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Research in Saga

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Saga, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Saga University and Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
245k
14.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Saga

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 Saga?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Saga UniversityUniversity 16,369 #6,849
2Saga-Ken Medical Centre KoseikanHospital / health system 299 #22,231
3Ureshino Medical CenterHospital / health system 195 #34,356 all time
4Saga Prefectural Education CenterUniversity 188 #32,818 all time
5Hizen Psychiatric CenterHospital / health system 127 #34,611 all time
6Imari Arita Kyoritsu HospitalHospital / health system 59 not ranked
7Saga Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 56 not ranked
8Industrial Technology Center of SAGAResearch facility 52 not ranked
9Saga Prefectural Regional Industry Support CenterInstitution 7 not ranked
10Saga Prefectural MuseumArchive 1 not ranked
11Nakatomi FoundationInstitution 0 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.

Saga University: 94.3%Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan: 1.7%Ureshino Medical Center: 1.1%Saga Prefectural Education Center: 1.1%6 others listed: 1.7%94%largest
Saga University16k · 94.3%Saga-Ken Medical Centre Koseikan299 · 1.7%Ureshino Medical Center195 · 1.1%Saga Prefectural Education Center188 · 1.1%6 others listed302 · 1.7%

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

Which fields of science does Saga work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Saga is in Health Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Engineering (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 886 fractional works · 44.5% of its workMedicine: 832 fractional works · 41.8% of its workSurgery: 168 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 64 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 55 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 51 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 715 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEngineering: 330 fractional works · 16.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 93 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 87 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 29 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 66 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 38 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 275 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 116 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 76 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 114 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaga1,989fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences45%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. Medicine83241.8%
    2. Health Professions361.8%
    3. Nursing110.5%
    4. Dentistry70.4%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Engineering33016.6%
    2. Materials Science934.7%
    3. Computer Science874.4%
    4. Environmental Science663.3%
    5. Chemistry391.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy381.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences221.1%
    8. Mathematics160.8%
    9. Energy160.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1165.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences763.8%
    3. Neuroscience422.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology311.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.5%
    1. Social Sciences532.7%
    2. Psychology331.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities100.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting90.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.3%
    6. Decision Sciences30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Saga strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Saga is most concentrated in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Rheumatology (3.6× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 150.8 works3.6×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 30.5 works3.3×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 25.3 works3.1×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 67 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 300 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 86 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 738 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.15×738 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.47×26 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×9 works
  4. Materials Science1.38×86 works
  5. Neuroscience1.31×38 works
  6. Chemistry1.24×35 works
  7. Nursing1.14×10 works
  8. Engineering1.12×300 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×102 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.01×6 works
  11. Energy0.95×16 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.90×36 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×67 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×20 works
  15. Dentistry0.70×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.68×60 works
  17. Health Professions0.68×32 works
  18. Computer Science0.59×81 works
  19. Mathematics0.57×12 works
  20. Psychology0.51×28 works
  21. Social Sciences0.22×50 works
  22. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.16×3 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.15×8 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×8 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Saga?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology138▲ 1.74×107 topics
  2. Inflammation83▲ 1.96×75 topics
  3. Treatment68▲ 2.8×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis57▲ 3.0×35 topics
  5. Deep Learning56▼ 0.81×60 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease43▲ 1.88×35 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress40▲ 1.22×52 topics
  8. Chemotherapy39▲ 2.8×23 topics
  9. Quality of Life38▲ 1.31×42 topics
  10. Guidelines38▲ 4.0×13 topics
  11. Management36▲ 2.3×29 topics
  12. Risk Factors34▲ 1.57×27 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors34▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Complications33▲ 3.4×17 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines33▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Immunotherapy33▲ 2.3×19 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 2.0×23 topics
  18. Surgical Management32▲ 4.0×19 topics
  19. Heart Failure26▲ 2.9×13 topics
  20. Obesity25▲ 1.66×22 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders25▲ 2.2×19 topics
  22. Pathogenesis24▲ 2.4×18 topics
  23. Prognosis22▲ 3.4×9 topics
  24. Surgery21▲ 3.1×10 topics
  25. Echocardiography21▲ 3.8×7 topics
  26. Rehabilitation20▲ 2.5×12 topics
  27. Biomechanics19▲ 3.1×9 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 3.9×5 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis18▲ 3.1×10 topics
  30. Thin Films18▲ 4.6×8 topics
  31. Wireless Communications17▲ 5.0×2 topics
  32. Revision Surgery17▲ 6.6×2 topics
  33. Total Hip Replacement17▲ 6.6×2 topics
  34. Antenna16▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Microstrip16▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Photodetectors16▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Endovascular Repair16▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Nanowires14▲ 5.0×5 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention14▲ 5.6×2 topics
  40. Spinal Fusion12▲ 6.5×2 topics

What research is done in Saga?

Antenna Design and Analy…16Antenna Design and Analysis: 16 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…10Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 10 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 9 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 9 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksZnO doping and properties: 8 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materi…8Ga2O3 and related materials: 8 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 8 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringSurgeryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 10 works
  3. 3 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  7. 7 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 8 works
  8. 8 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 8 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 8 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Saga10.8% 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 13.3% in 2009.

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