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Research in Nagasaki

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Nagasaki, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nagasaki University, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science and Nagasaki Medical Center.

Research institutions
17
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
526k
16.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Nagasaki

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 Nagasaki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nagasaki UniversityUniversity 27,781 #3,151
2Radiation Effects Research FoundationResearch facility 1,096 #14,359 all time
3Nagasaki Medical CenterHospital / health system 995 #18,780
4Nagasaki Institute of Applied ScienceUniversity 870 #17,714
5Nagasaki International UniversityUniversity 599 #19,560
6Nagasaki Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 281 #32,575 all time
7Nagasaki Ajisai HospitalHospital / health system 216 #29,699 all time
8Nagasaki Kawatana Medical CenterHospital / health system 104 not ranked
9Nagasaki Prefectural Shimabara High SchoolUniversity 98 not ranked
10Kwassui Women's UniversityUniversity 90 not ranked
11Nagasaki Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 65 not ranked
12Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Technical High SchoolUniversity 59 not ranked
13Nagasaki Junshin Catholic UniversityUniversity 28 not ranked
14Nagasaki University of Foreign StudiesUniversity 19 not ranked
15Nagasaki Prefectural Education CenterGovernment institution 11 not ranked
16Nagasaki Museum of History and CultureArchive 3 not ranked
17Japanese Society of Tropical MedicineInstitution 1 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.

Nagasaki University: 86.0%Radiation Effects Research Foundation: 3.4%Nagasaki Medical Center: 3.1%Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science: 2.7%13 others listed: 4.9%86%largest
Nagasaki University28k · 86.0%Radiation Effects Research Foundation1,096 · 3.4%Nagasaki Medical Center995 · 3.1%Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science870 · 2.7%13 others listed1,574 · 4.9%

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

Which fields of science does Nagasaki work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Nagasaki is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Engineering (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,855 fractional works · 48.9% of its workMedicine: 1,681 fractional works · 44.4% of its workSurgery: 222 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 189 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 148 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 129 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 112 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 77 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 74 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 70 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 66 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 66 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,024 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEngineering: 414 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 95 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 235 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 51 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 89 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 76 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 73 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 665 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 351 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 200 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 118 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 108 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 71 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 246 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 125 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNagasaki3,791fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences6%

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 Sciences1,85548.9%
    1. Medicine1,68144.4%
    2. Health Professions782.1%
    3. Dentistry661.8%
    4. Nursing230.6%
    5. Veterinary70.2%
    1. Engineering41410.9%
    2. Environmental Science2356.2%
    3. Chemistry892.4%
    4. Computer Science762.0%
    5. Materials Science731.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences601.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy250.7%
    8. Mathematics240.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering150.4%
    10. Energy130.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3519.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1183.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1082.9%
    4. Neuroscience711.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.5%
    1. Social Sciences1253.3%
    2. Psychology541.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance270.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting160.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities160.4%
    6. Decision Sciences90.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nagasaki strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nagasaki is most concentrated in Hepatology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology (5.2× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 33.3 works5.2×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 96.8 works4.2×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 56.7 works3.7×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 97 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 306 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.01× its world share, 102 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 53 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 375 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 208 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 65 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.50× its world share, 57 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 1,474 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.50×57 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.01×102 works
  3. Medicine2.29×1,474 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.71×306 works
  5. Chemistry1.54×81 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.37×16 works
  7. Veterinary1.37×6 works
  8. Nursing1.27×21 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.25×15 works
  10. Environmental Science1.25×208 works
  11. Neuroscience1.19×64 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×53 works
  13. Health Professions0.77×68 works
  14. Engineering0.75×375 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×97 works
  16. Materials Science0.56×65 works
  17. Mathematics0.55×22 works
  18. Psychology0.47×48 works
  19. Energy0.37×11 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×23 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.30×23 works
  22. Computer Science0.26×67 works
  23. Social Sciences0.26×110 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.23×7 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.14×14 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×15 works

Which keywords describe research in Nagasaki?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology395▲ 2.6×129 topics
  2. Inflammation171▲ 2.1×80 topics
  3. Treatment150▲ 3.3×51 topics
  4. Diagnosis135▲ 3.8×41 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress121▲ 1.94×57 topics
  6. Climate Change101◆ 0.98×75 topics
  7. Pathogenesis99▲ 5.1×24 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines98▲ 4.7×14 topics
  9. Chemotherapy96▲ 3.6×25 topics
  10. Quality of Life94▲ 1.72×51 topics
  11. Public Health88▲ 1.59×47 topics
  12. Cancer85▲ 1.66×52 topics
  13. Management75▲ 2.5×31 topics
  14. Immune Response74▲ 3.4×23 topics
  15. Immunotherapy74▲ 2.7×18 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease63▲ 1.46×36 topics
  17. Radiotherapy62▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Vaccine62▲ 4.1×11 topics
  19. Risk Factors58▲ 1.38×34 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors55▲ 3.3×14 topics
  21. Vaccine Development53▲ 5.4×11 topics
  22. Surgical Management51▲ 3.3×20 topics
  23. Mortality50▲ 2.3×13 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations47▲ 2.9×23 topics
  25. Health Effects46▲ 2.0×21 topics
  26. Global Burden46▲ 2.2×12 topics
  27. Autoantibodies45▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Prognosis45▲ 3.6×9 topics
  29. Fibrosis43▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy42▲ 4.7×5 topics
  31. Immunity41▲ 2.6×11 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance40▲ 2.7×14 topics
  33. Apoptosis39▲ 3.3×22 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-235▲ 3.1×6 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma31▲ 4.0×3 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization31▲ 4.6×6 topics
  37. Viral Transmission28▲ 5.2×4 topics
  38. Liver Transplantation26▲ 5.7×5 topics
  39. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy23▲ 7.5×2 topics
  40. Radionuclides22▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Nagasaki?

Liver Disease Diagnosis …14Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…14Radioactive contamination and transfer: 14 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 13 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 13 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 13 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 13 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 13 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 12 fractional works
EpidemiologyGlobal and Planetary ChangePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 14 works
  2. 2 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 13 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  6. 6 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  8. 8 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  9. 9 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 12 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 counting5%10%15%Nagasaki11.7% 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 14.8% in 2016.

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