Life Sciences research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#103	47.1	8.1%	3,773
2	RIKENWako	#154	42.5	10.9%	1,225
3	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#215	38.7	7.0%	2,619
4	The University of OsakaOsaka	#364	32.7	7.1%	1,968
5	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#424	31.0	6.8%	1,607
6	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#461	30.0	5.8%	1,624
7	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#500	29.1	6.2%	1,764
8	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#532	28.4	6.1%	1,557
9	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#540	28.2	9.3%	356
10	Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo	#551	28.0	13.7%	167
11	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna	#581	27.4	9.9%	305
12	Chiba UniversityChiba	#621	26.6	6.4%	885
13	Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo	#660	25.9	9.0%	245
14	Keio UniversityTokyo	#707	25.1	6.6%	1,111
15	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#721	24.9	6.9%	611
16	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama	#727	24.8	9.3%	193
17	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#753	24.4	8.9%	676
18	Korea UniversityTokyo	#789	23.9	15.0%	185
19	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#807	23.6	6.3%	1,277
20	Life Science InstituteTokyo	#831	23.3	7.6%	190
21	Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo	#878	22.7	6.9%	503
22	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#1,084	20.3	5.8%	1,003
23	Takeda (Japan)Osaka	#1,163	19.5	10.1%	335
24	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#1,169	19.4	5.5%	622
25	Yokohama City UniversityYokohama	#1,172	19.4	6.1%	502
26	Kobe UniversityKobe	#1,212	19.0	6.0%	847
27	National Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyo	#1,223	18.9	6.5%	261
28	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#1,263	18.5	5.7%	513
29	National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba	#1,278	18.4	7.6%	109
30	Juntendo UniversityTokyo	#1,316	18.0	7.6%	642
31	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#1,340	17.9	5.4%	1,113
32	Niigata UniversityNiigata	#1,431	17.1	6.0%	528
33	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyo	#1,450	17.0	6.9%	166
34	National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukuba	#1,454	16.9	4.8%	1,690
35	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#1,483	16.7	5.1%	516
36	Gifu UniversityGifu City	#1,505	16.5	5.6%	560
37	Tokyo University of the ArtsTokyo	#1,577	16.0	7.5%	79
38	Osaka City UniversityOsaka	#1,638	15.6	7.2%	163
39	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyYokosuka	#1,683	15.2	9.6%	60
40	Kazusa DNA Research InstituteKisarazu	#1,694	15.2	11.4%	70
41	Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo	#1,705	15.1	4.4%	537
42	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#1,710	15.1	4.6%	397
43	Protein Research FoundationOsaka	#1,731	14.9	7.6%	80
44	National Institute for Environmental StudiesTsukuba	#1,739	14.9	5.8%	120
45	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#1,743	14.9	4.5%	427
46	Konan UniversityKobe	#1,751	14.8	3.6%	72
47	Ehime UniversityMatsuyama	#1,770	14.7	4.7%	393
48	Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchTokyo	#1,814	14.4	7.8%	178
49	University of YamanashiKofu	#1,898	13.9	5.7%	266
50	National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo	#1,901	13.9	6.8%	268
51	National Center for Global Health and MedicineTokyo	#1,925	13.7	7.0%	178
52	University of ShizuokaShizuoka	#1,954	13.5	4.2%	223
53	Gunma UniversityMaebashi	#2,015	13.2	3.8%	340
54	National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo	#2,051	13.0	7.7%	104
55	Tsukuba International UniversityIbaraki	#2,055	13.0	7.4%	62
56	National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyChiba	#2,103	12.7	5.2%	166
57	Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma	#2,124	12.6	5.5%	263
58	Nagoya City UniversityNagoya	#2,169	12.4	5.2%	373
59	Fujita Health UniversityToyoake	#2,198	12.2	6.9%	334
60	Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceTokyo	#2,208	12.1	6.3%	147

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

Shizuo Akira, Kazuo Shinozaki and Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Shizuo Akira#1,559 worldwide overall369.2 of 879 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Kazuo Shinozaki#40,532 worldwide overall318.6 of 754 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki#1,331 worldwide overall207.9 of 376 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Masayuki P. Yamamoto#58,048 worldwide overall251.1 of 928 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Lam‐Son Phan Tran#6,330 worldwide overall157.7 of 346 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Hitoshi Sakakibara#28,371 worldwide overall145.9 of 392 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Kazuki Saito#74,868 worldwide overall162.7 of 587 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Shimon Sakaguchi#5,730 worldwide overall132.5 of 291 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Jian Xiong Feng#1,308 worldwide overall126.5 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Motoaki Seki#26,638 worldwide overall130.2 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Yukinori Okada#4,496 worldwide overall115.7 of 243 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Masatoshi Takeichi#10,618 worldwide overall114.8 of 264 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Michiaki Kubo#11,428 worldwide overall122.5 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Ken Shirasu#10,491 worldwide overall111.9 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Yuji Kamiya#73,565 worldwide overall118.2 of 326 papers here in the top 10%

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