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Research in Akita

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Akita, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Akita University, Akita Prefectural University and Akita International University.

Research institutions
17
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
248k
12.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Akita

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Akita?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Akita UniversityUniversity 13,742 #4,647
2Akita Prefectural UniversityUniversity 3,380 #10,618
3Akita Industrial Technology CenterResearch facility 619 #16,710
4Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels AkitaResearch facility 580 #29,776 all time
5Akita International UniversityUniversity 495 #13,183
6National Institute of Technology Akita CollegeUniversity 367 #30,982 all time
7Nakadōri General HospitalHospital / health system 171 #34,393 all time
8Akita Nutrition Junior CollegeUniversity 155 #30,792 all time
9Akita Research Institute for Food and BrewingResearch facility 142 #34,080 all time
10North Asia UniversityUniversity 52 not ranked
11Seirei Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 45 not ranked
12College of Allied Medical Science Akita UniversityUniversity 43 not ranked
13Akita University of ArtUniversity 35 not ranked
14Akita Prefectural Education CenterGovernment institution 30 not ranked
15Akita Prefectural Akita High SchoolUniversity 14 not ranked
16National Art InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
17Akita Museum of ArtArchive 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Akita University: 69.2%Akita Prefectural University: 17.0%Akita Industrial Technology Center: 3.1%Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels Akita: 2.9%12 others listed: 7.8%69%largest
Akita University14k · 69.2%Akita Prefectural University3,380 · 17.0%Akita Industrial Technology Center619 · 3.1%Research Institute for Brain and Blood Vessels Akita580 · 2.9%12 others listed1,550 · 7.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Akita work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Akita is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 966 fractional works · 39.9% of its workEngineering: 422 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 83 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 75 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 133 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 52 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 105 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 80 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 875 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 793 fractional works · 32.7% of its workSurgery: 143 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 94 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 57 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 58 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 301 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 144 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 48 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 42 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 280 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 140 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 74 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAkita2,423fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering42217.4%
    2. Computer Science1335.5%
    3. Materials Science1054.3%
    4. Environmental Science1044.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences803.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy612.5%
    7. Chemistry230.9%
    8. Energy180.8%
    9. Mathematics160.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Medicine79332.7%
    2. Health Professions582.4%
    3. Nursing180.8%
    4. Dentistry60.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1445.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences803.3%
    3. Neuroscience421.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology241.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.4%
    1. Social Sciences1405.8%
    2. Psychology743.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities351.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance140.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting110.5%
    6. Decision Sciences70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Akita strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Akita is most concentrated in Geophysics and Transportation (4.3× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 32.3 works4.3×
  2. TransportationSubfield · 20.1 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 69 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 71 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 386 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 93 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 90 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 688 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.13×71 works
  2. Medicine1.68×688 works
  3. Nursing1.67×17 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×9 works
  5. Engineering1.21×386 works
  6. Materials Science1.21×90 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×132 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.12×53 works
  9. Neuroscience1.09×38 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×22 works
  11. Psychology0.96×62 works
  12. Environmental Science0.87×93 works
  13. Energy0.84×16 works
  14. Health Professions0.80×45 works
  15. Computer Science0.72×120 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×69 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.60×4 works
  18. Chemistry0.59×20 works
  19. Dentistry0.54×6 works
  20. Mathematics0.49×12 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.47×29 works
  22. Social Sciences0.45×122 works
  23. Veterinary0.29×1 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×11 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.24×5 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Akita?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Plate Tectonics, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Metal Recovery, Rare Earth Elements and Tectonics.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology149▲ 1.54×103 topics
  2. Inflammation85▲ 1.66×74 topics
  3. Machine Learning65▼ 0.80×56 topics
  4. Deep Learning61▼ 0.73×57 topics
  5. Cancer48▲ 1.46×48 topics
  6. Treatment47▲ 1.59×36 topics
  7. Chemotherapy45▲ 2.6×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life43▲ 1.24×43 topics
  9. Nanoparticles42▲ 1.37×37 topics
  10. Diagnosis41▲ 1.80×33 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications39▲ 1.37×32 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors39▲ 3.7×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors38▲ 1.41×27 topics
  14. Management37▲ 1.89×30 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties36▲ 1.51×31 topics
  16. Immunotherapy36▲ 2.0×19 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 2.4×14 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis32▲ 2.3×18 topics
  19. Complications30▲ 2.5×14 topics
  20. Plate Tectonics30▲ 8.0×3 topics
  21. Surgery30▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Metal Recovery28▲ 6.0×3 topics
  23. Clinical Trials28▲ 1.73×18 topics
  24. Prognosis27▲ 3.3×9 topics
  25. Surgical Management26▲ 2.6×19 topics
  26. Biomechanics26▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Rehabilitation25▲ 2.6×12 topics
  28. Guidelines25▲ 2.2×12 topics
  29. Radiotherapy24▲ 2.5×12 topics
  30. Rare Earth Elements23▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy22▲ 3.8×5 topics
  32. Tectonics21▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Thermodynamic Modeling19▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Geochronology18▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Zircon18▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Endoscopic Resection18▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Functional Recovery18▲ 4.8×4 topics
  38. Modernization18▲ 3.9×2 topics
  39. Chemoradiation14▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Barrett's Esophagus12▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Akita?

Geological and Geochemic…16Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 16 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…11Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 11 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 10 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 10 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 10 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 9 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …9Military Technology and Strategies: 9 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 9 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 8 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringSurgery5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 10 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 10 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 9 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  8. 8 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 9 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 8 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Akita9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2017.

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