Tohoku University

東北大学

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 Tohoku University's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Tohoku University is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Japan
Overall 104 3
Academic 94 3

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Japan
Biological sciences 234 7
Chemistry 92 4
Earth & environmental sciences 78 2
Health sciences 541 21
Physical sciences 118 5

Research

Tohoku University 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 678 165.84

Overall Count and Share for 'Tohoku University' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 93 20.82
Chemistry 219 77.38
Earth & environmental sciences 79 26.41
Health sciences 32 3.56
Physical sciences 367 59.75

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), Tohoku University published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Astronomical Sciences 152 24.32
Organic Chemistry 27 19.14
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 67 19.10
Physical Chemistry 52 15.70
Geoinformatics 33 13.89
Inorganic Chemistry 25 10.66
Analytical Chemistry 19 6.52
Nanotechnology 18 6.40
Materials Engineering 16 5.19
Condensed Matter Physics 23 4.90

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 163 138 145 145 133
Biological sciences 28 22 20 26 18
Chemistry 62 56 57 52 59
Earth & environmental sciences 19 18 22 18 17
Health sciences 0 0 3 8 5
Physical sciences 65 56 53 61 54
Natural sciences 0 0 143 139 129
Nature & Science 2 0 2 1 1

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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 Tohoku University.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (1378 institutions) 59.4%
Domestic (329 institutions) 40.6%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Tohoku University by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) 22.67 / 30.67 53.34
Kyoto University 11.77 / 10.81 22.59
RIKEN 12.14 / 9.93 22.06
Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) 6.26 / 9.83 16.09
The University of Osaka (UOsaka) 7.31 / 6.69 14.00
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Top 5 international collaborators with Tohoku University by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 6.15 / 5.82 11.97
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 4.65 / 4.80 9.45
Max Planck Society 2.48 / 5.46 7.94
The University of Sydney (USYD) 3.20 / 3.70 6.90
University of Cambridge 3.37 / 3.40 6.77
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Tohoku University. 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.