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Research in Kagoshima

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Kagoshima, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kagoshima University, National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College and Kagoshima Medical Center.

Research institutions
18
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
383k
14.5 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
Kagoshima

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 Kagoshima?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kagoshima UniversityUniversity 24,007 #9,780
2National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima CollegeUniversity 617 #16,502
3International University of KagoshimaUniversity 383 #20,611 all time
4Kagoshima Prefectural CollegeUniversity 377 #25,157 all time
5Kagoshima Medical CenterHospital / health system 326 #21,821
6Imamura HospitalHospital / health system 251 #29,562 all time
7Imakiire General HospitalHospital / health system 128 #34,605 all time
8Japanese La Salle AcademyUniversity 97 not ranked
9Kagoshima Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 69 not ranked
10Shinkyo HospitalHospital / health system 46 not ranked
11Shigakukan UniversityUniversity 46 not ranked
12Kagoshima City Aquarium FoundationInstitution 18 not ranked
13Kagoshima Prefectural Institute For Education ResearchResearch facility 15 not ranked
14Kagoshima Prefectural MuseumArchive 10 not ranked
15Kagoshima Medical Corporation Association Nursing CollegeUniversity 6 not ranked
16Sanas (Japan)Company 1 not ranked
17Kagoshima Prefectural LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
18Kaseda Folklore MuseumArchive 1 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.

Kagoshima University: 90.9%National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College: 2.3%International University of Kagoshima: 1.5%Kagoshima Prefectural College: 1.4%14 others listed: 3.8%91%largest
Kagoshima University24k · 90.9%National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College617 · 2.3%International University of Kagoshima383 · 1.5%Kagoshima Prefectural College377 · 1.4%14 others listed1,015 · 3.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kagoshima work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Kagoshima is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,402 fractional works · 43.9% of its workMedicine: 1,280 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSurgery: 226 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 143 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 87 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 85 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 83 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 888 fractional works · 27.8% of its workEngineering: 306 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 181 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 105 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 85 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 63 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 741 fractional works · 23.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 311 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 239 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPlant Science: 79 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 58 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 89 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 82 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 163 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKagoshima3,193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences1,40243.9%
    1. Medicine1,28040.1%
    2. Health Professions501.6%
    3. Dentistry341.1%
    4. Nursing280.9%
    5. Veterinary90.3%
    1. Engineering3069.6%
    2. Environmental Science1815.7%
    3. Materials Science1053.3%
    4. Computer Science852.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy632.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences632.0%
    7. Mathematics351.1%
    8. Chemistry321.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering80.3%
    10. Energy80.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3119.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2397.5%
    3. Neuroscience892.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology822.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics210.7%
    1. Social Sciences772.4%
    2. Psychology461.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities140.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance110.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting80.3%
    6. Decision Sciences70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kagoshima strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kagoshima is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ophthalmology (5.4× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 36.4 works5.4×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 22.4 works4.4×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 28.7 works3.8×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 205 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 271 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.55× its world share, 72 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.00× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 283 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 154 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 94 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 54 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.20× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 1,132 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology2.55×72 works
  2. Dentistry2.20×30 works
  3. Medicine2.09×1,132 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.00×20 works
  5. Veterinary1.93×7 works
  6. Nursing1.89×26 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.80×271 works
  8. Neuroscience1.75×80 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.53×205 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.23×54 works
  11. Environmental Science1.10×154 works
  12. Materials Science0.96×94 works
  13. Mathematics0.93×31 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.86×54 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.75×7 works
  16. Engineering0.67×283 works
  17. Health Professions0.63×47 works
  18. Chemistry0.62×28 works
  19. Psychology0.46×40 works
  20. Computer Science0.35×76 works
  21. Energy0.23×6 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.20×5 works
  23. Social Sciences0.20×70 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×11 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.11×9 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Kagoshima?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Conservation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Oxidative Stress and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology248▲ 1.95×122 topics
  2. Inflammation148▲ 2.2×79 topics
  3. Climate Change109▲ 1.26×72 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress91▲ 1.74×57 topics
  5. Cancer84▲ 1.96×54 topics
  6. Chemotherapy77▲ 3.4×24 topics
  7. Immunotherapy75▲ 3.3×19 topics
  8. Treatment72▲ 1.87×47 topics
  9. Quality of Life66▲ 1.43×46 topics
  10. Risk Factors64▲ 1.82×31 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines63▲ 3.6×14 topics
  12. Biodiversity62▲ 2.5×27 topics
  13. Diagnosis60▲ 2.0×40 topics
  14. Conservation60▲ 4.4×17 topics
  15. Pathogenesis55▲ 3.4×22 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease53▲ 1.46×34 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors50▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Radiotherapy48▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Surgical Management47▲ 3.6×19 topics
  20. Biogeography47▲ 5.3×17 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations46▲ 3.3×23 topics
  22. Aging46▲ 2.6×16 topics
  23. Prognosis42▲ 4.0×9 topics
  24. Survival Analysis40▲ 4.6×7 topics
  25. Invasive Species38▲ 2.8×18 topics
  26. Phylogeny35▲ 6.5×15 topics
  27. Population Dynamics34▲ 4.1×12 topics
  28. Molecular Classification34▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction33▲ 3.5×11 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy32▲ 4.3×5 topics
  31. Lymphoma32▲ 6.3×4 topics
  32. Infection32▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. DNA Barcoding30▲ 5.5×9 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery27▲ 5.6×5 topics
  35. Marine Ecosystems27▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Viral Transmission26▲ 5.8×4 topics
  37. Fisheries25▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Ecosystem Management24▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Leukemia23▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Genetic Characterization22▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Kagoshima?

T-cell and Retrovirus St…18T-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 18 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…16Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 16 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 14 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…14Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 14 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…13Marine and fisheries research: 13 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 11 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 11 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…11Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 10 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 10 fractional works
ImmunologyNature and Landscape ConservationPhysiologyObstetrics and Gynecology6 others

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

  1. 1 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 18 works
  2. 2 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 14 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 14 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 11 works
  7. 7 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 10 works
  10. 10 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 10 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 2025Kagoshima8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2016.

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