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Agricultural and Biological Sciences research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Agricultural and Biological Sciences research in 2022-now (#101 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and RIKEN.

Japan's world rank
#16
of 124 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
6.4%
Ranked institutions
57

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Agricultural and Biological Sciences in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #10142.78.9%709
2Kyoto UniversityKyoto #23432.37.3%557
3RIKENWako #33128.012.9%152
4Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #34727.48.0%448
5Nagoya UniversityNagoya #39425.89.2%276
6Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #62520.15.1%353
7The University of OsakaOsaka #67619.17.8%125
8Tohoku UniversitySendai #69218.87.2%267
9National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukuba #69318.85.2%1,252
10University of TsukubaTsukuba #71018.59.6%283
11Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #80417.08.9%242
12Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna #86816.013.4%61
13Okayama UniversityOkayama #95914.88.5%201
14Chiba UniversityChiba #1,01014.16.3%184
15Gifu UniversityGifu City #1,13612.78.5%152
16Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #1,18412.28.8%68
17Japan International Research Center for Agricultural SciencesTsukuba #1,21911.811.0%114
18Kobe UniversityKobe #1,27211.36.8%193
19Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #1,29011.110.1%77
20Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #1,4279.911.0%72
21Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto #1,5938.57.7%88
22Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo #1,5988.45.9%216
23Keio UniversityTokyo #1,6308.24.2%85
24Tokyo University of AgricultureTokyo #1,7457.43.0%292
25Tottori UniversityTottori-shi #1,8306.86.4%137
26Kagawa UniversityTakamatsu #1,9386.119.1%92
27Saitama UniversitySaitama #1,9416.07.9%66
28Niigata UniversityNiigata #1,9436.07.1%100
29Waseda UniversityTokyo #1,9705.84.4%64
30Ehime UniversityMatsuyama #2,0745.24.3%122
31Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteTsukuba #2,1364.84.6%158
32Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #2,1454.84.5%83
33Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #2,1524.85.4%75
34University of MiyazakiMiyazaki #2,1754.65.1%157
35Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi #2,3173.86.3%78
36National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #2,3573.67.4%75
37Meiji UniversityTokyo #2,4733.05.4%94
38Kindai UniversityOsaka #2,5452.73.5%135
39Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka #2,5492.75.6%93
40Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineObihiro #2,6152.33.9%106
41Kyoto Prefectural UniversityKyoto #2,6162.33.8%62
42Juntendo UniversityTokyo #2,6352.221.0%68
43Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #2,6922.04.2%106
44Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki #2,7061.99.3%74
45Mie UniversityTsu #2,7411.85.0%82
46Kōchi UniversityKochi #2,7701.62.6%65
47Iwate UniversityMorioka #2,7731.64.4%103
48Yamagata UniversityYamagata #2,811144.04.0%82
49Shimane UniversityMatsue #2,839132.05.5%70
50Utsunomiya UniversityUtsunomiya #2,844130.04.0%82
51Saga UniversitySaga #2,861122.07.2%62
52Kagoshima UniversityKagoshima #2,897107.04.6%182
53Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyTokyo #2,909102.06.0%101
54Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyYokohama #2,93292.01.7%75
55Hirosaki UniversityHirosaki #2,95283.03.8%68
56University of the RyukyusOkinawa #2,97872.05.2%115
57Nihon UniversityTokyo #2,98171.03.5%93

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

Who are the top Agricultural and Biological Sciences researchers in Japan?

Kazuo Shinozaki, Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki and Jian Xiong Feng rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Agricultural and Biological Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Kazuo Shinozaki#40,532 worldwide overall211.2 of 418 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki#1,331 worldwide overall153.6 of 253 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Jian Xiong Feng#1,308 worldwide overall122.5 of 217 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Lam‐Son Phan Tran#6,330 worldwide overall123.0 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Hitoshi Sakakibara#28,371 worldwide overall99.9 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Naoki Yamaji#1,814 worldwide overall86.6 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Motoaki Seki#26,638 worldwide overall86.7 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ken Shirasu#10,491 worldwide overall80.7 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Naoko K. Nishizawa#30,534 worldwide overall82.4 of 193 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Shusei Sato#66,402 worldwide overall87.6 of 256 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Satoshi Tabata#50,152 worldwide overall76.0 of 199 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Yuji Kamiya#73,565 worldwide overall73.2 of 173 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Takema Fukatsu#56,150 worldwide overall76.6 of 237 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Hiromi Nakanishi#89,135 worldwide overall67.2 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Shinjiro Yamaguchi#29,075 worldwide overall61.0 of 115 papers here in the top 10%

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

How Japan compares with other countries in Agricultural and Biological Sciences