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Research in Kofu

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Kofu, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Yamanashi and Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital.

Research institutions
12
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
207k
13.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kofu

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 Kofu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of YamanashiUniversity 13,435 #3,677
2Yamanashi Prefectural Central HospitalHospital / health system 541 #21,291
3Fanuc (Japan)Company 413 #18,838 all time
4Yamanashi Research InstituteInstitution 317 #27,222 all time
5Yamanashi Gakuin UniversityUniversity 199 #28,124 all time
6Yamanashi Prefectural UniversityUniversity 82 not ranked
7Hanazono HospitalHospital / health system 69 not ranked
8Yamanashi Eiwa CollegeUniversity 62 not ranked
9Yamanashi Prefectural School for the Visually ImpairedUniversity 10 not ranked
10Yamanashi Prefectural Board of EducationGovernment institution 2 not ranked
11Yamanashi Prefectural MuseumArchive 1 not ranked
12Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of ArchaeologyArchive 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.

University of Yamanashi: 88.8%Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital: 3.6%Fanuc (Japan): 2.7%Yamanashi Research Institute: 2.1%7 others listed: 2.8%89%largest
University of Yamanashi13k · 88.8%Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital541 · 3.6%Fanuc (Japan)413 · 2.7%Yamanashi Research Institute317 · 2.1%7 others listed425 · 2.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kofu work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Kofu is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 808 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEngineering: 322 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 101 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 154 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 44 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 95 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 82 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 753 fractional works · 35.0% of its workMedicine: 702 fractional works · 32.7% of its workSurgery: 100 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 73 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 344 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 169 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 68 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 245 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 138 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTransportation: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKofu2,150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering32215.0%
    2. Computer Science1547.2%
    3. Materials Science954.4%
    4. Environmental Science823.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy452.1%
    6. Chemistry381.8%
    7. Energy291.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences200.9%
    9. Mathematics120.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering110.5%
    1. Medicine70232.7%
    2. Health Professions261.2%
    3. Nursing140.6%
    4. Dentistry110.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1697.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences713.3%
    3. Neuroscience683.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology321.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Social Sciences1386.4%
    2. Psychology542.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance180.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting140.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities130.6%
    6. Decision Sciences70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kofu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kofu is most concentrated in Transportation (4.6× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 28.8 works4.6×
← 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.

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: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 151 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.07× its world share, 63 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 134 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 291 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 72 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 610 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.07×63 works
  2. Medicine1.70×610 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.52×151 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.46×27 works
  5. Energy1.45×25 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.41×9 works
  7. Materials Science1.29×84 works
  8. Nursing1.24×11 works
  9. Chemistry1.19×35 works
  10. Engineering1.04×291 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.02×42 works
  12. Dentistry1.02×9 works
  13. Computer Science0.92×134 works
  14. Psychology0.79×45 works
  15. Environmental Science0.78×72 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×62 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×4 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×17 works
  19. Mathematics0.45×10 works
  20. Health Professions0.43×21 works
  21. Social Sciences0.43×102 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×14 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.34×6 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×14 works
  25. Veterinary0.20×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.18×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Kofu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Modernization, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Strategic Planning, Design, Air Force and Malay Language.

▲ 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. Epidemiology119▲ 1.39×106 topics
  2. Inflammation84▲ 1.83×73 topics
  3. Deep Learning82◆ 1.10×63 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress53▲ 1.51×51 topics
  5. Chemotherapy46▲ 3.0×21 topics
  6. Cancer41▲ 1.42×45 topics
  7. Treatment39▲ 1.51×41 topics
  8. History39▲ 2.6×10 topics
  9. Culture38▲ 3.4×8 topics
  10. Modernization38▲ 9.6×4 topics
  11. Literature37▲ 3.1×4 topics
  12. Nanomaterials37▲ 1.63×18 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome36▲ 2.1×21 topics
  14. Philosophy35▲ 3.7×5 topics
  15. Science35▲ 6.6×4 topics
  16. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles34▲ 8.5×4 topics
  17. Ethnicity34▲ 4.3×4 topics
  18. Social Influence34▲ 7.5×3 topics
  19. Immunotherapy34▲ 2.2×18 topics
  20. Islam34▲ 7.7×2 topics
  21. Design34▲ 9.7×2 topics
  22. Strategic Planning34▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Air Force34▲ 13×1 topic
  24. Economic Security34▲ 7.4×2 topics
  25. Malay Language34▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Sharia Law34▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Warfare34▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Legal Regulation33▲ 6.9×1 topic
  29. Transport Policy33▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Diagnosis32▲ 1.61×31 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors32▲ 3.4×14 topics
  32. Clinical Practice Guidelines31▲ 2.6×14 topics
  33. Tumor Microenvironment27▲ 2.8×8 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders27▲ 2.2×17 topics
  35. Radiotherapy24▲ 2.8×13 topics
  36. Water Splitting24▲ 3.0×4 topics
  37. Survival Analysis20▲ 3.5×6 topics
  38. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes19▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Proton Exchange Membranes19▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Energy Conversion19▲ 4.2×5 topics

What research is done in Kofu?

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 22 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 22 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…22Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 22 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…18Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 18 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 14 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies: 10 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoe…9Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 9 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 22 works
  4. 4 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 14 works
  6. 6 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 9 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 8 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 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 2025Kofu9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2014.

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