversityUniversity · Morioka | #7,381 | 8.2% | 834 | #249 |
| 185 | National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationGovernment institution · Tsukuba | #7,401 | 13.0% | 965 | #341 |
| 186 | Japan Agency for Medical Research and DevelopmentResearch facility · Tokyo | #7,404 | 22.7% | 112 | #265 |
| 187 | Gakushuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,414 | 13.9% | 358 | #111 |
| 188 | Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #7,444 | 9.5% | 714 | #184 |
| 189 | Muroran Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Muroran | #7,527 | 11.7% | 722 | #149 |
| 190 | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of GerontologyResearch facility · Tokyo | #7,549 | 15.6% | 451 | #199 |
| 191 | Keio University HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #7,571 | 16.1% | 485 | #232 |
| 192 | National Institute of Polar ResearchFunder · Tokyo | #7,573 | 15.8% | 127 | #225 |
| 193 | National Hospital OrganizationGovernment institution · Tokyo | #7,598 | 8.3% | 930 | #342 |
| 194 | Mitsubishi Chemical (Japan)Company · Iwaki | #7,607 | 11.9% | 134 | #185 |
| 195 | Osaka International Cancer InstituteResearch facility · Osaka | #7,613 | 15.7% | 599 | #211 |
| 196 | Kyoto Bunkyo UniversityUniversity · Uji | #7,665 | 13.3% | 186 | #94 |
| 197 | Kanazawa Medical UniversityUniversity · Kanazawa | #7,707 | 8.7% | 627 | #236 |
| 198 | Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesUniversity · Hachiōji | #7,724 | 8.7% | 546 | #242 |
| 199 | Kyushu University HospitalHospital / health system · Fukuoka | #7,736 | 10.6% | 465 | #389 |
| 200 | Hyogo UniversityUniversity · Kakogawa | #7,744 | 9.1% | 669 | #609 |
| 201 | Musashino UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #7,913 | 9.8% | 512 | #451 |
| 202 | Utsunomiya UniversityUniversity · Utsunomiya | #7,916 | 5.4% | 951 | #178 |
| 203 | Keio University Shonan FujisawaUniversity · Fujisawa | #7,929 | 19.3% | 407 | #399 |
| 204 | National Center for Geriatrics and GerontologyHospital / health system · Ōbu | #7,982 | 18.7% | 566 | #274 |
| 205 | Toyota Technological InstituteUniversity · Nagoya | #7,989 | 12.4% | 428 | #96 |
| 206 | Tsukuba University of TechnologyUniversity · Tsukuba | #7,997 | 13.5% | 303 | #454 |
| 207 | Toshiba (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #8,085 | 5.4% | 670 | #32 |
| 208 | Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceResearch facility · Tokyo | #8,130 | 12.7% | 288 | #88 |
| 209 | Hiroshima International UniversityUniversity · Kure | #8,132 | 12.0% | 221 | #509 |
| 210 | Kawasaki Medical SchoolUniversity · Kurashiki | #8,153 | 9.9% | 712 | #296 |
| 211 | Asian Development Bank InstituteResearch facility · Tokyo | #8,154 | 23.0% | 255 | #520 |
| 212 | Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and TechnologyResearch facility · Osaka | #8,165 | 7.4% | 308 | #76 |
| 213 | Tokyo University of TechnologyUniversity · Tokyo | #8,229 | 7.2% | 652 | #280 |
| 214 | Hitotsubashi UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,281 | 16.5% | 888 | #294 |
| 215 | National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and NutritionResearch facility · Tsukuba | #8,282 | 16.1% | 317 | #298 |
| 216 | Tohoku University HospitalHospital / health system · Sendai | #8,295 | 10.8% | 670 | #354 |
| 217 | Kogakuin UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #8,318 | 4.7% | 878 | #263 |
| 218 | Systems Biology InstituteNonprofit · Tokyo | #8,378 | 19.0% | 120 | #295 |
| 219 | Aichi Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Nagoya | #8,569 | 15.1% | 489 | #172 |
| 220 | National Cancer Centre JapanHospital / health system · Tokyo | #8,633 | 17.2% | 220 | #227 |
| 221 | National Sagamihara HospitalHospital / health system · Zama | #8,690 | 13.2% | 192 | #404 |
| 222 | Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity · Sendai | #8,700 | 9.5% | 493 | #216 |
| 223 | Kazusa DNA Research InstituteResearch facility · Kisarazu | #8,708 | 24.0% | 103 | #264 |
| 224 | Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyFunder · Yokohama | #8,709 | 7.0% | 559 | #283 |
| 225 | Chiba Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Narashino | #8,750 | 6.3% | 866 | #229 |
| 226 | Fujita Health University HospitalHospital / health system · Nagoya | #8,775 | 12.3% | 425 | #471 |
| 227 | Kochi University of TechnologyUniversity · Kochi | #8,822 | 11.1% | 545 | #291 |
| 228 | Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)Company · Hamamatsu | #8,837 | 12.0% | 185 | #141 |
| 229 | Okayama University HospitalHospital / health system · Okayama | #8,941 | 9.5% | 781 | #434 |
| 230 | Shionogi (Japan)Company · Osaka | #8,997 | 15.9% | 161 | #179 |
| 231 | Tokyo City UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,057 | 7.2% | 1,023 | #333 |
| 232 | Tokyo National HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #9,106 | 10.9% | 470 | #343 |
| 233 | Nara Women's UniversityUniversity · Nara | #9,146 | 6.9% | 428 | #292 |
| 234 | Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and SocietyUniversity · Tsukuba | #9,152 | 7.9% | 105 | #507 |
| 235 | Line Corporation (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,168 | 11.0% | 321 | #651 |
| 236 | IBM Research - TokyoResearch facility · Tokyo | #9,172 | 18.8% | 115 | #251 |
| 237 | Asahikawa Medical UniversityUniversity · Asahikawa | #9,257 | 7.0% | 660 | #367 |
| 238 | Kyoto Medical CenterHospital / health system · Kyoto | #9,325 | 9.0% | 393 | #490 |
| 239 | Aichi Gakuin UniversityUniversity · Nagoya | #9,376 | 10.3% | 452 | #293 |
| 240 | Tokyo University of AgricultureUniversity · Tokyo | #9,418 | 8.7% | 899 | #222 |
| 241 | Gifu Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity · Gifu City | #9,506 | 9.7% | 312 | #269 |
| 242 | Nagaoka University of TechnologyUniversity · Nagaoka | #9,553 | 5.2% | 892 | #90 |
| 243 | Chiba Hokusou HospitalHospital / health system · Chiba | #9,556 | 13.0% | 161 | #698 |
| 244 | Tokyo Dental CollegeUniversity · Chiba | #9,571 | 8.8% | 374 | #371 |
| 245 | KDDI Research (Japan)Company · Fujimino | #9,613 | 10.0% | 501 | #302 |
| 246 | Tokyo Denki UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #9,679 | 3.5% | 1,098 | #235 |
| 247 | National Institute of GeneticsResearch facility · Mishima | #9,733 | 22.2% | 207 | #126 |
| 248 | Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryNonprofit · Tokyo | #9,795 | 4.9% | 647 | #93 |
| 249 | Asahi Kasei (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,872 | 14.5% | 145 | #401 |
| 250 | Canon (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #9,916 | 11.5% | 246 | #223 |
| 251 | Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteResearch facility · Tsukuba | #10,053 | 11.7% | 625 | #363 |
| 252 | National Defense Medical CollegeUniversity · Saitama | #10,143 | 10.1% | 559 | #214 |
| 253 | Nippon Steel (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #10,199 | 4.2% | 480 | #84 |
| 254 | Toranomon HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #10,311 | 7.5% | 582 | #304 |
| 255 | Tamagawa UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #10,334 | 13.2% | 256 | #379 |
| 256 | Protein Research FoundationInstitution · Osaka | #10,380 | 14.5% | 137 | #170 |
| 257 | Daiichi-Sankyo (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #10,426 | 15.8% | 175 | #261 |
| 258 | Kyoto Sangyo UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #10,500 | 12.4% | 303 | #324 |
| 259 | Health Sciences University of HokkaidoUniversity · Tōbetsu | #10,547 | 11.8% | 362 | #396 |
| 260 | Kyoto University of EducationUniversity · Kyoto | #10,553 | 16.8% | 266 | #115 |
| 261 | Kumamoto University HospitalHospital / health system · Kumamoto | #10,579 | 8.6% | 326 | #556 |
| 262 | Hyogo Medical UniversityUniversity · Nishinomiya | #10,588 | 10.5% | 405 | #139 |
| 263 | Tsukuba International UniversityUniversity · Ibaraki | #10,595 | 12.7% | 199 | #626 |
| 264 | Fukushima UniversityUniversity · Fukushima | #10,648 | 8.7% | 452 | #551 |
| 265 | Wakayama UniversityUniversity · Wakayama | #10,676 | 5.7% | 516 | #373 |
| 266 | Kanagawa UniversityUniversity · Yokohama | #10,698 | 6.3% | 799 | #198 |
| 267 | Meiji Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #10,714 | 12.0% | 298 | #378 |
| 268 | Chiba Cancer CenterHospital / health system · Chiba | #10,718 | 11.0% | 178 | #512 |
| 269 | Geological Survey of JapanInstitution · Tsukuba | #10,766 | 11.1% | 316 | #182 |
| 270 | Sapporo UniversityUniversity · Sapporo | #10,840 | 16.3% | 270 | #374 |
| 271 | National Institute of Mental HealthGovernment institution · Tokyo | #10,961 | 17.6% | 218 | #312 |
| 272 | National Defense Academy of JapanUniversity · Yokosuka | #10,976 | 7.2% | 511 | #132 |
| 273 | Osaka Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Osaka | #11,032 | 4.9% | 727 | #246 |
| 274 | Juntendo University Urayasu HospitalHospital / health system · Urayasu | #11,033 | 8.0% | 392 | #660 |
| 275 | International Christian UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #11,097 | 19.7% | 201 | #392 |
| 276 | Ryukoku UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #11,099 | 10.7% | 582 | #273 |
| 277 | Institute of Space and Astronautical ScienceResearch facility · Tokyo | #11,166 | 14.5% | 222 | #108 |
| 278 | Hoshi UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #11,173 | 8.6% | 246 | #361 |
| 279 | Funai Electric (Japan)Company · Osaka | #11,236 | 17.1% | 281 | #762 |
| 280 | The Open University of JapanUniversity · Chiba | #11,241 | 11.3% | 207 | #442 |
| 281 | Kindai University HospitalHospital / health system · Osaka | #11,354 | 11.0% | 209 | #658 |
| 282 | Futaba (Japan)Company · Mobara | #11,438 | 13.6% | 159 | #453 |
| 283 | Kobe City Medical Center General HospitalHospital / health system · Kobe | #11,441 | 7.0% | 570 | #574 |
| 284 | Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #11,480 | 6.1% | 665 | #98 |
| 285 | National Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Hachiōji | #11,488 | 9.1% | 438 | #611 |
| 286 | National Institute of Health SciencesResearch facility · Tokyo | #11,507 | 11.0% | 317 | #194 |
| 287 | St. Luke's International HospitalHospital / health system · Tokyo | #11,552 | 7.0% | 430 | #579 |
| 288 | Kyoto Prefectural UniversityUniversity · Kyoto | #11,563 | 7.2% | 405 | #419 |
| 289 | Kitami Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Kitami | #11,595 | 8.2% | 428 | #201 |
| 290 | Otsuka (Japan)Company · Tokyo | #11,646 | 10.9% | 249 | #193 |
| 291 | Astrobiology CenterResearch facility · Tokyo | #11,733 | 17.0% | 72 | #566 |
| 292 | St. Luke's International UniversityUniversity · Tokyo | #11,737 | 15.4% | 299 | #592 |
| 293 | The Institute of Statistical MathematicsResearch facility · Tokyo | #11,765 | 13.7% | 280 | #316 |
| 294 | Shimadzu (Japan)Company · Kyoto | #11,805 | 10.6% | 180 | #349 |
| 295 | Konan UniversityUniversity · Kobe | #11,824 | 9.6% | 324 | #245 |
| 296 | Kyoto University of Advanced ScienceUniversity · Kameoka | #11,828 | 10.9% | 370 | #1002 |
| 297 | Kobe University HospitalHospital / health system · Kobe | #11,959 | 9.9% | 287 | #655 |
| 298 | Setsunan UniversityUniversity · Osaka | #11,975 | 6.1% | 374 | #433 |
| 299 | Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesUniversity · Tokyo | #12,003 | 9.9% | 558 | #871 |
| 300 | Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan)Company · Toyota | #12,016 | 8.0% | 298 | #255 |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Japan on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — 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%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.