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Cultural Studies research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Cultural Studies research in 2022-now (#57 worldwide), followed by .

Japan's world rank
#13
of 47 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.4k
Top-10% rate
7.6%
Ranked institutions
1

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

What is the best university for Cultural Studies in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #5726.74.7%91

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

Who are the top Cultural Studies researchers in Japan?

Kōichi Iwabuchi, Tadahiro Taniguchi and Ingyu Oh rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Cultural Studies that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Kōichi Iwabuchi#483,455 worldwide overall13.3 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Tadahiro Taniguchi#1,166,161 worldwide overall7.6 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ingyu Oh#899,910 worldwide overall8.2 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Kenichi Aoki#520,995 worldwide overall5.5 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Akira Taniguchi#2,258,591 worldwide overall5.0 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Joe Yuichiro Wakano#512,666 worldwide overall5.0 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Patrick W. Galbraith#1,368,283 worldwide overall5.5 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Kazuo Okanoya#3,068,079 worldwide overall4.7 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9James E. Roberson#1,811,549 worldwide overall3.5 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Yoshinobu Hagiwara#2,015,472 worldwide overall2.8 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jeff Kingston#3,236,785 worldwide overall3.7 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Sumiko Iwao#909,305 worldwide overall3.0 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jun Tani#2,699,018 worldwide overall2.8 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mutsumi Imai#738,091 worldwide overall3.0 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Akira Hayami#1,782,460 worldwide overall3.2 of 10 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Cultural Studies 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 Cultural Studies