Leading 25 Japanese institutions in physical sciences

The leading 25 Japanese institutions in physical sciences ranked by their article Share in the subject in 2022* (Share 2022*). Also listed are each institution's total number of physical 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)	174.25	548	43.2%
2	Kyoto University	84.27	232	34.5%
3	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	65.41	296	76.1%
4	RIKEN	60.10	277	45.5%
5	Tohoku University	55.64	214	39.2%
6	Osaka University	47.71	182	28.5%
7	Kyushu University	30.16	119	32.7%
8	Nagoya University	28.95	127	28.4%
9	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	28.06	152	26.7%
10	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	23.79	74	40.4%
11	Hokkaido University	20.80	65	19.1%
12	Keio University	18.09	44	39.5%
13	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	15.34	104	53.3%
14	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST)	14.38	33	40.8%
15	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	13.30	158	69.9%
16	University of Tsukuba	13.25	117	30.2%
17	Hiroshima University (HU)	10.79	82	38.6%
18	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	9.22	71	52.4%
19	Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU)	9.15	36	26.1%
20	Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)	8.61	62	66.4%
21	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)	6.95	20	74.9%
22	Shinshu University (SU)	6.80	53	48.4%
23	Yokohama National University (YNU)	6.54	15	63.5%
24	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	6.23	15	27.2%
25	Chiba University	6.20	24	23.1%

Footnote

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