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Research in Kagoshima

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Kagoshima, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kagoshima University, National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College and Kagoshima University Hospital.

Research institutions
20
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
7.9%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Kagoshima?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kagoshima UniversityUniversity 22,580 #4,622
2Kagoshima University HospitalHospital / health system 736 #22,049
3Kagoshima City HospitalHospital / health system 692 #24,226
4National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima CollegeUniversity 617 #19,513
5International University of KagoshimaUniversity 383 #24,943 all time
6Kagoshima Prefectural CollegeUniversity 377 #33,967 all time
7Kagoshima Medical CenterHospital / health system 326 #26,903
8Imamura HospitalHospital / health system 251 #27,089 all time
9Imakiire General HospitalHospital / health system 128 #42,488 all time
10Japanese La Salle AcademyUniversity 97 not ranked
11Kagoshima Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 69 not ranked
12Shinkyo HospitalHospital / health system 46 not ranked
13Shigakukan UniversityUniversity 46 not ranked
14Kagoshima City Aquarium FoundationInstitution 18 not ranked
15Kagoshima Prefectural Institute For Education ResearchResearch facility 15 not ranked
16Kagoshima Prefectural MuseumArchive 10 not ranked
17Kagoshima Medical Corporation Association Nursing CollegeUniversity 6 not ranked
18Sanas (Japan)Company 1 not ranked
19Kagoshima Prefectural LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
20Kaseda Folklore MuseumArchive 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.

Kagoshima University: 85.5%Kagoshima University Hospital: 2.8%Kagoshima City Hospital: 2.6%National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College: 2.3%16 others listed: 6.7%86%largest
Kagoshima University23k · 85.5%Kagoshima University Hospital736 · 2.8%Kagoshima City Hospital692 · 2.6%National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College617 · 2.3%16 others listed1,775 · 6.7%

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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.

Which keywords describe research in Kagoshima?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Oxidative Stress, Cancer and Conservation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Epidemiology215▲ 1.92×122 topics
  2. Inflammation129▲ 2.2×78 topics
  3. Climate Change94▲ 1.23×70 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress83▲ 1.81×56 topics
  5. Cancer76▲ 2.0×52 topics
  6. Chemotherapy68▲ 3.5×24 topics
  7. Immunotherapy66▲ 3.3×19 topics
  8. Treatment63▲ 1.83×47 topics
  9. Quality of Life59▲ 1.46×45 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines57▲ 3.7×14 topics
  11. Risk Factors55▲ 1.77×30 topics
  12. Diagnosis53▲ 2.0×40 topics
  13. Biodiversity50▲ 2.4×27 topics
  14. Conservation50▲ 4.1×16 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease47▲ 1.50×33 topics
  16. Pathogenesis47▲ 3.3×22 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors45▲ 3.6×14 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations43▲ 3.5×23 topics
  19. Surgical Management41▲ 3.6×19 topics
  20. Aging41▲ 2.7×15 topics
  21. Radiotherapy40▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Biogeography38▲ 5.1×17 topics
  23. Survival Analysis37▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Prognosis36▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Molecular Classification31▲ 7.3×4 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction30▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Metastasis30▲ 3.1×12 topics
  28. Lymphoma28▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Infection28▲ 4.0×9 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy28▲ 4.2×5 topics
  31. Population Dynamics26▲ 3.7×11 topics
  32. Phylogeny26▲ 6.0×15 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery26▲ 6.3×5 topics
  34. DNA Barcoding24▲ 5.2×9 topics
  35. Marine Ecosystems22▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Viral Transmission22▲ 5.4×4 topics
  37. Ecosystem Management22▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Leukemia20▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Fisheries19▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Genetic Characterization19▲ 14×2 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 StudiesImmunology 18 works
  2. 2 Ichthyology and Marine BiologyNature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in AgingPhysiology 14 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsObstetrics and Gynecology 14 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries researchGlobal and Planetary Change 13 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAquatic Science 11 works
  7. 7 Vector-Borne Animal DiseasesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchOceanography 10 works
  10. 10 Identification and Quantification in FoodMolecular Biology 10 works

Research output over time

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