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Research in Shizuoka

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Shizuoka, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka University and Tokoha University.

Research institutions
28
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
38k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
529k
14.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.8%
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 Shizuoka?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shizuoka UniversityUniversity 20,602 #5,170
2University of ShizuokaUniversity 6,646 #4,215
3Shizuoka Cancer CenterFunder 2,697 #15,114
4Shizuoka General HospitalHospital / health system 1,154 #14,567
5Juntendo University Shizuoka HospitalHospital / health system 1,093 #18,170
6Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka PrefectureResearch facility 861 #21,155 all time
7Shizuoka City Shimizu HospitalHospital / health system 791 #21,984
8Shizuoka Children's HospitalHospital / health system 680 #21,975
9Shizuoka Medical CenterHospital / health system 502 #18,665
10Shizuoka City HospitalHospital / health system 468 #22,232
11National Epilepsy CenterHospital / health system 461 #33,906 all time
12Tokoha UniversityUniversity 415 #14,279
13Shizuoka Red Cross HospitalHospital / health system 385 #33,092 all time
14Shizuoka Saiseikai General HospitalHospital / health system 330 #33,398 all time
15Numazu City HospitalHospital / health system 260 #31,725 all time
16Haibara General HospitalHospital / health system 102 not ranked
17Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin UniversityUniversity 66 not ranked
18Museum of Natural and Environmental History, ShizuokaArchive 41 not ranked
19Shizuoka Prefecture Institute of Environmental Health SciencesHospital / health system 35 not ranked
20Shizuoka Prefectural Central LibraryArchive 22 not ranked
21Izu Nirayama Onsen HospitalHospital / health system 21 not ranked
22Shizuoka Prefectural Science and Technology High SchoolUniversity 15 not ranked
23Shizuoka Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 12 not ranked
24MOA Health Science FoundationInstitution 10 not ranked
25Koyama Fukusei HospitalHospital / health system 6 not ranked
26Shizuoka Prefectural Board of EducationGovernment institution 3 not ranked
27Shizuoka Prefecture Archaeological CenterInstitution 3 not ranked
28NPO Net work for Shizuoka Prefecture Museum of Natural HistoryNonprofit 1 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.

Shizuoka University: 54.7%University of Shizuoka: 17.6%Shizuoka Cancer Center: 7.2%Shizuoka General Hospital: 3.1%24 others listed: 17.5%55%largest
Shizuoka University21k · 54.7%University of Shizuoka6,646 · 17.6%Shizuoka Cancer Center2,697 · 7.2%Shizuoka General Hospital1,154 · 3.1%24 others listed6,583 · 17.5%

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

Which fields of science does Shizuoka work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Shizuoka is in Health Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,989 fractional works · 41.8% of its workMedicine: 1,876 fractional works · 39.4% of its workSurgery: 351 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 316 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOncology: 194 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 109 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 101 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 78 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 65 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,648 fractional works · 34.6% of its workEngineering: 624 fractional works · 13.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 194 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 125 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 237 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 151 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 211 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 148 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 128 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 126 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 69 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 792 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 415 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 231 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 192 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 89 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 89 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 333 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 159 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 90 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKShizuoka4,762fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences7%

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 Sciences1,98941.8%
    1. Medicine1,87639.4%
    2. Health Professions631.3%
    3. Nursing340.7%
    4. Dentistry130.3%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Engineering62413.1%
    2. Materials Science2375.0%
    3. Computer Science2114.4%
    4. Environmental Science1483.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1282.7%
    6. Chemistry1262.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences731.5%
    8. Mathematics440.9%
    9. Energy290.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4158.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1924.0%
    3. Neuroscience891.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics491.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology461.0%
    1. Social Sciences1593.3%
    2. Psychology901.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities240.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance200.4%
    5. Decision Sciences200.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting190.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Shizuoka strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Shizuoka is most concentrated in Gastroenterology, Pharmaceutical Science and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (5.2× the world share in Gastroenterology).

  1. GastroenterologySubfield · 25.7 works5.2×
  2. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 22.5 works5.0×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 269.5 works4.2×
  4. RadiationSubfield · 20.6 works3.6×
  5. OncologySubfield · 166.6 works3.6×
  6. HepatologySubfield · 28.4 works3.5×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 153 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 364 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 80 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.02× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 109 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 194 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 58 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 572 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 120 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.43× its world share, 207 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 114 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 57 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 1,618 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 140 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.02×44 works
  2. Medicine2.02×1,618 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.71×25 works
  4. Chemistry1.67×109 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×364 works
  6. Nursing1.49×30 works
  7. Materials Science1.43×207 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.23×114 works
  9. Neuroscience1.19×80 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×40 works
  11. Engineering0.92×572 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×58 works
  13. Mathematics0.83×41 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×153 works
  15. Energy0.69×27 works
  16. Psychology0.65×83 works
  17. Computer Science0.60×194 works
  18. Environmental Science0.58×120 works
  19. Dentistry0.57×12 works
  20. Health Professions0.52×57 works
  21. Veterinary0.51×3 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.42×17 works
  23. Social Sciences0.27×140 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×18 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.17×20 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×17 works

Which keywords describe research in Shizuoka?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Prognostic Factors, Inflammation, Surgical Management and Endoscopic Resection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology299▲ 1.58×121 topics
  2. Chemotherapy199▲ 5.9×23 topics
  3. Inflammation171▲ 1.69×82 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines119▲ 4.6×14 topics
  5. Treatment115▲ 1.98×46 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress107▲ 1.37×60 topics
  7. Immunotherapy106▲ 3.1×19 topics
  8. Diagnosis105▲ 2.4×39 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors100▲ 4.8×14 topics
  10. Surgical Management94▲ 4.9×20 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy92▲ 8.1×5 topics
  12. Cancer90▲ 1.40×55 topics
  13. Risk Factors80▲ 1.52×34 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment78▲ 3.6×8 topics
  15. Survival Analysis74▲ 5.7×7 topics
  16. Management74▲ 1.93×29 topics
  17. Endoscopic Resection71▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Molecular Characterization70▲ 8.3×5 topics
  19. Adjuvant Therapy66▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Radiotherapy62▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Surgery61▲ 3.7×11 topics
  22. Guidelines60▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Cholangiocarcinoma56▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Gastric Cancer56▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair55▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy52▲ 4.9×5 topics
  27. Echocardiography49▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy49▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Lymph Node Dissection46▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Metastatic Gastric Cancer46▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy44▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Pancreatic Cancer43▲ 8.3×3 topics
  33. Surgical Complications40▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Gemcitabine40▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Genomic Analyses40▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Molecular Pathology34▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Tumor Markers34▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Adjuvant Chemotherapy33▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Chemoradiation33▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Therapeutic Strategies33▲ 7.0×2 topics

What research is done in Shizuoka?

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 39 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 34 works
  3. 3 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 25 works
  4. 4 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  5. 5 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 21 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 18 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 16 works

Research output over time

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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shizuoka9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2016.

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