- Japan's world rank
- #9 of 67 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 12k
- Top-10% rate
- 10.9%
- Ranked institutions
- 49
This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
What is the best university for Oncology in Japan?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Cancer Center Hospital EastKashiwa | #126 | 27.3 | 16.6% | 228 |
| 2 | The University of OsakaOsaka | #189 | 21.2 | 17.2% | 202 |
| 3 | The University of TokyoTokyo | #195 | 20.7 | 14.7% | 232 |
| 4 | Kyushu UniversityFukuoka | #298 | 14.3 | 15.7% | 161 |
| 5 | Japanese Foundation For Cancer ResearchTokyo | #322 | 13.1 | 15.1% | 150 |
| 6 | Tohoku UniversitySendai | #337 | 12.5 | 16.0% | 169 |
| 7 | Kyoto UniversityKyoto | #353 | 11.8 | 11.7% | 195 |
| 8 | Keio UniversityTokyo | #356 | 11.6 | 13.9% | 140 |
| 9 | Kindai UniversityOsaka | #378 | 10.7 | 18.2% | 111 |
| 10 | Nagoya UniversityNagoya | #414 | 9.4 | 15.1% | 139 |
| 11 | Yokohama City UniversityYokohama | #505 | 6.4 | 12.4% | 125 |
| 12 | Hokkaido UniversitySapporo | #517 | 6.0 | 13.7% | 110 |
| 13 | Aichi Cancer CenterNagoya | #518 | 6.0 | 14.9% | 92 |
| 14 | Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityTokyo | #531 | 5.6 | 14.5% | 97 |
| 15 | Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto | #536 | 5.5 | 14.3% | 90 |
| 16 | Okayama UniversityOkayama | #538 | 5.4 | 13.4% | 111 |
| 17 | Kobe UniversityKobe | #548 | 5.2 | 13.8% | 102 |
| 18 | Jikei University School of MedicineTokyo | #585 | 4.2 | 12.5% | 103 |
| 19 | Saitama Medical UniversityMorohongō | #591 | 4.0 | 11.0% | 106 |
| 20 | Juntendo UniversityTokyo | #600 | 3.8 | 9.2% | 132 |
| 21 | Tokyo National HospitalTokyo | #602 | 3.7 | 13.3% | 72 |
| 22 | Osaka International Cancer InstituteOsaka | #629 | 3.1 | 12.6% | 84 |
| 23 | Shizuoka Cancer CenterShizuoka | #633 | 3.0 | 9.1% | 116 |
| 24 | Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa | #645 | 2.7 | 11.9% | 85 |
| 25 | Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima | #653 | 2.5 | 12.9% | 95 |
| 26 | Fukushima Medical UniversityFukushima | #656 | 2.5 | 10.7% | 92 |
| 27 | Chiba UniversityChiba | #657 | 2.4 | 10.8% | 99 |
| 28 | Tokyo Medical UniversityTokyo | #664 | 2.3 | 11.5% | 90 |
| 29 | Nagasaki UniversityNagasaki | #666 | 2.2 | 13.2% | 73 |
| 30 | Wakayama Medical UniversityWakayama | #673 | 2.1 | 11.2% | 68 |
| 31 | University of TsukubaTsukuba | #676 | 2.0 | 10.1% | 85 |
| 32 | Kansai Medical UniversityOsaka | #680 | 1.9 | 10.8% | 78 |
| 33 | The Cancer Institute HospitalTokyo | #682 | 1.9 | 11.8% | 65 |
| 34 | Fujita Health UniversityToyoake | #691 | 1.7 | 14.2% | 60 |
| 35 | Nippon Medical SchoolTokyo | #692 | 1.6 | 10.9% | 68 |
| 36 | Kitasato UniversityTokyo | #694 | 1.6 | 12.6% | 65 |
| 37 | Mie UniversityTsu | #699 | 149.0 | 11.2% | 67 |
| 38 | Nagoya City UniversityNagoya | #708 | 130.0 | 9.8% | 83 |
| 39 | Tokushima UniversityTokushima | #711 | 124.0 | 12.0% | 61 |
| 40 | University of Tokyo HospitalTokyo | #714 | 117.0 | 12.0% | 63 |
| 41 | Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineKyoto | #715 | 115.0 | 8.9% | 89 |
| 42 | Jichi Medical UniversityShimotsuke | #716 | 113.0 | 10.2% | 75 |
| 43 | Sapporo Medical UniversitySapporo | #722 | 101.0 | 8.2% | 73 |
| 44 | Hokkaido University HospitalSapporo | #730 | 84.0 | 8.6% | 60 |
| 45 | Osaka University of Pharmaceutical SciencesTakatsuki | #737 | 70.0 | 9.4% | 64 |
| 46 | Gunma UniversityMaebashi | #740 | 64.0 | 9.7% | 61 |
| 47 | University of ToyamaToyama | #741 | 62.0 | 8.6% | 60 |
| 48 | Kurume UniversityKurume | #745 | 54.0 | 7.1% | 66 |
| 49 | Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome HospitalTokyo | #752 | 39.0 | 6.4% | 61 |
Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Oncology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Oncology researchers in Japan?
Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Tetsuya Mitsudomi and Takayasu Kurata rank highest among researchers based in Japan.
- 1Tadamitsu Kishimoto#2,150 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 21 works
- 2Tetsuya Mitsudomi#2,629 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 45 works
- 3Takayasu Kurata#3,698 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 31 works
- 4Hisao Asamura#3,774 worldwide overall1k citations · 19 works
- 5Yasushi Yatabe#5,121 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 35 works
- 6Masato Takahashi#5,476 worldwide overall969 citations · 17 works
- 7Masahiro Tsuboi#6,528 worldwide overall926 citations · 31 works
- 8Kei Muro#9,123 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 69 works
- 9Yutaka Nishiwaki#9,500 worldwide overall578 citations · 23 works
- 10Reiki Nishimura#10,323 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 18 works
- 11Nagahiro Saijo#12,411 worldwide overall962 citations · 56 works
- 12Masakazu Toi#14,318 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 66 works
- 13Hiroji Iwata#14,687 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 64 works
- 14Yasuhiro Shimada#15,484 worldwide overall634 citations · 20 works
- 15Naotoshi Sugimoto#15,886 worldwide overall495 citations · 20 works