もはや東大や京大などのランキング上昇も無理か？
According to data from Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science, which tracks articles published in scientific journals, Japanese researchers accounted for 8.4% of all papers published in 2005, but only 5.2% in 2015. Key research areas such as computer science showed even larger decreases, with the number of published papers falling by more than 37%. As a result, the Reuters ranking shows significant declines in rank for leading Japanese universities, including the University of Tokyo (down five spots to #21), Osaka University (down 13 to #24), and Keio University (down 25 to #78). Japan had nine universities on the list in 2016, but only has eight this year; six of those eight universities saw their rank fall from 2016, and one was unchanged. Only Kyushu University saw its ranking improve, moving from #79 to #68.
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Stanford University takes first place on Reuters' list of the World's Most Innovative Universities for the third consecutive year, holding fast to its ranking by consistently producing new patents and papers that influence researchers around the globe. In July 2017, the university opened the Stanford Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine, a new research center focused on the development of stem cell and gene therapies to treat the millions of people worldwide with genetic diseases. Also recently opened is the Stanford Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine, a $35 million, 23,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for making cell-based therapies for use in human patients. In the 2016-17 fiscal year, Stanford reported a total research budget of $1.6 billion. Recent research highlights include the development of a drug delivery device that monitors drug levels in the body in real time and delivers dosages tailored specifically to the patient. Stanford researchers have also created a vinelike, flexible 'growing' robot that operates in seemingly impossibly cramped situations, and a new camera that allows robots to capture 4D images in a 140-degree field of vision. A 4D image allows viewers to refocus the image after the image is captured, allowing for clear manipulation of the image after the fact.
Located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Stanford University has played a key role in the development of our networked world. In the early 1970s, Stanford professor Vint Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP protocols that became the basic communication standard for the Internet, and in 1991, physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center deployed the first world wide web server outside of Europe. The university's faculty and alumni have founded major tech companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems. A 2012 study by the university estimated that companies formed by Stanford entrepreneurs generate so much revenue that if they formed an independent nation, it would rank among the 10 largest economies in the world. Stanford University was founded in 1891 by California senator and railway magnate Leland Stanford in honor of his deceased son, with the promise that 'the children of California shall be our children.'
Located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Stanford University has played a key role in the development of our networked world. In the early 1970s, Stanford professor Vint Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP protocols that became the basic communication standard for the Internet, and in 1991, physicists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center deployed the first world wide web server outside of Europe. The university's faculty and alumni have founded major tech companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems. A 2012 study by the university estimated that companies formed by Stanford entrepreneurs generate so much revenue that if they formed an independent nation, it would rank among the 10 largest economies in the world. Stanford University was founded in 1891 by California senator and railway magnate Leland Stanford in honor of his deceased son, with the promise that 'the children of California shall be our children.'
