Physics and Astronomy research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#33	51.8	9.8%	2,139
2	RIKENWako	#48	46.7	12.3%	899
3	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#52	45.5	9.2%	1,250
4	Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the UniverseKashiwa	#120	34.0	18.2%	246
5	National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba	#146	31.3	13.3%	441
6	National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo	#168	29.4	12.5%	510
7	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#202	26.9	8.8%	793
8	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#249	24.0	7.7%	1,076
9	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#256	23.6	8.3%	561
10	High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTsukuba	#271	22.8	6.9%	375
11	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAIHayama	#295	21.6	10.8%	219
12	Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura	#305	21.2	8.4%	393
13	The University of OsakaOsaka	#320	20.5	6.3%	827
14	Keio UniversityTokyo	#377	18.2	8.3%	258
15	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate UniversityOnna	#452	15.8	12.9%	170
16	Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo	#474	15.1	12.2%	85
17	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#475	15.1	6.0%	383
18	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#499	14.4	6.1%	478
19	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#505	14.2	7.4%	433
20	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#566	12.6	6.4%	289
21	Rikkyo UniversityTokyo	#583	12.2	9.0%	86
22	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#628	11.2	5.9%	250
23	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#640	10.9	7.9%	300
24	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#657	10.6	6.0%	132
25	National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyChiba	#676	10.2	6.7%	265
26	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteSayō	#681	10.1	8.5%	81
27	Spintronics Research Network of JapanTokyo	#735	9.1	10.2%	85
28	Kobe UniversityKobe	#751	8.8	6.1%	206
29	Chiba UniversityChiba	#797	7.9	6.4%	240
30	Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo	#823	7.5	6.8%	66
31	NTT Basic Research LaboratoriesAtsugi	#829	7.4	6.3%	95
32	Saitama UniversitySaitama	#834	7.3	4.5%	128
33	Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto	#868	6.8	5.6%	71
34	Okayama University of ScienceOkayama	#870	6.7	3.5%	66
35	Ibaraki UniversityIbaraki	#874	6.7	3.7%	73
36	Toyota Technological InstituteNagoya	#880	6.6	3.5%	66
37	Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo	#887	6.5	6.0%	283
38	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#891	6.4	3.8%	141
39	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba	#901	6.2	4.3%	368
40	Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo	#950	5.5	5.3%	97
41	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#951	5.5	3.6%	107
42	NTT (Japan)Tokyo	#964	5.3	7.8%	91
43	National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo	#974	5.2	6.4%	141
44	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#975	5.2	6.5%	214
45	Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya	#987	5.0	4.5%	73
46	Chuo UniversityHachiōji	#1,020	4.5	3.9%	66
47	University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo	#1,034	4.3	4.5%	176
48	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#1,045	4.2	3.3%	104
49	Nihon UniversityTokyo	#1,068	3.9	1.9%	124
50	Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka	#1,071	3.9	4.6%	103
51	Niigata UniversityNiigata	#1,080	3.7	7.0%	88
52	Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma	#1,095	3.5	9.6%	121
53	Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Tokyo	#1,145	2.9	4.9%	67
54	Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo	#1,165	2.7	5.4%	67
55	Yokohama National UniversityYokohama	#1,192	2.4	4.5%	155
56	Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu	#1,232	1.9	3.4%	117
57	Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto	#1,273	148.0	3.9%	85
58	Tokushima UniversityTokushima	#1,314	104.0	1.4%	69
59	Utsunomiya UniversityUtsunomiya	#1,324	94.0	2.1%	70
60	University of HyogoKobe	#1,347	70.0	1.8%	87

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

P. Chang, E. L. Barberio and Y. Nagasaka rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Physics and Astronomy that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1P. Chang#8,165 worldwide overall731.5 of 2,171 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2E. L. Barberio#10,625 worldwide overall655.7 of 1,990 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Y. Nagasaka#3,590 worldwide overall579.6 of 1,424 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Y. Makida#3,824 worldwide overall529.8 of 1,215 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Mitsuaki Nozaki#7,472 worldwide overall402.0 of 1,050 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Kenji Watanabe#25,990 worldwide overall367.3 of 1,068 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Takashi Taniguchi#29,739 worldwide overall365.4 of 1,068 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8M. Ikeno#5,968 worldwide overall325.7 of 782 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9K. Hara#25,307 worldwide overall352.1 of 1,131 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Y. Arai#83,791 worldwide overall342.3 of 909 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11T. Saito#7,220 worldwide overall256.8 of 630 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Y. Sakurai#22,934 worldwide overall264.1 of 722 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13A. S. Bell#544 worldwide overall225.2 of 401 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14M. Iwasaki#111,234 worldwide overall346.2 of 1,615 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Tsunefumi Mizuno#4,504 worldwide overall232.3 of 499 papers here in the top 10%

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