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Research in Hamamatsu

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Hamamatsu, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Suzuki (Japan) and Yamaha (Japan).

Research institutions
19
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
310k
15.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Hamamatsu

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 Hamamatsu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hamamatsu University School of MedicineUniversity 9,674 #7,240
2Suzuki (Japan)Company 2,358 #8,910
3Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)Company 1,835 #15,644
4Seirei Hamamatsu General HospitalHospital / health system 1,161 #17,051
5Hamamatsu UniversityUniversity 1,089 #13,984
6Yamaha (Japan)Company 872 #12,657
7Hamamatsu Medical CenterHospital / health system 761 #21,323
8Seirei Mikatabara General HospitalHospital / health system 636 #20,542
9Shizuoka University of Art and CultureUniversity 484 #20,123
10Seirei Christopher UniversityUniversity 314 #21,254
11Hamamatsu Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 253 #33,370 all time
12Seirei Social Welfare CommunityInstitution 252 #25,721 all time
13Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics IndustriesUniversity 205 #27,825 all time
14JA Shizuoka Koseiren ENSHU hospitalHospital / health system 179 #33,721 all time
15Hamamatsu Japan Language CollegeUniversity 18 not ranked
16Hamamatsu City High SchoolUniversity 18 not ranked
17Hamamatsu Gakuin UniversityUniversity 17 not ranked
18Miyakoda Elementary SchoolUniversity 9 not ranked
19Research Foundation for Opto-Science and TechnologyResearch facility 4 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.

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine: 48.0%Suzuki (Japan): 11.7%Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan): 9.1%Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital: 5.8%15 others listed: 25.4%48%largest
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine9,674 · 48.0%Suzuki (Japan)2,358 · 11.7%Hamamatsu Photonics (Japan)1,835 · 9.1%Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital1,161 · 5.8%15 others listed5,111 · 25.4%

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

Which fields of science does Hamamatsu work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Hamamatsu is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Engineering (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,892 fractional works · 60.2% of its workMedicine: 1,724 fractional works · 54.9% of its workSurgery: 285 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 233 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 116 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 104 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 95 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 87 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 63 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 114 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 531 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEngineering: 293 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 67 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 407 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 220 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 109 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 80 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 313 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 126 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 88 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHamamatsu3,142fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences10%

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 Sciences1,89260.2%
    1. Medicine1,72454.9%
    2. Health Professions1143.6%
    3. Veterinary230.7%
    4. Nursing210.7%
    5. Dentistry110.3%
    1. Engineering2939.3%
    2. Computer Science642.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy541.7%
    4. Environmental Science351.1%
    5. Materials Science290.9%
    6. Chemistry290.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering100.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences90.3%
    9. Mathematics60.2%
    10. Energy30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2207.0%
    2. Neuroscience802.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences511.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology381.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.6%
    1. Social Sciences1264.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities882.8%
    3. Psychology601.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance200.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting110.4%
    6. Decision Sciences70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hamamatsu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hamamatsu is most concentrated in Small Animals, Veterinary and Dermatology (6.7× the world share in Small Animals).

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 22.0 works6.7×
  2. VeterinaryField · 22.0 works6.0×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 40.1 works5.7×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 201.1 works4.9×
  5. NephrologySubfield · 27.1 works4.7×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 191 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.91× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 252 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 106 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.84× its world share, 1,472 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.01× its world share, 22 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 105 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.01×22 works
  2. Medicine2.84×1,472 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.91×18 works
  4. Neuroscience1.56×68 works
  5. Health Professions1.49×106 works
  6. Nursing1.34×18 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×191 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.17×32 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.88×69 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.85×8 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.83×50 works
  12. Dentistry0.68×9 works
  13. Psychology0.63×51 works
  14. Engineering0.62×252 works
  15. Chemistry0.60×25 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×46 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×105 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×16 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×53 works
  20. Materials Science0.24×23 works
  21. Environmental Science0.23×31 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×8 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.19×5 works
  24. Mathematics0.12×4 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×8 works
  26. Energy0.09×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Hamamatsu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Management, Fibrosis and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology261▲ 2.1×122 topics
  2. Inflammation166▲ 2.5×79 topics
  3. Treatment121▲ 3.2×46 topics
  4. Quality of Life108▲ 2.4×52 topics
  5. Diagnosis105▲ 3.6×38 topics
  6. Management84▲ 3.3×29 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease78▲ 2.2×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors78▲ 2.3×35 topics
  9. Chemotherapy76▲ 3.4×24 topics
  10. Cancer76▲ 1.80×49 topics
  11. Aging66▲ 3.9×16 topics
  12. Immunotherapy63▲ 2.8×19 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations56▲ 4.0×23 topics
  14. Surgery54▲ 4.9×10 topics
  15. Fibrosis53▲ 8.6×7 topics
  16. Guidelines52▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines50▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Prognosis49▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Echocardiography48▲ 5.5×8 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors47▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Surgical Management47▲ 3.7×20 topics
  22. Radiotherapy47▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Imaging46▲ 6.1×12 topics
  24. TGF-ß45▲ 9.0×4 topics
  25. Complications44▲ 2.8×17 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease44▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations43▲ 4.0×14 topics
  28. Elderly41▲ 5.3×6 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion40▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy39▲ 5.2×5 topics
  31. Interstitial Lung Disease38▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Palliative Care37▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Autoantibodies35▲ 4.7×8 topics
  34. Endoscopic Resection32▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization32▲ 5.8×6 topics
  36. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition32▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis29▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Myofibroblast29▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Adjuvant Therapy29▲ 7.3×2 topics
  40. Degenerative Disc Disease29▲ 9.5×2 topics

What research is done in Hamamatsu?

Interstitial Lung Diseas…27Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 27 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…22Health, Medicine and Society: 22 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 22 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…22Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 22 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrati…22Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 22 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 20 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 19 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …19Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 19 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 19 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 17 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsDermatologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 22 works
  3. 3 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 22 works
  4. 4 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 22 works
  5. 5 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 22 works
  6. 6 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 20 works
  7. 7 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 19 works
  8. 8 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 19 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 19 works
  10. 10 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 17 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hamamatsu8.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2016.

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