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Research in Ōtawara

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Ōtawara, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are International University of Health and Welfare.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.8k
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ōtawara

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 Ōtawara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1International University of Health and WelfareUniversity 4,965 #7,936
2Tochigi Prefectural Fisheries Experimental StationInstitution 436 #32,461 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Ōtawara work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Ōtawara is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Neuroscience (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,212 fractional works · 73.1% of its workMedicine: 1,108 fractional works · 66.8% of its workSurgery: 174 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 95 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPhysiology: 80 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 73 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeurology: 66 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 62 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 37 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 36 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 76 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLeadership and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 242 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 106 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 80 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 107 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 96 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKŌtawara1,658fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences6%

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. Health Sciences1,21273.1%
    1. Medicine1,10866.8%
    2. Health Professions764.6%
    3. Nursing211.3%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1066.4%
    2. Neuroscience804.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology311.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences130.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.7%
    1. Psychology593.5%
    2. Social Sciences311.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities40.2%
    5. Decision Sciences30.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    1. Engineering332.0%
    2. Environmental Science241.4%
    3. Computer Science150.9%
    4. Chemistry70.4%
    5. Materials Science60.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    8. Mathematics20.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ōtawara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ōtawara is most concentrated in Neurology and Physiology (7.1× the world share in Neurology).

  1. NeurologySubfield · 59.6 works7.1×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 72.7 works5.7×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 94 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.92× its world share, 70 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.07× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 980 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.48×980 works
  2. Neuroscience2.92×70 works
  3. Nursing2.55×18 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.07×11 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.73×26 works
  6. Health Professions1.71×66 works
  7. Psychology1.21×54 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×94 works
  9. Veterinary0.93×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.53×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.31×22 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×9 works
  13. Chemistry0.26×6 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×13 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.18×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.15×27 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×3 works
  18. Engineering0.14×30 works
  19. Computer Science0.12×14 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.12×4 works
  21. Mathematics0.11×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.10×5 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×3 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×1 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ōtawara?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Prognosis, Diagnosis and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology188▲ 2.8×122 topics
  2. Inflammation148▲ 4.2×79 topics
  3. Quality of Life94▲ 4.0×49 topics
  4. Treatment77▲ 3.8×45 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease70▲ 3.7×38 topics
  6. Diagnosis64▲ 4.2×39 topics
  7. Risk Factors59▲ 3.2×35 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress52▲ 1.91×53 topics
  9. Chemotherapy50▲ 4.2×23 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders49▲ 5.2×20 topics
  11. Management49▲ 3.7×27 topics
  12. Prognosis48▲ 8.8×9 topics
  13. Aging46▲ 5.0×15 topics
  14. Cancer43▲ 1.92×46 topics
  15. Rehabilitation41▲ 6.2×13 topics
  16. Obesity40▲ 3.1×24 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines40▲ 4.3×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 2.9×22 topics
  19. Guidelines37▲ 4.7×12 topics
  20. Parkinson's Disease35▲ 8.5×8 topics
  21. Global Burden35▲ 3.8×12 topics
  22. Prevention35▲ 5.0×15 topics
  23. Heart Failure33▲ 4.5×13 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations33▲ 4.5×22 topics
  25. Mortality32▲ 3.4×12 topics
  26. Muscle Mass32▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Complications30▲ 3.6×17 topics
  28. Surgical Management29▲ 4.3×20 topics
  29. Elderly29▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Hypertension28▲ 5.8×14 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors27▲ 3.8×14 topics
  32. Pathophysiology27▲ 5.6×11 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease27▲ 6.5×9 topics
  34. Physical Performance26▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Surgery25▲ 4.3×10 topics
  36. Physical Function22▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Cancer Cachexia22▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Sarcopenia22▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Gastric Cancer20▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection20▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Ōtawara?

Nutrition and Health in Aging: 20 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 12 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…11Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults10Frailty in Older Adults: 10 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 9 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 9 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and…8Dysphagia Assessment and Management: 8 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 8 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 8 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…8Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 8 fractional works
PhysiologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 20 works
  2. 2 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 12 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 10 works
  5. 5 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 9 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 9 works
  7. 7 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 8 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 8 works
  9. 9 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 8 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting5%10%15%Ōtawara10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2019.

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