Japan: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in Japan published 202 research papers, ranking 6th of 152 countries and 2.3% of the world's output that day. 54 records with a Japan affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 24202
World rank#6
Share of world output2.3%
Last 7 days2,448
Last 30 days12,038
Daily average (30 days)415
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- The University of Tokyo · 25 papers
- Kyoto University · 10 papers
- Hiroshima University · 9 papers
- University of Tsukuba · 9 papers
- Tohoku University · 9 papers
Most-cited scientists
- M. Shoji · National Institutes of Natural Sciences · 806,393 citations
- Naohiro Yonemoto · Juntendo University · 291,767 citations
- Kenji Watanabe · National Institute for Materials Science · 262,072 citations
- Koichiro Tamura · Tokyo Metropolitan University · 261,281 citations
- Ai Koyanagi · Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center · 237,852 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 202 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 329 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 391 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 435 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 358 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 628 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 105 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 205 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 343 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 422 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 450 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 382 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 409 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 140 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in Japan, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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