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Earth and Planetary Sciences research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Earth and Planetary Sciences research in 2022-now (#67 worldwide), followed by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and Hokkaido University.

Japan's world rank
#15
of 78 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.7k
Top-10% rate
6.7%
Ranked institutions
29

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

What is the best university for Earth and Planetary Sciences in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #6739.99.7%691
2Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyYokosuka #12930.58.5%407
3Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #28219.36.4%352
4Tohoku UniversitySendai #28819.012.3%358
5Kyoto UniversityKyoto #29918.57.2%443
6Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #36215.710.8%142
7Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #38714.87.3%247
8Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo #41014.010.1%97
9Nagoya UniversityNagoya #41213.95.1%234
10Japan Meteorological AgencyTokyo #43413.16.6%198
11RIKENWako #44812.711.8%72
12University of TsukubaTsukuba #47911.78.0%154
13The University of OsakaOsaka #52610.46.1%104
14National Institute for Environmental StudiesTsukuba #6247.98.0%78
15Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #6427.54.7%120
16Chiba UniversityChiba #6467.54.7%83
17Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #6657.08.4%70
18National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #7724.96.8%327
19Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo #8064.36.4%74
20Kobe UniversityKobe #8313.84.9%112
21Waseda UniversityTokyo #8363.84.5%67
22Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #8443.66.0%78
23Okayama UniversityOkayama #8643.35.9%65
24Ehime UniversityMatsuyama #9092.65.3%61
25National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster ResilienceTsukuba #9172.56.5%86
26Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyTokyo #9212.46.7%64
27Niigata UniversityNiigata #9691.74.6%68
28Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyYokohama #988138.03.2%82
29University of the RyukyusOkinawa #1,03670.03.7%78

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

Who are the top Earth and Planetary Sciences researchers in Japan?

Dapeng Zhao, Toshio Yamagata and Dapeng Zhao rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Earth and Planetary Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Dapeng Zhao#127,739 worldwide overall81.1 of 302 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Toshio Yamagata#56,052 worldwide overall59.9 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Dapeng Zhao#192,036 worldwide overall60.7 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Kei Hirose#310,626 worldwide overall57.3 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Kenji Satake#315,219 worldwide overall67.5 of 335 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Kimitaka Kawamura#138,320 worldwide overall59.5 of 261 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Toshihiko Takemura#49,645 worldwide overall46.2 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ayako Abe‐Ouchi#145,613 worldwide overall60.6 of 280 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Yoshiki Saito#151,732 worldwide overall52.3 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Akira Hasegawa#418,408 worldwide overall55.9 of 279 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Eiji Ohtani#732,663 worldwide overall58.8 of 352 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kazushige Obara#428,784 worldwide overall44.6 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Satoshi Ide#315,897 worldwide overall37.4 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Ikuo Kushiro#119,392 worldwide overall27.2 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yasuo Ohishi#642,218 worldwide overall37.5 of 183 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Earth and Planetary 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 Earth and Planetary Sciences