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Research in Fukushima

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Fukushima, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Aizu, Fukushima Medical University and Fukushima University.

Research institutions
17
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
219k
12.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Fukushima

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 Fukushima?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Fukushima Medical UniversityUniversity 8,707 #8,752
2University of AizuUniversity 4,898 #4,956
3Fukushima UniversityUniversity 2,251 #8,903
4National Livestock Breeding CenterGovernment institution 407 #24,374 all time
5Fukushima CollegeUniversity 330 #20,461
6Fukushima Prefectural Culture CenterInstitution 167 #24,115 all time
7Soma Central HospitalHospital / health system 162 #30,441 all time
8Fukushima Prefectural PoliceInstitution 146 #30,730 all time
9Fukushima Prefectural Museum of ArtArchive 39 not ranked
10Sakura no Seibo Junior CollegeUniversity 32 not ranked
11Fukushima Prefecture History MuseumArchive 18 not ranked
12Date City Institute of Funnkawann CultureResearch facility 6 not ranked
13Aizu Hokurei High SchoolUniversity 5 not ranked
14Fukushima Prefectural Education CenterUniversity 4 not ranked
15Fukushima Prefectural Board of EducationUniversity 3 not ranked
16Fukushima Prefectural Aizu Technical High SchoolUniversity 1 not ranked
17Our Lady Academy of SakuraUniversity 1 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.

Fukushima Medical University: 50.7%University of Aizu: 28.5%Fukushima University: 13.1%National Livestock Breeding Center: 2.4%13 others listed: 5.3%51%largest
Fukushima Medical University8,707 · 50.7%University of Aizu4,898 · 28.5%Fukushima University2,251 · 13.1%National Livestock Breeding Center407 · 2.4%13 others listed914 · 5.3%

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

Which fields of science does Fukushima work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Fukushima is in Health Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Computer Science (13%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,724 fractional works · 45.8% of its workMedicine: 1,585 fractional works · 42.1% of its workSurgery: 217 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 167 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOncology: 124 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 112 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 109 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 98 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 108 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,209 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 476 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 162 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 99 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 334 fractional works · 8.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 86 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 187 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 97 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 85 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 516 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 220 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 118 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 100 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 64 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 314 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 63 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 113 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFukushima3,763fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences8%

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. Health Sciences1,72445.8%
    1. Medicine1,58542.1%
    2. Health Professions1082.9%
    3. Nursing180.5%
    4. Dentistry90.2%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Computer Science47612.6%
    2. Engineering3348.9%
    3. Environmental Science1875.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy852.3%
    5. Chemistry371.0%
    6. Materials Science330.9%
    7. Mathematics230.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.6%
    9. Energy90.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2205.8%
    2. Neuroscience1183.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1002.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology641.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.4%
    1. Social Sciences1313.5%
    2. Psychology1133.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities190.5%
    4. Decision Sciences180.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting170.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fukushima strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fukushima is most concentrated in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Human-Computer Interaction and Nephrology (5.3× the world share in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology).

  1. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 21.6 works5.3×
  2. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 30.4 works4.4×
  3. NephrologySubfield · 24.5 works3.4×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 84.9 works3.3×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 194 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 107 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.69× its world share, 441 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 308 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 165 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 76 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 94 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 1,398 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 102 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 120 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.16×1,398 works
  2. Neuroscience1.96×107 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.72×58 works
  4. Computer Science1.69×441 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×13 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×194 works
  7. Health Professions1.06×94 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.01×76 works
  9. Psychology1.00×102 works
  10. Environmental Science0.99×165 works
  11. Nursing0.96×16 works
  12. Veterinary0.88×4 works
  13. Chemistry0.62×33 works
  14. Engineering0.61×308 works
  15. Mathematics0.53×21 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.53×17 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×82 works
  18. Dentistry0.47×8 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.36×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×18 works
  21. Social Sciences0.28×120 works
  22. Materials Science0.24×28 works
  23. Energy0.21×6 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×15 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.18×18 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×16 works

Which keywords describe research in Fukushima?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Radionuclides, Health Effects, Environmental Impacts, Inflammation, Soil Contamination and Fukushima Daiichi.

▲ 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. Epidemiology252▲ 1.68×123 topics
  2. Deep Learning241▲ 1.85×77 topics
  3. Inflammation170▲ 2.1×77 topics
  4. Machine Learning169▲ 1.35×78 topics
  5. Health Effects124▲ 5.5×22 topics
  6. Radionuclides109▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Neural Networks101▲ 1.75×34 topics
  8. Treatment98▲ 2.1×45 topics
  9. Cancer92▲ 1.82×49 topics
  10. Environmental Impacts92▲ 9.0×8 topics
  11. Diagnosis87▲ 2.5×38 topics
  12. Chemotherapy87▲ 3.2×24 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress87▲ 1.40×58 topics
  14. Soil Contamination86▲ 83×3 topics
  15. Fukushima Daiichi86▲ 141×1 topic
  16. nuclear accident86▲ 141×1 topic
  17. Public Health81▲ 1.48×42 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease79▲ 1.84×38 topics
  19. Quality of Life70▲ 1.29×48 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines65▲ 3.1×14 topics
  21. Immunotherapy55▲ 2.0×19 topics
  22. Management53▲ 1.77×32 topics
  23. Heart Failure52▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment51▲ 3.0×8 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors50▲ 3.1×14 topics
  26. Radiotherapy45▲ 3.0×13 topics
  27. Guidelines44▲ 2.5×12 topics
  28. Ionizing Radiation39▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Prognosis38▲ 3.1×9 topics
  30. Autoantibodies38▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy37▲ 4.1×5 topics
  32. Lung Cancer36▲ 5.7×3 topics
  33. Echocardiography36▲ 3.4×7 topics
  34. Cancer Risk34▲ 4.0×10 topics
  35. Fibrosis32▲ 4.3×8 topics
  36. Low Back Pain30▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection25▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Nuclear Power24▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Precautionary Principle24▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Social Amplification of Risk24▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Fukushima?

Radioactive contaminatio…76Radioactive contamination and transfer: 76 fractional worksRisk Perception and Management: 23 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 20 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 19 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 16 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 15 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 14 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political ScienceRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologySafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality6 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 76 works
  2. 2 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  3. 3 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 20 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 19 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 15 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 14 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 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 counting10%20%Fukushima13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2016.

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