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Insect Science research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Insect Science research in 2022-now (#44 worldwide), followed by National Agriculture and Food Research Organization.

Japan's world rank
#16
of 51 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.4k
Top-10% rate
6.8%
Ranked institutions
2

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

What is the best university for Insect Science in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #4420.46.8%74
2National Agriculture and Food Research OrganizationTsukuba #817.67.2%99

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

Who are the top Insect Science researchers in Japan?

Takema Fukatsu, Yoshitomo Kikuchi and Ryuichi Koga rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Insect Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Takema Fukatsu#56,150 worldwide overall57.0 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Yoshitomo Kikuchi#95,572 worldwide overall24.5 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ryuichi Koga#55,485 worldwide overall23.1 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Naruo Nikoh#121,492 worldwide overall17.0 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Takahiro Hosokawa#174,523 worldwide overall14.7 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Filip Husník#240,194 worldwide overall7.0 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gen‐ichiro Arimura#596,731 worldwide overall10.0 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Hiroshi Kataoka#620,709 worldwide overall8.5 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Junji Takabayashi#633,150 worldwide overall14.1 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Masahira Hattori#42,982 worldwide overall5.8 of 13 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Ryusuke Niwa#101,385 worldwide overall5.5 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Daisuke Kageyama#911,404 worldwide overall9.5 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Shuji Shigenobu#305,112 worldwide overall7.5 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Tsutomu Tsuchida#1,343,851 worldwide overall8.7 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hajime Ishikawa#2,177,489 worldwide overall8.7 of 47 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Insect Science 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 Insect Science