Medicine research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#180	42.6	9.8%	3,936
2	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#271	38.1	7.9%	3,094
3	The University of OsakaOsaka	#273	38.0	9.5%	2,768
4	RIKENWako	#394	34.0	14.5%	418
5	Keio UniversityTokyo	#409	33.6	9.6%	2,378
6	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#410	33.5	8.4%	2,378
7	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#507	31.2	7.0%	2,058
8	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#520	30.9	8.4%	2,345
9	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#561	30.1	7.8%	2,201
10	Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo	#577	29.8	9.5%	1,376
11	University of the Sacred HeartTokyo	#734	27.1	14.8%	196
12	Korea UniversityTokyo	#792	26.3	11.2%	456
13	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#817	25.9	6.1%	1,835
14	Yokohama City UniversityYokohama	#830	25.8	7.4%	1,809
15	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#862	25.3	8.5%	399
16	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#873	25.2	6.6%	1,326
17	Chiba UniversityChiba	#874	25.2	7.2%	1,814
18	Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto	#892	25.0	8.1%	1,226
19	National Center for Global Health and MedicineTokyo	#901	24.9	8.3%	686
20	Juntendo UniversityTokyo	#918	24.6	7.1%	2,294
21	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#994	23.8	6.8%	2,112
22	Kobe UniversityKobe	#1,002	23.7	7.5%	1,757
23	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#1,016	23.5	7.1%	1,924
24	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#1,127	22.4	6.8%	671
25	National Cancer Center Hospital EastKashiwa	#1,132	22.3	11.2%	934
26	Takeda (Japan)Osaka	#1,133	22.3	13.0%	553
27	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#1,163	22.0	8.6%	1,111
28	Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki	#1,184	21.8	6.9%	1,183
29	National Institute of Infectious DiseasesTokyo	#1,185	21.8	10.0%	389
30	Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchTokyo	#1,189	21.8	9.5%	890
31	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#1,198	21.7	8.4%	309
32	Osaka City UniversityOsaka	#1,342	20.4	8.1%	436
33	National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterOsaka	#1,348	20.4	6.7%	825
34	Ehime UniversityMatsuyama	#1,387	20.1	6.4%	598
35	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#1,439	19.7	10.7%	92
36	University of Tokyo Health SciencesTokyo	#1,515	19.1	10.8%	120
37	Niigata UniversityNiigata	#1,520	19.1	6.1%	1,131
38	Jichi Medical UniversityShimotsuke	#1,530	19.0	7.5%	1,760
39	Life Science InstituteTokyo	#1,548	18.9	10.4%	80
40	Tokushima UniversityTokushima	#1,590	18.6	5.7%	1,011
41	Osaka International Cancer InstituteOsaka	#1,614	18.4	9.3%	444
42	Wakayama Medical UniversityWakayama	#1,644	18.2	6.3%	714
43	Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo	#1,677	18.0	6.2%	1,686
44	Gunma UniversityMaebashi	#1,770	17.4	6.6%	940
45	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceTokyo	#1,777	17.3	8.4%	161
46	Kitasato UniversityTokyo	#1,785	17.3	5.8%	981
47	Mie UniversityTsu	#1,795	17.2	6.6%	1,031
48	Teikyo UniversityTokyo	#1,799	17.2	7.1%	1,029
49	International University of Health and WelfareŌtawara	#1,810	17.1	6.3%	1,092
50	Hamamatsu University School of MedicineHamamatsu	#1,824	17.0	6.8%	745
51	Fujita Health UniversityToyoake	#1,841	17.0	7.1%	1,230
52	Tokyo Medical UniversityTokyo	#1,855	16.9	6.8%	1,340
53	Daiichi-Sankyo (Japan)Tokyo	#1,869	16.8	14.2%	269
54	Nagoya City UniversityNagoya	#1,902	16.6	6.3%	1,009
55	University of YamanashiKofu	#1,903	16.6	6.0%	498
56	Nippon Medical SchoolTokyo	#1,961	16.2	7.0%	1,326
57	Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto	#1,963	16.2	5.2%	941
58	Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversitySendai	#1,990	16.1	6.1%	403
59	Aichi Cancer CenterNagoya	#2,009	16.0	9.7%	389
60	National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and NutritionTsukuba	#2,014	16.0	9.3%	137

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

Masatoshi Kudo, Shizuo Akira and Yoshiya Tanaka rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Medicine that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Masatoshi Kudo#95,747 worldwide overall344.8 of 1,486 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Shizuo Akira#1,559 worldwide overall166.0 of 379 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Yoshiya Tanaka#171,924 worldwide overall207.3 of 1,034 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Michiaki Kubo#11,428 worldwide overall135.6 of 379 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Takeshi Kimura#245,384 worldwide overall212.3 of 1,185 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Kyoko Ohno‐Matsui#28,286 worldwide overall128.0 of 351 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Naohiro Yonemoto#2,625 worldwide overall115.8 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Masataka Kuwana#94,283 worldwide overall151.0 of 594 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Hisao Asamura#28,521 worldwide overall127.7 of 374 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Antonio Pelliccia#28,464 worldwide overall120.7 of 341 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Norihiro Kokudo#160,114 worldwide overall172.9 of 873 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Toshiharu Ninomiya#38,743 worldwide overall124.0 of 390 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Takashi Kadowaki#90,002 worldwide overall154.6 of 725 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Kohei Shitara#42,647 worldwide overall125.7 of 451 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Takayuki Yoshino#99,230 worldwide overall143.3 of 629 papers here in the top 10%

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