Research in Okayama
Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Okayama, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Okayama University, Okayama University of Science and Okayama University Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 39 11 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 70k ▲ 5% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.8% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Okayama?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okayama UniversityUniversity | 49,342 | #1,908 | |
| 2 | Okayama University of ScienceUniversity | 9,520 | #4,075 | |
| 3 | Okayama University HospitalHospital / health system | 3,027 | #8,941 | |
| 4 | Sakakibara HospitalHospital / health system | 1,081 | #25,474 | |
| 5 | Industrial Technology Center of Okayama PrefectureResearch facility | 951 | #24,385 | |
| 6 | Okayama PrefectureResearch facility | 826 | #22,503 | |
| 7 | Okayama Medical CenterHospital / health system | 787 | #20,991 | |
| 8 | Hayashibara (Japan)Company | 648 | #7,354 all time | |
| 9 | Shujitsu UniversityUniversity | 531 | #21,832 | |
| 10 | Okayama Red Cross General HospitalHospital / health system | 379 | #26,684 | |
| 11 | Okayama Saiseikai General HospitalHospital / health system | 374 | #39,844 all time | |
| 12 | Akebono ClinicHospital / health system | 321 | #26,143 | |
| 13 | Okayama Rosai HospitalHospital / health system | 297 | #26,901 | |
| 14 | Okayama Psychiatric Medical CenterHospital / health system | 267 | #33,397 all time | |
| 15 | Notre Dame Seishin UniversityUniversity | 207 | #32,084 all time | |
| 16 | Shigei Medical Research InstituteHospital / health system | 196 | #32,646 all time | |
| 17 | Okayama Shoka UniversityUniversity | 173 | #40,699 all time | |
| 18 | International Pacific UniversityUniversity | 118 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Chugoku Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 107 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Sanyo Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 104 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Okayama Central HospitalHospital / health system | 93 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Okayama Institute for Quantum PhysicsResearch facility | 89 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Nagashima HospitalHospital / health system | 74 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Okayama City Ishii Elementary SchoolUniversity | 33 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Okayama Ceramics Research FoundationInstitution | 33 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Okayama Saidaiji HospitalHospital / health system | 28 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Okayama Prefectural Okayama Technical High SchoolUniversity | 20 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Kansai High SchoolUniversity | 15 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Kake Educational InstitutionUniversity | 14 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Wesco (Japan)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Mannari HospitalHospital / health system | 13 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Okayama Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution | 13 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Benesse Holdings (Japan)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Okayama University of Commerce Attached high SchoolUniversity | 10 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Okayama Prefectural Okayama Asahi High SchoolUniversity | 8 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Okayama Prefectural MuseumArchive | 4 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Okayama Prefectural Katsumata High SchoolUniversity | 3 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Okayama City LibraryArchive | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Okayama Foundation for Science and TechnologyNonprofit | 1 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Okayama strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Okayama is most concentrated in Gastroenterology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Condensed Matter Physics (3.7× the world share in Gastroenterology).
- GastroenterologySubfield · 31.1 works3.7×
- Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 357.8 works3.3×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 33.5 works2.9×
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 217.1 works2.9×
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 Okayama?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Prognostic Factors and Diagnosis.
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Gastric Cancer
- Endoscopic Resection
- Gene Therapy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Survival Analysis
- Molecular Characterization
- Angiogenesis
- Guidelines
- Tissue Engineering
- Heart Failure
- Surgical Management
- Management
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Prognostic Factors
- Quality of Life
- Immunotherapy
- Cancer
- Treatment
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Chemotherapy
- Deep Learning
- Diagnosis
- Biomedical Applications
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Genetic Mutations
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Echocardiography
- Complications
- Radiotherapy
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Surgery
- Treatment Guidelines
- PET Imaging
- Fibrosis
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Transplantation
- Catheter Ablation
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
- Epidemiology425▲ 1.51×130 topics
- Inflammation305▲ 2.1×81 topics
- Oxidative Stress202▲ 1.73×59 topics
- Treatment171▲ 1.98×50 topics
- Chemotherapy171▲ 3.4×24 topics
- Cancer160▲ 1.67×53 topics
- Deep Learning159▼ 0.65×76 topics
- Immunotherapy154▲ 3.0×19 topics
- Diagnosis147▲ 2.2×41 topics
- Quality of Life117◆ 1.14×45 topics
- Biomedical Applications114▲ 1.35×35 topics
- Prognostic Factors113▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines108▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease103▲ 1.30×38 topics
- Genetic Mutations101▲ 3.3×23 topics
- Management100▲ 1.79×35 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment92▲ 2.9×8 topics
- Surgical Management88▲ 3.0×20 topics
- Echocardiography84▲ 4.4×8 topics
- Heart Failure83▲ 2.7×14 topics
- Complications81▲ 2.3×16 topics
- Tissue Engineering74▲ 1.71×13 topics
- Radiotherapy74▲ 2.7×13 topics
- Guidelines73▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy67▲ 4.0×5 topics
- Angiogenesis63▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Surgery62▲ 2.5×10 topics
- Molecular Characterization62▲ 4.9×6 topics
- Treatment Guidelines59▲ 3.8×7 topics
- Survival Analysis58▲ 3.0×7 topics
- PET Imaging56▲ 4.6×5 topics
- Chronic Kidney Disease54▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Fibrosis52▲ 3.9×8 topics
- Gene Therapy48▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Adjuvant Therapy46▲ 5.1×2 topics
- Endoscopic Resection46▲ 6.5×2 topics
- Transplantation44▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Gastric Cancer43▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Catheter Ablation42▲ 4.9×2 topics
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells41▲ 5.5×3 topics
What research is done in Okayama?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 32 works
- 2 Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
- 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
- 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 24 works
- 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 23 works
- 6 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 22 works
- 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPathology and Forensic Medicine 21 works
- 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
- 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
- 10 Tracheal and airway disordersPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.