| # | University | City | World rank | In-country | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Kibi International University | not ranked | #332 | 13,858 | |
| 402 | Koshien University | not ranked | #335 | 13,633 | |
| 403 | Nagoya Women's University | not ranked | #341 | 12,809 | |
| 404 | Tezukayama Gakuin University | not ranked | #340 | 12,705 | |
| 405 | Tokyo International University | not ranked | #316 | 12,033 | |
| 406 | Shikoku University | not ranked | #345 | 11,831 | |
| 407 | Kyoto Tachibana Women's University | not ranked | #349 | 11,610 | |
| 408 | Tokyo Keizai University | not ranked | #350 | 11,434 | |
| 409 | Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration | not ranked | #351 | 11,273 | |
| 410 | Hannan University | not ranked | #343 | 11,092 | |
| 411 | Tsuru University | not ranked | #346 | 10,442 | |
| 412 | Shimonoseki City University | not ranked | #356 | 9,975 | |
| 413 | Obirin University | not ranked | #327 | 9,951 | |
| 414 | Kanda University of International Studies | not ranked | #353 | 9,701 | |
| 415 | Otemae University | not ranked | #360 | 9,653 | |
| 416 | Yamanashi Gakuin University | not ranked | #361 | 9,558 | |
| 417 | Kure University | not ranked | #348 | 9,540 | |
| 418 | Osaka College of Music | not ranked | #359 | 9,519 | |
| 419 | Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University | not ranked | #358 | 9,076 | |
| 420 | Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University | not ranked | #365 | 9,028 | |
| 421 | Tohwa University | not ranked | #366 | 8,863 | |
| 422 | Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University | not ranked | #367 | 8,838 | |
| 423 | Seinan Gakuin University | not ranked | #357 | 8,834 | |
| 424 | Nortre Dame Seishin University | not ranked | #370 | 8,567 | |
| 425 | Okinawa University | not ranked | #364 | 8,359 | |
| 426 | National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College | not ranked | #372 | 8,259 | |
| 427 | University of Bunkyo | not ranked | #376 | 8,167 | |
| 428 | Tokoha Gakuen University | not ranked | #371 | 8,153 | |
| 429 | Takasaki City University of Economics | not ranked | #374 | 7,964 | |
| 430 | Nippon Bunri University | not ranked | #373 | 7,865 | |
| 431 | Musashino Art University | not ranked | #369 | 7,709 | |
| 432 | Kokugakuin University | not ranked | #362 | 7,474 | |
| 433 | Morioka College | not ranked | #377 | 7,254 | |
| 434 | Okinawa International University | not ranked | #385 | 7,127 | |
| 435 | Sonoda Women's University | not ranked | #387 | 6,675 | |
| 436 | Otemon Gakuin University | not ranked | #389 | 6,655 | |
| 437 | Keiai University | not ranked | #386 | 6,540 | |
| 438 | Otaru University of Commerce | not ranked | #394 | 6,323 | |
| 439 | Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing | not ranked | #384 | 6,235 | |
| 440 | Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University | not ranked | #390 | 6,137 | |
| 441 | Kurashiki Sakuyo University | not ranked | #399 | 6,093 | |
| 442 | Suzuka International University | not ranked | #381 | 6,056 | |
| 443 | Okayama Shoka University | not ranked | #397 | 6,042 | |
| 444 | Fukuoka Prefectural University | not ranked | #403 | 5,925 | |
| 445 | Osaka University of Commerce | not ranked | #401 | 5,559 | |
| 446 | Gifu Women's University | not ranked | #404 | 5,518 | |
| 447 | St. Andrew's University | not ranked | #408 | 5,424 | |
| 448 | Shiga Prefecture Agricultural Technology Promotion Center | not ranked | #400 | 5,372 | |
| 449 | Chukyo Women's University | not ranked | #414 | 4,922 | |
| 450 | Sapporo International University | not ranked | #382 | 4,898 |
What the two columns mean
In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.