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General Health Professions research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for General Health Professions research in 2022–2025 (#276 worldwide), followed by University of Tsukuba.

Japan's world rank
#24
of 86 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3.1k
Top-10% rate
14.7%
Ranked institutions
2

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for General Health Professions in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #27617.624.9%104
2University of TsukubaTsukuba #6694.613.0%74

Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in General Health Professions, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top General Health Professions researchers in Japan?

Norito Kawakami, Kenichi Okada and Tomohisa Nagata rank highest among researchers based in Japan.

  1. 1Norito Kawakami#1,461 worldwide overall4.2k citations · 27 works
  2. 2Kenichi Okada#256,298 worldwide overall542 citations · 12 works
  3. 3Tomohisa Nagata#323,320 worldwide overall71 citations · 12 works
  4. 4Shin‐ichi Yokota#327,245 worldwide overall96 citations · 12 works
  5. 5Akizumi Tsutsumi#350,855 worldwide overall150 citations · 15 works
  6. 6Katsunori Kondo#405,480 worldwide overall280 citations · 13 works
  7. 7Kiyoshi Kanai#465,549 worldwide overall149 citations · 24 works
  8. 8Kiyoshi Okada#480,775 worldwide overall533 citations · 16 works
  9. 9Yoshinori Fujiwara#594,939 worldwide overall105 citations · 12 works
  10. 10Yoshihisa Fujino#643,584 worldwide overall159 citations · 21 works
  11. 11Masaaki Suzuki#646,267 worldwide overall461 citations · 12 works
  12. 12Yoshihisa Kinoshita#662,083 worldwide overall107 citations · 14 works
  13. 13Nobuhiro Matsushita#693,434 worldwide overall233 citations · 20 works
  14. 14Takeo Nakayama#765,879 worldwide overall227 citations · 19 works
  15. 15Takuya Aoki#785,762 worldwide overall46 citations · 12 works

How Japan compares with other countries in General Health Professions