Leading 100 Japanese institutions

The leading 100 Japanese institutions ranked by their article Share in 2022* (Share 2022*). Also listed are each institution's article count of the year (Count 2022*) and its global rank.

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RankRank	Institution	Sector	Share 2022*	Count 2022*	Global rank
1	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	academic	403.75	1,134	15
2	Kyoto University	academic	244.54	646	39
3	Osaka University	academic	167.42	469	73
4	Tohoku University	academic	142.00	444	93
5	RIKEN	government	132.10	562	100
6	Hokkaido University	academic	108.83	265	126
7	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	academic	104.97	321	131
8	Nagoya University	academic	102.05	327	136
9	Kyushu University	academic	92.19	283	159
10	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	government	85.93	368	179
11	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	government	58.85	178	272
12	Keio University	academic	45.78	129	337
13	University of Tsukuba	academic	43.86	222	355
14	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	academic	35.28	84	416
15	Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU)	academic	35.03	101	418
16	Kanazawa University (KU)	academic	33.78	91	430
17	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	government	29.27	104	472
18	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	government	28.77	168	476
19	Hiroshima University (HU)	academic	27.98	145	487
20	Chiba University	academic	26.83	80	500
21	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	academic	22.92	53	548
22	Okayama University	academic	21.96	67	560
23	Waseda University	academic	21.54	106	565
24	Kobe University	academic	19.62	118	604
25	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	government	19.02	192	617
26	Kumamoto University	academic	18.81	55	626
27	Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech)	academic	18.24	32	636
28	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	academic	17.59	132	648
29	Niigata University	academic	14.85	75	710
30	Shinshu University (SU)	academic	14.04	85	742
31	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)	academic	13.84	36	748
32	National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)	government	13.00	46	772
33	Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)	government	12.96	78	773
34	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)	government	12.57	109	787
35	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	academic	12.13	46	797
36	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	government	11.85	75	806
37	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	academic	11.63	48	815
38	Gakushuin University	academic	11.52	16	823
39	Ehime University	academic	11.12	41	841
40	Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)	government	10.79	23	857
41	University of Toyama	academic	10.32	25	872
42	Yokohama National University (YNU)	academic	10.30	27	873
43	Yokohama City University (YCU)	academic	9.87	50	891
44	Ritsumeikan University	academic	9.63	36	907
45	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)	corporate	9.27	25	924
46	Kindai University	academic	9.23	32	932
47	Gifu University	academic	9.11	38	940
48	The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)	academic	8.89	24	958
49	Tokushima University	academic	8.63	29	966
50	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)	academic	8.47	26	977
51	Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)	academic	8.28	17	989
52	Toyota Group	corporate	8.05	21	1,006
53	Yamaguchi University	academic	7.79	22	1,020
54	Ibaraki University	academic	7.62	36	1,031
55	Shizuoka University	academic	6.85	20	1,082
56	Saitama University	academic	6.71	19	1,092
57	Gunma University	academic	6.61	31	1,102
58	National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)	government	6.61	31	1,103
59	Nagasaki University	academic	6.43	30	1,122
60	Nagoya City University	academic	6.36	28	1,130
61	University of Yamanashi	academic	6.12	23	1,147
62	National Cancer Center (NCC)	healthcare	6.09	23	1,153
63	Konan University	academic	6.00	15	1,156
64	Chubu University	academic	5.85	15	1,166
65	Rikkyo University	academic	5.80	26	1,172
66	Chuo University	academic	5.78	15	1,176
67	Juntendo University	academic	5.72	30	1,180
68	National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)	government	5.64	12	1,194
69	University of Hyogo	academic	5.31	24	1,225
70	Toyota Technological Institute (TTI)	academic	5.13	15	1,245
71	The Kitasato Institute	academic	5.08	39	1,252
72	Yamagata University	academic	5.05	30	1,257
73	Doshisha University	academic	4.93	14	1,273
74	Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (IGAKUKEN)	government	4.66	19	1,298
75	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	government	4.47	32	1,315
76	National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID)	government	4.39	26	1,326
77	Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC)	npo	4.38	6	1,328
78	Nihon University	academic	4.06	28	1,375
79	Kwansei Gakuin University	academic	3.96	17	1,387
80	Kochi University	academic	3.81	20	1,410
81	Mitsubishi Group	corporate	3.78	12	1,413
82	University of Shizuoka	academic	3.76	11	1,420
83	Tokai University	academic	3.73	21	1,426
84	Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited	corporate	3.65	14	1,446
85	Kansai University	academic	3.61	10	1,454
86	Tottori University	academic	3.53	9	1,468
87	Kagoshima University	academic	3.42	22	1,495
88	Toho University	academic	3.40	22	1,499
89	Jichi Medical University	academic	3.33	12	1,520
90	Aoyama Gakuin University	academic	3.26	12	1,542
91	Nara Women's University (NWU)	academic	3.26	42	1,543
92	Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT)	academic	3.25	10	1,545
93	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (KPUM)	academic	3.23	11	1,549
94	Kanagawa University	academic	3.22	13	1,554
95	Kyoto Sangyo University	academic	3.21	16	1,557
96	Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC)	npo	3.19	17	1,561
97	Fujita Health University	academic	3.16	13	1,565
98	Spintronics Research Network of Japan (Spin-RnJ)	npo	3.12	38	1,574
99	Saga University	academic	3.10	13	1,577
100	Toshiba Corporation	corporate	3.10	7	1,578

Footnote

* Data for 2022 represents the period October 2021–September 2022.