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Research in Kitakyushu

Science Explorer records 27 research institutions in Kitakyushu, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Kitakyushu, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan and Kyushu Institute of Technology.

Research institutions
27
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
46k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
510k
11.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kitakyushu

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 Kitakyushu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kyushu Institute of TechnologyUniversity 19,104 #9,931
2University of Occupational and Environmental Health JapanUniversity 10,477 #9,394
3Kyushu Dental UniversityUniversity 4,562 #11,665
4The University of KitakyushuUniversity 3,238 #4,205
5Kokura Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 1,356 #16,742
6Kyushu Kyoritsu UniversityUniversity 890 #19,616 all time
7Kitakyushu National College of TechnologyUniversity 788 #19,756
8Toto (Japan)Company 730 #20,241
9Kyushu HospitalHospital / health system 576 #28,824 all time
10Yaskawa Electric (Japan)Company 539 #21,998 all time
11Kyushu Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 499 #32,747 all time
12Kitakyushu Municipal Medical CenterHospital / health system 465 #22,257
13Nishinippon Institute of TechnologyUniversity 436 #22,008 all time
14Nippon Steel Yawata Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 340 #28,001 all time
15Kitakyushu City Hospital OrganizationHospital / health system 278 #31,946 all time
16Kyushu International UniversityUniversity 262 #18,138 all time
17ShinKokura HospitalHospital / health system 250 #31,330 all time
18Saiseikai Yahata General HospitalHospital / health system 226 #34,125 all time
19Kyushu Women's UniversityUniversity 208 #28,675 all time
20Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human HistoryArchive 139 #34,795 all time
21Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and TechnologyResearch facility 110 not ranked
22Asian Growth Research InstituteInstitution 99 not ranked
23Seinan Jo Gakuin UniversityUniversity 92 not ranked
24Kyushu Nutrition Welfare UniversityUniversity 78 not ranked
25Higashi Chikushi Junior CollegeUniversity 48 not ranked
26Orio Aishin Junior CollegeUniversity 2 not ranked
27Kitakyushu City Foundation For Promoting Arts And CultureInstitution 0 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.

Kyushu Institute of Technology: 41.7%University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan: 22.9%Kyushu Dental University: 10.0%The University of Kitakyushu: 7.1%22 others listed: 18.4%42%largest
Kyushu Institute of Technology19k · 41.7%University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan10k · 22.9%Kyushu Dental University4,562 · 10.0%The University of Kitakyushu3,238 · 7.1%22 others listed8,411 · 18.4%

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

Which fields of science does Kitakyushu work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Kitakyushu is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Engineering (24%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,056 fractional works · 49.8% of its workEngineering: 1,468 fractional works · 23.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 326 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 196 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 180 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 164 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 147 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 625 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 184 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 167 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 299 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 270 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 150 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 152 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,944 fractional works · 31.7% of its workMedicine: 1,666 fractional works · 27.1% of its workSurgery: 245 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 230 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 141 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 100 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 98 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 89 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 74 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 161 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 616 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 320 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 201 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 114 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 526 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 265 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 102 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 138 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKitakyushu6,141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering1,46823.9%
    2. Computer Science62510.2%
    3. Environmental Science2994.9%
    4. Materials Science2704.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1522.5%
    6. Energy671.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences570.9%
    8. Chemistry570.9%
    9. Mathematics330.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.5%
  2. Health Sciences1,94431.7%
    1. Medicine1,66627.1%
    2. Health Professions1612.6%
    3. Dentistry871.4%
    4. Nursing260.4%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3205.2%
    2. Neuroscience1141.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences971.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology671.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
    1. Social Sciences2654.3%
    2. Psychology1382.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting360.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities350.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance310.5%
    6. Decision Sciences210.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kitakyushu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kitakyushu is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture, Condensed Matter Physics and Rheumatology (3.9× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 23.7 works3.9×
  2. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 33.1 works3.8×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 88.6 works3.6×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 33.9 works3.2×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 277 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 60 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 96 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 545 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 60 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.63× its world share, 1,328 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 270 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.26× its world share, 239 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.10× its world share, 133 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.79× its world share, 74 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 142 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 1,472 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 118 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 229 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.79×74 works
  2. Engineering1.63×1,328 works
  3. Medicine1.41×1,472 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.34×25 works
  5. Computer Science1.29×545 works
  6. Materials Science1.26×239 works
  7. Energy1.20×60 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×60 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.10×133 works
  10. Neuroscience1.09×96 works
  11. Environmental Science1.00×270 works
  12. Health Professions1.00×142 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×277 works
  14. Nursing0.81×22 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×15 works
  16. Psychology0.71×118 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×48 works
  18. Chemistry0.56×48 works
  19. Mathematics0.46×29 works
  20. Veterinary0.41×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×84 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.33×17 works
  23. Social Sciences0.33×229 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×29 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.19×30 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×33 works

Which keywords describe research in Kitakyushu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Biomedical Applications and Treatment.

▲ 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. Deep Learning350▲ 1.65×79 topics
  2. Epidemiology254◆ 1.04×128 topics
  3. Machine Learning207◆ 1.01×79 topics
  4. Inflammation169▲ 1.29×79 topics
  5. Neural Networks161▲ 1.70×40 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications118▲ 1.63×35 topics
  7. Treatment116▲ 1.55×48 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease110▲ 1.57×34 topics
  9. Diagnosis104▲ 1.81×40 topics
  10. Quality of Life104▲ 1.17×47 topics
  11. Nanoparticles90▲ 1.16×43 topics
  12. Remote Sensing89▲ 1.18×34 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency85▲ 1.49×31 topics
  14. Chemotherapy84▲ 1.92×23 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks80▲ 1.78×14 topics
  16. Immunotherapy77▲ 1.75×19 topics
  17. Virtual Reality77▲ 2.6×15 topics
  18. Nanocomposites75▲ 1.55×21 topics
  19. Autoantibodies72▲ 5.0×8 topics
  20. Health Effects66▲ 1.79×23 topics
  21. Guidelines65▲ 2.2×13 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines64▲ 1.89×14 topics
  23. Image Processing62▲ 2.3×13 topics
  24. Artificial Neural Networks60▲ 2.2×8 topics
  25. Wireless Sensor Networks60▲ 2.2×18 topics
  26. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles53▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. Thermal Comfort52▲ 6.5×2 topics
  28. Modernization51▲ 4.5×2 topics
  29. Echocardiography50▲ 3.0×8 topics
  30. Social Influence50▲ 3.9×3 topics
  31. Design47▲ 4.7×6 topics
  32. Strategic Planning47▲ 5.3×4 topics
  33. Islam46▲ 3.7×2 topics
  34. Air Force46▲ 6.4×1 topic
  35. Legal Regulation46▲ 3.4×1 topic
  36. Malay Language46▲ 5.4×1 topic
  37. Sharia Law46▲ 5.3×1 topic
  38. Transport Policy46▲ 6.1×1 topic
  39. Warfare46▲ 6.4×1 topic
  40. Health Impact42▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Kitakyushu?

Legal and Regulatory Ana…39Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 39 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …39Military Technology and Strategies: 39 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…39Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 39 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…28Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 28 fractional worksRobotics and Automated Systems: 25 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…22Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 22 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 21 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 20 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitiga…20Urban Heat Island Mitigation: 20 fractional works
TransportationAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceBuilding and Construction6 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 39 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 39 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 28 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 25 works
  6. 6 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 24 works
  7. 7 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  8. 8 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 21 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 20 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 20 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%Kitakyushu10.3% 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 11.8% in 2016.

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