City · Japan
Research in Sapporo
Science Explorer records 63 research institutions in Sapporo, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Hokkaido University, Sapporo Medical University and Hokkaido University of Science.
- Research institutions
- 63 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 141k ◆ 0% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 11.4% 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 Sapporo?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hokkaido UniversityUniversity | 99,721 | #509 | |
| 2 | Sapporo Medical UniversityUniversity | 12,752 | #5,104 | |
| 3 | Hokkaido University of ScienceUniversity | 4,260 | #6,778 | |
| 4 | Hokkaido University HospitalHospital / health system | 2,620 | #6,819 | |
| 5 | Hokkaido University of EducationUniversity | 1,853 | #20,607 | |
| 6 | Hokkaido Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity | 1,683 | #15,651 | |
| 7 | Sapporo UniversityUniversity | 1,642 | #10,840 | |
| 8 | Hokkaido Agricultural Research CenterResearch facility | 1,639 | #22,680 | |
| 9 | Hokkai Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 1,166 | #12,282 | |
| 10 | Megmilk Snow Brand (Japan)Company | 1,152 | #15,456 | |
| 11 | Hokkaido Research OrganizationResearch facility | 1,059 | #18,277 | |
| 12 | Sapporo Kosei General HospitalHospital / health system | 946 | #27,029 | |
| 13 | Teine Keijinkai HospitalHospital / health system | 942 | #16,497 | |
| 14 | Sapporo City General HospitalHospital / health system | 933 | #18,041 | |
| 15 | Sapporo Science CenterArchive | 683 | #20,083 | |
| 16 | Hokkaido Institute of Public HealthHospital / health system | 674 | #23,862 all time | |
| 17 | Sapporo Medical University HospitalHospital / health system | 528 | #23,570 | |
| 18 | Nakamura Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 474 | #26,454 | |
| 19 | Sapporo National HospitalHospital / health system | 459 | #34,340 all time | |
| 20 | National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical CenterHospital / health system | 459 | #24,213 | |
| 21 | Hokkaido hospitalHospital / health system | 399 | #27,326 | |
| 22 | Sapporo Minami HospitalHospital / health system | 368 | #33,246 all time | |
| 23 | Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai HospitalHospital / health system | 348 | #24,257 | |
| 24 | Kin-ikyo Chuo HospitalHospital / health system | 345 | #27,369 | |
| 25 | Tonan HospitalHospital / health system | 344 | #37,226 all time | |
| 26 | Keiyukai Sapporo HospitalHospital / health system | 333 | #32,725 all time | |
| 27 | Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold RegionResearch facility | 325 | #30,937 all time | |
| 28 | Hokusei Gakuen UniversityUniversity | 311 | #30,029 all time | |
| 29 | Sapporo Hokuyu HospitalHospital / health system | 307 | #33,496 all time | |
| 30 | Sapporo City UniversityUniversity | 280 | #34,008 all time | |
| 31 | Hokkaido MuseumArchive | 262 | #25,147 | |
| 32 | Tenshi HospitalHospital / health system | 172 | #33,708 all time | |
| 33 | Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical HospitalHospital / health system | 169 | #40,512 all time | |
| 34 | Cardiovascular Center Hokkaido Ohno HospitalHospital / health system | 152 | #42,491 all time | |
| 35 | Fuji Women's UniversityUniversity | 146 | #41,316 all time | |
| 36 | Hokkaido Orthopedic Surgery Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 140 | #42,024 all time | |
| 37 | Hokuyukai Neurology HospitalHospital / health system | 133 | #35,758 all time | |
| 38 | Hokkaido Bunkyo UniversityUniversity | 132 | #40,960 all time | |
| 39 | Tokeidai Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 97 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Sapporo International UniversityUniversity | 91 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Tenshi CollegeUniversity | 81 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Hokko Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 78 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Sapporo Toho HospitalHospital / health system | 72 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Hokkaido Central HospitalHospital / health system | 71 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Amino Up (Japan)Company | 70 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Ohtsuka Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 61 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior CollegeUniversity | 48 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Hokkaido Sapporo Kiyota High SchoolUniversity | 42 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Sapporo Ōtani UniversityUniversity | 28 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Hokkaido Prefectual PoliceGovernment institution | 26 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Aishin Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 26 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Hokkaido Sapporo Kita High SchoolUniversity | 26 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Hokkaido Environment FoundationNonprofit | 25 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Koen Gakuen Women's Junior CollegeUniversity | 24 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Miyanomori Memorial HospitalHospital / health system | 22 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Hokkaido Sapporo Shinkawa High SchoolUniversity | 17 | not ranked | |
| 57 | North Advancement Center for Science and TechnologyResearch facility | 16 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Hokkai School of CommerceUniversity | 14 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Hokkaido Sapporo Kaisei High SchoolUniversity | 10 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Hokkaido Board of EducationGovernment institution | 4 | 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.
Hokkaido University100k · 70.6%Sapporo Medical University13k · 9.0%Hokkaido University of Science4,260 · 3.0%Hokkaido University Hospital2,620 · 1.9%56 others listed22k · 15.5%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Sapporo strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Sapporo is most concentrated in Condensed Matter Physics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Oceanography (3.8× the world share in Condensed Matter Physics).
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 84.7 works3.8×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 98.5 works2.9×
- OceanographySubfield · 115.6 works2.9×
- CatalysisSubfield · 55.3 works2.7×
- PhysiologySubfield · 20.6 works2.6×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 163.1 works2.6×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Sapporo?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy and Oxidative Stress.
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Prognosis
- Echocardiography
- Biomechanics
- Complications
- Pathogenesis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Invasive Species
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Prognostic Factors
- Remote Sensing
- Management
- Quality of Life
- Immunotherapy
- Cancer
- Machine Learning
- Chemotherapy
- Deep Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Nanoparticles
- Biomedical Applications
- Catalysis
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Biodiversity
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Surgical Management
- Genetic Mutations
- Neurological Disorders
- Heart Failure
- Radiotherapy
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Biogeography
- Genetic Susceptibility
▲ 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
- Epidemiology812▲ 1.45×131 topics
- Climate Change562▲ 1.48×99 topics
- Inflammation484▲ 1.65×83 topics
- Deep Learning327▼ 0.68×79 topics
- Oxidative Stress306▲ 1.33×62 topics
- Chemotherapy290▲ 2.9×25 topics
- Treatment281▲ 1.64×52 topics
- Machine Learning267▼ 0.58×85 topics
- Diagnosis259▲ 1.97×41 topics
- Cancer257▲ 1.36×57 topics
- Nanoparticles233▲ 1.32×44 topics
- Immunotherapy229▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Biomedical Applications217▲ 1.30×36 topics
- Quality of Life213◆ 1.05×54 topics
- Catalysis202▲ 2.1×29 topics
- Management193▲ 1.75×34 topics
- Risk Factors183▲ 1.18×36 topics
- Remote Sensing183◆ 1.05×38 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease177◆ 1.13×38 topics
- Prognostic Factors173▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Biodiversity172▲ 1.64×33 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines172▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment164▲ 2.6×8 topics
- Invasive Species160▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Surgical Management151▲ 2.6×20 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome146▲ 1.27×22 topics
- Genetic Mutations140▲ 2.3×23 topics
- Pathogenesis139▲ 1.93×24 topics
- Neurological Disorders133▲ 1.66×20 topics
- Complications131▲ 1.86×17 topics
- Heart Failure127▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Biomechanics126▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Radiotherapy124▲ 2.3×13 topics
- Echocardiography116▲ 3.0×8 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy110▲ 3.3×5 topics
- Prognosis102▲ 2.2×9 topics
- Biogeography94▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation88▲ 2.8×5 topics
- Genetic Susceptibility68▲ 5.1×6 topics
- Cholangiocarcinoma61▲ 5.5×2 topics
What research is done in Sapporo?
OncologyMaterials ChemistryNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 57 works
- 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 43 works
- 3 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 41 works
- 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 38 works
- 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 36 works
- 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 34 works
- 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 33 works
- 8 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 33 works
- 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 33 works
- 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 32 works
Research output over time
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