The University of Tokyo ranked first in the domestic comprehensive ranking of outstanding papers with the highest number of citations in the world in the top 1% in the research field, according to a summary by international information service company Claribate Analytics (Philadelphia, USA). Do you get it.The University of Tokyo occupies the top position in Japan in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology and biochemistry.

 According to Clarivate Analytics, the survey period is 2006 years from 2016 to 11.We examined outstanding papers published by Japanese research institutes from a statistical database that provides citation trend data for academic papers.

 The University of Tokyo was the top in chemistry, physics, biology / biochemistry by field, and ranked second in materials science, immunology, plant / zoology, and molecular biology, and Kyoto University ranked second in the overall ranking. I pulled away and became the first place.The number of outstanding papers during this period was 2, and the ratio of outstanding papers to all papers was 2%.
Kyoto University in 2nd place had 764 outstanding papers and 1.2% of outstanding papers, and RIKEN in 3rd place had 623 outstanding papers and 2.4% of outstanding papers.
By field, National Institute for Materials Science ranked first in materials science, Osaka University in immunology, and RIKEN in molecular biology.

 Japan ranked 12th in the world in the ranking of outstanding papers by country, but it was also revealed that the number of research institutes in the top 20 in Japan is the same as the previous year, and the number of papers is increasing while maintaining excellence. ..

reference:[Clarivate Analytics] Announcement of ranking of Japanese research institutes by analyzing the number of high-impact papers

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