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Research in Tokushima

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Tokushima, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tokushima University, Tokushima Bunri University and Taoka Hospital.

Research institutions
15
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
37k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
585k
16.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tokushima

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 Tokushima?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tokushima UniversityUniversity 29,589 #3,553
2Tokushima Bunri UniversityUniversity 3,495 #18,696
3Taiho Pharmaceutical (Japan)Company 1,176 #29,945 all time
4Taoka HospitalHospital / health system 536 #19,763
5Tokushima Prefectural Central HospitalHospital / health system 383 #22,293
6Shikoku UniversityUniversity 370 #20,841 all time
7Tokushima HospitalHospital / health system 226 #32,239 all time
8Tokushima Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 220 #32,577 all time
9Tokushima College of TechnologyUniversity 165 #27,354 all time
10Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture hospitalHospital / health system 120 not ranked
11Tokushima Breast Care ClinicHospital / health system 117 not ranked
12Tokushima Prefectural General Education CenterUniversity 60 not ranked
13Tokushima Prefectural MuseumArchive 30 not ranked
14Tokushima Municipal High SchoolUniversity 19 not ranked
15Tokushima Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 4 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.

Tokushima University: 81.0%Tokushima Bunri University: 9.6%Taiho Pharmaceutical (Japan): 3.2%Taoka Hospital: 1.5%11 others listed: 4.7%81%largest
Tokushima University30k · 81.0%Tokushima Bunri University3,495 · 9.6%Taiho Pharmaceutical (Japan)1,176 · 3.2%Taoka Hospital536 · 1.5%11 others listed1,714 · 4.7%

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

Which fields of science does Tokushima work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Tokushima is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,662 fractional works · 46.9% of its workMedicine: 1,508 fractional works · 42.6% of its workSurgery: 252 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 162 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 110 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 93 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 86 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 62 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 69 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,009 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEngineering: 373 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 97 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 188 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 117 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 74 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 106 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 79 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 696 fractional works · 19.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 429 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 265 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 91 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 79 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 69 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 68 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 178 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 75 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTokushima3,544fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences1,66246.9%
    1. Medicine1,50842.6%
    2. Health Professions692.0%
    3. Dentistry521.5%
    4. Nursing300.8%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Engineering37310.5%
    2. Computer Science1885.3%
    3. Chemistry1173.3%
    4. Materials Science1063.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy792.2%
    6. Environmental Science702.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences230.7%
    8. Mathematics230.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering150.4%
    10. Energy140.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42912.1%
    2. Neuroscience912.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology792.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences681.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics290.8%
    1. Psychology752.1%
    2. Social Sciences661.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities140.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.3%
    5. Decision Sciences60.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tokushima strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tokushima is most concentrated in Cell Biology (3.4× the world share in Cell Biology).

  1. Cell BiologySubfield · 33.2 works3.4×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 61 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 384 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.35× its world share, 26 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.05× its world share, 102 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 180 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 96 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 74 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.95× its world share, 46 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.16× its world share, 1,323 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.95×46 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.35×26 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.26×384 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.23×71 works
  5. Medicine2.16×1,323 works
  6. Chemistry2.05×102 works
  7. Nursing1.67×26 works
  8. Neuroscience1.58×82 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.23×14 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.05×74 works
  11. Materials Science0.86×96 works
  12. Engineering0.74×354 works
  13. Computer Science0.73×180 works
  14. Psychology0.72×70 works
  15. Health Professions0.70×58 works
  16. Mathematics0.59×22 works
  17. Veterinary0.54×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×21 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×61 works
  20. Energy0.41×12 works
  21. Environmental Science0.41×65 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×12 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.16×5 works
  24. Social Sciences0.15×60 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.14×13 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Tokushima?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology238▲ 1.68×121 topics
  2. Inflammation213▲ 2.8×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress130▲ 2.2×57 topics
  4. Cancer120▲ 2.5×55 topics
  5. Deep Learning105▼ 0.86×68 topics
  6. Treatment93▲ 2.1×47 topics
  7. Quality of Life93▲ 1.81×45 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease92▲ 2.3×36 topics
  9. Chemotherapy88▲ 3.5×24 topics
  10. Diagnosis79▲ 2.4×39 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome77▲ 2.7×21 topics
  12. Obesity68▲ 2.5×24 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines65▲ 3.3×14 topics
  14. Management62▲ 2.2×30 topics
  15. Metabolism57▲ 3.1×31 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders56▲ 2.8×19 topics
  17. Immunotherapy56▲ 2.2×18 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance54▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy52▲ 2.6×20 topics
  20. Aging51▲ 2.6×16 topics
  21. Biomarkers50▲ 2.0×18 topics
  22. Diabetes50▲ 2.8×21 topics
  23. Heart Failure49▲ 3.1×13 topics
  24. Antioxidant47▲ 1.93×41 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors46▲ 3.0×14 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations44▲ 2.9×22 topics
  27. Surgical Management43▲ 3.0×20 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 2.6×8 topics
  29. Biosensors42▲ 2.4×10 topics
  30. Complications42▲ 2.4×17 topics
  31. Prognosis41▲ 3.5×9 topics
  32. Guidelines41▲ 2.4×12 topics
  33. Prevention37▲ 2.5×16 topics
  34. Apoptosis36▲ 3.3×22 topics
  35. Metastasis35▲ 2.9×12 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease34▲ 3.8×9 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization33▲ 5.3×5 topics
  38. Muscle Mass26▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy25▲ 5.7×2 topics
  40. Degenerative Disc Disease24▲ 7.0×2 topics

What research is done in Tokushima?

Nutrition and Health in …19Nutrition and Health in Aging: 19 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…15Photonic and Optical Devices: 15 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 12 fractional worksPancreatic function and …11Pancreatic function and diabetes: 11 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional works
PhysiologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 19 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 14 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 12 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 11 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 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 2025Tokushima8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2016.

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