Chemistry research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#104	35.2	7.3%	633
2	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#140	31.1	7.1%	607
3	The University of OsakaOsaka	#149	30.2	6.2%	602
4	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#163	29.0	7.7%	346
5	RIKENWako	#184	27.3	11.1%	185
6	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#185	27.2	7.5%	393
7	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#306	20.2	5.9%	375
8	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#332	19.0	11.2%	80
9	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#356	18.0	6.8%	304
10	Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo	#412	16.0	10.7%	98
11	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#424	15.6	4.2%	462
12	Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya	#429	15.4	4.2%	116
13	Life Science InstituteTokyo	#444	15.0	10.6%	83
14	National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba	#495	13.5	6.5%	116
15	Chiba UniversityChiba	#590	11.0	5.8%	168
16	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#598	10.8	6.1%	126
17	Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto	#616	10.4	4.6%	81
18	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#617	10.4	4.0%	196
19	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#618	10.4	6.3%	122
20	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#653	9.6	4.9%	125
21	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#669	9.3	3.7%	225
22	Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto	#680	9.0	7.8%	75
23	Keio UniversityTokyo	#694	8.7	3.2%	143
24	Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya	#719	8.2	3.6%	67
25	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#722	8.2	4.6%	201
26	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#735	7.9	6.5%	80
27	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#760	7.5	2.8%	108
28	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#845	6.0	3.2%	225
29	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#846	6.0	2.8%	123
30	Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo	#855	5.8	2.8%	124
31	University of ToyamaToyama	#867	5.6	4.2%	84
32	Saitama UniversitySaitama	#892	5.2	2.6%	77
33	Kobe UniversityKobe	#926	4.7	3.6%	106
34	Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura	#942	4.5	3.9%	97
35	Gifu UniversityGifu City	#959	4.2	2.3%	88
36	Yokohama National UniversityYokohama	#980	3.9	2.8%	76
37	Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka	#998	3.7	1.3%	64
38	Kyoto Institute of TechnologyKyoto	#1,009	3.5	4.5%	82
39	Tokushima UniversityTokushima	#1,053	2.9	1.9%	73
40	Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki	#1,069	2.7	5.3%	76
41	Kansai UniversitySuita	#1,107	2.2	1.3%	70
42	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#1,117	2.1	1.6%	76
43	Yamagata UniversityYamagata	#1,162	1.5	1.4%	69
44	Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesHachiōji	#1,185	128.0	0.2%	65

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

Tamio Hayashi, Masakatsu Shibasaki and Naoto Chatani rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Chemistry that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Tamio Hayashi#28,570 worldwide overall237.3 of 789 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Masakatsu Shibasaki#153,770 worldwide overall211.3 of 903 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Naoto Chatani#72,346 worldwide overall157.5 of 590 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Masahiro Miura#115,026 worldwide overall158.2 of 634 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Hisashi Yamamoto#135,762 worldwide overall172.3 of 796 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Makoto Fujita#15,582 worldwide overall120.3 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Shū Kobayashi#231,117 worldwide overall182.4 of 968 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Susumu Kitagawa#27,428 worldwide overall125.5 of 417 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Kenichiro Itami#40,303 worldwide overall120.6 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Tetsuya Satoh#76,056 worldwide overall122.5 of 431 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Ryōji Noyori#121,699 worldwide overall124.8 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Motomu Kanai#119,098 worldwide overall107.2 of 405 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Eiichi Nakamura#107,940 worldwide overall121.6 of 551 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Shunichi Fukuzumi#103,092 worldwide overall124.8 of 592 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Zhaomin Hou#41,242 worldwide overall95.9 of 307 papers here in the top 10%

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