Top institutions in physical sciences by normalized WFC

The tables show Japan’s leading institutions ranked by normalized weighted fractional count (WFC), an indicator of an institution’s high-quality research output as a proportion of total output in the natural sciences (NS) from 2012 to 2017. This is derived by dividing an institution’s WFC in the Nature Index (WFC 2012–2017) by its total number of natural sciences articles in Scopus (Scopus NS articles 2012–2017). Also listed are an institution’s total number of articles in the Nature Index (AC 2012–2017) and the percentage of its total articles in Scopus that are in the natural sciences (NS articles (%) 2012–2017).

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1	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)	corporate	0.0757	97.52	1,288	171	50.8 %
2	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)	academic	0.0600	1,181.68	19,679	4,699	78.1 %
3	RIKEN	government	0.0495	342.09	6,916	1,491	94.0 %
4	Toshiba Corporation	corporate	0.0464	38.34	827	64	70.2 %
5	Keio University	academic	0.0442	106.09	2,402	249	57.4 %
6	National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)	government	0.0415	298.89	7,199	830	98.8 %
7	Aoyama Gakuin University	academic	0.0391	22.88	585	168	69.9 %
8	Tohoku University	academic	0.0370	477.66	12,898	1,864	80.2 %
9	Kyoto University	academic	0.0337	458.75	13,632	1,954	79.3 %
10	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)	npo	0.0298	103.91	3,484	1,020	99.0 %
11	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)	government	0.0296	24.25	818	85	70.9 %
12	Osaka University	academic	0.0288	340.41	11,815	1,396	75.1 %
13	Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)	government	0.0277	40.81	1,472	256	98.0 %
14	Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC)	npo	0.0269	10.96	408	58	98.1 %
15	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	government	0.0267	211.40	7,915	523	92.5 %
16	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	academic	0.0264	241.14	9,143	1,188	83.4 %
17	Nagoya University	academic	0.0258	206.42	8,007	1,430	74.9 %
18	Kyoto Sangyo University	academic	0.0253	7.60	300	113	82.0 %
19	Rikkyo University	academic	0.0247	11.74	475	114	85.4 %
20	Osaka City University (OCU)	academic	0.0239	29.28	1,226	220	60.4 %
21	University of Tsukuba	academic	0.0230	113.15	4,924	914	74.8 %
22	The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai)	academic	0.0218	35.87	1,643	575	89.6 %
23	Toyota Group	corporate	0.0215	34.10	1,586	66	77.5 %
24	National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)	government	0.0214	96.67	4,508	2,064	98.0 %
25	The University of Electro-Communications (UEC)	academic	0.0211	23.37	1,108	94	64.6 %
26	Hokkaido University (Hokudai)	academic	0.0207	118.00	5,711	376	79.7 %
27	Chiba University	academic	0.0200	40.88	2,042	244	66.1 %
28	Waseda University	academic	0.0200	67.55	3,375	668	68.5 %
29	Hiroshima University (HU)	academic	0.0197	70.85	3,605	540	68.9 %
30	Saga University	academic	0.0196	14.91	759	81	62.8 %
31	Osaka Prefecture University (OPU)	academic	0.0196	37.22	1,901	123	83.3 %
32	Yamagata University	academic	0.0194	29.83	1,535	156	73.5 %
33	Kyushu University	academic	0.0183	139.21	7,613	689	76.0 %
34	Ritsumeikan University	academic	0.0177	23.06	1,305	113	70.6 %
35	National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)	government	0.0174	18.77	1,080	70	85.1 %
36	Okayama University	academic	0.0167	40.10	2,402	522	72.0 %
37	Saitama University	academic	0.0163	16.02	985	96	83.6 %
38	Toho University	academic	0.0154	7.67	497	122	51.4 %
39	Hitachi, Ltd.	corporate	0.0153	22.82	1,488	94	73.5 %
40	Konan University	academic	0.0149	4.98	335	82	83.8 %
41	Kobe University	academic	0.0143	43.49	3,048	536	65.0 %
42	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	government	0.0138	23.77	1,721	557	90.0 %
43	Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)	government	0.0127	53.70	4,241	271	97.5 %
44	Ibaraki University	academic	0.0121	10.88	896	116	82.5 %
45	Ehime University	academic	0.0117	12.09	1,037	179	76.0 %
46	Tokyo University of Science (TUS)	academic	0.0110	32.22	2,921	151	78.5 %
47	Shinshu University (SU)	academic	0.0109	23.55	2,162	462	69.6 %
48	Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)	academic	0.0106	24.46	2,304	557	77.2 %
49	Ochanomizu University	academic	0.0095	5.77	608	79	88.0 %
50	University of Hyogo	academic	0.0090	12.05	1,333	82	85.6 %
51	Niigata University	academic	0.0090	11.88	1,317	116	63.2 %
52	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)	academic	0.0085	13.61	1,603	83	86.2 %
53	Nihon University	academic	0.0073	10.14	1,391	94	59.3 %
54	Kagoshima University	academic	0.0072	4.81	669	96	66.9 %
55	Nara Women's University	academic	0.0067	2.76	411	94	86.9 %
56	Tokai University	academic	0.0057	4.79	840	80	54.4 %
57	Kanagawa University	academic	0.0036	2.24	620	96	72.9 %
58	Hiroshima Institute of Technology	academic	0.0023	1.71	742	397	84.5 %
59	Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science	academic	0.0014	1.09	780	392	97.6 %
60	Kyoto University of Education	academic	0.0013	0.79	601	343	95.3 %