Social Sciences research in Japan

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	The University of TokyoTokyo	#212	38.4	5.5%	2,006
2	Kyoto UniversityKyoto	#346	32.8	9.4%	750
3	Kyushu UniversityFukuoka	#507	28.4	5.9%	800
4	United Nations UniversityTokyo	#764	23.7	21.8%	252
5	University of TsukubaTsukuba	#956	21.1	7.2%	560
6	The University of OsakaOsaka	#983	20.8	7.0%	378
7	Waseda UniversityTokyo	#1,069	19.8	8.2%	765
8	Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima	#1,127	19.2	14.5%	436
9	Nagoya UniversityNagoya	#1,219	18.3	7.9%	392
10	Chiba UniversityChiba	#1,409	16.6	9.6%	198
11	Keio UniversityTokyo	#1,507	15.9	7.6%	375
12	Tohoku UniversitySendai	#1,553	15.5	8.8%	414
13	Hitotsubashi UniversityTokyo	#1,609	15.1	6.1%	239
14	Hokkaido UniversitySapporo	#1,616	15.1	8.4%	241
15	Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto	#1,619	15.0	8.0%	345
16	Tokyo University of Foreign StudiesTokyo	#1,915	13.1	7.8%	309
17	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo	#2,006	12.6	7.2%	182
18	Rikkyo UniversityTokyo	#2,528	9.9	5.3%	126
19	Chuo UniversityHachiōji	#2,754	8.9	3.7%	139
20	Aoyama Gakuin UniversityTokyo	#2,768	8.9	5.1%	118
21	Bunkyo UniversityTokyo	#2,915	8.3	7.4%	114
22	Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi	#2,956	8.1	5.8%	451
23	Research Organization of Information and SystemsTokyo	#2,974	8.1	8.5%	66
24	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific UniversityBeppu	#2,982	8.0	13.1%	101
25	Kobe UniversityKobe	#3,041	7.8	8.6%	292
26	Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo	#3,147	7.4	7.4%	108
27	Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa	#3,149	7.4	11.8%	122
28	International University of JapanNiigata	#3,197	7.2	5.5%	86
29	Asia UniversityMusashino	#3,608	5.8	10.8%	63
30	Tokyo Gakugei UniversityTokyo	#3,723	5.5	7.0%	192
31	Tama UniversityTokyo	#3,762	5.3	6.9%	147
32	Kansai Gaidai UniversityHirakata	#3,880	5.0	8.4%	97
33	Okayama UniversityOkayama	#3,920	4.9	8.0%	122
34	Kindai UniversityOsaka	#4,003	4.6	4.1%	316
35	International Christian UniversityTokyo	#4,013	4.6	12.9%	66
36	The University of KitakyushuKitakyushu	#4,127	4.3	15.3%	67
37	Kwansei Gakuin UniversityNishinomiya	#4,373	3.6	7.1%	122
38	Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo	#4,379	3.6	7.6%	200
39	Temple University, JapanTokyo	#4,384	3.6	1.5%	89
40	National Police AcademyTokyo	#4,400	3.5	6.1%	81
41	Sophia UniversityTokyo	#4,440	3.4	5.0%	203
42	Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka	#4,518	3.2	8.8%	133
43	Ryukoku UniversityKyoto	#4,544	3.2	9.7%	103
44	Toyo UniversityTokyo	#4,581	3.1	9.7%	212
45	Shiga UniversityHikone	#4,672	2.8	5.7%	131
46	Keio University Shonan FujisawaFujisawa	#4,789	2.6	9.7%	65
47	Wakayama UniversityWakayama	#4,845	2.4	5.9%	138
48	University of MiyazakiMiyazaki	#4,853	2.4	6.4%	233
49	Doshisha UniversityKyoto	#4,874	2.4	4.0%	199
50	National Tax CollegeTokyo	#4,962	2.2	7.6%	77
51	Naruto University of EducationNarutochō-mitsuishi	#5,048	2.0	5.2%	62
52	Saitama UniversitySaitama	#5,143	1.8	3.8%	62
53	Meiji UniversityTokyo	#5,154	1.7	6.1%	167
54	Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo	#5,200	1.6	1.2%	258
55	Yokohama National UniversityYokohama	#5,293	142.0	4.6%	133
56	Hosei UniversityTokyo	#5,307	139.0	7.4%	150
57	Tottori UniversityTottori-shi	#5,314	137.0	3.4%	137
58	University of YamanashiKofu	#5,429	113.0	6.0%	71
59	Senshu UniversityTokyo	#5,436	111.0	5.1%	62
60	Teikyo UniversityTokyo	#5,459	106.0	7.8%	64

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

Ayyoob Sharifi, Katsunori Kondo and Toshio Yamagishi rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Ayyoob Sharifi#295 worldwide overall53.4 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Katsunori Kondo#72,798 worldwide overall55.8 of 161 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Toshio Yamagishi#209,682 worldwide overall36.7 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Rajib Shaw#304,181 worldwide overall47.2 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Naoki Kondo#168,137 worldwide overall31.1 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Norito Kawakami#43,972 worldwide overall27.7 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Yukiko Uchida#156,441 worldwide overall24.5 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Jeremy Rappleye#142,274 worldwide overall26.9 of 49 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Kenji Shibuya#11,437 worldwide overall20.3 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Xuan Song#87,422 worldwide overall20.2 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Shuhei Nomura#59,819 worldwide overall18.8 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Gen Suwa#81,624 worldwide overall17.7 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Futao Huang#223,399 worldwide overall22.0 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Naohiro Yonemoto#2,625 worldwide overall15.7 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Jun Aida#107,512 worldwide overall18.4 of 53 papers here in the top 10%

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