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Education research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Education research in 2022-now (#622 worldwide), followed by Hiroshima University and Waseda University.

Japan's world rank
#28
of 112 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
2.9k
Top-10% rate
8.5%
Ranked institutions
3

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

What is the best university for Education in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #62215.08.1%91
2Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #9888.916.4%89
3Waseda UniversityTokyo #1,3524.710.9%64

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

Who are the top Education researchers in Japan?

Takahiro A. Kato, Jeremy Rappleye and Shigenobu Kanba rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Education that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Takahiro A. Kato#2,898,380 worldwide overall23.4 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jeremy Rappleye#142,274 worldwide overall11.1 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Shigenobu Kanba#408,527 worldwide overall8.7 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Keiichi Ogawa#1,906,830 worldwide overall8.4 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rofiqul Umam#1,860,793 worldwide overall12.3 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Hiroaki Ogata#1,349,742 worldwide overall11.5 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Insung Jung#653,710 worldwide overall9.0 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Rwitajit Majumdar#1,336,258 worldwide overall7.0 of 21 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Tomoko Nishimura#945,514 worldwide overall5.7 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Hom Bahadur Rijal#302,686 worldwide overall6.4 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Tomohiro Inoue#5,871,807 worldwide overall10.2 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Emiliano Bosio#425,936 worldwide overall7.6 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Gregory Trencher#24,901 worldwide overall4.3 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 13Shannon C. Mason#305,017 worldwide overall5.0 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hiroshi Azuma#5,975,489 worldwide overall6.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Education 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 Education