Research in Osaka
Science Explorer records 206 research institutions in Osaka, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Osaka, Osaka Metropolitan University and Kindai University.
- Research institutions
- 206 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 340k ▼ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 6.5M 19.2 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 10.5% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Osaka?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of OsakaUniversity | 157,408 | #329 | |
| 2 | Osaka City UniversityUniversity | 32,119 | #2,612 | |
| 3 | Kindai UniversityUniversity | 27,686 | #2,101 | |
| 4 | Takeda (Japan)Company | 10,351 | #2,434 | |
| 5 | National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterHospital / health system | 9,799 | #4,937 | |
| 6 | Kansai Medical UniversityUniversity | 9,580 | #6,240 | |
| 7 | Osaka International Cancer InstituteResearch facility | 5,763 | #6,158 | |
| 8 | Osaka Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 5,622 | #8,103 | |
| 9 | Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and TechnologyResearch facility | 4,531 | #18,131 | |
| 10 | Shionogi (Japan)Company | 4,428 | #13,638 | |
| 11 | Osaka Metropolitan UniversityUniversity | 3,215 | #1,808 | |
| 12 | Setsunan UniversityUniversity | 2,872 | #18,118 | |
| 13 | Sumitomo Electric Industries (Japan)Company | 2,649 | #19,920 | |
| 14 | Osaka City General HospitalHospital / health system | 2,645 | #13,471 | |
| 15 | Osaka University of EconomicsUniversity | 2,215 | #4,452 | |
| 16 | Protein Research FoundationInstitution | 2,054 | #7,593 | |
| 17 | Osaka National HospitalHospital / health system | 1,957 | #16,193 | |
| 18 | Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma (Japan)Company | 1,804 | #18,222 | |
| 19 | Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public HealthResearch facility | 1,700 | #21,591 | |
| 20 | Kansai Electric Power (Japan)Company | 1,667 | #17,227 | |
| 21 | Osaka Sangyo UniversityUniversity | 1,625 | #13,153 | |
| 22 | Osaka Rosai HospitalHospital / health system | 1,463 | #15,866 | |
| 23 | Osaka University of Human SciencesUniversity | 1,374 | #12,378 | |
| 24 | Kitano HospitalHospital / health system | 1,367 | #14,025 | |
| 25 | Takenaka (Japan)Company | 1,327 | #10,470 | |
| 26 | Toyobo (Japan)Company | 1,297 | #26,494 all time | |
| 27 | Osaka Prefectural Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,273 | #15,790 | |
| 28 | Osaka Police HospitalHospital / health system | 1,266 | #17,076 | |
| 29 | Osaka Health Science UniversityUniversity | 1,251 | #9,650 | |
| 30 | Unitika (Japan)Company | 1,193 | #12,037 | |
| 31 | Osaka HospitalHospital / health system | 1,155 | #16,104 | |
| 32 | Institute for Laser TechnologyResearch facility | 1,112 | #23,449 all time | |
| 33 | Daikin (Japan)Company | 1,019 | #9,727 | |
| 34 | Institute for FermentationInstitution | 991 | #29,700 all time | |
| 35 | Midorigaoka HospitalHospital / health system | 943 | #20,652 | |
| 36 | Ono Pharmaceutical (Japan)Company | 894 | #18,634 | |
| 37 | Nitto Chemical Industry (Japan)Company | 886 | #32,293 all time | |
| 38 | Kubota (Japan)Company | 871 | #12,041 | |
| 39 | Suntory (Japan)Company | 853 | #24,496 all time | |
| 40 | Saiseikai Ibaraki HospitalHospital / health system | 817 | #17,998 | |
| 41 | Tsumura Research Institute (Japan)Company | 781 | #21,093 | |
| 42 | Osaka Gas (Japan)Company | 778 | #15,012 all time | |
| 43 | Osaka City University HospitalHospital / health system | 752 | #21,234 | |
| 44 | Sumitomo HospitalHospital / health system | 708 | #30,488 all time | |
| 45 | Funai Electric (Japan)Company | 703 | #6,945 | |
| 46 | Sakurabashi Watanabe HospitalHospital / health system | 658 | #17,592 | |
| 47 | Higashi Osaka City General HospitalHospital / health system | 648 | #21,779 | |
| 48 | Santen (Japan)Company | 620 | #19,768 | |
| 49 | Sekisui Chemical (Japan)Company | 602 | #19,359 | |
| 50 | Osaka Minami Medical CenterHospital / health system | 589 | #21,530 | |
| 51 | Saiseikai Nakatsu HospitalHospital / health system | 559 | #22,092 | |
| 52 | NHO Kinki Chuo Chest Medical CenterHospital / health system | 550 | #21,846 | |
| 53 | Izumi City General HospitalHospital / health system | 525 | #20,675 | |
| 54 | Yodogawa Christian HospitalHospital / health system | 525 | #21,558 | |
| 55 | Osaka Women's and Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 521 | #20,151 | |
| 56 | Osaka Kaisei HospitalHospital / health system | 512 | #27,061 all time | |
| 57 | Inoue HospitalHospital / health system | 506 | #18,006 | |
| 58 | Kanadevia (Japan)Company | 477 | #27,310 all time | |
| 59 | Matsushita Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 476 | #22,305 | |
| 60 | Yao Tokushukai General HospitalHospital / health system | 475 | #21,574 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Osaka work in?
In 2022-now, 39% of research in Osaka is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Engineering (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences14k38.7%
- Engineering6,00916.1%
- Materials Science1,9325.2%
- Computer Science1,8715.0%
- Physics and Astronomy1,4673.9%
- Chemistry1,1393.0%
- Environmental Science8862.4%
- Mathematics5151.4%
- Energy2500.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2470.7%
- Chemical Engineering1700.5%
- Health Sciences14k37.4%
- Medicine13k35.1%
- Health Professions4961.3%
- Dentistry1810.5%
- Nursing1770.5%
- Veterinary320.1%
- Life Sciences5,67015.2%
- Social Sciences3,2558.7%
- Social Sciences1,4984.0%
- Psychology7171.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3310.9%
- Arts and Humanities2830.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting2530.7%
- Decision Sciences1740.5%
What is Osaka strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Osaka is most concentrated in Gastroenterology, Radiation and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (3.3× the world share in Gastroenterology).
- GastroenterologySubfield · 129.1 works3.3×
- RadiationSubfield · 138.2 works3.0×
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 1,033.9 works3.0×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 153.9 works2.9×
- Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 1,394.1 works2.7×
- OncologySubfield · 946.8 works2.5×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 262.3 works2.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Chemistry1.97×1,029 works
- Medicine1.80×12k works
- Physics and Astronomy1.78×1,323 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×2,798 works
- Neuroscience1.56×845 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.51×178 works
- Materials Science1.49×1,735 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.46×491 works
- Chemical Engineering1.31×153 works
- Mathematics1.17×461 works
- Engineering1.10×5,528 works
- Dentistry0.99×160 works
- Nursing0.94×154 works
- Energy0.72×221 works
- Computer Science0.66×1,713 works
- Psychology0.62×633 works
- Veterinary0.57×26 works
- Health Professions0.49×434 works
- Environmental Science0.48×789 works
- Decision Sciences0.47×150 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×671 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×220 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×296 works
- Social Sciences0.31×1,323 works
- Arts and Humanities0.26×247 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.21×223 works
Which keywords describe research in Osaka?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Heart Failure and Cancer.
- Stroke Prevention
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Endoscopic Resection
- Surgery
- Survival Analysis
- Complications
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Genetic Mutations
- Surgical Management
- Microstructure
- Prognostic Factors
- Management
- Risk Factors
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Quality of Life
- Mechanical Properties
- Diagnosis
- Cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Nanoparticles
- Biomedical Applications
- Immunotherapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart Failure
- Guidelines
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Catalysis
- Echocardiography
- Clinical Trials
- Aging
- Radiotherapy
- Prognosis
- Molecular Characterization
- Catheter Ablation
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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
- Epidemiology2,038▲ 1.37×138 topics
- Inflammation1,392▲ 1.75×83 topics
- Deep Learning912▼ 0.71×84 topics
- Chemotherapy865▲ 3.3×25 topics
- Treatment805▲ 1.77×52 topics
- Cancer785▲ 1.56×58 topics
- Oxidative Stress742▲ 1.21×63 topics
- Diagnosis710▲ 2.0×41 topics
- Nanoparticles660▲ 1.40×44 topics
- Mechanical Properties648▲ 1.76×39 topics
- Biomedical Applications627▲ 1.42×36 topics
- Quality of Life624▲ 1.16×57 topics
- Immunotherapy601▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines598▲ 2.9×14 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease582▲ 1.36×39 topics
- Risk Factors547▲ 1.33×37 topics
- Heart Failure540▲ 3.2×14 topics
- Management499▲ 1.67×37 topics
- Guidelines467▲ 2.6×13 topics
- Prognostic Factors462▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment450▲ 2.7×8 topics
- Microstructure440▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Catalysis413▲ 1.66×29 topics
- Surgical Management406▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Echocardiography399▲ 3.8×8 topics
- Genetic Mutations390▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Clinical Trials384▲ 1.54×19 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy377▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Aging363▲ 1.78×18 topics
- Complications346▲ 1.86×17 topics
- Radiotherapy326▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Survival Analysis311▲ 3.0×7 topics
- Prognosis310▲ 2.5×9 topics
- Surgery306▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Molecular Characterization271▲ 4.1×6 topics
- Endoscopic Resection254▲ 6.8×2 topics
- Catheter Ablation252▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Adjuvant Therapy241▲ 5.1×2 topics
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention218▲ 4.3×4 topics
- Stroke Prevention211▲ 4.6×2 topics
What research is done in Osaka?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 162 works
- 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 162 works
- 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 162 works
- 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 138 works
- 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 121 works
- 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 118 works
- 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 109 works
- 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 108 works
- 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 108 works
- 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 100 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2016.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Osaka for research?
Science Explorer records 206 research institutions in Osaka, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Osaka, Osaka Metropolitan University and Kindai University.
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