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Psychology research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Psychology research in 2022-now (#293 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and The University of Osaka.

Japan's world rank
#23
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
14k
Top-10% rate
6.2%
Ranked institutions
34

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

What is the best university for Psychology in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #29325.87.2%528
2Kyoto UniversityKyoto #30325.47.7%382
3The University of OsakaOsaka #72913.96.4%219
4University of TsukubaTsukuba #73813.85.0%395
5RIKENWako #76813.312.7%64
6Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #82912.37.3%196
7Nagoya UniversityNagoya #83812.17.9%231
8Tohoku UniversitySendai #86511.77.8%231
9Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #87211.68.1%101
10Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #88811.47.2%125
11Keio UniversityTokyo #97310.25.2%249
12Waseda UniversityTokyo #1,0718.97.8%349
13National Center of Neurology and PsychiatryTokyo #1,1258.37.9%131
14Chiba UniversityChiba #1,1358.27.4%146
15Okayama UniversityOkayama #1,1468.07.5%101
16Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #1,1987.57.5%88
17Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo #1,2596.84.4%61
18Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceTokyo #1,3156.27.6%70
19Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #1,3186.27.8%194
20Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #1,3965.56.5%178
21National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #1,4425.07.9%83
22Kobe UniversityKobe #1,4445.06.1%128
23Chuo UniversityHachiōji #1,4505.03.6%77
24Juntendo UniversityTokyo #1,5683.97.2%69
25Doshisha UniversityKyoto #1,6743.14.0%88
26Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya #1,7912.26.1%61
27Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #1,8022.14.0%116
28Toyo UniversityTokyo #1,8132.02.4%95
29Nihon UniversityTokyo #1,902142.03.5%84
30Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi #1,907139.05.9%61
31University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #1,915133.02.5%61
32Kindai UniversityOsaka #1,935120.05.8%71
33Kansai UniversitySuita #1,97990.06.2%106
34Hosei UniversityTokyo #1,98388.05.3%61

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

Who are the top Psychology researchers in Japan?

Toshi A. Furukawa, Norito Kawakami and Joonha Park rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Toshi A. Furukawa#85,413 worldwide overall71.8 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Norito Kawakami#43,972 worldwide overall63.4 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Joonha Park#55,035 worldwide overall20.3 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Takeshi Sakurai#270,620 worldwide overall18.8 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Yukiko Uchida#156,441 worldwide overall23.3 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Mina K. Dulcan#132,220 worldwide overall18.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Akira Miyake#1,560,117 worldwide overall23.9 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Katsuhiko Nishimori#321,521 worldwide overall16.4 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Mitsuo Kawato#246,574 worldwide overall15.8 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Masashi Yanagisawa#68,408 worldwide overall15.9 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Shigenobu Kanba#408,527 worldwide overall16.9 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Tetsuro Matsuzawa#486,656 worldwide overall24.7 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Mayumi Karasawa#184,411 worldwide overall11.8 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Akihito Shimazu#197,746 worldwide overall15.7 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Katsunori Kondo#72,798 worldwide overall15.1 of 73 papers here in the top 10%

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

How Japan compares with other countries in Psychology