NPI2013_Asia-Pacific

NPIASIA-PACIFICTop institutions by journalThe Nature Publishing Index comprises 18 journals. The flagship journal is Nature, founded in 1869, and there are many subsidiarypublications, including one online-only journal, Nature Communications. Nature and Nature Communications are multidisciplinary,whereas most others fall into one of the following four subject categories: life sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and earth andenvironmental sciences. The exception is Nature Chemical Biology, which falls under the first two categories. Below are the data for 2013showing the top five institutions for each journal, along with their 2012 rank. ■XX%The percentage of the Asia-Pacific NPI represented by each journal is shown,while the icons illustrate which scientific areas are covered by each publication.15.6%NATURERANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 The University of Tokyo Japan 10.21 25 42 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 10.02 29 13 RIKEN Japan 5.11 15 64 Tsinghua University China 3.52 5 25 Kyoto University Japan 3.48 14 51.7%NATURE CHEMISTRYRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 Kyoto University Japan 1.56 2 182 Nagoya University Japan 1.40 2 63 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 1.16 3 154 Dalian University of Technology (DUT) China 1.00 1 315 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 1.00 1 9NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGYRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 Seoul National UniversitySouthKorea1.58 2 -2 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 1.41 3 631.2%Korea Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology (KAIST)SouthKorea1.00 1 -4 BGI China 0.84 3 15 RIKEN Japan 0.80 1 -3.0%NATURE CLIMATE CHANGERANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1The Commonwealth Scientific andAustralia 3.48 11 2Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)2 The University of Tokyo Japan 1.78 4 153 The University of Western Australia (UWA) Australia 1.61 3 54 The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia 1.23 7 35 James Cook University (JCU) Australia 1.16 4 12.0%NATURE CELL BIOLOGYRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 2.56 5 12 Kansai Medical University Japan 1.00 1 -3 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 0.96 3 94 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) China 0.86 2 65 Tohoku University Japan 0.75 1 1544.3%NATURE COMMUNICATIONSRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 31.80 78 22 The University of Tokyo Japan 27.02 57 13 RIKEN Japan 11.97 38 54 Tohoku University Japan 11.95 24 105 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 11.49 24 61. 1 %NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGYRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 The University of Tokyo Japan 2.50 3 62 University of Tsukuba Japan 1.00 1 133 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 0.91 1 44Agency for Science, Technology andResearch (A*STAR)Singapore 0.85 1 -5Korea Advanced Institute of Science Southand Technology (KAIST)Korea0.71 1 -7.4%NATURE GENETICSRANK INSTITUTION COUNTRY CC ARTICLES 2012 RANK1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China 3.71 8 42 BGI China 3.44 10 13 The University of Tokyo Japan 2.48 9 74 Kyoto University Japan 1.59 9 385National Institute of AgrobiologicalSciences (NIAS)Japan 1.52 3 -46 | NATURE PUBLISHING INDEX 2013 | ASIA-PACIFIC