The University of Tokyo ranked eighth for high-quality natural science research in 2020, returning to the top 10 after falling to 11th the year before, according to a survey by research publisher Springer Nature Group.In the list of 500 global institutions topped by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, five other Japanese universities and a scientific research institute ranked among the top 100.Although researchers have had to deal with laboratory closures and disruptions to experiments amid the coronavirus pandemic, a surge of articles related to COVID-19 contributed to an overall increase in …READ FULL ARTICLE
