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University of Tokyo ranks 12th in research paper citation frequency

Monday 14th April, 10:37 AM JST

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  • timeon at 06:35 PM JST - 14th April

    damn, Tokyo lost to Kyoto again (in chemistry). hmmm

  • WhatJapanThinks at 10:08 PM JST - 14th April

    I'd love to know how the citing was distributed, and what language the original papers and the cites were. Knowing how Japanese companies love to spew out patents, perhaps it's similar with research papers with each person having a yearly quota, and all other Japanese institutes quote Todai because it's Todai.

  • electric2004 at 01:03 AM JST - 15th April

    Well, usually it is 1 or 2 refereed papers per person, and another 2 or 3 (can be also more) as other publications.

  • UnagiDon at 07:44 PM JST - 15th April

    WhatJapanThinks - comparing patents and citations is apples and oranges, and citations are generally done by people in all countries, not just within Japan. Japan "spewing out patents" and "quotas" is a strawman to boot, plus hardly unique to Japan. Here's a crazy idea to explain this story, maybe Japanese universities are simply just doing a lot of good research?

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