Japan
Research
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Japan published between 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.
Count | Share |
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5052 | 2922.31 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
Subject | Count | Share |
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Biological sciences | 1143 | 648.88 |
Chemistry | 1689 | 1178.06 |
Earth & environmental sciences | 423 | 211.20 |
Health sciences | 602 | 284.63 |
Physical sciences | 1952 | 946.60 |
Share output for the past 5 years
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022* |
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3090.85 | 3030.64 | 3271.82 | 3185.21 | 2959.97 |
Compare Japan with other countries/territories
*Note: 2022 data contains Share for article affiliations from newly added health sciences journals.
Collaboration
View the connected world of international research collaboration. Visualize collaborations by subject or region.
Date range: 1 August 2022 - 31 July 2023
Collaboration by percentage of Share
Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.
Country | Share (%) |
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USA | 33.23 |
China | 20.26 |
Germany | 11.36 |
UK | 8.84 |
France | 6.79 |
Italy | 4.19 |
South Korea | 4.13 |
Australia | 3.97 |
Switzerland | 3.77 |
Spain | 3.45 |
Top 10 collaborators with Japan by Share
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Japan and United States of America (USA)
(960.72)
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Japan and China
(585.64)
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Japan and Germany
(328.55)
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Japan and United Kingdom (UK)
(255.69)
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Japan and France
(196.19)
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Japan and Italy
(121.16)
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Japan and South Korea
(119.53)
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Japan and Australia
(114.83)
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Japan and Switzerland
(108.88)
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Japan and Spain
(99.82)
Collaboration is determined by the combined fractional count (Share) of Japan and the collaborating country.
Top 10 institutions from Japan by Share
Institution | Count | Share | |
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1. | The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) | 1193 | 379.14 |
2. | Kyoto University | 717 | 242.43 |
3. | Osaka University | 528 | 170.07 |
4. | Tohoku University | 614 | 144.29 |
5. | Hokkaido University | 323 | 129.29 |
6. | RIKEN | 572 | 120.96 |
7. | Nagoya University | 422 | 120.63 |
8. | Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) | 330 | 104.07 |
9. | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | 386 | 90.83 |
10. | Kyushu University | 338 | 85.27 |

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