Health Sciences research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#188	43.1	9.7%	4,379
2	The University of OsakaOsaka	#294	38.2	9.5%	3,037
3	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#296	38.2	8.0%	3,329
4	RIKENWako	#413	34.5	14.4%	450
5	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#449	33.6	8.3%	2,525
6	Keio UniversityTokyo	#450	33.6	9.5%	2,558
7	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#532	31.8	8.8%	2,681
8	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#548	31.5	7.0%	2,265
9	Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo	#577	30.9	9.2%	1,722
10	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#600	30.5	7.9%	2,425
11	University of the Sacred HeartTokyo	#773	27.7	14.9%	216
12	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#853	26.6	8.3%	469
13	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#874	26.4	6.1%	2,062
14	Korea UniversityTokyo	#884	26.3	11.6%	502
15	Yokohama City UniversityYokohama	#912	25.9	7.4%	1,908
16	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#950	25.5	6.6%	1,406
17	Chiba UniversityChiba	#969	25.3	7.2%	1,951
18	National Center for Global Health and MedicineTokyo	#974	25.2	8.3%	729
19	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#1,008	24.8	8.1%	1,280
20	National Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyo	#1,040	24.5	10.1%	411
21	Juntendo UniversityTokyo	#1,042	24.5	7.2%	2,413
22	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#1,047	24.4	7.3%	2,378
23	National Cancer Center Hospital EastKashiwa	#1,094	23.9	11.2%	950
24	Kobe UniversityKobe	#1,127	23.6	7.4%	1,873
25	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#1,141	23.5	7.1%	2,090
26	Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchTokyo	#1,169	23.2	9.5%	899
27	Takeda (Japan)Osaka	#1,225	22.7	13.1%	588
28	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#1,226	22.7	8.0%	353
29	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#1,273	22.3	6.6%	730
30	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#1,291	22.1	8.3%	1,182
31	Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki	#1,293	22.1	7.1%	1,315
32	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterOsaka	#1,359	21.6	6.9%	843
33	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#1,478	20.7	10.8%	98
34	Osaka City UniversityOsaka	#1,506	20.5	8.4%	463
35	Ehime UniversityMatsuyama	#1,589	19.9	6.3%	633
36	Niigata UniversityNiigata	#1,610	19.7	6.5%	1,287
37	University of Tokyo Health SciencesTokyo	#1,619	19.7	11.0%	138
38	Life Science InstituteTokyo	#1,650	19.5	10.2%	86
39	Osaka International Cancer InstituteOsaka	#1,677	19.3	9.2%	461
40	Jichi Medical UniversityShimotsuke	#1,736	18.9	7.6%	1,829
41	Tokushima UniversityTokushima	#1,776	18.7	5.7%	1,118
42	Wakayama Medical UniversityWakayama	#1,850	18.2	6.3%	744
43	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#1,854	18.2	8.3%	591
44	Aichi Cancer CenterNagoya	#1,916	17.9	9.7%	398
45	National Center for Geriatrics and GerontologyŌbu	#1,939	17.7	10.0%	379
46	Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo	#1,946	17.7	6.1%	1,757
47	Daiichi-Sankyo (Japan)Tokyo	#1,954	17.6	13.9%	280
48	National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and NutritionTsukuba	#1,979	17.5	9.8%	160
49	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#2,028	17.2	7.1%	310
50	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyo	#2,067	17.0	8.4%	167
51	Gunma UniversityMaebashi	#2,069	17.0	6.3%	1,006
52	International University of Health and WelfareŌtawara	#2,094	16.9	6.3%	1,186
53	Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsu	#2,102	16.9	6.9%	805
54	Mie UniversityTsu	#2,115	16.8	6.6%	1,084
55	Kitasato UniversityTokyo	#2,126	16.7	5.9%	1,047
56	Teikyo UniversityTokyo	#2,164	16.5	7.2%	1,099
57	Fujita Health UniversityToyoake	#2,179	16.5	6.9%	1,316
58	Tokyo Medical UniversityTokyo	#2,195	16.4	6.9%	1,402
59	Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital OrganizationYokohama	#2,264	16.0	11.0%	223
60	Nagoya City UniversityNagoya	#2,276	16.0	6.4%	1,068

Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Masatoshi Kudo, Shizuo Akira and Naohiro Yonemoto rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Health Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Masatoshi Kudo#95,747 worldwide overall346.2 of 1,499 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Shizuo Akira#1,559 worldwide overall177.1 of 405 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Naohiro Yonemoto#2,625 worldwide overall133.2 of 272 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Yoshiya Tanaka#171,924 worldwide overall208.0 of 1,046 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Michiaki Kubo#11,428 worldwide overall139.6 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Takeshi Kimura#245,384 worldwide overall213.5 of 1,201 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Toshiharu Ninomiya#38,743 worldwide overall136.0 of 426 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Kyoko Ohno‐Matsui#28,286 worldwide overall128.0 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Masataka Kuwana#94,283 worldwide overall151.0 of 595 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Hisao Asamura#28,521 worldwide overall128.1 of 375 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Antonio Pelliccia#28,464 worldwide overall120.7 of 344 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Norihiro Kokudo#160,114 worldwide overall173.5 of 878 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Takashi Kadowaki#90,002 worldwide overall161.7 of 772 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Kazuomi Kario#393,239 worldwide overall232.0 of 1,252 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Tadamitsu Kishimoto#31,422 worldwide overall121.0 of 380 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Health Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.