Physical Sciences research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#74	53.6	8.0%	14,276
2	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#152	45.8	7.2%	8,268
3	RIKENWako	#228	41.5	11.1%	2,857
4	National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba	#243	40.8	9.2%	3,114
5	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#288	39.0	6.0%	5,353
6	The University of OsakaOsaka	#326	37.6	5.8%	6,922
7	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#345	37.0	6.1%	6,020
8	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#380	36.0	7.4%	8,398
9	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#430	34.6	6.1%	4,871
10	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#454	34.0	6.6%	6,260
11	Keio UniversityTokyo	#648	30.2	5.2%	3,011
12	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#693	29.5	10.2%	1,000
13	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#721	29.0	5.3%	3,888
14	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#730	28.9	5.9%	4,108
15	Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya	#776	28.3	3.1%	1,782
16	Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura	#806	27.9	6.0%	1,688
17	Korea UniversityTokyo	#868	27.0	14.3%	470
18	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#906	26.6	6.0%	3,056
19	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama	#914	26.5	8.5%	568
20	Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo	#924	26.4	9.4%	614
21	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyYokosuka	#928	26.3	7.8%	880
22	High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTsukuba	#980	25.7	6.1%	775
23	Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo	#994	25.6	8.5%	966
24	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#1,010	25.4	5.3%	1,466
25	Honda (Japan)Tokyo	#1,038	25.1	9.0%	443
26	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#1,057	24.9	4.0%	3,056
27	Chiba UniversityChiba	#1,081	24.7	5.3%	2,133
28	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna	#1,095	24.5	12.2%	655
29	Advanced Institute of Materials ScienceSendai	#1,103	24.5	17.8%	250
30	Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto	#1,150	24.0	4.4%	1,154
31	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#1,186	23.7	3.9%	1,655
32	Life Science InstituteTokyo	#1,254	23.1	9.0%	350
33	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#1,262	23.0	5.4%	4,656
34	NTT (Japan)Tokyo	#1,313	22.6	6.9%	1,726
35	Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseKashiwa	#1,380	22.0	19.0%	299
36	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteSayō	#1,386	22.0	7.4%	425
37	Tokyo University of Information SciencesChiba	#1,407	21.8	8.0%	321
38	Kobe UniversityKobe	#1,414	21.8	5.2%	2,138
39	Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto	#1,416	21.8	4.6%	2,094
40	National Defense Academy of JapanYokosuka	#1,444	21.6	1.9%	442
41	Toshiba (Japan)Tokyo	#1,499	21.2	3.1%	751
42	United Nations UniversityTokyo	#1,514	21.0	14.1%	336
43	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#1,543	20.9	5.3%	1,063
44	Saitama UniversitySaitama	#1,599	20.5	4.3%	1,162
45	Chuo UniversityHachiōji	#1,611	20.4	2.9%	911
46	Pioneer (Japan)Tokyo	#1,654	20.1	16.0%	107
47	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#1,657	20.1	3.4%	2,108
48	National Institute for Environmental StudiesTsukuba	#1,665	20.0	6.8%	566
49	Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo	#1,673	20.0	3.2%	1,707
50	Rikkyo UniversityTokyo	#1,677	20.0	6.8%	310
51	Gakushuin UniversityTokyo	#1,689	19.9	5.3%	174
52	Kyoto Katsura HospitalKyoto	#1,734	19.6	8.5%	287
53	Sony (Japan)Tokyo	#1,809	19.1	10.8%	164
54	Bunkyo UniversityTokyo	#1,854	18.9	6.3%	207
55	Asahi Kasei (Japan)Tokyo	#1,861	18.8	10.9%	91
56	Aoyama Gakuin UniversityTokyo	#1,904	18.6	2.6%	512
57	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#1,925	18.5	3.8%	1,425
58	University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo	#1,951	18.3	4.9%	2,002
59	Chubu UniversityKasugai	#2,089	17.6	2.5%	346
60	NTT Basic Research LaboratoriesAtsugi	#2,217	16.9	6.0%	292

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

Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and P. Chang rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Kenji Watanabe#25,990 worldwide overall1,038.7 of 4,184 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Takashi Taniguchi#29,739 worldwide overall1,007.5 of 4,157 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3P. Chang#8,165 worldwide overall749.1 of 2,273 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4E. L. Barberio#10,625 worldwide overall672.8 of 2,101 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Y. Nagasaka#3,590 worldwide overall595.4 of 1,546 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Yusuke Yamauchi#4,088 worldwide overall545.4 of 1,426 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Y. Makida#3,824 worldwide overall541.9 of 1,396 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Mitsuaki Nozaki#7,472 worldwide overall408.1 of 1,106 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Haoshen S. Zhou#1,003 worldwide overall361.0 of 756 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10M. Ikeno#5,968 worldwide overall332.2 of 836 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Yoshio Bando#41,011 worldwide overall389.7 of 1,508 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12K. Hara#25,307 worldwide overall357.3 of 1,202 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Jinhua Ye#16,253 worldwide overall298.2 of 881 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14T. Saito#7,220 worldwide overall263.0 of 658 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15A. S. Bell#544 worldwide overall238.2 of 425 papers here in the top 10%

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