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Materials Chemistry research in Japan

National Institute for Materials Science ranks first in Japan for Materials Chemistry research in 2022-now (#54 worldwide), followed by The University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.

Japan's world rank
#10
of 71 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
15k
Top-10% rate
5.1%
Ranked institutions
49

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

What is the best university for Materials Chemistry in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba #5445.39.4%796
2The University of TokyoTokyo #10336.58.1%810
3Kyoto UniversityKyoto #15331.06.7%616
4RIKENWako #23025.58.2%197
5Tohoku UniversitySendai #23325.36.1%799
6Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #26323.67.6%516
7Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #27123.24.4%521
8Nagoya UniversityNagoya #28922.35.9%423
9The University of OsakaOsaka #31721.14.6%579
10Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #36419.26.0%393
11Japan Science and Technology AgencyTokyo #43516.77.2%106
12Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura #46115.94.3%277
13National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo #54913.54.8%62
14National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #56713.14.8%486
15Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research InstituteSayō #62611.75.4%87
16Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #62711.75.7%265
17University of TsukubaTsukuba #63211.65.9%274
18Keio UniversityTokyo #7159.95.4%137
19Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma #7389.51.7%118
20Waseda UniversityTokyo #7629.05.6%190
21Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #7868.65.1%233
22Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto #8577.46.1%112
23Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya #8597.42.5%159
24Okayama UniversityOkayama #8867.06.2%90
25High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTsukuba #9186.53.5%66
26National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyChiba #9376.24.6%108
27Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #9655.83.0%98
28Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #9955.43.6%119
29Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo #1,0304.95.2%85
30Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #1,0434.73.4%131
31Kobe UniversityKobe #1,0594.54.2%99
32Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka #1,0704.43.8%129
33Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #1,0734.32.6%106
34Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi #1,0874.24.9%78
35Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo #1,1024.04.0%77
36Nippon Steel (Japan)Tokyo #1,1073.93.8%71
37Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #1,1113.94.6%106
38Kyoto Institute of TechnologyKyoto #1,1243.73.4%115
39Chiba UniversityChiba #1,1333.62.6%104
40Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryTokyo #1,1653.21.9%63
41Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu #1,2682.05.4%106
42Saitama UniversitySaitama #1,2712.02.1%62
43Gunma UniversityMaebashi #1,2861.94.2%62
44Yokohama National UniversityYokohama #1,2881.83.1%108
45Yamagata UniversityYamagata #1,2971.72.8%85
46University of HyogoKobe #1,3151.61.4%86
47Nihon UniversityTokyo #1,350120.01.3%69
48Kindai UniversityOsaka #1,353116.02.0%76
49Shimane UniversityMatsue #1,40664.02.8%61

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

Who are the top Materials Chemistry researchers in Japan?

Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and Yoshio Bando rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Materials Chemistry that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Kenji Watanabe#25,990 worldwide overall374.7 of 1,750 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Takashi Taniguchi#29,739 worldwide overall364.0 of 1,746 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yoshio Bando#41,011 worldwide overall161.7 of 623 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Yusuke Yamauchi#4,088 worldwide overall116.8 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jinhua Ye#16,253 worldwide overall104.5 of 272 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Dmitri V. Golberg#56,816 worldwide overall129.6 of 525 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Kazunari Domen#70,234 worldwide overall104.6 of 382 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Kazu Suenaga#37,379 worldwide overall77.5 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Chihaya Adachi#52,538 worldwide overall77.0 of 239 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Susumu Kitagawa#27,428 worldwide overall73.3 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Qiang Xü#10,627 worldwide overall63.1 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Sumio Iijima#164,038 worldwide overall83.4 of 338 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Mingwei W. Chen#18,508 worldwide overall55.3 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Riichiro Saito#96,779 worldwide overall63.9 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hideo Hosono#204,690 worldwide overall83.0 of 440 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Materials Chemistry 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 Materials Chemistry