TOKYO —
The University of Tokyo ranked 11th, up one notch from last year, among about 4,100 academic and research institutes worldwide in terms of how frequently its research papers were cited between January 1998 and last December, information company Thomson Reuters said Monday.
The University of Tokyo acquired the highest position since the company began releasing the global ranking in 2002. Among other institutions in Japan, Kyoto University ranked 30th on the list, Osaka University 34th and Tohoku University 64th.
Thomson Reuters said academic papers of such state-backed research institutions as the Japan Science and Technology Agency, Riken and the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, as well as Tohoku University, Keio University and Okayama University became more frequently quoted in recent years.
In the field of materials science, Tohoku University ranked third in the worldwide ranking, followed by AIST at fourth. The University of Tokyo came in second in physics, and third in biology and biochemistry.
In the field of chemistry, Kyoto University ranked fourth, followed by the University of Tokyo at fifth।
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