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Research in Tōbetsu

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Tōbetsu, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Health Sciences University of Hokkaido.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.8k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
18.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tōbetsu

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 Tōbetsu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Health Sciences University of HokkaidoUniversity 2,821 #8,729

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 Tōbetsu work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Tōbetsu is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Dentistry (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 216 fractional works · 51.7% of its workMedicine: 159 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 30 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPeriodontics: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrthodontics: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOral Surgery: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 107 fractional works · 25.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 59 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTōbetsu417fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15938.1%
    2. Dentistry307.2%
    3. Health Professions215.0%
    4. Nursing51.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5312.8%
    2. Neuroscience235.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences153.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology112.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.9%
    1. Environmental Science153.7%
    2. Engineering133.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy102.3%
    4. Chemistry82.0%
    5. Computer Science61.5%
    6. Materials Science41.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Psychology204.8%
    2. Social Sciences133.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tōbetsu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tōbetsu is most concentrated in Dentistry (14.6× the world share in Dentistry).

  1. DentistryField · 25.6 works15×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.47× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.88× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.67× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.77× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 14.55× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 135 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry14.55×26 works
  2. Neuroscience3.67×22 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.88×10 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.77×4 works
  5. Nursing2.58×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.47×48 works
  7. Medicine1.94×135 works
  8. Health Professions1.86×18 works
  9. Psychology1.52×17 works
  10. Chemistry1.37×8 works
  11. Veterinary1.12×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.09×9 works
  13. Environmental Science0.75×13 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×12 works
  15. Materials Science0.27×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.27×12 works
  17. Engineering0.21×12 works
  18. Computer Science0.20×6 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Tōbetsu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Dental Caries, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Diabetes Mellitus and Pathogenesis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 2.7×93 topics
  2. Inflammation35▲ 3.9×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life20▲ 3.4×34 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.5×46 topics
  5. Cancer16▲ 2.8×35 topics
  6. Treatment11▲ 2.1×32 topics
  7. Dental Caries10▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.7×19 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 2.1×20 topics
  10. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.4×11 topics
  11. Prevention9▲ 5.3×9 topics
  12. Depression8▲ 2.3×16 topics
  13. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 9.4×6 topics
  14. Biomarkers8▲ 2.7×13 topics
  15. Global Burden7▲ 3.2×10 topics
  16. Aging7▲ 3.2×13 topics
  17. Metabolism7▲ 3.3×20 topics
  18. Health Effects7▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  20. Cell Signaling7▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Diagnostic Criteria7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  22. Oral Microbiome7▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Periodontal Diseases7▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Angiogenesis7▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Psychological Factors7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  26. Radiotherapy6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Biomaterials6▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation6▲ 4.7×6 topics
  29. Regeneration5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Schizophrenia5▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Low Back Pain5▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Lymphoma5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  34. Dental Materials5▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Restorative Dentistry5▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Growth Factors4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Platelet-Rich Plasma4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Environmental Exposure4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Microglia4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. Bone Regeneration4▲ 8.4×2 topics

What research is done in Tōbetsu?

Oral microbiology and pe…6Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 6 fractional worksDental materials and res…4Dental materials and restorations: 4 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 4 fractional worksDental Erosion and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 3 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 3 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 3 fractional worksdental development and a…3dental development and anomalies: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional works
PeriodonticsOrthodonticsBiological PsychiatryUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 6 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 4 works
  3. 3 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 4 works
  4. 4 Dental Erosion and Treatment Orthodontics 3 works
  5. 5 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 3 works
  6. 6 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 3 works
  7. 7 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 dental development and anomalies Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 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 counting10%20%Tōbetsu14.3% 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 17.5% in 2017.

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