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Research in Hirakata

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Hirakata, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kansai Gaidai University and Osaka Dental University.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.3k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Hirakata

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 Hirakata?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Osaka Dental UniversityUniversity 3,640 #15,997
2Kansai Gaidai UniversityUniversity 1,525 #11,332
3Osaka Prefectural Makino high schoolUniversity 69 not ranked
4Hosokawa Powder Technology FoundationNonprofit 20 not ranked
5Osaka Prefectural Hirakata High SchoolUniversity 14 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.

Osaka Dental University: 69.1%Kansai Gaidai University: 28.9%Osaka Prefectural Makino high school: 1.3%Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation: 0.4%1 other listed: 0.3%69%largest
Osaka Dental University3,640 · 69.1%Kansai Gaidai University1,525 · 28.9%Osaka Prefectural Makino high school69 · 1.3%Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation20 · 0.4%1 other listed14 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Hirakata work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Hirakata is in Health Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (20%), Dentistry (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 222 fractional works · 41.6% of its workMedicine: 121 fractional works · 22.8% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 65 fractional works · 12.1% of its workOral Surgery: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPeriodontics: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrthodontics: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 176 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 109 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 8.5% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 58 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHirakata533fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences33%

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. Medicine12122.8%
    2. Dentistry6512.1%
    3. Health Professions325.9%
    4. Nursing40.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10920.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities295.4%
    3. Psychology183.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting101.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Engineering478.8%
    2. Computer Science122.2%
    3. Materials Science61.1%
    4. Chemistry61.1%
    5. Mathematics30.6%
    6. Environmental Science30.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology407.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.2%
    3. Neuroscience61.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hirakata strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hirakata is most concentrated in Oral Surgery, Dentistry and Transportation (25.6× the world share in Oral Surgery).

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 23.3 works26×
  2. DentistryField · 56.0 works24×
  3. TransportationSubfield · 26.9 works17×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 24.50× its world share, 56 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 100 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 24.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry24.50×56 works
  2. Health Professions2.16×27 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.73×24 works
  4. Social Sciences1.67×100 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×37 works
  6. Nursing1.39×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×6 works
  9. Medicine1.18×107 works
  10. Psychology1.04×15 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×8 works
  12. Engineering0.62×44 works
  13. Chemistry0.61×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.59×3 works
  15. Neuroscience0.57×4 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×9 works
  17. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.48×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.32×5 works
  20. Computer Science0.25×9 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.11×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Hirakata?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology41▲ 1.93×51 topics
  2. Quality of Life33▲ 4.3×27 topics
  3. Literature33▲ 11×13 topics
  4. History31▲ 8.4×8 topics
  5. Culture30▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Ethnicity30▲ 15×6 topics
  7. Modernization29▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Philosophy28▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Islam27▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Design27▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Social Influence27▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Air Force27▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Legal Regulation27▲ 22×1 topic
  14. Malay Language27▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Sharia Law27▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Transport Policy27▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Warfare27▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Inflammation26▲ 2.3×39 topics
  19. Bone Regeneration19▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Biomaterials17▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Dental Caries16▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Psychological Factors15▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Diagnostic Criteria14▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering13▲ 4.1×8 topics
  25. Regenerative Medicine13▲ 9.6×5 topics
  26. Angiogenesis12▲ 6.5×10 topics
  27. Bruxism12▲ 76×1 topic
  28. Temporomandibular Disorders12▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Dental Implants10▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Peri-implant Diseases10▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Stroke10▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Diabetes Mellitus10▲ 9.3×4 topics
  33. Microbial Ecology10▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Oral Microbiome10▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Periodontal Diseases10▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Growth Factors9▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Orthopedic Surgery9▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Platelet-Rich Plasma9▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Periodontal Regeneration8▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Tissue Regeneration8▲ 44×1 topic

What research is done in Hirakata?

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 27 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 27 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 27 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 10 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…9Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 9 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 7 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 7 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 7 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringComplementary and Manual Therapy6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 27 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 27 works
  4. 4 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 10 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 9 works
  7. 7 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 7 works
  8. 8 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 7 works
  10. 10 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 6 works

Research output over time

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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 counting20%40%60%Hirakata16.1% 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 42.5% in 1997.

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