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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 2022–2025 (#75 worldwide), followed by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and Tohoku University.

Japan's world rank
#13
of 80 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.7k
Top-10% rate
14.0%
Ranked institutions
28

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 #7539.220.0%686
2Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyYokosuka #23223.318.2%407
3Tohoku UniversitySendai #24822.324.1%355
4Kyoto UniversityKyoto #24922.315.6%436
5Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #26421.415.3%352
6University of TsukubaTsukuba #44114.217.1%154
7Nagoya UniversityNagoya #48612.813.8%231
8Japan Meteorological AgencyTokyo #50512.313.7%105
9Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #52511.814.0%247
10National Institute for Environmental StudiesTsukuba #55211.115.9%78
11Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #55411.018.9%132
12National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #6558.614.3%147
13Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo #7466.813.2%63
14Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #7876.117.8%70
15The University of OsakaOsaka #7995.813.9%104
16Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #8445.111.4%120
17Chiba UniversityChiba #8455.110.8%82
18Waseda UniversityTokyo #9134.012.6%67
19Kobe UniversityKobe #9233.810.4%112
20Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #9503.412.5%78
21Geological Survey of JapanTsukuba #9793.010.5%181
22Okayama UniversityOkayama #9982.713.1%65
23Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyTokyo #1,0352.211.6%64
24National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster ResilienceTsukuba #1,0661.819.6%86
25Niigata UniversityNiigata #1,0731.710.0%67
26Ehime UniversityMatsuyama #1,14577.013.0%61
27Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyYokohama #1,15466.08.7%82
28University of the RyukyusOkinawa #1,16157.08.4%63

Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

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

Toshio Yamagata, Ryuichi Shinjo and Hiroo Kagami rank highest among researchers based in Japan.

  1. 1Toshio Yamagata#32,299 worldwide overall792 citations · 46 works
  2. 2Ryuichi Shinjo#65,980 worldwide overall807 citations · 55 works
  3. 3Hiroo Kagami#69,529 worldwide overall644 citations · 50 works
  4. 4Hodaka Kawahata#86,347 worldwide overall799 citations · 65 works
  5. 5Toshitaka Gamo#93,257 worldwide overall427 citations · 39 works
  6. 6Yoshiki Saito#94,096 worldwide overall735 citations · 73 works
  7. 7Yoshiyuki Tatsumi#106,847 worldwide overall599 citations · 60 works
  8. 8Kazuhisa Goto#113,510 worldwide overall595 citations · 64 works
  9. 9Yoshihiro Asahara#116,166 worldwide overall609 citations · 64 works
  10. 10Dapeng Zhao#135,067 worldwide overall802 citations · 99 works
  11. 11Norikazu Matsuoka#136,736 worldwide overall366 citations · 37 works
  12. 12Hiroshi Wakita#150,456 worldwide overall364 citations · 35 works
  13. 13Masataka Ando#152,725 worldwide overall328 citations · 46 works
  14. 14Tsuyoshi Tanaka#155,261 worldwide overall708 citations · 37 works
  15. 15Makoto Taniguchi#177,123 worldwide overall428 citations · 36 works

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