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Research in Hikone

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Hikone, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Shiga University and University of Shiga Prefecture.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.2k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
54k
10.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Hikone

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 Hikone?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Shiga PrefectureUniversity 2,647 #6,960
2Shiga UniversityUniversity 2,381 #5,214
3Hikone Central HospitalHospital / health system 150 #34,146 all time
4Japan Center for Michigan UniversitiesUniversity 9 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.

University of Shiga Prefecture: 51.0%Shiga University: 45.9%Hikone Central Hospital: 2.9%Japan Center for Michigan Universities: 0.2%51%largest
University of Shiga Prefecture2,647 · 51.0%Shiga University2,381 · 45.9%Hikone Central Hospital150 · 2.9%Japan Center for Michigan Universities9 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Hikone work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Hikone is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (15%).

Physical Sciences: 473 fractional works · 47.0% of its workEngineering: 192 fractional works · 19.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 56 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 36 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 75 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 50 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 271 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 169 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 68 fractional works · 6.8% of its workTransportation: 56 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 166 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 147 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSurgery: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 97 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHikone1,007fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering19219.1%
    2. Computer Science878.7%
    3. Environmental Science757.5%
    4. Materials Science505.0%
    5. Mathematics212.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences151.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy121.2%
    8. Chemistry121.2%
    9. Energy60.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    1. Social Sciences16916.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance292.9%
    3. Psychology282.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities191.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting161.6%
    6. Decision Sciences111.1%
    1. Medicine14714.6%
    2. Health Professions111.1%
    3. Nursing50.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology434.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences333.3%
    3. Neuroscience131.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hikone strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hikone is most concentrated in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering (17.5× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 53.7 works17×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 54.1 works5.0×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 82 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 185 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 160 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics1.89×20 works
  2. Environmental Science1.49×68 works
  3. Materials Science1.46×47 works
  4. Social Sciences1.37×160 works
  5. Engineering1.33×185 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×26 works
  7. Computer Science1.14×82 works
  8. Nursing1.13×5 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.94×8 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×13 works
  11. Psychology0.89×25 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.83×3 works
  13. Neuroscience0.75×11 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×36 works
  15. Medicine0.73×130 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×31 works
  18. Chemistry0.70×10 works
  19. Veterinary0.68×1 works
  20. Energy0.65×6 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.59×16 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.49×10 works
  23. Health Professions0.42×10 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×4 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×12 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Hikone?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, Literature, History, Modernization, Social Influence, Ethnicity, Philosophy and Science.

▲ 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. Culture55▲ 11×10 topics
  2. Literature55▲ 10×8 topics
  3. History54▲ 7.7×6 topics
  4. Modernization53▲ 29×3 topics
  5. Social Influence52▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Ethnicity51▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Philosophy51▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Science50▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles50▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Islam49▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Design49▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Economic Security49▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Air Force49▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Legal Regulation49▲ 22×1 topic
  15. Malay Language49▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Sharia Law49▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Transport Policy49▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Warfare49▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Deep Learning36◆ 1.04×64 topics
  20. Machine Learning36◆ 1.06×57 topics
  21. Sustainability30▲ 1.22×33 topics
  22. Climate Change28◆ 1.02×58 topics
  23. Biodiversity26▲ 3.4×22 topics
  24. Efficiency17▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. Community Participation16▲ 4.4×3 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management16▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Cultural Landscape15▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Crystal Growth15▲ 5.3×7 topics
  29. Satoyama15▲ 152×1 topic
  30. landscape conservation15▲ 152×1 topic
  31. Semiconductors14▲ 4.7×5 topics
  32. Stability14▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Light-Emitting Diodes12▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Organometal Halide Perovskites12▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Perovskite Solar Cells12▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Invasive Species12▲ 2.8×15 topics
  37. Conducting Polymers11▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Fuel Cells10▲ 6.1×3 topics
  39. Electrical Properties8▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Polymer Blends8▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Hikone?

Military Technology and …48Military Technology and Strategies: 48 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…48Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 48 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…48Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 48 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 13 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 12 fractional worksSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography: 6 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 6 fractional worksPolymer crystallization and properties: 4 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 4 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 4 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 48 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 48 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography Materials Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 6 works
  8. 8 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  9. 9 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Hikone10.1% 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 14.9% in 1998.

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