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Research in Matsuyama

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Matsuyama, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ehime University, Matsuyama University and Shikoku Cancer Center.

Research institutions
19
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
405k
15.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Matsuyama

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 Matsuyama?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ehime UniversityUniversity 20,830 #2,435
2Shikoku Cancer CenterHospital / health system 988 #20,346
3Ehime Prefectural Central HospitalHospital / health system 798 #21,509
4Matsuyama UniversityUniversity 720 #13,038
5Matsuyama Red Cross HospitalHospital / health system 688 #20,899
6Ehime University HospitalHospital / health system 517 #20,733
7Ehime Medical CenterHospital / health system 338 #27,979 all time
8Matsuyama Shimin HospitalHospital / health system 286 #33,686 all time
9National Institute of Technology, Yuge CollegeUniversity 247 #23,991 all time
10Saiseikai Matsuyama HospitalHospital / health system 220 #33,061 all time
11Matsuyama Shinonome CollegeUniversity 129 #28,088 all time
12Dogo Onsen HospitalHospital / health system 74 not ranked
13St. Catherine UniversityUniversity 73 not ranked
14Takanoko HospitalHospital / health system 67 not ranked
15Ehime Prefectural Education CenterUniversity 42 not ranked
16Ehime Institute of Industrial Technology Paper Technology CenterResearch facility 12 not ranked
17Imabari Meitoku Junior CollegeUniversity 11 not ranked
18Ehime Prefectural College of AgricultureUniversity 7 not ranked
19Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Technical High SchoolUniversity 3 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.

Ehime University: 80.0%Shikoku Cancer Center: 3.8%Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital: 3.1%Matsuyama University: 2.8%15 others listed: 10.4%80%largest
Ehime University21k · 80.0%Shikoku Cancer Center988 · 3.8%Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital798 · 3.1%Matsuyama University720 · 2.8%15 others listed2,714 · 10.4%

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

Which fields of science does Matsuyama work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Matsuyama is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,344 fractional works · 43.9% of its workMedicine: 1,276 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSurgery: 219 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 159 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 113 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 78 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 57 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 54 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 933 fractional works · 30.5% of its workEngineering: 273 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 176 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 129 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 67 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 100 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 77 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 64 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 576 fractional works · 18.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 286 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 171 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 153 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 72 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 210 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMatsuyama3,063fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences7%

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. Health Sciences1,34443.9%
    1. Medicine1,27641.7%
    2. Health Professions381.2%
    3. Nursing190.6%
    4. Dentistry90.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Engineering2738.9%
    2. Environmental Science1765.8%
    3. Materials Science1294.2%
    4. Computer Science1003.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences772.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy652.1%
    7. Chemistry642.1%
    8. Mathematics321.1%
    9. Energy100.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2869.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1535.0%
    3. Neuroscience662.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology561.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.5%
    1. Social Sciences973.2%
    2. Psychology461.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities290.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting170.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.5%
    6. Decision Sciences60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Matsuyama strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Matsuyama is most concentrated in Hepatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology (7.2× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 37.2 works7.2×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 137.7 works3.3×
  3. OncologySubfield · 97.1 works3.2×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 39.4 works3.2×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 28.9 works3.1×
← 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: 1.06× its world share, 136 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 248 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 57 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 64 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 156 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 114 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 57 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 1,109 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.15×1,109 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.85×50 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×248 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.53×64 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×13 works
  6. Chemistry1.35×57 works
  7. Neuroscience1.33×58 works
  8. Nursing1.24×16 works
  9. Materials Science1.22×114 works
  10. Environmental Science1.17×156 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×136 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.96×57 works
  13. Mathematics0.90×28 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.83×8 works
  15. Dentistry0.64×8 works
  16. Engineering0.61×244 works
  17. Veterinary0.59×2 works
  18. Health Professions0.47×33 works
  19. Psychology0.47×39 works
  20. Computer Science0.44×92 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.35×27 works
  22. Energy0.33×8 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×14 works
  24. Social Sciences0.24×83 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×15 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.17×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Matsuyama?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology213▲ 1.74×122 topics
  2. Inflammation146▲ 2.2×80 topics
  3. Chemotherapy95▲ 4.4×25 topics
  4. Treatment95▲ 2.6×44 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress84▲ 1.66×58 topics
  6. Diagnosis81▲ 2.9×39 topics
  7. Climate Change75◆ 0.90×73 topics
  8. Immunotherapy75▲ 3.4×18 topics
  9. Cancer70▲ 1.70×52 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines66▲ 3.9×14 topics
  11. Management61▲ 2.5×31 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease61▲ 1.75×37 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome60▲ 2.4×23 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors59▲ 4.5×14 topics
  15. Quality of Life57▲ 1.28×49 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment49▲ 3.5×8 topics
  17. Biomarkers47▲ 2.2×17 topics
  18. Obesity46▲ 1.95×22 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations46▲ 3.4×23 topics
  20. Surgical Management45▲ 3.6×19 topics
  21. Radiotherapy44▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma43▲ 6.9×3 topics
  23. Complications43▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy42▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance41▲ 3.0×10 topics
  26. Metastasis34▲ 3.2×12 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis30▲ 3.4×12 topics
  28. Echocardiography29▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging28▲ 3.6×8 topics
  30. Superconductivity27▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization26▲ 4.8×5 topics
  32. Plate Tectonics25▲ 5.3×3 topics
  33. Survival25▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Hepatic Steatosis24▲ 5.4×2 topics
  35. Radiofrequency Ablation24▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Pancreatic Cancer24▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging24▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Surgical Complications21▲ 8.5×2 topics
  39. Gemcitabine21▲ 9.6×1 topic
  40. Genomic Analyses21▲ 9.6×1 topic

What research is done in Matsuyama?

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 19 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…17Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 17 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…12Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 11 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…10High-pressure geophysics and materials: 10 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 10 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…10Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologyHepatologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 19 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 18 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 17 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 11 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  7. 7 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 10 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 10 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 10 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Matsuyama10.7% 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 16.0% in 2008.

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