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What is the best university for Materials Science in Japan?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|
| 1 | The University of TokyoTokyo |
#62 | 46.6 | 8.1% | 1,396 |
| 2 |  National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba |
#95 | 41.1 | 8.6% | 1,233 |
| 3 |  Kyoto UniversityKyoto |
#132 | 36.8 | 6.7% | 1,038 |
| 4 | RIKENWako |
#177 | 33.0 | 8.5% | 372 |
| 5 | Kyushu UniversityFukuoka |
#205 | 31.1 | 7.2% | 824 |
| 6 | Tohoku UniversitySendai |
#269 | 27.6 | 5.3% | 1,484 |
| 7 | The University of OsakaOsaka |
#302 | 26.1 | 4.6% | 1,006 |
| 8 | Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo |
#308 | 25.9 | 4.4% | 846 |
| 9 | Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo |
#320 | 25.4 | 7.7% | 174 |
| 10 | Nagoya UniversityNagoya |
#429 | 21.6 | 5.3% | 689 |
| 11 | Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya |
#451 | 20.9 | 3.1% | 285 |
| 12 |  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna |
#528 | 18.9 | 12.2% | 71 |
| 13 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba |
#534 | 18.8 | 4.8% | 805 |
| 14 | University of TsukubaTsukuba |
#581 | 17.7 | 5.8% | 438 |
| 15 | Hokkaido UniversitySapporo |
#587 | 17.5 | 5.4% | 657 |
| 16 | National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo |
#650 | 16.2 | 6.3% | 100 |
| 17 | Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteSayō |
#655 | 16.1 | 5.8% | 145 |
| 18 | Life Science InstituteTokyo |
#678 | 15.7 | 6.6% | 68 |
| 19 | Advanced Institute of Materials ScienceSendai |
#688 | 15.5 | 15.3% | 70 |
| 20 | Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura |
#716 | 15.0 | 5.3% | 354 |
| 21 | Keio UniversityTokyo |
#793 | 13.6 | 4.7% | 225 |
| 22 | National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyChiba |
#818 | 13.2 | 5.0% | 140 |
| 23 |  Kobe UniversityKobe |
#825 | 13.1 | 4.4% | 185 |
| 24 | Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo |
#860 | 12.6 | 5.3% | 436 |
| 25 | Japan Fine Ceramics CenterNagoya |
#893 | 12.1 | 6.8% | 60 |
| 26 | Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto |
#967 | 11.1 | 5.6% | 244 |
| 27 | Waseda UniversityTokyo |
#1,056 | 9.9 | 5.4% | 301 |
| 28 | Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo |
#1,085 | 9.6 | 3.7% | 206 |
| 29 | Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa |
#1,158 | 8.7 | 3.6% | 181 |
| 30 | Saitama UniversitySaitama |
#1,179 | 8.5 | 2.6% | 113 |
| 31 | Spintronics Research Network of JapanTokyo |
#1,187 | 8.4 | 6.0% | 84 |
| 32 | Kyoto Katsura HospitalKyoto |
#1,190 | 8.4 | 6.8% | 60 |
| 33 | Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)Nagakute-shi |
#1,228 | 8.0 | 5.4% | 72 |
| 34 | High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTsukuba |
#1,299 | 7.3 | 3.4% | 110 |
| 35 | Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma |
#1,311 | 7.1 | 1.5% | 170 |
| 36 |  Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto |
#1,316 | 7.1 | 4.5% | 191 |
| 37 | Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima |
#1,323 | 7.0 | 4.7% | 380 |
| 38 |  University of ToyamaToyama |
#1,351 | 6.8 | 6.2% | 87 |
| 39 | Okayama UniversityOkayama |
#1,423 | 6.1 | 4.9% | 166 |
| 40 | Kogakuin UniversityTokyo |
#1,439 | 5.9 | 3.1% | 62 |
| 41 | University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo |
#1,477 | 5.6 | 5.2% | 99 |
| 42 | Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka |
#1,548 | 5.0 | 2.4% | 193 |
| 43 | Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,607 | 4.5 | 3.7% | 153 |
| 44 | Toyota Technological InstituteNagoya |
#1,613 | 4.4 | 5.4% | 61 |
| 45 | Chiba UniversityChiba |
#1,633 | 4.3 | 3.8% | 189 |
| 46 | Niigata UniversityNiigata |
#1,635 | 4.3 | 2.3% | 75 |
| 47 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo |
#1,653 | 4.1 | 3.7% | 208 |
| 48 | Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka |
#1,657 | 4.1 | 4.2% | 188 |
| 49 | Tokushima UniversityTokushima |
#1,669 | 4.0 | 2.9% | 90 |
| 50 | Toyohashi University of TechnologyToyohashi |
#1,681 | 3.9 | 3.8% | 94 |
| 51 | Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya |
#1,721 | 3.6 | 4.4% | 88 |
| 52 | Kyoto Institute of TechnologyKyoto |
#1,740 | 3.5 | 3.7% | 225 |
| 53 | Gifu UniversityGifu City |
#1,776 | 3.2 | 2.8% | 106 |
| 54 |  Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu |
#1,822 | 2.9 | 4.1% | 189 |
| 55 | Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi |
#1,831 | 2.8 | 3.8% | 157 |
| 56 | Nippon Steel (Japan)Tokyo |
#1,834 | 2.8 | 3.8% | 116 |
| 57 | University of FukuiFukui-shi |
#1,838 | 2.8 | 1.0% | 94 |
| 58 | Yokohama National UniversityYokohama |
#1,856 | 2.6 | 2.9% | 192 |
| 59 | Saga UniversitySaga |
#1,880 | 2.5 | 5.9% | 85 |
| 60 | Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto |
#1,886 | 2.4 | 4.5% | 165 |
Who are the top Materials Science researchers in Japan?
Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and Yusuke Yamauchi rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Kenji Watanabe#25,990 worldwide overall400.2 of 1,916 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Takashi Taniguchi#29,739 worldwide overall393.0 of 1,932 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Yusuke Yamauchi#4,088 worldwide overall191.4 of 575 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Yoshio Bando#41,011 worldwide overall217.7 of 842 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Dmitri V. Golberg#56,816 worldwide overall165.0 of 648 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Jinhua Ye#16,253 worldwide overall116.9 of 320 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Y. Tokura#49,861 worldwide overall120.0 of 380 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Kazunari Domen#70,234 worldwide overall116.8 of 424 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Susumu Kitagawa#27,428 worldwide overall109.1 of 350 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Kazunori Kataoka#26,398 worldwide overall88.7 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Mingwei W. Chen#18,508 worldwide overall83.6 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Katsuhiko Ariga#62,941 worldwide overall104.8 of 436 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Qiang Xü#10,627 worldwide overall80.6 of 201 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Chihaya Adachi#52,538 worldwide overall97.2 of 369 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Kazu Suenaga#37,379 worldwide overall84.4 of 268 papers here in the top 10%
How Japan compares with other countries in Materials Science