How does Japan rank in Energy research?

Japan ranks #21 of 73 countries on research quality in Energy (2022–2025), with 3.6k works.

Energy research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Energy research in 2022–2025 (#220 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and Kyushu University.

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

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#220	17.6	14.4%	182
2	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#262	14.9	14.5%	155
3	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#275	14.1	14.4%	174
4	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#343	10.8	17.3%	125
5	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#404	8.3	17.5%	84
6	National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba	#416	7.8	19.5%	81
7	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#498	5.1	13.2%	108
8	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#558	3.3	12.1%	106
9	The University of OsakaOsaka	#576	2.8	12.3%	104
10	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#598	2.3	13.4%	64
11	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#601	2.2	10.5%	85
12	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#633	141.0	12.6%	63
13	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#653	93.0	10.1%	64

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

Tsutomu Miyasaka, Toshihiko Masui and Mingwei Chen rank highest among researchers based in Japan.