The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)

東京大学

Japan
Time frame: 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Japan
Overall 23 1
Academic 19 1

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Japan
Biological sciences 39 1
Chemistry 30 1
Earth & environmental sciences 46 1
Health sciences 128 1
Physical sciences 21 1

Research

The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 1324 438.32

Overall Count and Share for 'The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 319 94.83
Chemistry 394 176.70
Earth & environmental sciences 113 38.98
Health sciences 107 21.40
Physical sciences 665 195.36

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 107 45.78
Physical Chemistry 61 31.58
Condensed Matter Physics 72 26.88
Particle and High Energy Physics 125 25.88
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 56 24.50
Organic Chemistry 32 20.48
Oncology and Carcinogenesis 70 18.77
Quantum Physics 40 16.47
Inorganic Chemistry 40 15.99
Nanotechnology 38 15.04

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 462 451 401 391 424
Biological sciences 98 97 107 82 82
Chemistry 163 154 128 136 155
Earth & environmental sciences 45 43 30 39 42
Health sciences 0 0 39 23 24
Physical sciences 218 203 157 172 198
Natural sciences 0 0 384 379 414
Nature & Science 11 11 11 8 12

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with The University of Tokyo (UTokyo).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (2992 institutions) 55.2%
Domestic (463 institutions) 44.8%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
RIKEN 60.86 / 48.72 109.58
Kyoto University 33.12 / 25.54 58.65
Tohoku University 30.67 / 22.67 53.34
Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) 27.18 / 20.11 47.29
The University of Osaka (UOsaka) 23.14 / 22.26 45.40
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Top 5 international collaborators with The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 12.71 / 7.82 20.53
Max Planck Society 8.10 / 10.33 18.43
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 8.41 / 9.77 18.18
Harvard University 5.86 / 8.23 14.08
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 5.40 / 6.94 12.34
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for The University of Tokyo (UTokyo). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.