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Neuroscience research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 (#88 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and The University of Osaka.

Japan's world rank
#12
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
14k
Top-10% rate
10.0%
Ranked institutions
46

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

What is the best university for Neuroscience in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #8836.612.7%692
2Kyoto UniversityKyoto #14829.213.7%408
3The University of OsakaOsaka #18526.112.7%338
4Nagoya UniversityNagoya #30718.911.0%264
5Tohoku UniversitySendai #35416.912.8%299
6Keio UniversityTokyo #38715.610.5%268
7Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #38915.611.3%254
8University of TsukubaTsukuba #51011.710.7%280
9RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceWako #52811.223.2%105
10Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #57510.013.8%83
11Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #6218.98.3%193
12Okayama UniversityOkayama #6368.611.5%121
13Nagoya City UniversityNagoya #6578.112.3%86
14Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #6847.610.2%133
15Chiba UniversityChiba #6857.612.5%133
16Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #7336.68.9%164
17Juntendo UniversityTokyo #7356.610.8%122
18Niigata UniversityNiigata #7366.512.3%98
19National Institute for Physiological SciencesOkazaki #7396.517.5%65
20National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo #7556.215.9%93
21Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #7626.112.5%84
22Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna #7705.918.0%83
23University of ToyamaToyama #8404.75.5%114
24Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi #8474.69.2%74
25Fujita Health UniversityToyoake #8824.012.8%74
26Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo #8933.812.8%88
27Kobe UniversityKobe #9083.68.5%130
28Nihon UniversityTokyo #9373.16.4%92
29Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #9433.013.1%63
30Waseda UniversityTokyo #9542.98.0%191
31Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto #9752.67.7%62
32Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #9792.510.3%97
33Kagoshima UniversityKagoshima #9982.26.9%67
34Yokohama City UniversityYokohama #1,0251.910.0%60
35Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #1,0271.89.3%108
36National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #1,0391.79.7%94
37Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo #1,0451.611.0%64
38National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo #1,0481.516.4%69
39Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #1,0501.59.1%100
40Nara Medical UniversityKashihara-shi #1,062135.05.3%73
41International University of Health and WelfareŌtawara #1,065131.05.6%70
42University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #1,070124.08.5%94
43Kindai UniversityOsaka #1,075117.07.5%61
44Kitasato UniversityTokyo #1,09295.04.2%65
45Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceTokyo #1,09888.011.0%64
46NTT (Japan)Tokyo #1,1680.05.4%62

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

Who are the top Neuroscience researchers in Japan?

Masashi Yanagisawa, Katsutoshi Goto and Nobuhiro Yuki rank highest among researchers based in Japan.

  1. 1Masashi Yanagisawa#1,094 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 31 works
  2. 2Katsutoshi Goto#1,828 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 20 works
  3. 3Nobuhiro Yuki#12,913 worldwide overall589 citations · 25 works
  4. 4Takeshi Sakurai#17,313 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 22 works
  5. 5Masahiro Irie#18,824 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 26 works
  6. 6Jiro Gyoba#22,223 worldwide overall507 citations · 24 works
  7. 7Toshiharu Nagatsu#23,746 worldwide overall828 citations · 19 works
  8. 8Kenji Kangawa#24,890 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 52 works
  9. 9Shigetada Nakanishi#26,222 worldwide overall754 citations · 30 works
  10. 10Ichiro Kanazawa#28,527 worldwide overall451 citations · 24 works
  11. 11Kazuwa Nakao#30,463 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 24 works
  12. 12Shoji Tsuji#31,169 worldwide overall628 citations · 21 works
  13. 13Haruhiko Bito#42,613 worldwide overall351 citations · 19 works
  14. 14Mitsuo Kawato#44,741 worldwide overall874 citations · 60 works
  15. 15Andrzej Cichocki#47,292 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 83 works

How Japan compares with other countries in Neuroscience