Research in Hiroshima
Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Hiroshima, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Hiroshima University, Hiroshima University Hospital and Yasuda Women's University.
- Research institutions
- 40 13 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 81k ▲ 9% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.2% 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 Hiroshima?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiroshima UniversityUniversity | 60,843 | #927 | |
| 2 | Hiroshima University HospitalHospital / health system | 2,869 | #6,655 | |
| 3 | Hiroshima City UniversityUniversity | 2,731 | #15,919 | |
| 4 | Hiroshima Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 2,281 | #16,952 | |
| 5 | Prefectural University of HiroshimaUniversity | 1,852 | #18,361 | |
| 6 | Hiroshima University of EconomicsUniversity | 1,618 | #16,216 | |
| 7 | Hiroshima City Asa Citizens HospitalHospital / health system | 1,045 | #17,105 | |
| 8 | Hiroshima Prefectural HospitalHospital / health system | 869 | #20,207 | |
| 9 | Mazda Motor Corporation (Japan)Company | 806 | #27,284 | |
| 10 | Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors HospitalHospital / health system | 777 | #25,428 | |
| 11 | Higashihiroshima Medical CenterHospital / health system | 573 | #23,958 | |
| 12 | Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)Company | 520 | #20,758 all time | |
| 13 | Yasuda Women's UniversityUniversity | 496 | #12,395 | |
| 14 | Western Region Agricultural Research CenterResearch facility | 487 | #34,107 all time | |
| 15 | Hiroshima Shudo UniversityUniversity | 484 | #26,452 | |
| 16 | Hiroshima Kyoritsu HospitalHospital / health system | 436 | #33,428 all time | |
| 17 | Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 298 | #26,384 all time | |
| 18 | Hiroshima Prefectural Rehabilitation CenterResearch facility | 295 | #37,959 all time | |
| 19 | Hiroshima Bunkyo UniversityUniversity | 263 | #34,314 all time | |
| 20 | Hiroshima Minami High SchoolUniversity | 183 | #36,196 all time | |
| 21 | National Institute of Technology, Hiroshima CollegeUniversity | 179 | #38,434 all time | |
| 22 | Hiroshima Jogakuin UniversityUniversity | 175 | #40,589 all time | |
| 23 | Suzugamine Women's CollegeUniversity | 148 | #37,395 all time | |
| 24 | Toda Kogyo (Japan)Company | 147 | #29,429 all time | |
| 25 | Onomichi City UniversityUniversity | 132 | #35,300 all time | |
| 26 | Hijiyama UniversityUniversity | 120 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Hiroshima Cosmopolitan UniversityUniversity | 82 | not ranked | |
| 28 | PhoenixBio (Japan)Company | 74 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Hiroshima Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution | 23 | not ranked | |
| 30 | JMS (Japan)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Aisan (Japan)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Elisabeth University of MusicUniversity | 14 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Hiroshima Children's MuseumArchive | 9 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Institute on Social Theory and DynamicsNonprofit | 8 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Hiroshima Prefectural Education CenterGovernment institution | 7 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Anabuki Design CollegeUniversity | 6 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary ArtArchive | 3 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Hiroshima Prefectural LibraryArchive | 2 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Hiroshima Prefectural Art MuseumArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Hiroshima Prefectural ArchivesGovernment institution | 1 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Hiroshima strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Hiroshima is most concentrated in Software, Hepatology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (5.1× the world share in Software).
- SoftwareSubfield · 31.1 works5.1×
- HepatologySubfield · 64.7 works3.5×
- Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 85.5 works3.5×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 52.7 works3.5×
- OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 28.3 works3.0×
- PeriodonticsSubfield · 37.4 works2.9×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 30.5 works2.7×
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 Hiroshima?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Nanoparticles, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Cancer and Radiotherapy.
- Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy
- Gait Analysis
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Prognosis
- Genetic Mutations
- Prevention
- Biomechanics
- Rehabilitation
- Clinical Trials
- Prognostic Factors
- Radiotherapy
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Risk Factors
- Catalysis
- Sustainability
- Oxidative Stress
- Cancer
- Quality of Life
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Chemotherapy
- Machine Learning
- Nanoparticles
- Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Immunotherapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Mechanical Properties
- Surgical Management
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Meta-Analysis
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Surgery
- Self-Assembly
- Endoscopic Resection
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Arthroplasty
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
- Epidemiology498▲ 1.33×130 topics
- Inflammation334▲ 1.69×81 topics
- Deep Learning221▼ 0.68×78 topics
- Climate Change199▼ 0.78×93 topics
- Chemotherapy187▲ 2.8×25 topics
- Quality of Life175▲ 1.28×54 topics
- Machine Learning174▼ 0.56×79 topics
- Cancer174▲ 1.37×54 topics
- Nanoparticles170▲ 1.43×42 topics
- Oxidative Stress170◆ 1.10×58 topics
- Treatment169▲ 1.47×49 topics
- Sustainability153▼ 0.67×82 topics
- Diagnosis134▲ 1.52×41 topics
- Catalysis129▲ 2.0×27 topics
- Management127▲ 1.71×34 topics
- Risk Factors126▲ 1.21×35 topics
- Immunotherapy124▲ 1.84×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines123▲ 2.4×14 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease123▲ 1.17×38 topics
- Radiotherapy106▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Mechanical Properties104◆ 1.13×36 topics
- Prognostic Factors101▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Surgical Management94▲ 2.4×20 topics
- Clinical Trials90▲ 1.42×19 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment89▲ 2.1×8 topics
- Rehabilitation89▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Meta-Analysis84▲ 1.50×19 topics
- Biomechanics80▲ 2.8×12 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy79▲ 3.6×5 topics
- Prevention77▲ 1.95×16 topics
- Surgery76▲ 2.3×10 topics
- Genetic Mutations75▲ 1.84×23 topics
- Self-Assembly74▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Prognosis72▲ 2.3×9 topics
- Endoscopic Resection60▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma58▲ 2.9×4 topics
- Adjuvant Therapy58▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Gait Analysis49▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Arthroplasty45▲ 5.0×2 topics
- Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy42▲ 5.7×2 topics
What research is done in Hiroshima?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 32 works
- 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 31 works
- 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 29 works
- 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 29 works
- 5 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 29 works
- 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 27 works
- 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 24 works
- 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 24 works
- 9 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 23 works
- 10 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 22 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.