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What is the best university for Computer Science in Japan?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | The University of TokyoTokyo |
#120 | 43.0 | 7.1% | 2,171 |
| 2 | RIKENWako |
#188 | 37.6 | 12.0% | 525 |
| 3 | Kyoto UniversityKyoto |
#316 | 31.4 | 6.2% | 905 |
| 4 | Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo |
#445 | 27.4 | 8.3% | 496 |
| 5 | Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo |
#460 | 27.0 | 7.3% | 861 |
| 6 | The University of OsakaOsaka |
#464 | 26.9 | 4.9% | 956 |
| 7 | Waseda UniversityTokyo |
#487 | 26.3 | 5.8% | 1,093 |
| 8 | Tohoku UniversitySendai |
#513 | 25.6 | 8.8% | 738 |
| 9 | Kyushu UniversityFukuoka |
#550 | 24.8 | 5.8% | 751 |
| 10 | Keio UniversityTokyo |
#599 | 23.8 | 5.5% | 756 |
| 11 | Honda (Japan)Tokyo |
#689 | 22.1 | 13.1% | 135 |
| 12 | Nagoya UniversityNagoya |
#724 | 21.5 | 4.1% | 710 |
| 13 | University of TsukubaTsukuba |
#881 | 19.2 | 4.3% | 892 |
| 14 | University of AizuFukushima |
#989 | 17.8 | 10.5% | 405 |
| 15 | NTT (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,010 | 17.6 | 6.0% | 618 |
| 16 | National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba |
#1,015 | 17.5 | 11.5% | 61 |
| 17 | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama |
#1,176 | 15.8 | 6.0% | 86 |
| 18 | University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo |
#1,220 | 15.3 | 5.5% | 720 |
| 19 | Hokkaido UniversitySapporo |
#1,224 | 15.3 | 4.6% | 494 |
| 20 | Korea UniversityTokyo |
#1,233 | 15.2 | 13.9% | 78 |
| 21 | Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo |
#1,248 | 15.1 | 3.7% | 385 |
| 22 | Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa |
#1,257 | 15.0 | 7.7% | 191 |
| 23 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba |
#1,272 | 14.8 | 6.1% | 564 |
| 24 | Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto |
#1,432 | 13.4 | 4.4% | 642 |
| 25 | Sony (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,440 | 13.4 | 11.6% | 64 |
| 26 | National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo |
#1,534 | 12.6 | 4.1% | 304 |
| 27 | Toshiba (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,550 | 12.5 | 5.3% | 155 |
| 28 | Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima |
#1,575 | 12.3 | 5.1% | 409 |
| 29 | Toyo UniversityTokyo |
#1,746 | 11.1 | 2.8% | 164 |
| 30 | KDDI Research (Japan)Fujimino |
#1,805 | 10.7 | 4.0% | 185 |
| 31 | Tokyo University of Information SciencesChiba |
#1,868 | 10.2 | 6.3% | 104 |
| 32 | Bunkyo UniversityTokyo |
#1,891 | 10.1 | 7.5% | 60 |
| 33 | Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,919 | 9.9 | 6.6% | 265 |
| 34 | Kobe UniversityKobe |
#1,928 | 9.9 | 4.9% | 293 |
| 35 | Sony Computer Science LaboratoriesTokyo |
#2,080 | 9.0 | 12.6% | 60 |
| 36 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna |
#2,083 | 9.0 | 9.3% | 70 |
| 37 | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi |
#2,084 | 8.9 | 5.8% | 440 |
| 38 | Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto |
#2,262 | 8.0 | 7.6% | 127 |
| 39 | Chiba UniversityChiba |
#2,345 | 7.5 | 5.1% | 258 |
| 40 | Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for InformaticsKyoto |
#2,352 | 7.5 | 8.2% | 113 |
| 41 | Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma |
#2,360 | 7.5 | 3.7% | 438 |
| 42 | Okayama UniversityOkayama |
#2,445 | 7.1 | 3.4% | 317 |
| 43 | Asia UniversityMusashino |
#2,475 | 6.9 | 5.2% | 64 |
| 44 | University of ToyamaToyama |
#2,491 | 6.8 | 10.1% | 117 |
| 45 | Cyber UniversityFukuoka |
#2,571 | 6.4 | 5.7% | 77 |
| 46 | Saitama UniversitySaitama |
#2,644 | 6.1 | 4.0% | 172 |
| 47 | Muroran Institute of TechnologyMuroran |
#2,650 | 6.1 | 12.8% | 114 |
| 48 | CyberAgent (Japan)Tokyo |
#2,664 | 6.0 | 5.0% | 76 |
| 49 | Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo |
#2,689 | 5.9 | 3.1% | 301 |
| 50 | National Defense Academy of JapanYokosuka |
#2,764 | 5.6 | 2.6% | 68 |
| 51 | Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo |
#2,895 | 5.0 | 2.5% | 408 |
| 52 | Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka |
#2,973 | 4.7 | 3.4% | 156 |
| 53 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo |
#3,040 | 4.4 | 3.3% | 201 |
| 54 | NEC (Japan)Tokyo |
#3,049 | 4.4 | 3.9% | 193 |
| 55 | Fujitsu (Japan)Kawasaki |
#3,073 | 4.3 | 3.9% | 170 |
| 56 | Hosei UniversityTokyo |
#3,130 | 4.1 | 5.9% | 300 |
| 57 | Advanced Institute of Industrial TechnologyTokyo |
#3,198 | 3.8 | 3.7% | 67 |
| 58 | Wakayama UniversityWakayama |
#3,279 | 3.5 | 4.0% | 73 |
| 59 | Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya |
#3,287 | 3.5 | 1.8% | 302 |
| 60 | Niigata UniversityNiigata |
#3,303 | 3.5 | 5.2% | 106 |
Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Japan?
Hamido Fujita, Keping Yu and Junichi Yamagishi rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Hamido Fujita#66,438 worldwide overall131.3 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Keping Yu#80,640 worldwide overall95.7 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Junichi Yamagishi#439,480 worldwide overall97.3 of 425 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Шун-ичи Амари#81,067 worldwide overall54.7 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Xiaokang Zhou#283,675 worldwide overall57.9 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Andrzej S Cichocki#749,164 worldwide overall76.3 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Mianxiong Dong#1,371,937 worldwide overall123.2 of 365 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Nei Kato#963,860 worldwide overall107.7 of 404 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Huimin Lu#294,806 worldwide overall48.5 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Kaoru Ota#1,318,462 worldwide overall90.3 of 262 papers here in the top 10%
- 11William J. Munro#236,048 worldwide overall40.8 of 183 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Ruidong Li#268,614 worldwide overall47.1 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Shangce Gao#698,292 worldwide overall59.3 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Heiga Zen#268,746 worldwide overall39.1 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Yasuyuki Matsushita#478,450 worldwide overall45.0 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
How Japan compares with other countries in Computer Science