Research in Kyoto
Science Explorer records 123 research institutions in Kyoto, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
- Research institutions
- 123 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 314k ▼ 4% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.5% 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 Kyoto?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyoto UniversityUniversity | 182,531 | #166 | |
| 2 | Ritsumeikan UniversityUniversity | 18,628 | #2,385 | |
| 3 | Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineUniversity | 15,178 | #4,606 | |
| 4 | Kyoto Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 13,386 | #4,880 | |
| 5 | Doshisha UniversityUniversity | 12,841 | #5,391 | |
| 6 | Kyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity | 7,112 | #6,867 | |
| 7 | Ryukoku UniversityUniversity | 5,427 | #11,099 | |
| 8 | Ōtani UniversityUniversity | 4,608 | #15,520 | |
| 9 | Kyoto University of EducationUniversity | 4,380 | #10,553 | |
| 10 | Kyoto University HospitalHospital / health system | 4,289 | #6,948 | |
| 11 | Kyoto Prefectural UniversityUniversity | 3,519 | #11,563 | |
| 12 | Sanyo (Japan)Company | 2,645 | #26,770 | |
| 13 | Kyoto Katsura HospitalHospital / health system | 2,604 | #5,183 | |
| 14 | Kyoto Sangyo UniversityUniversity | 2,573 | #10,500 | |
| 15 | Kyoto Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,647 | #9,325 | |
| 16 | Shimadzu (Japan)Company | 1,647 | #11,805 | |
| 17 | Omron (Japan)Company | 1,639 | #20,423 | |
| 18 | Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute InternationalResearch facility | 1,507 | #19,124 | |
| 19 | Murata (Japan)Company | 1,491 | #12,264 | |
| 20 | Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for InformaticsUniversity | 1,287 | #14,515 | |
| 21 | Takara (Japan)Company | 1,254 | #13,238 all time | |
| 22 | Kyoto first Red Cross hospitalHospital / health system | 1,139 | #21,716 | |
| 23 | Kyoto Architecture UniversityUniversity | 1,062 | #21,900 | |
| 24 | Suntory Foundation for Life SciencesNonprofit | 992 | #10,164 all time | |
| 25 | Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the EarthResearch facility | 970 | #24,958 | |
| 26 | Kyoto City HospitalHospital / health system | 934 | #23,224 | |
| 27 | Kyoto Women's UniversityUniversity | 837 | #22,979 | |
| 28 | Research Institute for Humanity and NatureResearch facility | 833 | #14,223 | |
| 29 | Nippon Shinyaku (Japan)Company | 724 | #18,657 all time | |
| 30 | Doshisha Women's College of Liberal ArtsUniversity | 683 | #18,830 | |
| 31 | Bukkyo UniversityUniversity | 666 | #25,226 | |
| 32 | Daiichi Kogyo Seiyaku (Japan)Company | 651 | #18,516 all time | |
| 33 | Ijinkai Takeda General HospitalHospital / health system | 647 | #26,062 | |
| 34 | ROHMCompany | 602 | #24,405 | |
| 35 | Children's Research HospitalHospital / health system | 563 | #21,419 all time | |
| 36 | Kyoto College of Medical ScienceUniversity | 558 | #16,476 | |
| 37 | Kyoto Tachibana UniversityUniversity | 488 | #17,580 | |
| 38 | Kyocera (Japan)Company | 470 | #15,971 | |
| 39 | Meiji University of Integrative MedicineUniversity | 460 | #29,674 all time | |
| 40 | Kyoto College of EconomicsUniversity | 455 | #26,130 all time | |
| 41 | Utano HospitalHospital / health system | 448 | #24,094 all time | |
| 42 | Rakuwakai Otowa HospitalHospital / health system | 441 | #24,314 | |
| 43 | Kyoto Seika UniversityUniversity | 440 | #16,812 all time | |
| 44 | International Research Center for Japanese StudiesUniversity | 405 | #19,260 all time | |
| 45 | Kyoto City University of ArtsUniversity | 386 | #32,363 all time | |
| 46 | KRIResearch facility | 363 | #16,505 all time | |
| 47 | Kyoto Research ParkArchive | 338 | #10,078 all time | |
| 48 | University Hospital Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineHospital / health system | 326 | #31,979 all time | |
| 49 | Research Institute for Production DevelopmentResearch facility | 297 | #20,167 all time | |
| 50 | Japanese Red Cross Society Kyoto Daini HospitalHospital / health system | 260 | #23,394 | |
| 51 | Kyoto University of Foreign StudiesUniversity | 253 | #24,230 | |
| 52 | Mitsubishi Kyoto HospitalHospital / health system | 240 | #40,293 all time | |
| 53 | Maizuru Municipal HospitalHospital / health system | 225 | #41,658 all time | |
| 54 | Nishijin HospitalHospital / health system | 224 | #41,879 all time | |
| 55 | Toujinkai HospitalHospital / health system | 222 | #37,648 all time | |
| 56 | Hanazono UniversityUniversity | 219 | #41,035 all time | |
| 57 | Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentResearch facility | 198 | #35,433 all time | |
| 58 | Kyoto Pharmaceutical Industries (Japan)Company | 197 | #36,500 all time | |
| 59 | Nantan General HospitalHospital / health system | 196 | #42,192 all time | |
| 60 | GS Yuasa (Japan)Company | 187 | #26,675 all time |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Kyoto strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Kyoto is most concentrated in Condensed Matter Physics, Developmental Biology and Mathematical Physics (3.6× the world share in Condensed Matter Physics).
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 178.3 works3.6×
- Developmental BiologySubfield · 23.9 works3.5×
- Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 158.6 works3.2×
- Geometry and TopologySubfield · 155.1 works3.1×
- RadiationSubfield · 113.3 works2.7×
- Sensory SystemsSubfield · 62.7 works2.6×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 241.1 works2.5×
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 Kyoto?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Biomedical Applications, Machine Learning, Self-Assembly, Climate Change and Nanoparticles.
- landscape conservation
- Japan
- Ecosystem Management
- Superconductivity
- Nanostructures
- Aging
- Biosensors
- Neurological Disorders
- Biodiversity
- Nanocomposites
- Diagnosis
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Sustainability
- Neural Networks
- Biomedical Applications
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Oxidative Stress
- Nanoparticles
- Cancer
- Catalysis
- Mechanical Properties
- Immunotherapy
- Nanomaterials
- Self-Assembly
- Tissue Engineering
- History
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Culture
- Prognostic Factors
- Modernization
- Bioimaging
- Cultural Landscape
- Satoyama
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
- Deep Learning1,029◆ 0.97×82 topics
- Epidemiology992▼ 0.81×134 topics
- Machine Learning771▼ 0.76×91 topics
- Inflammation757▲ 1.18×83 topics
- Climate Change699▼ 0.84×108 topics
- Biomedical Applications529▲ 1.44×36 topics
- Oxidative Stress515◆ 1.02×62 topics
- Neural Networks509◆ 1.07×41 topics
- Nanoparticles490▲ 1.26×44 topics
- Sustainability477▼ 0.63×101 topics
- Cancer455◆ 1.10×58 topics
- Chemotherapy385▲ 1.78×25 topics
- Catalysis361▲ 1.76×29 topics
- Treatment353◆ 0.94×50 topics
- Mechanical Properties343◆ 1.14×38 topics
- Quality of Life341▼ 0.77×54 topics
- Immunotherapy334▲ 1.52×19 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease313◆ 0.91×39 topics
- Nanomaterials311◆ 0.95×21 topics
- Diagnosis309◆ 1.08×40 topics
- Self-Assembly308▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Nanocomposites303▲ 1.22×21 topics
- Tissue Engineering282▲ 1.49×13 topics
- Biodiversity275▲ 1.19×36 topics
- History270▲ 1.25×53 topics
- Neurological Disorders247▲ 1.41×20 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines244▲ 1.45×14 topics
- Biosensors224▲ 1.41×12 topics
- Culture223▲ 1.37×34 topics
- Aging220▲ 1.33×18 topics
- Prognostic Factors217▲ 1.61×14 topics
- Nanostructures216▲ 1.74×17 topics
- Modernization171▲ 3.0×5 topics
- Superconductivity164▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Bioimaging157▲ 2.2×6 topics
- Ecosystem Management107▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Cultural Landscape99▲ 10×4 topics
- Japan98▲ 15×1 topic
- Satoyama97▲ 32×1 topic
- landscape conservation97▲ 32×1 topic
What research is done in Kyoto?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 98 works
- 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 97 works
- 3 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 85 works
- 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 76 works
- 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 64 works
- 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 64 works
- 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 64 works
- 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
- 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 62 works
- 10 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 62 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.