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Research in Kobe

Science Explorer records 81 research institutions in Kobe, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kobe University, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research and RIKEN Center for Computational Science.

Research institutions
81
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
92k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.0%
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 Kobe?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kobe UniversityUniversity 49,290 #1,141
2University of HyogoUniversity 8,525 #6,617
3Konan UniversityUniversity 3,067 #11,824
4Kobe Steel (Japan)Company 3,040 #14,732
5Kobe City Medical Center General HospitalHospital / health system 2,719 #11,441
6Kobe Gakuin UniversityUniversity 2,452 #14,455
7Kobe Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity 1,997 #12,791
8RIKEN Advanced Science InstituteResearch facility 1,804 #1,889 all time
9RIKEN Center for Computational ScienceResearch facility 1,494 #5,750
10Kobe University HospitalHospital / health system 1,302 #11,959
11RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics ResearchResearch facility 1,233 #3,690
12Kawasaki HospitalHospital / health system 1,151 #23,134
13Kobe City College of TechnologyUniversity 862 #19,420
14Kobe Children's HospitalHospital / health system 798 #21,158
15Kuma HospitalHospital / health system 759 #15,332
16Kobe Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 679 #25,706 all time
17Kobe Medical CenterHospital / health system 671 #25,176
18Hyogo University of Health SciencesUniversity 635 #21,783
19Hyogo Prefectural Institute of TechnologyResearch facility 612 #16,547 all time
20Foundation for Biomedical Research and InnovationHospital / health system 560 #19,237
21Kobe Women's UniversityUniversity 450 #27,385
22Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental SciencesGovernment institution 402 #27,068 all time
23Shinko HospitalHospital / health system 380 #26,697
24Konan Women's UniversityUniversity 362 #34,043 all time
25Sysmex (Japan)Company 354 #20,254
26KAN Research InstituteCompany 324 #15,776 all time
27Kobe Design UniversityUniversity 319 #29,285 all time
28University of Marketing and Distribution SciencesUniversity 307 #39,403 all time
29Kobe Asahi HospitalHospital / health system 305 #29,581 all time
30Kobe International UniversityUniversity 305 #25,424
31Kobe Central HospitalHospital / health system 280 #37,326 all time
32Kobe City Medical Center West HospitalHospital / health system 264 #20,619
33Kobe Kaisei HospitalHospital / health system 256 #38,182 all time
34Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical CenterHospital / health system 246 #25,988
35Eli Lilly (Japan)Company 237 #30,985 all time
36Hyogo Social Welfare CorporationHospital / health system 236 #41,541 all time
37Kobe Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 212 #40,168 all time
38Kobe City University of Foreign StudiesUniversity 210 #36,944 all time
39Japanese Red Cross Kobe HospitalHospital / health system 177 #39,328 all time
40Kobe Tokiwa UniversityUniversity 171 #27,800 all time
41Kobelco Eco-Solutions (Japan)Company 170 #31,552 all time
42Kobe Shoin Women's UniversityUniversity 161 #36,029 all time
43Kobe Institute Of ComputingUniversity 156 #40,719 all time
44Imagineering (Japan)Company 138 #38,009 all time
45Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)Company 133 #22,989 all time
46Sumitomo Rubber Industries (Japan)Company 133 #31,329 all time
47Hyogo Chuo National HospitalHospital / health system 128 #42,360 all time
48Translational Research Informatics Center (Japan)Company 121 #30,914 all time
49Bando Chemical Industries (Japan)Company 119 not ranked
50Hyogo Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 116 not ranked
51Kobe City College of NursingUniversity 115 not ranked
52Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation InstitutionArchive 87 not ranked
53Rokko Island Kohnan HospitalHospital / health system 86 not ranked
54Kobe Shinwa Women's UniversityUniversity 71 not ranked
55Asics (Japan)Company 70 not ranked
56Mitsuboshi Belting (Japan)Company 62 not ranked
57Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin UniversityUniversity 55 not ranked
58Hyogo Science and Technology AssociationNonprofit 51 not ranked
59International Rescue SystemNonprofit 45 not ranked
60Fujitsu Ten (Japan)Company 43 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.

Kobe University: 53.9%University of Hyogo: 9.3%Konan University: 3.4%Kobe Steel (Japan): 3.3%56 others listed: 30.1%54%largest
Kobe University49k · 53.9%University of Hyogo8,525 · 9.3%Konan University3,067 · 3.4%Kobe Steel (Japan)3,040 · 3.3%56 others listed28k · 30.1%

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

What is Kobe strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kobe is most concentrated in Condensed Matter Physics, Biophysics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (3.0× the world share in Condensed Matter Physics).

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 54.3 works3.0×
  2. BiophysicsSubfield · 36.2 works2.8×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 30.3 works2.7×
  4. GastroenterologySubfield · 35.2 works2.6×
← 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 Kobe?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology554▲ 1.24×127 topics
  2. Inflammation370▲ 1.57×82 topics
  3. Deep Learning252▼ 0.65×78 topics
  4. Machine Learning221▼ 0.60×84 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress221▲ 1.19×60 topics
  6. Treatment220▲ 1.60×48 topics
  7. Chemotherapy207▲ 2.6×25 topics
  8. Diagnosis195▲ 1.85×39 topics
  9. Cancer195▲ 1.28×57 topics
  10. Immunotherapy179▲ 2.2×19 topics
  11. Quality of Life179◆ 1.10×54 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications171▲ 1.28×35 topics
  13. Nanoparticles168▲ 1.18×43 topics
  14. Management151▲ 1.70×33 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines148▲ 2.4×14 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease141◆ 1.12×38 topics
  17. Aging138▲ 2.3×17 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors135▲ 2.7×14 topics
  19. Risk Factors133◆ 1.07×37 topics
  20. Surgical Management133▲ 2.9×20 topics
  21. Complications132▲ 2.3×17 topics
  22. Mechanical Properties128▲ 1.17×38 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations117▲ 2.4×23 topics
  24. Obesity112▲ 1.31×25 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders111▲ 1.73×20 topics
  26. Heart Failure109▲ 2.2×14 topics
  27. Radiotherapy108▲ 2.5×13 topics
  28. Prognosis107▲ 2.9×9 topics
  29. Rehabilitation103▲ 2.3×13 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment99▲ 1.98×8 topics
  31. Echocardiography98▲ 3.2×8 topics
  32. Guidelines96▲ 1.82×13 topics
  33. Biomechanics96▲ 2.8×12 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy91▲ 3.4×5 topics
  35. Surgery89▲ 2.2×12 topics
  36. Stem Cells77▲ 2.7×15 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization71▲ 3.5×6 topics
  38. Revision Surgery64▲ 4.5×2 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement64▲ 4.5×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection59▲ 5.3×2 topics

What research is done in Kobe?

Nutrition and Health in …45Nutrition and Health in Aging: 45 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…40Membrane Separation Technologies: 40 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 38 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 34 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 32 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 32 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 31 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…30Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 30 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 28 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 27 fractional works
PhysiologyWater Science and TechnologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in AgingPhysiology 45 works
  2. 2 Membrane Separation TechnologiesWater Science and Technology 40 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSurgery 38 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 34 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  6. 6 Urban and spatial planningNature and Landscape Conservation 32 works
  7. 7 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 31 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 30 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHepatology 28 works
  10. 10 Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentSurgery 27 works

Research output over time

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