2019 Research Leaders: Leading institutions

The 2019 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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Position Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 472.01 448.85 1191 -10.2% Decrease
2 Kyoto University, Japan 307.24 289.61 761 -11.0% Decrease
3 Osaka University, Japan 188.74 171.45 496 -14.2% Decrease
4 Tohoku University, Japan 142.97 166.91 496 10.2% Increase
5 RIKEN, Japan 153.05 160.44 616 -1.0% Decrease
6 Nagoya University, Japan 121.18 131.66 434 2.6% Increase
7 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan 130.47 126.76 368 -8.3% Decrease
8 Hokkaido University, Japan 116.17 114.17 286 -7.2% Decrease
9 Kyushu University, Japan 97.33 87.70 313 -14.9% Decrease
10 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan 73.49 73.25 284 -5.9% Decrease
11 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan 63.06 70.14 233 5.0% Increase
12 Keio University, Japan 62.11 55.97 128 -14.9% Decrease
13 University of Tsukuba, Japan 40.09 39.56 215 -6.9% Decrease
14 National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), Japan 27.79 34.17 171 16.1% Increase
15 Kanazawa University (KU), Japan 27.42 33.55 97 15.5% Increase
16 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Japan 21.17 31.09 67 38.6% Increase
17 Okayama University, Japan 28.97 30.71 140 0.1% Increase
18 Hiroshima University (HU), Japan 28.91 29.73 121 -2.9% Decrease
19 Chiba University, Japan 20.23 27.39 89 27.8% Increase
20 Waseda University, Japan 32.47 26.56 138 -22.8% Decrease
21 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan 21.78 25.59 98 10.9% Increase
22 Kobe University, Japan 28.13 24.31 131 -18.4% Decrease
23 High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan 19.02 23.66 198 17.4% Increase
24 Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan 18.96 23.11 73 15.1% Increase
25 Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), Japan 29.53 18.91 65 -39.6% Decrease
26 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan 20.17 18.83 39 -11.9% Decrease
27 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Japan 15.83 17.98 124 7.2% Increase
28 Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), Japan 16.51 16.84 35 -3.7% Decrease
29 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 7.11 16.56 39 119.9% Increase
30 Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan 15.73 16.42 55 -1.5% Decrease
31 Kumamoto University, Japan 18.03 15.87 51 -16.9% Decrease
32 Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan 17.28 15.21 43 -16.9% Decrease
33 Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), Japan 13.13 14.99 84 7.8% Increase
34 Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), Japan 14.21 14.37 118 -4.5% Decrease
35 Shinshu University (SU), Japan 10.04 14.20 109 33.5% Increase
36 Shizuoka University, Japan 8.60 14.14 30 55.3% Increase
37 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan 8.40 11.86 77 33.3% Increase
38 Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Japan 13.90 11.79 111 -19.9% Decrease
39 Chuo University, Japan 7.89 11.24 28 34.5% Increase
40 University of Hyogo, Japan 5.18 10.99 32 100.4% Increase
41 Ehime University, Japan 11.45 10.44 31 -13.9% Decrease
42 Yokohama City University (YCU), Japan 9.40 9.93 46 -0.3% Decrease
43 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan 5.44 9.92 43 72.1% Increase
44 Gifu University, Japan 2.17 9.74 37 324.9% Increase
45 Toyota Group, Japan 8.38 9.53 25 7.3% Increase
46 University of Toyama, Japan 8.03 9.47 26 11.3% Increase
47 Yokohama National University (YNU), Japan 9.80 9.26 27 -10.8% Decrease
48 Gunma University, Japan 10.33 8.67 31 -20.8% Decrease
49 University of Yamanashi, Japan 7.04 8.54 27 14.6% Increase
50 Yamagata University, Japan 7.17 8.22 36 8.3% Increase
51 Tokushima University, Japan 6.01 7.92 29 24.3% Increase
52 Ritsumeikan University, Japan 10.23 7.89 36 -27.2% Decrease
53 The University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Japan 5.10 7.75 28 43.3% Increase
54 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan 7.02 7.60 54 2.2% Increase
55 Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan 6.51 7.52 19 9.1% Increase
56 Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan 10.14 7.35 20 -31.6% Decrease
57 National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan 8.80 7.31 34 -21.6% Decrease
58 University of the Ryukyus, Japan 3.78 6.93 32 72.8% Increase
59 Niigata University, Japan 11.46 6.74 45 -44.4% Decrease
60 The Kitasato Institute, Japan 10.86 6.72 21 -41.6% Decrease
61 University of Fukui, Japan 5.18 6.54 20 19.2% Increase
62 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 5.69 6.46 21 7.3% Increase
63 Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Japan 7.75 6.38 23 -22.2% Decrease
64 Kindai University, Japan 11.94 6.28 26 -50.3% Decrease
65 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 4.82 6.23 26 21.9% Increase
66 Konan University, Japan 3.82 6.20 17 53.3% Increase
67 Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC), Japan 10.05 6.17 10 -42.0% Decrease
68 Toho University, Japan 1.32 6.16 37 340.9% Increase
69 National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan 2.95 6.06 25 94.0% Increase
70 Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan 7.92 6.03 20 -28.1% Decrease
71 National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan 6.88 6.01 36 -17.5% Decrease
72 Shimane University, Japan 2.74 5.99 15 106.3% Increase
73 Rikkyo University, Japan 6.87 5.86 25 -19.5% Decrease
74 Nagoya City University, Japan 5.14 5.78 21 6.2% Increase
75 Doshisha University, Japan 6.96 5.70 18 -22.7% Decrease
76 Gakushuin University, Japan 3.28 5.68 13 63.7% Increase
77 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (IGAKUKEN), Japan 7.55 5.64 10 -29.5% Decrease
78 Ibaraki University, Japan 7.30 5.63 20 -27.2% Decrease
79 Tokai University, Japan 3.48 5.60 22 51.9% Increase
80 Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences (TUPLS), Japan 3.93 5.58 11 34.2% Increase
81 Nara Women's University (NWU), Japan 1.59 5.57 45 230.2% Increase
82 Yamaguchi University, Japan 7.79 5.53 20 -33.0% Decrease
83 Nihon University, Japan 5.79 5.37 29 -12.6% Decrease
84 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 7.91 5.28 8 -37.0% Decrease
85 Kanagawa University, Japan 5.29 5.28 23 -5.8% Decrease
86 Saitama University, Japan 9.44 5.09 25 -49.1% Decrease
87 Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan 4.37 5.01 16 8.4% Increase
88 Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan 9.76 5.01 13 -51.5% Decrease
89 University of Shizuoka, Japan 10.16 4.65 9 -56.8% Decrease
90 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 4.86 4.53 20 -12.0% Decrease
91 Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan 2.67 4.49 23 59.1% Increase
92 Nagasaki University, Japan 9.70 4.39 20 -57.2% Decrease
93 National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED), Japan 3.38 4.38 8 22.4% Increase
94 Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), Japan 2.95 4.05 5 29.5% Increase
95 University of Miyazaki, Japan 4.83 4.01 25 -21.6% Decrease
96 Kochi University of Technology, Japan 4.67 3.93 9 -20.6% Decrease
97 Spintronics Research Network of Japan (Spin-RnJ), Japan 2.25 3.81 53 59.9% Increase
98 Kansai University, Japan 4.88 3.81 6 -26.3% Decrease
99 Mie University, Japan 2.90 3.72 17 21.1% Increase
100 National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Japan 3.69 3.69 12 -5.5% Decrease
101 Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan 5.15 3.58 5 -34.3% Decrease
102 Sophia University, Japan 3.32 3.50 14 -0.4% Decrease
103 Juntendo University, Japan 5.65 3.39 20 -43.4% Decrease
104 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 1.97 3.38 14 62.3% Increase
105 JEOL Ltd., Japan 2.43 3.13 24 22.0% Increase
106 Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan 0.42 3.05 9 591.1% Increase
107 Meiji University, Japan 0.90 3.04 10 219.6% Increase
108 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 3.69 3.03 21 -22.5% Decrease
109 Gifu Pharmaceutical University (GPU), Japan 6.16 2.95 5 -54.7% Decrease
110 Kochi University, Japan 3.76 2.91 21 -27.1% Decrease
111 Ochanomizu University, Japan 3.20 2.79 25 -17.6% Decrease
112 Kagoshima University, Japan 3.59 2.69 16 -29.3% Decrease
113 Tottori University, Japan 2.20 2.59 7 11.0% Increase
114 Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), Japan 4.63 2.57 21 -47.7% Decrease
115 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan 4.35 2.52 20 -45.4% Decrease
116 Akita University, Japan 3.18 2.51 10 -25.5% Decrease
117 Chubu University, Japan 3.75 2.48 16 -37.6% Decrease
118 Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Japan 1.51 2.40 3 49.9% Increase
119 Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC), Japan 1.64 2.38 17 36.6% Increase
120 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 2.48 2.37 14 -9.5% Decrease
121 Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC), Japan 0.83 2.30 10 160.2% Increase
122 Saga University, Japan 4.25 2.29 9 -49.1% Decrease
123 Fukuoka University, Japan 2.71 2.23 10 -22.4% Decrease
124 Meijo University, Japan 2.71 2.20 11 -23.4% Decrease
125 National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Japan 2.26 2.14 12 -10.6% Decrease
126 National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan 1.92 2.06 14 1.6% Increase
127 Saitama Medical University (SMU), Japan 1.45 2.01 12 31.6% Increase
128 Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (KPUM), Japan 3.87 2.00 9 -51.3% Decrease
129 Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan 0.49 1.97 15 280.1% Increase
130 Jichi Medical University, Japan 1.19 1.96 15 55.6% Increase
131 National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN), Japan 1.32 1.96 11 40.1% Increase
132 Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan 0.26 1.92 10 603.9% Increase
133 Fukushima University, Japan 0.33 1.90 8 438.8% Increase
134 Oita University, Japan 1.74 1.87 11 1.2% Increase
135 Toyota Technological Institute (TTI), Japan 3.95 1.84 10 -56.0% Decrease
136 Peptide Institute, Inc., Japan 0.88 1.83 2 97.8% Increase
137 Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan 1.89 1.83 9 -8.7% Decrease
138 Aichi University of Education, Japan 1.84 1.77 6 -9.2% Decrease
139 Tokushima Bunri University, Japan 1.86 1.73 8 -12.5% Decrease
140 Hoshi University, Japan 0.08 1.66 3 1,783.4% Increase
141 Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan 1.04 1.64 5 49.4% Increase
142 Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan 0.14 1.63 9 979.0% Increase
143 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.33 1.55 12 340.1% Increase
144 Tokyo Medical University, Japan 0.13 1.53 7 1,057.9% Increase
145 Hirosaki University, Japan 2.47 1.53 10 -41.6% Decrease
146 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Japan 2.05 1.50 2 -30.8% Decrease
146 Panasonic Corporation, Japan 1.77 1.50 2 -20.1% Decrease
147 Fukushima Medical University (FMU), Japan 1.78 1.48 7 -21.4% Decrease
148 Iwate University, Japan 0.19 1.48 7 640.5% Increase
149 Tamagawa University, Japan 1.81 1.45 4 -24.5% Decrease
150 FujiFilm Corporation, Japan 2.02 1.42 14 -33.3% Decrease
151 Marine Ecology Research Institute (MERI), Japan 0.00 1.40 2 0.0% Increase
152 Sony Corporation, Japan 2.21 1.40 3 -40.4% Decrease
153 Sosei Co., Ltd., Japan 1.58 1.38 8 -18.0% Decrease
154 Kazusa DNA Research Institute (KDRI), Japan 0.72 1.35 13 75.4% Increase
155 Aichi Medical University, Japan 0.33 1.31 5 280.7% Increase
156 National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), Japan 0.94 1.29 8 30.3% Increase
157 Toray Industries, Inc., Japan 0.78 1.28 13 53.9% Increase
158 Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan 4.94 1.28 5 -75.6% Decrease
159 Kogakuin University, Japan 0.25 1.28 7 381.7% Increase
160 National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG), Japan 0.70 1.27 4 70.9% Increase
161 Kansai Medical University (KMU), Japan 0.19 1.26 7 519.1% Increase
162 Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), Japan 1.15 1.24 10 2.2% Increase
163 Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan 0.01 1.24 9 14,086.5% Increase
164 The University of Aizu, Japan 0.00 1.20 3 0.0% Increase
165 Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan 1.67 1.19 7 -32.8% Decrease
166 Fujita Health University, Japan 0.96 1.18 8 16.0% Increase
167 Kurume University, Japan 1.64 1.18 8 -32.3% Decrease
168 Suntory Foundation for Life Science (SUNBOR), Japan 0.95 1.17 2 16.0% Increase
169 St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan 0.11 1.16 5 887.2% Increase
170 National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS), Japan 0.83 1.15 4 32.0% Increase
171 Meiji Gakuin University, Japan 0.00 1.14 5 0.0% Increase
172 National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (NCVC), Japan 1.77 1.12 8 -40.4% Decrease
173 Fukuoka Dental College, Japan 0.67 1.12 3 57.4% Increase
174 Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (TMPU), Japan 0.35 1.07 4 187.3% Increase
175 Okayama University of Science, Japan 1.69 1.05 7 -41.2% Decrease
176 Showa University, Japan 0.27 1.03 10 265.3% Increase
177 Hosei University, Japan 0.27 1.02 4 258.5% Increase
178 Tamura Corporation, Japan 0.49 1.01 6 94.8% Increase
179 Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan 0.94 1.01 5 0.9% Increase
180 Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU), Japan 2.25 1.01 9 -57.8% Decrease
181 SCIOCS Co. Ltd., Japan 0.00 1.00 2 0.0% Increase
181 NEC Corporation, Japan 0.19 1.00 1 389.5% Increase
182 Novel Crystal Technology, Inc., Japan 0.13 1.00 5 604.1% Increase
183 Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (ORIST), Japan 0.16 0.99 4 480.6% Increase
184 The Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan 1.46 0.98 7 -36.3% Decrease
185 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan 0.98 0.93 7 -10.4% Decrease
186 Kagawa University, Japan 2.30 0.90 10 -63.0% Decrease
187 National Defense Academy of Japan (NDA), Japan 0.22 0.90 4 282.3% Increase
188 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (TMIG), Japan 0.79 0.90 7 7.3% Increase
189 Horiba, Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.90 3 0.0% Increase
190 Kanazawa Medical University, Japan 0.35 0.88 8 139.5% Increase
191 Nippon Medical School, Japan 2.89 0.87 8 -71.7% Decrease
192 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT), Japan 0.82 0.86 5 -1.7% Decrease
193 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.86 1 0.0% Increase
193 Teikyo Heisei University, Japan 0.00 0.86 1 0.0% Increase
194 Aichi Institute of Technology (AIT), Japan 1.09 0.83 4 -27.9% Decrease
195 Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan 0.80 0.80 4 -5.2% Decrease
196 Advantest Laboratories Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.80 1 0.0% Increase
196 Takasago International Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.80 1 0.0% Increase
197 NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories (NHK STRL), Japan 0.00 0.78 1 0.0% Increase
198 Shiga University of Medical Science (SUMS), Japan 1.60 0.77 8 -54.6% Decrease
199 Tokiwa University, Japan 0.00 0.75 2 0.0% Increase
199 Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Japan 0.14 0.75 1 399.8% Increase
200 Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan 1.29 0.72 5 -47.5% Decrease
201 Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan 2.82 0.71 3 -76.3% Decrease
202 Japan Women's University, Japan 0.42 0.70 6 58.4% Increase
203 Hokkai-Gakuen University, Japan 0.00 0.70 3 0.0% Increase
204 Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, Japan 0.45 0.69 6 45.9% Increase
205 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan 0.53 0.69 2 21.6% Increase
206 Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Japan 0.14 0.68 2 357.9% Increase
207 Health and Kampo Institute, Japan 0.00 0.67 1 0.0% Increase
208 Kowa Company, Ltd., Japan 0.03 0.66 9 1,925.8% Increase
209 Toyo University, Japan 1.11 0.66 5 -44.0% Decrease
210 Human Metabolome Technologies, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.64 1 0.0% Increase
211 Hyogo Medical University, Japan 0.61 0.63 7 -2.5% Decrease
212 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Japan 0.43 0.63 2 38.8% Increase
213 Teikyo University, Japan 1.18 0.62 5 -50.1% Decrease
214 Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Japan 0.57 0.62 2 3.7% Increase
215 ULVAC, Inc., Japan 0.16 0.62 2 262.7% Increase
216 Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan 1.42 0.60 4 -60.0% Decrease
217 Azabu University, Japan 1.01 0.60 3 -44.3% Decrease
218 Toei Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.58 1 0.0% Increase
218 Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Japan 0.00 0.58 2 0.0% Increase
218 Seikei Gakuen, Japan 0.99 0.58 2 -44.1% Decrease
219 Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan 0.53 0.58 11 4.1% Increase
220 TDK Corporation, Japan 0.93 0.57 1 -41.9% Decrease
221 Takara Bio Inc., Japan 0.02 0.57 3 3,163.2% Increase
222 Nippon Sheet Glass Group (NSG Group), Japan 0.39 0.56 7 36.3% Increase
223 International Christian University (ICU), Japan 0.40 0.56 3 30.6% Increase
224 Kirin Holdings Company Limited, Japan 0.87 0.54 9 -40.8% Decrease
225 Musashino University, Japan 0.00 0.53 2 0.0% Increase
226 Aichi Cancer Center, Japan 0.52 0.53 3 -4.7% Decrease
227 Konica Minolta, Inc., Japan 0.43 0.52 3 14.1% Increase
228 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan 0.07 0.51 3 560.7% Increase
229 Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 Amine Pharma Research Institute Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya (NIFS), Japan 0.00 0.50 1 15,099.1% Increase
229 Tohoku Steel Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 Chiba Institute of Science, Japan 0.14 0.50 1 230.4% Increase
229 Kokushikan University, Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 National Institute of Technology, Gunma College, Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
229 National Institute of Technology, Kushiro College, Japan 0.50 0.50 1 -5.6% Decrease
229 National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, Japan 0.00 0.50 1 0.0% Increase
230 University of Kitakyushu, Japan 0.94 0.49 3 -50.4% Decrease
231 National Defense Medical College, Japan 0.56 0.48 2 -20.0% Decrease
232 Hokkaido University of Education, Japan 0.00 0.47 3 0.0% Increase
233 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Japan 1.37 0.47 5 -67.7% Decrease
234 National Museum of Nature and Science (Kahaku), Japan 0.52 0.47 4 -15.1% Decrease
235 The Noguchi Institute, Japan 0.00 0.47 2 0.0% Increase
236 Fujitsu Ltd., Japan 0.51 0.46 8 -14.2% Decrease
237 JSR Corporation, Japan 0.47 0.46 11 -6.5% Decrease
238 The Open University of Japan, Japan 0.50 0.45 4 -14.2% Decrease
239 Aoi Electronics Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.44 1 0.0% Increase
240 FLOSFIA Inc., Japan 0.00 0.43 1 0.0% Increase
240 Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.43 1 0.0% Increase
240 Olympus Corporation, Japan 0.05 0.43 1 668.7% Increase
240 Metawater Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.43 1 0.0% Increase
241 Sysmex Corporation, Japan 0.13 0.42 7 196.9% Increase
242 Hayashibara Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.42 1 0.0% Increase
242 Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.42 3 0.0% Increase
243 Setsunan University, Japan 1.01 0.41 5 -61.4% Decrease
244 Tokyo Gakugei University (TGU), Japan 1.81 0.41 3 -78.4% Decrease
245 Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Japan 0.67 0.41 3 -42.1% Decrease
246 Toin University of Yokohama, Japan 0.14 0.40 2 167.5% Increase
247 Products Innovation Association (PIA), Japan 0.00 0.40 1 0.0% Increase
248 Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan 1.40 0.39 5 -73.5% Decrease
249 Tokyo Kasei University, Japan 0.41 0.39 3 -10.4% Decrease
250 Miraca Holdings Inc., Japan 0.33 0.38 15 8.5% Increase
251 Matsumoto Dental University (MDU), Japan 0.21 0.38 4 72.7% Increase
252 Tokuyama Corporation, Japan 0.55 0.38 1 -35.4% Decrease
252 Research Institute for Electromagnetic Materials, Japan 0.60 0.38 1 -41.0% Decrease
253 Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.36 1 0.0% Increase
254 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan 0.85 0.36 3 -60.0% Decrease
255 Utsunomiya University, Japan 1.43 0.36 5 -76.3% Decrease
256 Toyama Prefectural University, Japan 2.20 0.36 3 -84.6% Decrease
257 Kyodo Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.36 1 0.0% Increase
258 MicroBiopharm Japan Co., Ltd. (MBJ), Japan 0.01 0.35 7 3,938.1% Increase
259 Aichi Science and Technology Foundation, Japan 0.13 0.35 3 165.2% Increase
260 Toyobo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.35 2 0.0% Increase
261 Nihon Waters K.K., Japan 0.00 0.35 2 0.0% Increase
262 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA), Japan 0.31 0.35 4 5.2% Increase
263 Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), Japan 0.44 0.33 1 -29.2% Decrease
263 Hokkaido Research Organization (HRO), Japan 0.25 0.33 1 25.9% Increase
263 Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., Japan 0.33 0.33 1 -5.6% Decrease
263 Topcon Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
263 PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC, Japan 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
263 Association for the Development of Earthquake Prediction, Japan 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
263 Ushio Inc., Japan 0.13 0.33 1 151.7% Increase
263 Sharp Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.33 2 0.0% Increase
263 Fukui Prefectural Police Headquarters, Japan 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
263 Ichikawa Koumuten Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
264 Inpex Corporation, Japan 0.18 0.33 3 71.1% Increase
265 Sapporo Medical University, Japan 1.19 0.33 4 -74.1% Decrease
266 Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences (NUPALS), Japan 0.00 0.33 3 0.0% Increase
267 Osaka Ohtani University, Japan 0.17 0.33 3 84.1% Increase
268 Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries (GPI), Japan 0.00 0.32 3 0.0% Increase
269 Japan Coast Guard (JCG), Japan 0.33 0.32 2 -9.0% Decrease
269 Meisei Gakuen, Japan 0.01 0.32 2 5,756.4% Increase
270 Thinkcyte Inc., Japan 0.00 0.32 1 0.0% Increase
271 Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan 0.00 0.31 1 0.0% Increase
271 National Livestock Breeding Center (NLBC), Japan 0.00 0.31 1 0.0% Increase
271 Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University (NVLU), Japan 0.04 0.31 2 667.0% Increase
272 Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT), Japan 0.84 0.31 2 -64.9% Decrease
273 Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan 0.38 0.31 2 -22.1% Decrease
274 Iwate Biotechnology Research Center (IBRC), Japan 0.29 0.31 3 0.0% Increase
275 Kyorin University, Japan 0.17 0.30 4 70.1% Increase
276 The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan 0.21 0.30 1 37.8% Increase
276 Tokyo Denki University, Japan 0.61 0.30 1 -53.4% Decrease
277 Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan 0.00 0.30 3 0.0% Increase
278 Iwate Medical University, Japan 1.98 0.30 6 -85.9% Decrease
279 Osaka Sangyo University, Japan 0.00 0.29 4 0.0% Increase
280 Bruker AXS K.K., Japan 0.25 0.29 2 7.9% Increase
280 National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Japan 0.67 0.29 1 -59.5% Decrease
281 Ryukoku University, Japan 2.45 0.28 2 -89.2% Decrease
282 Marine Works Japan Ltd., Japan 0.13 0.27 2 107.2% Increase
283 Wakayama Medical University, Japan 1.17 0.27 4 -78.0% Decrease
284 Alps Pharmaceutical lnd. Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.27 1 0.0% Increase
285 Repertoire Genesis Inc., Japan 0.04 0.26 2 460.1% Increase
286 Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan 0.05 0.25 3 414.0% Increase
287 Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, Japan 0.07 0.25 1 230.4% Increase
287 Takahata Precision Japan Co. Ltd. (TPJP), Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Hokuto Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 NESI Inc., Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College, Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Prefectural University of Kumamoto (PUK), Japan 0.63 0.25 1 -62.8% Decrease
287 Cell Science and Technology Institute, Inc. (CSTI), Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Japan Radiation Engineering Co., Ltd. (JREC), Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Seikagaku Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 Yasuda Women's University, Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
287 South Konandai Science Research, Japan 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
288 Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan 1.27 0.24 7 -82.1% Decrease
289 Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), Japan 0.00 0.24 3 0.0% Increase
290 National Institute of Technology, Ibaraki College, Japan 0.06 0.24 3 268.3% Increase
291 National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Japan 0.00 0.24 1 0.0% Increase
292 National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Japan 0.00 0.24 6 0.0% Increase
293 Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.23 1 0.0% Increase
294 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Japan 0.07 0.23 3 200.9% Increase
295 The Institute of Applied Energy (IAE), Japan 0.04 0.23 4 410.3% Increase
296 NBC Meshtec, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.22 1 0.0% Increase
296 Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK), Japan 0.00 0.22 1 0.0% Increase
297 Aichi Gakuin University (AGU), Japan 0.17 0.22 2 21.0% Increase
298 Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., Japan 0.56 0.22 7 -63.2% Decrease
299 Nikon Corporation, Japan 0.38 0.21 2 -49.6% Decrease
300 Anti-Aging Science Inc., Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
300 Wakayama University, Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
300 Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
300 Organization of Volcanic Disaster Mitigation, Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
300 Kanomax Japan, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
300 MOLSIS Inc., Japan 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
301 National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College, Japan 0.00 0.20 4 0.0% Increase
302 National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD), Japan 0.85 0.19 1 -79.2% Decrease
303 JNC Corporation, Japan 0.70 0.18 2 -75.2% Decrease
304 Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Japan 0.40 0.18 1 -57.1% Decrease
305 Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan 0.00 0.18 3 0.0% Increase
306 Megakaryon Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.18 1 0.0% Increase
306 National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Japan 0.13 0.18 2 24.6% Increase
307 Shiga University, Japan 0.00 0.17 4 0.0% Increase
308 Yokohama Environmental Science Research Institute, Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Yokohama Soei University, Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 UBE Corporation, Japan 0.40 0.17 1 -60.7% Decrease
308 Kumamoto Industrial Research Institute, Japan 0.12 0.17 1 32.2% Increase
308 National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College, Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Maxnet Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Kobe City College of Technology, Japan 0.06 0.17 2 183.2% Increase
308 Techno-Synergy, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 ENEOS Holdings, Japan 0.48 0.17 1 -67.5% Decrease
308 Aichi Prefectural University, Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
308 Soka University, Japan 0.00 0.17 4 0.0% Increase
308 Hayakawa Institute of Seismo Electromagnetics Co. Ltd.(Hi‐SEM), Japan 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
309 National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, Japan 0.31 0.16 2 -51.1% Decrease
310 Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Japan 0.18 0.16 2 -18.0% Decrease
311 Kawasaki Institute of Industry Promotion, Japan 0.80 0.15 1 -82.3% Decrease
311 Saitama Cancer Center, Japan 0.11 0.15 1 27.4% Increase
312 The Nippon Dental University, Japan 0.41 0.15 12 -65.7% Decrease
313 Asahikawa Medical University, Japan 1.48 0.15 3 -90.6% Decrease
314 Kansai University of Health Sciences, Japan 0.00 0.15 1 0.0% Increase
315 Saitama Children's Medical Center, Japan 0.07 0.15 2 101.1% Increase
316 Tochigi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan 0.00 0.14 2 0.0% Increase
317 Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Japan 0.27 0.14 2 -50.6% Decrease
318 Nissan Chemical Corporation, Japan 0.11 0.14 1 21.4% Increase
318 National Institute of Technology, Ariake College, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Imabari City Waterworks Bureau, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Kobe Gakuin University, Japan 0.04 0.14 1 228.7% Increase
318 Osaka Department of Public Health and Medical Affairs, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Hanshin Water Supply Authority, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Okinawa Prefectural Government, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Tokai Gakuin University, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Nagoya City Environmental Science Research Institute, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
318 Morioka City Waterworks and Sewerage Bureau, Japan 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
319 Miyagi University of Education, Japan 0.02 0.14 4 690.9% Increase
320 Hiroshima City University (HCU), Japan 0.23 0.14 3 -42.1% Decrease
321 Kokugakuin University, Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
321 Himeji Dokkyo University, Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
321 SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan 0.44 0.13 1 -71.7% Decrease
322 Saitama Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 ZEON Corporation, Japan 0.05 0.13 1 136.0% Increase
322 Saga Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station, Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 National Institute of Technology, Hiroshima College, Japan 0.07 0.13 1 77.0% Increase
322 PI-Crystal, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 Institute for Quantum Chemical Exploration (IQCE), Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 Tokyo University of Technology (TUT), Japan 0.00 0.13 4 0.0% Increase
322 Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI), Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 Osaka Gas Co. Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 The Nippon Foundation, Japan 0.10 0.13 1 18.0% Increase
322 Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
322 Japan Environmental Sanitation Center (JESC), Japan 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
323 Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Japan 0.07 0.12 2 63.7% Increase
324 Nagoya Medical Center, Japan 0.21 0.12 3 -47.5% Decrease
325 Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan 0.13 0.12 4 -11.0% Decrease
326 Foundation for Computational Science (FOCUS), Japan 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
326 Kumamoto Institute for Photo-Electro Organics (Phoenics), Japan 0.90 0.11 1 -88.4% Decrease
326 National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka College, Japan 0.25 0.11 1 -58.0% Decrease
326 Sojo University, Japan 0.13 0.11 1 -16.1% Decrease
326 Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Japan 0.23 0.11 1 -53.6% Decrease
327 Kawasaki Medical University, Japan 0.59 0.11 3 -82.4% Decrease
328 Nozomi Hospital, Japan 0.00 0.11 2 0.0% Increase
329 Fujikura Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.11 1 13,302.1% Increase
330 Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST), Japan 0.52 0.10 2 -81.4% Decrease
331 Kanagawa University of Human Services, Japan 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
331 The United Nations University, Japan 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
331 Toranomon Hospital, Japan 0.26 0.10 1 -63.5% Decrease
331 Niigata University of International and Information Studies (NUIS), Japan 0.25 0.10 1 -62.2% Decrease
331 CeSPIA, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
331 Rissho University, Japan 0.09 0.10 1 3.8% Increase
331 Kyushu Dental University (KDU), Japan 0.54 0.10 1 -82.5% Decrease
331 Sanyo-Onoda City University, Japan 0.00 0.10 5 0.0% Increase
332 Showa General Hospital, Japan 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
333 Toyama Chemical Co., Japan 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
334 Akita Prefectural University, Japan 1.67 0.09 1 -94.9% Decrease
334 KOTAI Biotechnologies, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.09 3 0.0% Increase
334 Renesas Electronics Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
334 J-Pharma Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
334 Nagoya City Science Museum, Japan 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
334 NB Health Laboratory Co. Ltd. (NBHL), Japan 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
335 Tsurumi University, Japan 0.04 0.09 2 103.2% Increase
336 Kibi International University, Japan 0.00 0.09 2 0.0% Increase
337 National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College, Japan 0.25 0.09 2 -67.0% Decrease
338 Nayoro Observatory, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Kurume Institute of Technology, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Yokohama Zoological Gardens (Zoorasia), Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Morinaga & Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan 0.26 0.08 1 -69.7% Decrease
338 Teikyo University of Science, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Unisoku Co., Ltd., Japan 0.17 0.08 1 -52.8% Decrease
338 Koshien University, Japan 0.00 0.08 2 0.0% Increase
338 Shimizu Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 iMed Japan Inc., Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Toyohashi Sozo University, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Osaka Prefecture Research Institute of Environment Agriculture and Fisheries, Japan 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
338 Research Institute for Production Development, Japan 0.35 0.08 1 -77.5% Decrease
339 Rhelixa, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.08 2 0.0% Increase
340 Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan 0.72 0.08 1 -89.7% Decrease
341 International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), Japan 0.34 0.08 2 -78.8% Decrease
342 Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan 0.07 0.07 76 1.7% Increase
343 Japan Monkey Centre (JMC), Japan 0.00 0.07 5 0.0% Increase
344 Kanto Gakuin University, Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
344 Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., Japan 0.17 0.07 1 -59.5% Decrease
344 Shigei Medical Research Institute, Japan 0.13 0.07 1 -46.1% Decrease
344 NRL Pharma, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
344 Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
344 Nichia Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
344 Peccell Technologies, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
345 Showa Pharmaceutical University, Japan 2.99 0.07 13 -97.8% Decrease
346 Tokyo Seiei College (TSC), Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
346 Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
346 Foundation for Advancement of International Science (FAIS), Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
346 Niigata Prefectural Museum of History, Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
346 FMC Tokyo Clinic, Japan 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
347 Osaka Electro-Communication University (OECU), Japan 0.00 0.06 3 0.0% Increase
348 Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
348 Tsuru University, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
348 Morinaga Dairy Service Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
348 Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
348 University of Tokyo Health Sciences, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
349 Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Japan 0.22 0.06 1 -75.0% Decrease
349 Niigata College of Medical Technology, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
350 Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (FBRI), Japan 0.40 0.06 2 -86.4% Decrease
351 UACJ Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 6,973.3% Increase
351 Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
351 Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Japan 0.00 0.06 2 0.0% Increase
351 Ehime Rehabilitation Center for Children, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
351 Dynacom Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
351 Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT), Japan 0.00 0.06 8 0.0% Increase
351 Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Japan 0.10 0.06 1 -44.9% Decrease
351 Rakuno Gakuen University (RGU), Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
351 Tokyo Zokei University, Japan 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
352 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan 0.52 0.06 7 -90.0% Decrease
353 Ceres, Inc., Japan 0.02 0.05 2 242.9% Increase
354 Organ Technologies, Inc., Japan 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
355 Earthnote Co., Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
355 Satake Chemical Equipment Manufacturing Ltd., Japan 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
355 Japan Radioisotope Association, Japan 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
355 Asahi Geo Survei Co, Ltd. (AGS), Japan 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
355 Daicel Corporation, Japan 0.00 0.05 2 0.0% Increase

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