City · Japan
Research in Fukuoka
Science Explorer records 64 research institutions in Fukuoka, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kyushu University, Fukuoka University and Kyushu University Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 64 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 170k ▼ 5% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 11.5% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Fukuoka?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyushu UniversityUniversity | 129,719 | #506 | |
| 2 | Fukuoka UniversityUniversity | 14,931 | #6,003 | |
| 3 | Fukuoka Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 3,645 | #14,532 | |
| 4 | Kyushu University HospitalHospital / health system | 2,872 | #7,736 | |
| 5 | Kyushu Sangyo UniversityUniversity | 2,380 | #19,116 | |
| 6 | National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer CenterHospital / health system | 1,593 | #18,247 | |
| 7 | Fukuoka Dental CollegeUniversity | 1,524 | #20,197 | |
| 8 | National Kyushu Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,387 | #17,997 | |
| 9 | Daiichi University of PharmacyUniversity | 1,331 | #22,084 | |
| 10 | Fukuoka HospitalHospital / health system | 848 | #19,828 | |
| 11 | Fukuoka University HospitalHospital / health system | 810 | #16,994 | |
| 12 | Fukuoka Tokushukai HospitalHospital / health system | 747 | #23,213 | |
| 13 | Fukuoka Women's UniversityUniversity | 528 | #23,721 | |
| 14 | Nakamura Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 487 | #29,890 all time | |
| 15 | Cyber UniversityUniversity | 480 | #25,636 | |
| 16 | Japan University of EconomicsUniversity | 478 | #26,579 | |
| 17 | Fukuoka Children's Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious DiseasesHospital / health system | 464 | #27,119 | |
| 18 | Saiseikai Fukuoka General HospitalHospital / health system | 447 | #19,706 | |
| 19 | Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental SciencesHospital / health system | 437 | #29,104 all time | |
| 20 | Seinan Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 370 | #25,408 | |
| 21 | Hamanomachi HospitalHospital / health system | 368 | #34,283 all time | |
| 22 | Hayashi Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 362 | #30,506 all time | |
| 23 | Fukuoka City HospitalHospital / health system | 342 | #39,523 all time | |
| 24 | Omuta hospitalHospital / health system | 299 | #33,621 all time | |
| 25 | Ono ClinicHospital / health system | 287 | #24,563 | |
| 26 | Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka HospitalHospital / health system | 283 | #27,026 | |
| 27 | Fukuoka Higashi Medical CenterHospital / health system | 248 | #35,408 all time | |
| 28 | Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and NanotechnologiesResearch facility | 242 | #21,972 all time | |
| 29 | Junshin Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 236 | #25,033 all time | |
| 30 | Ecogenomics (Japan)Company | 197 | #17,132 all time | |
| 31 | Kyushu Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School TeachersHospital / health system | 193 | #41,948 all time | |
| 32 | Harasanshin HospitalHospital / health system | 189 | #38,466 all time | |
| 33 | College of Healthcare ManagementUniversity | 163 | #26,678 all time | |
| 34 | Kyushu Art Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 159 | #41,098 all time | |
| 35 | SOUSEIKAI Global Clinical Research CenterHospital / health system | 91 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of NursingUniversity | 90 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Haradoi HospitalHospital / health system | 89 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Fukuoka Kinen HospitalHospital / health system | 80 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Fukuoka Prefecture Education CenterUniversity | 79 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Fukuoka Jo Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 76 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Fukuoka College of Health SciencesUniversity | 57 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Koran Women's Junior CollegeUniversity | 53 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Junshin Junior CollegeUniversity | 43 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Fukuoka Jo Gakuin Nursing UniversityUniversity | 41 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Fukuoka Technical High SchoolUniversity | 40 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Institute of Rheological Functions of FoodResearch facility | 30 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Medical Business CollegeUniversity | 28 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Seika Women's Junior CollegeUniversity | 26 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Kyushu Economic Research CenterResearch facility | 22 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Nishi-Nippon Junior CollegeUniversity | 21 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Fukuoka Institute of Technology Junior CollegeUniversity | 20 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Kyushu Otani Junior CollegeUniversity | 19 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Science Groove (Japan)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Kyulux (Japan)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Hisayama Research Institute For Lifestyle DiseasesResearch facility | 11 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Aso Information Business College FukuokaUniversity | 6 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Fukuoka City Archaeological CenterArchive | 4 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Ogori City Board of EducationGovernment institution | 4 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Level-5 (Japan)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Fukuoka Prefectural Board of EducationGovernment institution | 3 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
Kyushu University130k · 76.3%Fukuoka University15k · 8.8%Fukuoka Institute of Technology3,645 · 2.1%Kyushu University Hospital2,872 · 1.7%56 others listed19k · 11.1%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Fukuoka strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Fukuoka is most concentrated in Transportation, Metals and Alloys and Mathematical Physics (5.2× the world share in Transportation).
- TransportationSubfield · 281.8 works5.2×
- Metals and AlloysSubfield · 27.3 works5.0×
- Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 71.2 works2.8×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 66.5 works2.5×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 48.9 works2.5×
- CatalysisSubfield · 60.9 works2.5×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 26.3 works2.5×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Fukuoka?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Modernization, Design, Social Influence, Strategic Planning, International Trade Law, Foresight, Air Force and Malay Language.
- Surgical Management
- Prognostic Factors
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Diagnosis
- Warfare
- Sharia Law
- Malay Language
- Islam
- Legal Regulation
- Economic Security
- Science
- Design
- Social Influence
- Treatment
- Philosophy
- Chemotherapy
- Nanoparticles
- Cancer
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Oxidative Stress
- History
- Biomedical Applications
- Culture
- Literature
- Modernization
- Ethnicity
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Strategic Planning
- International Trade Law
- Foresight
- Air Force
- Public Oversight
- Transport Policy
- Mechanical Properties
- Immunotherapy
- Catalysis
- Tumor Microenvironment
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology662◆ 1.02×129 topics
- Inflammation490▲ 1.44×83 topics
- Deep Learning482▼ 0.86×79 topics
- Machine Learning387▼ 0.72×85 topics
- Oxidative Stress298◆ 1.11×63 topics
- Cancer290▲ 1.32×57 topics
- History273▲ 2.4×24 topics
- Nanoparticles271▲ 1.31×44 topics
- Biomedical Applications269▲ 1.39×35 topics
- Chemotherapy267▲ 2.3×25 topics
- Culture261▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Philosophy252▲ 3.5×18 topics
- Literature250▲ 2.8×18 topics
- Treatment247▲ 1.24×50 topics
- Modernization247▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Social Influence243▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Ethnicity235▲ 3.8×12 topics
- Design231▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles230▲ 7.5×5 topics
- Science229▲ 5.7×8 topics
- Strategic Planning227▲ 9.3×4 topics
- Economic Security226▲ 6.4×3 topics
- International Trade Law226▲ 10×2 topics
- Legal Regulation225▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Foresight225▲ 10×2 topics
- Islam225▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Air Force224▲ 11×1 topic
- Malay Language224▲ 9.6×1 topic
- Public Oversight224▲ 11×1 topic
- Sharia Law224▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Transport Policy224▲ 11×1 topic
- Warfare224▲ 11×1 topic
- Mechanical Properties213▲ 1.34×38 topics
- Diagnosis204▲ 1.34×40 topics
- Immunotherapy202▲ 1.73×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines186▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Catalysis177▲ 1.62×29 topics
- Prognostic Factors169▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment156▲ 2.2×8 topics
- Surgical Management152▲ 2.3×20 topics
What research is done in Fukuoka?
TransportationAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceSurgery4 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 224 works
- 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 224 works
- 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 224 works
- 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 50 works
- 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 48 works
- 6 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47 works
- 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 46 works
- 8 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
- 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
- 10 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 44 works
Research output over time
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