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Research in Ibaraki

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Ibaraki, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tsukuba International University, Ibaraki University and Otemon Gakuin University.

Research institutions
12
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
204k
12.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ibaraki

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 Ibaraki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ibaraki UniversityUniversity 12,063 #6,997
2Mito Saiseikai General HospitalHospital / health system 591 #21,616
3Tsukuba International UniversityUniversity 580 #5,164
4Institute for Animal ReproductionNonprofit 548 #22,001
5Otemon Gakuin UniversityUniversity 544 #15,519
6Kasumigaura Medical CenterHospital / health system 368 #31,108 all time
7Ibaraki Prefectural Livestock CenterResearch facility 105 not ranked
8Baika Women's UniversityUniversity 97 not ranked
9Tsukuba Gakuin UniversityUniversity 69 not ranked
10MitsukaidoKosei HospitalHospital / health system 56 not ranked
11Osaka Ibaraki High SchoolUniversity 27 not ranked
12Kagami Crystal (Japan)Company 15 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.

Ibaraki University: 80.1%Mito Saiseikai General Hospital: 3.9%Tsukuba International University: 3.9%Institute for Animal Reproduction: 3.6%8 others listed: 8.5%80%largest
Ibaraki University12k · 80.1%Mito Saiseikai General Hospital591 · 3.9%Tsukuba International University580 · 3.9%Institute for Animal Reproduction548 · 3.6%8 others listed1,281 · 8.5%

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

Which fields of science does Ibaraki work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Ibaraki is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 994 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEngineering: 365 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 103 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 166 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 62 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 96 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 93 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 91 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 56 fractional works · 2.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 481 fractional works · 22.4% of its workMedicine: 432 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSurgery: 73 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 422 fractional works · 19.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 181 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 120 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 93 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 48 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 252 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPsychology: 97 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIbaraki2,149fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering36517.0%
    2. Computer Science1667.7%
    3. Materials Science964.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy934.3%
    5. Environmental Science914.2%
    6. Mathematics562.6%
    7. Chemistry512.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences492.3%
    9. Energy190.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.4%
    1. Medicine43220.1%
    2. Health Professions281.3%
    3. Nursing90.4%
    4. Veterinary80.4%
    5. Dentistry40.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1818.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1205.6%
    3. Neuroscience934.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.4%
    1. Psychology974.5%
    2. Social Sciences843.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities221.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting170.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance160.7%
    6. Decision Sciences160.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ibaraki strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ibaraki is most concentrated in Applied Mathematics (3.9× the world share in Applied Mathematics).

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 21.7 works3.9×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 105 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 157 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.61× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 149 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 43 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 82 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.28× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.89× its world share, 81 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 384 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.33× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.61×81 works
  2. Veterinary2.33×6 works
  3. Mathematics2.28×52 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.89×81 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×157 works
  6. Chemistry1.49×45 works
  7. Psychology1.48×87 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.41×43 works
  9. Materials Science1.26×84 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.22×8 works
  11. Engineering1.18×341 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.15×105 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.09×7 works
  14. Medicine1.04×384 works
  15. Computer Science1.00×149 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×18 works
  17. Nursing0.88×8 works
  18. Energy0.86×15 works
  19. Environmental Science0.86×82 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.68×13 works
  21. Health Professions0.49×25 works
  22. Dentistry0.44×4 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.36×20 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×15 works
  25. Social Sciences0.31×75 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×16 works

Which keywords describe research in Ibaraki?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Circadian Rhythms, Phylogenetic Analysis, Climate Change, Inflammation, Consolidation and Sleep.

▲ 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. Epidemiology99▲ 1.16×119 topics
  2. Climate Change54◆ 0.93×71 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress54▲ 1.53×57 topics
  4. Deep Learning53▼ 0.72×71 topics
  5. Machine Learning47▼ 0.65×67 topics
  6. Inflammation47◆ 1.02×72 topics
  7. Sustainability34▼ 0.65×43 topics
  8. Nanoparticles30◆ 1.12×37 topics
  9. Neural Networks30◆ 0.91×33 topics
  10. Treatment29◆ 1.10×42 topics
  11. Diagnosis26▲ 1.32×37 topics
  12. Biodiversity26▲ 1.59×29 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis24▲ 3.6×12 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties24◆ 1.12×31 topics
  15. Gene Expression24▲ 1.75×17 topics
  16. Circadian Rhythms22▲ 9.6×2 topics
  17. Biomechanics20▲ 3.0×9 topics
  18. Surgical Management19▲ 2.2×20 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis19▲ 1.49×19 topics
  20. Metabolism18▲ 1.64×31 topics
  21. Memory17▲ 3.3×8 topics
  22. Stem Cells17▲ 3.0×13 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation16▲ 2.4×9 topics
  24. Superconductivity16▲ 4.3×9 topics
  25. Consolidation14▲ 16×1 topic
  26. Sleep14▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Management13▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Cultural Landscape13▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Satoyama13▲ 62×1 topic
  30. landscape conservation13▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Energy Balance11▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Channel Modeling11▲ 4.2×6 topics
  33. Embryonic Stem Cells10▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Dairy Cattle10▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Fertility Preservation9▲ 7.8×1 topic
  36. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation9▲ 7.8×1 topic
  37. Marine Microbes8▲ 6.8×1 topic
  38. Microbial Biogeography8▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. Reproductive Loss8▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Uterine Disease8▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Ibaraki?

Urban and spatial planning: 12 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 12 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 8 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 8 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 8 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 7 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 7 fractional worksNatural Language Process…7Natural Language Processing Techniques: 7 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationCognitive NeuroscienceEcologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  2. 2 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 8 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 8 works
  6. 6 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 7 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  9. 9 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 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 counting5%10%15%Ibaraki10.1% 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 11.9% in 2005.

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