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Research in Obihiro

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Obihiro, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and Obihiro Kosei General Hospital.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.4k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
68k
15.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1954-2026
73 years on the record
Obihiro

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 Obihiro?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineUniversity 3,830 #12,075
2Obihiro Kosei General HospitalHospital / health system 313 #22,182
3Obihiro National HospitalHospital / health system 250 #33,095 all time
4Obihiro Kyokai HospitalHospital / health system 41 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.

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine: 86.4%Obihiro Kosei General Hospital: 7.1%Obihiro National Hospital: 5.6%Obihiro Kyokai Hospital: 0.9%86%largest
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine3,830 · 86.4%Obihiro Kosei General Hospital313 · 7.1%Obihiro National Hospital250 · 5.6%Obihiro Kyokai Hospital41 · 0.9%

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

Which fields of science does Obihiro work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Obihiro is in Life Sciences, 40% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 227 fractional works · 43.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 118 fractional works · 22.4% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 44 fractional works · 8.3% of its workParasitology: 27 fractional works · 5.2% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 213 fractional works · 40.3% of its workMedicine: 180 fractional works · 34.1% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmall Animals: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEquine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKObihiro528fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences5%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11822.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5310.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology448.3%
    4. Neuroscience91.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine18034.1%
    2. Veterinary203.8%
    3. Nursing71.4%
    4. Health Professions51.0%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Environmental Science315.9%
    2. Engineering122.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.7%
    4. Chemistry40.7%
    5. Computer Science30.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences112.1%
    2. Psychology81.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities50.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Obihiro strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Obihiro is most concentrated in Parasitology (49.8× the world share in Parasitology).

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 25.0 works50×
← 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: 4.70× its world share, 106 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.13× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.80× its world share, 164 worksMedicineNursing: 2.91× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 24.79× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary24.79×16 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology8.13×39 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.70×106 works
  4. Nursing2.91×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.88×48 works
  6. Medicine1.80×164 works
  7. Environmental Science1.18×28 works
  8. Neuroscience1.07×8 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×2 works
  10. Psychology0.51×7 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.44×3 works
  13. Health Professions0.36×4 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.29×4 works
  15. Dentistry0.26×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.23×2 works
  17. Energy0.20×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.17×10 works
  20. Engineering0.16×11 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  22. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.09×3 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Obihiro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity, Pathogenesis, Public Health, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Climate Change, Pathogen Transmission and Lyme Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology94▲ 4.5×96 topics
  2. Climate Change35▲ 2.4×44 topics
  3. Public Health34▲ 4.4×20 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity29▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Pathogenesis27▲ 10×19 topics
  6. Host-Pathogen Interactions24▲ 56×4 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress23▲ 2.7×38 topics
  8. Inflammation20▲ 1.77×56 topics
  9. Pathogen Transmission18▲ 49×3 topics
  10. Lyme Disease17▲ 129×1 topic
  11. Tick-Borne Diseases17▲ 129×1 topic
  12. Vaccine Development16▲ 12×11 topics
  13. Diagnosis16▲ 3.2×33 topics
  14. Invasive Species15▲ 6.7×19 topics
  15. Dairy Cattle15▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance13▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Biodiversity13▲ 3.1×19 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota13▲ 7.0×7 topics
  19. Animal Welfare12▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Marker-Assisted Selection12▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Genetic Characterization11▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Vaccines11▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Microbiota10▲ 9.0×8 topics
  24. Energy Balance10▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Bluetongue Virus10▲ 102×1 topic
  26. Culicoides Biting Midges10▲ 102×1 topic
  27. Drug Resistance10▲ 6.5×9 topics
  28. Reproductive Loss10▲ 69×1 topic
  29. Uterine Disease10▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Vector Control10▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Probiotics9▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Zoonotic Infections9▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Virulence Factors9▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Population Genetics9▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Plant Breeding8▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Bunyavirus8▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Genome Sequencing8▲ 9.6×6 topics
  39. Quantitative Genetics8▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers8▲ 37×1 topic

What research is done in Obihiro?

Vector-borne infectious …16Vector-borne infectious diseases: 16 fractional worksVector-Borne Animal Diseases: 10 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …9Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 9 fractional worksViral Infections and Vec…8Viral Infections and Vectors: 8 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 7 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 5 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…5Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 4 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 4 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 4 fractional works
ParasitologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAgronomy and Crop ScienceInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 16 works
  2. 2 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 9 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 8 works
  5. 5 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 7 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 5 works
  7. 7 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 5 works
  8. 8 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 4 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Obihiro5.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2006.

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