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Research in Kyoto

Science Explorer records 118 research institutions in Kyoto, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University and Kyoto Katsura Hospital.

Research institutions
118
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
314k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6M
20.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kyoto

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 Kyoto?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kyoto UniversityUniversity 192,348 #215
2Ritsumeikan UniversityUniversity 18,628 #2,001
3Kyoto Prefectural University of MedicineUniversity 16,067 #7,318
4Kyoto Institute of TechnologyUniversity 13,386 #7,014
5Doshisha UniversityUniversity 12,841 #4,923
6Kyoto Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity 7,112 #13,084
7Ryukoku UniversityUniversity 5,427 #6,792
8Ōtani UniversityUniversity 4,608 #7,827
9Kyoto University of EducationUniversity 4,380 #5,803
10Kyoto Prefectural UniversityUniversity 3,519 #9,093
11Sanyo (Japan)Company 2,645 #19,281
12Kyoto Katsura HospitalHospital / health system 2,604 #3,284
13Kyoto Sangyo UniversityUniversity 2,573 #4,125
14Shimadzu (Japan)Company 1,987 #5,596
15Murata (Japan)Company 1,770 #11,142
16Kyoto Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,647 #10,621
17Omron (Japan)Company 1,639 #9,453
18Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute InternationalResearch facility 1,507 #11,474
19Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for InformaticsUniversity 1,287 #9,428
20Takara (Japan)Company 1,254 #29,586 all time
21Kyoto Architecture UniversityUniversity 1,062 #16,311
22Suntory Foundation for Life SciencesNonprofit 992 #18,897 all time
23Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the EarthResearch facility 970 #21,838
24Kyoto City HospitalHospital / health system 934 #17,771
25Kyoto Women's UniversityUniversity 837 #15,882
26Research Institute for Humanity and NatureResearch facility 833 #14,512
27Nippon Shinyaku (Japan)Company 724 #34,219 all time
28Doshisha Women's College of Liberal ArtsUniversity 683 #17,654
29Bukkyo UniversityUniversity 666 #20,847
30Daiichi Kogyo Seiyaku (Japan)Company 651 #34,068 all time
31Ijinkai Takeda General HospitalHospital / health system 647 #20,765
32ROHMCompany 602 #22,108
33Kyoto College of Medical ScienceUniversity 558 #13,753
34Kyoto Tachibana UniversityUniversity 488 #11,229
35Kyocera (Japan)Company 470 #19,805
36Meiji University of Integrative MedicineUniversity 460 #26,198 all time
37Kyoto College of EconomicsUniversity 455 #31,040 all time
38Utano HospitalHospital / health system 448 #32,657 all time
39Rakuwakai Otowa HospitalHospital / health system 441 #21,309
40Kyoto Seika UniversityUniversity 440 #11,440 all time
41International Research Center for Japanese StudiesUniversity 405 #21,335 all time
42Kyoto City University of ArtsUniversity 386 #24,935 all time
43KRIResearch facility 363 #19,243 all time
44Kyoto Research ParkArchive 338 #23,009 all time
45Research Institute for Production DevelopmentResearch facility 297 #19,415 all time
46Kyoto University of Foreign StudiesUniversity 253 #17,378
47Mitsubishi Kyoto HospitalHospital / health system 240 #32,985 all time
48Maizuru Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 225 #33,256 all time
49Nishijin HospitalHospital / health system 224 #32,308 all time
50Toujinkai HospitalHospital / health system 222 #32,825 all time
51Hanazono UniversityUniversity 219 #32,178 all time
52Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentResearch facility 198 #31,410 all time
53Kyoto Pharmaceutical Industries (Japan)Company 197 #34,666 all time
54Nantan General HospitalHospital / health system 196 #34,247 all time
55GS Yuasa (Japan)Company 187 #32,699 all time
56SCREEN (Japan)Company 184 #33,368 all time
57Murata Machinery (Japan)Company 183 #29,226 all time
58Louis Pasteur Center for Medical ResearchResearch facility 181 #23,249 all time
59Quantum Chemistry Research InstituteResearch facility 181 #32,638 all time
60Kyoto Notre Dame UniversityUniversity 175 #29,014 all time

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.

Kyoto University: 61.0%Ritsumeikan University: 5.9%Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine: 5.1%Kyoto Institute of Technology: 4.2%56 others listed: 23.8%61%largest
Kyoto University192k · 61.0%Ritsumeikan University19k · 5.9%Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine16k · 5.1%Kyoto Institute of Technology13k · 4.2%56 others listed75k · 23.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kyoto work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Kyoto is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%).

Physical Sciences: 17k fractional works · 47.9% of its workEngineering: 5,927 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,608 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,045 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 659 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 492 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 422 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 403 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 311 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 265 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 167 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 161 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 141 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 131 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2,587 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 889 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 519 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 326 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 214 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 198 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 135 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 129 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1,939 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1,099 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 290 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 224 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 210 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,780 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 548 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 381 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 268 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 226 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 203 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,510 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 275 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 275 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 180 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 107 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 93 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 88 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1,084 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 622 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 169 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 157 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 691 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 177 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 173 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 93 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 92 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 665 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 261 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 171 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 307 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 279 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 198 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8,062 fractional works · 23.1% of its workMedicine: 7,446 fractional works · 21.4% of its workSurgery: 1,131 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 844 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 569 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 462 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 415 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 415 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 403 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 278 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 271 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 217 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 194 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 182 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 176 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 142 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 129 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 125 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 119 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 90 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 79 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 589 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 382 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 154 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 228 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 132 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 31 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5,299 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,687 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,686 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 324 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 198 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 139 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 340 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,088 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 458 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 210 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 124 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 194 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1,015 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 502 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 225 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 187 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 363 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 303 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 75 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,823 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,058 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 729 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 235 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 211 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 180 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 76 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 397 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1,127 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 444 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 258 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 213 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 152 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 531 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 77 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 235 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 496 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 339 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 395 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 108 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 216 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 216 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 100 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKyoto35kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering5,92717.0%
    2. Computer Science2,5877.4%
    3. Materials Science1,9395.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1,7805.1%
    5. Environmental Science1,5104.3%
    6. Chemistry1,0843.1%
    7. Mathematics6912.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences6651.9%
    9. Energy3070.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering1980.6%
  2. Health Sciences8,06223.1%
    1. Medicine7,44621.4%
    2. Health Professions3821.1%
    3. Nursing1470.4%
    4. Dentistry560.2%
    5. Veterinary310.1%
  3. Life Sciences5,29915.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,6877.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,0883.1%
    3. Neuroscience1,0152.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology3631.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1460.4%
  4. Social Sciences4,82313.8%
    1. Social Sciences2,0585.9%
    2. Psychology1,1273.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities5311.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4961.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting3951.1%
    6. Decision Sciences2160.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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).

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 178.3 works3.6×
  2. Developmental BiologySubfield · 23.9 works3.5×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 158.6 works3.2×
  4. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 155.1 works3.1×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 113.3 works2.7×
  6. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 62.7 works2.6×
  7. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 241.1 works2.5×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 950 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 2,373 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 323 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 895 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 131 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 174 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.96× its world share, 952 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 2,332 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 575 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 264 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 5,380 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 1,314 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 1,730 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 607 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.26× its world share, 1,554 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 48 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 333 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 6,548 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 131 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 27 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 463 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 358 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 190 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 444 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 994 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1,814 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.26×1,554 works
  2. Chemistry1.96×952 works
  3. Neuroscience1.78×895 works
  4. Mathematics1.67×607 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.61×174 works
  6. Materials Science1.60×1,730 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×2,373 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×131 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.19×575 works
  10. Engineering1.16×5,380 works
  11. Medicine1.10×6,548 works
  12. Psychology1.06×994 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×323 works
  14. Computer Science0.97×2,332 works
  15. Energy0.93×264 works
  16. Nursing0.87×131 works
  17. Environmental Science0.86×1,314 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×444 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×950 works
  20. Veterinary0.65×27 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.64×190 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.52×463 works
  23. Social Sciences0.46×1,814 works
  24. Health Professions0.41×333 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×358 works
  26. Dentistry0.32×48 works

Which keywords describe research in Kyoto?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Self-Assembly, Machine Learning and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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 Learning1,133◆ 0.94×82 topics
  2. Epidemiology1,120▼ 0.81×135 topics
  3. Inflammation866▲ 1.17×83 topics
  4. Machine Learning861▼ 0.74×91 topics
  5. Climate Change817▼ 0.86×111 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications593▲ 1.44×36 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress581◆ 1.01×63 topics
  8. Nanoparticles557▲ 1.27×44 topics
  9. Neural Networks556◆ 1.03×41 topics
  10. Sustainability531▼ 0.62×103 topics
  11. Cancer512◆ 1.09×58 topics
  12. Chemotherapy433▲ 1.75×25 topics
  13. Catalysis414▲ 1.78×29 topics
  14. Treatment401◆ 0.94×51 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties395◆ 1.15×38 topics
  16. Quality of Life390▼ 0.78×55 topics
  17. Immunotherapy374▲ 1.49×19 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease361◆ 0.91×39 topics
  19. Diagnosis352◆ 1.08×40 topics
  20. Self-Assembly348▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Nanomaterials341◆ 0.93×21 topics
  22. Nanocomposites336▲ 1.22×21 topics
  23. Tissue Engineering309▲ 1.46×13 topics
  24. Biodiversity306◆ 1.15×37 topics
  25. History302▲ 1.25×55 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines282▲ 1.47×14 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders279▲ 1.40×20 topics
  28. Culture251▲ 1.38×35 topics
  29. Nanostructures250▲ 1.76×17 topics
  30. Aging247▲ 1.30×18 topics
  31. Drug Delivery245▲ 1.28×16 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors242▲ 1.60×14 topics
  33. Biosensors240▲ 1.40×12 topics
  34. Modernization193▲ 3.0×5 topics
  35. Superconductivity181▲ 3.0×9 topics
  36. Ecosystem Management114▲ 5.5×3 topics
  37. Japan111▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Cultural Landscape104▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. Satoyama102▲ 31×1 topic
  40. landscape conservation102▲ 31×1 topic

What research is done in Kyoto?

Japanese History and Cul…98Japanese History and Culture: 98 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning97Urban and spatial planning: 97 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 85 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 76 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 64 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 64 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 64 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …63Semiconductor materials and devices: 63 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 62 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 62 fractional works
Cultural StudiesNature and Landscape ConservationMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 98 works
  2. 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 97 works
  3. 3 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 85 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 76 works
  5. 5 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 64 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 64 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 64 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 62 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 62 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Kyoto12.6% 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 19.1% in 2007.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Kyoto for research?

Science Explorer records 118 research institutions in Kyoto, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University and Kyoto Katsura Hospital.

Which research institutions are in Kyoto?
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