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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%

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 Okayama?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Okayama UniversityUniversity 49,342 #1,908
2Okayama University of ScienceUniversity 9,520 #4,075
3Okayama University HospitalHospital / health system 3,027 #8,941
4Sakakibara HospitalHospital / health system 1,081 #25,474
5Industrial Technology Center of Okayama PrefectureResearch facility 951 #24,385
6Okayama PrefectureResearch facility 826 #22,503
7Okayama Medical CenterHospital / health system 787 #20,991
8Hayashibara (Japan)Company 648 #7,354 all time
9Shujitsu UniversityUniversity 531 #21,832
10Okayama Red Cross General HospitalHospital / health system 379 #26,684
11Okayama Saiseikai General HospitalHospital / health system 374 #39,844 all time
12Akebono ClinicHospital / health system 321 #26,143
13Okayama Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 297 #26,901
14Okayama Psychiatric Medical CenterHospital / health system 267 #33,397 all time
15Notre Dame Seishin UniversityUniversity 207 #32,084 all time
16Shigei Medical Research InstituteHospital / health system 196 #32,646 all time
17Okayama Shoka UniversityUniversity 173 #40,699 all time
18International Pacific UniversityUniversity 118 not ranked
19Chugoku Gakuen UniversityUniversity 107 not ranked
20Sanyo Gakuen UniversityUniversity 104 not ranked
21Okayama Central HospitalHospital / health system 93 not ranked
22Okayama Institute for Quantum PhysicsResearch facility 89 not ranked
23Nagashima HospitalHospital / health system 74 not ranked
24Okayama City Ishii Elementary SchoolUniversity 33 not ranked
25Okayama Ceramics Research FoundationInstitution 33 not ranked
26Okayama Saidaiji HospitalHospital / health system 28 not ranked
27Okayama Prefectural Okayama Technical High SchoolUniversity 20 not ranked
28Kansai High SchoolUniversity 15 not ranked
29Kake Educational InstitutionUniversity 14 not ranked
30Wesco (Japan)Company 14 not ranked
31Mannari HospitalHospital / health system 13 not ranked
32Okayama Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 13 not ranked
33Benesse Holdings (Japan)Company 10 not ranked
34Okayama University of Commerce Attached high SchoolUniversity 10 not ranked
35Okayama Prefectural Okayama Asahi High SchoolUniversity 8 not ranked
36Okayama Prefectural MuseumArchive 4 not ranked
37Okayama Prefectural Katsumata High SchoolUniversity 3 not ranked
38Okayama City LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
39Okayama 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.

Okayama University: 70.8%Okayama University of Science: 13.7%Okayama University Hospital: 4.3%Sakakibara Hospital: 1.6%35 others listed: 9.7%71%largest
Okayama University49k · 70.8%Okayama University of Science9,520 · 13.7%Okayama University Hospital3,027 · 4.3%Sakakibara Hospital1,081 · 1.6%35 others listed6,762 · 9.7%

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).

  1. GastroenterologySubfield · 31.1 works3.7×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 357.8 works3.3×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 33.5 works2.9×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 217.1 works2.9×
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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.

▲ 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
  1. Epidemiology425▲ 1.51×130 topics
  2. Inflammation305▲ 2.1×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress202▲ 1.73×59 topics
  4. Treatment171▲ 1.98×50 topics
  5. Chemotherapy171▲ 3.4×24 topics
  6. Cancer160▲ 1.67×53 topics
  7. Deep Learning159▼ 0.65×76 topics
  8. Immunotherapy154▲ 3.0×19 topics
  9. Diagnosis147▲ 2.2×41 topics
  10. Quality of Life117◆ 1.14×45 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications114▲ 1.35×35 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors113▲ 3.6×14 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines108▲ 2.8×14 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease103▲ 1.30×38 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations101▲ 3.3×23 topics
  16. Management100▲ 1.79×35 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment92▲ 2.9×8 topics
  18. Surgical Management88▲ 3.0×20 topics
  19. Echocardiography84▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Heart Failure83▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Complications81▲ 2.3×16 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering74▲ 1.71×13 topics
  23. Radiotherapy74▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Guidelines73▲ 2.2×13 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy67▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Angiogenesis63▲ 2.7×16 topics
  27. Surgery62▲ 2.5×10 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization62▲ 4.9×6 topics
  29. Treatment Guidelines59▲ 3.8×7 topics
  30. Survival Analysis58▲ 3.0×7 topics
  31. PET Imaging56▲ 4.6×5 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease54▲ 3.1×9 topics
  33. Fibrosis52▲ 3.9×8 topics
  34. Gene Therapy48▲ 3.6×6 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy46▲ 5.1×2 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection46▲ 6.5×2 topics
  37. Transplantation44▲ 6.1×4 topics
  38. Gastric Cancer43▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation42▲ 4.9×2 topics
  40. Mesenchymal Stem Cells41▲ 5.5×3 topics

What research is done in Okayama?

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 32 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 24 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 23 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 22 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPathology and Forensic Medicine 21 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disordersPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.