Environmental Science research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#121	40.9	8.6%	1,264
2	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#311	29.2	9.7%	552
3	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#337	28.2	6.0%	693
4	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#344	28.0	5.9%	791
5	National Institute for Environmental StudiesTsukuba	#432	25.2	6.1%	358
6	United Nations UniversityTokyo	#435	25.1	15.0%	188
7	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyYokosuka	#450	24.7	8.0%	238
8	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#496	23.5	7.8%	324
9	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#543	22.4	6.4%	525
10	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#597	21.2	6.3%	317
11	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#649	20.2	6.7%	387
12	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#658	20.0	9.1%	369
13	The University of OsakaOsaka	#689	19.4	8.1%	250
14	RIKENWako	#802	17.6	8.5%	94
15	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna	#849	16.9	13.5%	73
16	The University of KitakyushuKitakyushu	#978	15.1	12.3%	124
17	Korea UniversityTokyo	#995	14.9	12.2%	73
18	Chiba UniversityChiba	#1,094	13.7	5.7%	279
19	Institute for Global Environmental StrategiesHayama	#1,274	11.9	15.2%	80
20	Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto	#1,300	11.6	4.4%	140
21	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#1,438	10.4	4.4%	325
22	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#1,461	10.2	6.4%	135
23	Ehime UniversityMatsuyama	#1,471	10.1	3.3%	142
24	Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki	#1,489	9.9	7.8%	193
25	Japan Meteorological AgencyTokyo	#1,593	9.1	6.3%	119
26	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#1,641	8.7	7.2%	223
27	Kobe UniversityKobe	#1,662	8.6	8.7%	256
28	Chuo UniversityHachiōji	#1,740	8.0	7.2%	64
29	Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteTsukuba	#1,754	7.9	4.7%	222
30	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#1,815	7.5	6.9%	91
31	Keio UniversityTokyo	#1,863	7.2	5.3%	129
32	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#1,914	6.8	6.6%	105
33	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#2,012	6.2	4.7%	171
34	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#2,129	5.5	5.6%	120
35	Tokyo City UniversityTokyo	#2,136	5.5	7.1%	74
36	Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura	#2,138	5.5	7.1%	108
37	National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukuba	#2,153	5.4	4.0%	228
38	Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo	#2,162	5.3	4.1%	155
39	University of MiyazakiMiyazaki	#2,173	5.3	3.9%	90
40	Saitama UniversitySaitama	#2,193	5.2	5.3%	122
41	Fukushima UniversityFukushima	#2,211	5.1	4.7%	76
42	Gifu UniversityGifu City	#2,231	4.9	4.4%	102
43	Tokyo University of Marine Science and TechnologyTokyo	#2,271	4.7	4.6%	158
44	Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto	#2,315	4.5	3.5%	93
45	Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo	#2,331	4.4	6.3%	62
46	Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka	#2,443	3.8	6.2%	78
47	Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryTokyo	#2,462	3.7	2.3%	65
48	University of the RyukyusOkinawa	#2,495	3.6	6.0%	185
49	Tottori UniversityTottori-shi	#2,497	3.6	7.0%	94
50	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#2,504	3.5	4.8%	118
51	Japan Fisheries Research and Education AgencyYokohama	#2,593	3.1	2.2%	271
52	Niigata UniversityNiigata	#2,614	3.0	5.9%	111
53	Yamagata UniversityYamagata	#2,777	2.2	3.5%	75
54	Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi	#2,790	2.2	3.7%	96
55	Yokohama National UniversityYokohama	#2,806	2.1	5.5%	129
56	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#2,817	2.1	2.1%	132
57	Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu	#2,833	2.0	7.9%	72
58	Kōchi UniversityKochi	#2,839	2.0	4.9%	84
59	University of YamanashiKofu	#2,867	1.9	4.2%	65
60	Shibaura Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#2,893	1.8	8.8%	82

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

Md. Rabiul Awual, Ayyoob Sharifi and Yu‐You Li rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Environmental Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Md. Rabiul Awual#6 worldwide overall56.9 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Ayyoob Sharifi#295 worldwide overall60.7 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Yu‐You Li#93,598 worldwide overall72.1 of 308 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Dai Yamazaki#298,942 worldwide overall52.8 of 195 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Nobuyoshi Yamashita#129,039 worldwide overall48.7 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Toshihiko Takemura#49,645 worldwide overall46.5 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Hideshige Takada#195,006 worldwide overall55.2 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Naota Hanasaki#95,637 worldwide overall45.9 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Sachi Taniyasu#48,656 worldwide overall38.7 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Yanhong Tang#125,642 worldwide overall42.0 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Masahiro Hashizume#54,079 worldwide overall39.7 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Akihiko Ito#396,734 worldwide overall49.5 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Satoshi Okabe#201,675 worldwide overall43.0 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Kimitaka Kawamura#138,320 worldwide overall52.8 of 254 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Etsushi Kato#29,260 worldwide overall33.8 of 76 papers here in the top 10%

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