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Computer Science research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#120 worldwide), followed by RIKEN and Kyoto University.

Japan's world rank
#16
of 128 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
37k
Top-10% rate
5.1%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Computer Science in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #12043.07.1%2,171
2RIKENWako #18837.612.0%525
3Kyoto UniversityKyoto #31631.46.2%905
4Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo #44527.48.3%496
5Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #46027.07.3%861
6The University of OsakaOsaka #46426.94.9%956
7Waseda UniversityTokyo #48726.35.8%1,093
8Tohoku UniversitySendai #51325.68.8%738
9Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #55024.85.8%751
10Keio UniversityTokyo #59923.85.5%756
11Honda (Japan)Tokyo #68922.113.1%135
12Nagoya UniversityNagoya #72421.54.1%710
13University of TsukubaTsukuba #88119.24.3%892
14University of AizuFukushima #98917.810.5%405
15NTT (Japan)Tokyo #1,01017.66.0%618
16National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba #1,01517.511.5%61
17The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama #1,17615.86.0%86
18University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #1,22015.35.5%720
19Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #1,22415.34.6%494
20Korea UniversityTokyo #1,23315.213.9%78
21Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #1,24815.13.7%385
22Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #1,25715.07.7%191
23National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #1,27214.86.1%564
24Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #1,43213.44.4%642
25Sony (Japan)Tokyo #1,44013.411.6%64
26National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo #1,53412.64.1%304
27Toshiba (Japan)Tokyo #1,55012.55.3%155
28Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #1,57512.35.1%409
29Toyo UniversityTokyo #1,74611.12.8%164
30KDDI Research (Japan)Fujimino #1,80510.74.0%185
31Tokyo University of Information SciencesChiba #1,86810.26.3%104
32Bunkyo UniversityTokyo #1,89110.17.5%60
33Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Tokyo #1,9199.96.6%265
34Kobe UniversityKobe #1,9289.94.9%293
35Sony Computer Science LaboratoriesTokyo #2,0809.012.6%60
36Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna #2,0839.09.3%70
37Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi #2,0848.95.8%440
38Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #2,2628.07.6%127
39Chiba UniversityChiba #2,3457.55.1%258
40Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for InformaticsKyoto #2,3527.58.2%113
41Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma #2,3607.53.7%438
42Okayama UniversityOkayama #2,4457.13.4%317
43Asia UniversityMusashino #2,4756.95.2%64
44University of ToyamaToyama #2,4916.810.1%117
45Cyber UniversityFukuoka #2,5716.45.7%77
46Saitama UniversitySaitama #2,6446.14.0%172
47Muroran Institute of TechnologyMuroran #2,6506.112.8%114
48CyberAgent (Japan)Tokyo #2,6646.05.0%76
49Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo #2,6895.93.1%301
50National Defense Academy of JapanYokosuka #2,7645.62.6%68
51Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #2,8955.02.5%408
52Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #2,9734.73.4%156
53Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo #3,0404.43.3%201
54NEC (Japan)Tokyo #3,0494.43.9%193
55Fujitsu (Japan)Kawasaki #3,0734.33.9%170
56Hosei UniversityTokyo #3,1304.15.9%300
57Advanced Institute of Industrial TechnologyTokyo #3,1983.83.7%67
58Wakayama UniversityWakayama #3,2793.54.0%73
59Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya #3,2873.51.8%302
60Niigata UniversityNiigata #3,3033.55.2%106

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

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.

  1. 1Hamido Fujita#66,438 worldwide overall131.3 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Keping Yu#80,640 worldwide overall95.7 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Junichi Yamagishi#439,480 worldwide overall97.3 of 425 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Шун-ичи Амари#81,067 worldwide overall54.7 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Xiaokang Zhou#283,675 worldwide overall57.9 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Andrzej S Cichocki#749,164 worldwide overall76.3 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Mianxiong Dong#1,371,937 worldwide overall123.2 of 365 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Nei Kato#963,860 worldwide overall107.7 of 404 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Huimin Lu#294,806 worldwide overall48.5 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Kaoru Ota#1,318,462 worldwide overall90.3 of 262 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11William J. Munro#236,048 worldwide overall40.8 of 183 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ruidong Li#268,614 worldwide overall47.1 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Shangce Gao#698,292 worldwide overall59.3 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Heiga Zen#268,746 worldwide overall39.1 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yasuyuki Matsushita#478,450 worldwide overall45.0 of 128 papers here in the top 10%

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

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