Leading 25 Japanese institutions in biological sciences

The leading 25 Japanese institutions in biological sciences ranked by their article Share in the subject in 2022* (Share 2022*). Also listed are each institution's total number of life science articles in 2022* (Count 2022*) and the subject Share in relation to its overall Share (Subject contribution %).

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Rank	Institution	Share 2022*	Count 2022*	Subject contribution (%)
1	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	98.83	312	24.5%
2	Kyoto University	50.70	185	20.7%
3	RIKEN	49.81	209	37.7%
4	Osaka University	42.98	141	25.7%
5	Nagoya University	26.53	96	26.0%
6	Hokkaido University	18.41	72	16.9%
7	Kyushu University	17.38	65	18.9%
8	Keio University	16.44	66	35.9%
9	Tohoku University	16.35	74	11.5%
10	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	15.54	41	44.1%
11	University of Tsukuba	14.42	63	32.9%
12	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	11.73	41	11.2%
13	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	11.41	51	39.7%
14	Kumamoto University	11.22	34	59.6%
15	Kanazawa University (KU)	9.89	35	29.3%
16	Kobe University	9.23	42	47.0%
17	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	7.59	42	65.3%
18	Chiba University	7.45	33	27.8%
19	Niigata University	6.76	29	45.5%
20	National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)	6.71	18	51.6%
21	Okayama University	6.64	27	30.3%
22	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	6.38	42	36.3%
23	Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS)	6.17	34	52.1%
24	Yokohama City University (YCU)	6.08	34	61.6%
25	National Cancer Center (NCC)	5.93	22	97.4%

Footnote

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