City · Japan
Research in Nagoya
Science Explorer records 85 research institutions in Nagoya, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Nagoya University, Nagoya Institute of Technology and Nagoya City University.
- Research institutions
- 85 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 204k ◆ 1% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 10.8% 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 Nagoya?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagoya UniversityUniversity | 110,829 | #422 | |
| 2 | Nagoya Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 22,248 | #3,159 | |
| 3 | Nagoya City UniversityUniversity | 15,082 | #4,660 | |
| 4 | Meijo UniversityUniversity | 8,911 | #6,350 | |
| 5 | Aichi Cancer CenterHospital / health system | 4,837 | #8,569 | |
| 6 | Toyota Technological InstituteUniversity | 4,084 | #7,989 | |
| 7 | Aichi Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 3,925 | #9,376 | |
| 8 | Nagoya University HospitalHospital / health system | 3,750 | #5,277 | |
| 9 | Chukyo UniversityUniversity | 2,058 | #15,670 | |
| 10 | Nagoya Industrial Science Research InstituteResearch facility | 1,803 | #4,919 all time | |
| 11 | Daido UniversityUniversity | 1,717 | #16,545 | |
| 12 | Fujita Health University HospitalHospital / health system | 1,714 | #8,775 | |
| 13 | Japan Fine Ceramics CenterResearch facility | 1,570 | #6,376 | |
| 14 | Chubu Electric Power (Japan)Company | 1,515 | #21,676 | |
| 15 | Nanzan UniversityUniversity | 1,383 | #22,322 | |
| 16 | Aichi Prefectural UniversityUniversity | 1,107 | #25,213 | |
| 17 | Nagoya Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,100 | #13,383 | |
| 18 | Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini HospitalHospital / health system | 889 | #20,357 | |
| 19 | NGK Insulators (Japan)Company | 736 | #10,269 all time | |
| 20 | Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi HospitalHospital / health system | 728 | #24,623 | |
| 21 | Chukyo HospitalHospital / health system | 653 | #25,342 | |
| 22 | Central Japan Railway (Japan)Company | 626 | #26,291 | |
| 23 | St. Mary's CollegeUniversity | 625 | #23,208 all time | |
| 24 | Nagoya City University HospitalHospital / health system | 593 | #23,807 | |
| 25 | Kinjo Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 592 | #19,382 | |
| 26 | Sugiyama Jogakuen UniversityUniversity | 560 | #27,101 | |
| 27 | Daido Steel (Japan)Company | 538 | #13,613 all time | |
| 28 | Genesis Research InstituteResearch facility | 530 | #22,056 | |
| 29 | Higashi Nagoya National HospitalHospital / health system | 528 | #36,263 all time | |
| 30 | Aichi Prefectural GovernmentGovernment institution | 510 | #30,374 all time | |
| 31 | Nagoya Women's UniversityUniversity | 457 | #32,614 all time | |
| 32 | Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research InstituteResearch facility | 451 | #19,428 all time | |
| 33 | Chubu Rosai HospitalHospital / health system | 435 | #33,847 all time | |
| 34 | Nagoya Ekisaikai HospitalHospital / health system | 400 | #26,218 | |
| 35 | Nagoya Gakuin UniversityUniversity | 398 | #23,087 | |
| 36 | Institute of Sports Medicine and ScienceResearch facility | 394 | #22,925 | |
| 37 | Kishokai Medical CorporationInstitution | 382 | #24,802 | |
| 38 | Medical & Biological Laboratories (Japan)Company | 310 | #19,183 all time | |
| 39 | Koujin HospitalHospital / health system | 302 | #34,835 all time | |
| 40 | Tokai Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 279 | #34,253 all time | |
| 41 | NGK Spark Plug (Japan)Company | 279 | #19,335 all time | |
| 42 | Nagoya Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 270 | #35,216 all time | |
| 43 | DMG Mori (Japan)Company | 246 | #36,210 all time | |
| 44 | The Nisshin OilliO Group (Japan)Company | 225 | #39,557 all time | |
| 45 | Meitetsu HospitalHospital / health system | 207 | #39,807 all time | |
| 46 | Noritake (Japan)Company | 188 | #22,844 all time | |
| 47 | Meijo HospitalHospital / health system | 186 | #41,451 all time | |
| 48 | Nagoya Kyouritsu HospitalHospital / health system | 186 | #41,602 all time | |
| 49 | Daido Metal (Japan)Company | 164 | #29,870 all time | |
| 50 | Aichi Health Promotion FoundationNonprofit | 145 | #41,760 all time | |
| 51 | Goodman (Japan)Company | 140 | #31,752 all time | |
| 52 | Takayanagi Dental ClinicHospital / health system | 139 | #40,551 all time | |
| 53 | Nagoya Central HospitalHospital / health system | 138 | #40,670 all time | |
| 54 | Nagoya Heart CenterHospital / health system | 135 | #41,517 all time | |
| 55 | Doho UniversityUniversity | 124 | #42,290 all time | |
| 56 | Aichi Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution | 120 | not ranked | |
| 57 | The Japanese Data Center for Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationResearch facility | 103 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Amano Enzyme (Japan)Company | 102 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Showa Ika Kogyo (Japan)Company | 100 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Miyake Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 99 | not ranked |
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.
Nagoya University111k · 54.6%Nagoya Institute of Technology22k · 11.0%Nagoya City University15k · 7.4%Meijo University8,911 · 4.4%56 others listed46k · 22.6%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Nagoya strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Nagoya is most concentrated in Structural Biology, Condensed Matter Physics and Ceramics and Composites (8.4× the world share in Structural Biology).
- Structural BiologySubfield · 27.5 works8.4×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 170.4 works5.2×
- Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 51.3 works3.6×
- Algebra and Number TheorySubfield · 46.1 works3.5×
- RadiationSubfield · 83.0 works3.0×
- Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 28.1 works2.8×
- Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 50.3 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.
Which keywords describe research in Nagoya?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Immunotherapy, Nanoparticles and Nanowires.
- III-Nitrides
- GaN
- Solid-State Lighting
- Thin Films
- Self-Assembly
- Nanowires
- Semiconductors
- Heart Failure
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Microstructure
- Catalysis
- Prognostic Factors
- Diagnosis
- Immunotherapy
- Treatment
- Biomedical Applications
- Mechanical Properties
- Oxidative Stress
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Chemotherapy
- Nanoparticles
- Cancer
- Quality of Life
- Neural Networks
- Nanocomposites
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Neurological Disorders
- Radiotherapy
- Surgical Management
- Nanostructures
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Prognosis
- Biomechanics
- Band Parameters
- Endoscopic Resection
- AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology832◆ 1.03×136 topics
- Deep Learning653◆ 0.93×82 topics
- Inflammation609▲ 1.43×83 topics
- Machine Learning405▼ 0.61×89 topics
- Chemotherapy397▲ 2.8×24 topics
- Oxidative Stress370◆ 1.11×63 topics
- Nanoparticles363▲ 1.41×44 topics
- Mechanical Properties343▲ 1.72×37 topics
- Cancer337▲ 1.23×57 topics
- Biomedical Applications330▲ 1.36×35 topics
- Quality of Life324◆ 1.10×56 topics
- Treatment321▲ 1.30×52 topics
- Neural Networks312◆ 0.99×39 topics
- Immunotherapy301▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Nanocomposites263▲ 1.60×21 topics
- Diagnosis261▲ 1.38×40 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease257◆ 1.13×38 topics
- Prognostic Factors226▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines219▲ 1.97×14 topics
- Catalysis212▲ 1.56×29 topics
- Neurological Disorders211▲ 1.82×20 topics
- Microstructure198▲ 1.86×19 topics
- Radiotherapy190▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment189▲ 2.1×8 topics
- Surgical Management185▲ 2.2×20 topics
- Heart Failure185▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Nanostructures168▲ 2.0×17 topics
- Semiconductors167▲ 2.7×5 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy164▲ 3.4×5 topics
- Nanowires158▲ 5.4×5 topics
- Prognosis158▲ 2.4×9 topics
- Self-Assembly149▲ 2.2×12 topics
- Biomechanics146▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Thin Films131▲ 3.4×10 topics
- Band Parameters108▲ 9.7×2 topics
- Solid-State Lighting101▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Endoscopic Resection100▲ 4.9×2 topics
- GaN97▲ 14×2 topics
- AlGaN/GaN HEMTs86▲ 14×1 topic
- III-Nitrides86▲ 14×1 topic
What research is done in Nagoya?
Condensed Matter PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringOncologyPhysiology3 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 86 works
- 2 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 73 works
- 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 68 works
- 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 63 works
- 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 60 works
- 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 48 works
- 7 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 47 works
- 8 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 46 works
- 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 44 works
- 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
Research output over time
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