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Research in Wakayama

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Wakayama, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama University and Kinan Hospital.

Research institutions
16
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
195k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wakayama

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 Wakayama?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wakayama Medical UniversityUniversity 7,220 #6,366
2Wakayama UniversityUniversity 3,939 #7,750
3Kinan HospitalHospital / health system 593 #20,736
4National College of Technology, Wakayama CollegeUniversity 512 #28,537 all time
5Misato ObservatoryArchive 437 #32,211 all time
6Hidaka HospitalHospital / health system 386 #28,917 all time
7Naga Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 377 #31,999 all time
8Wakayama Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 265 #33,006 all time
9Wakayama Department of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesGovernment institution 163 #34,692 all time
10Shima Seiki (Japan)Company 54 not ranked
11Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama School for the BlindUniversity 32 not ranked
12Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 27 not ranked
13Saika Technological Institute FoundationResearch facility 22 not ranked
14Wakayama City Culture and Sports Promotion FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
15Foundation Wakayama Prefecture Cultural Property CenterInstitution 6 not ranked
16Wakayama Prefectural Board of EducationGovernment institution 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.

Wakayama Medical University: 51.4%Wakayama University: 28.1%Kinan Hospital: 4.2%National College of Technology, Wakayama College: 3.6%12 others listed: 12.7%51%largest
Wakayama Medical University7,220 · 51.4%Wakayama University3,939 · 28.1%Kinan Hospital593 · 4.2%National College of Technology, Wakayama College512 · 3.6%12 others listed1,777 · 12.7%

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

Which fields of science does Wakayama work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Wakayama is in Health Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Social Sciences (8%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,239 fractional works · 56.3% of its workMedicine: 1,184 fractional works · 53.9% of its workSurgery: 267 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 158 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOncology: 103 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 69 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 429 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEngineering: 169 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 100 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 280 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 142 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 57 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 251 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 178 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 79 fractional works · 3.6% of its workTransportation: 53 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWakayama2,199fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences11%

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 Sciences1,23956.3%
    1. Medicine1,18453.9%
    2. Health Professions341.6%
    3. Nursing140.6%
    4. Dentistry50.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering1697.7%
    2. Computer Science1004.6%
    3. Environmental Science452.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy311.4%
    5. Materials Science281.3%
    6. Chemistry231.0%
    7. Mathematics120.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.5%
    9. Energy60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1426.4%
    2. Neuroscience572.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology361.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences291.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.8%
    1. Social Sciences1788.1%
    2. Psychology331.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting160.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities100.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance100.5%
    6. Decision Sciences40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wakayama strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wakayama is most concentrated in Transportation, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (7.9× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 51.4 works7.9×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 230.2 works5.0×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 141.4 works4.7×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 44.6 works4.4×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 126 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.35× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 159 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 1,049 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 157 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.79×1,049 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.35×16 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.67×33 works
  4. Neuroscience1.59×50 works
  5. Nursing1.28×12 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×126 works
  7. Chemistry0.68×21 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.66×29 works
  9. Social Sciences0.64×157 works
  10. Computer Science0.58×89 works
  11. Health Professions0.56×29 works
  12. Engineering0.54×159 works
  13. Veterinary0.48×1 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.46×3 works
  15. Dentistry0.46×4 works
  16. Psychology0.46×27 works
  17. Environmental Science0.41×40 works
  18. Mathematics0.40×9 works
  19. Materials Science0.39×27 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×10 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×27 works
  22. Energy0.28×5 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×9 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×13 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.16×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.12×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Wakayama?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Treatment, Modernization and Science.

▲ 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. Epidemiology196▲ 2.2×113 topics
  2. Chemotherapy108▲ 6.9×25 topics
  3. Inflammation105▲ 2.2×75 topics
  4. Immunotherapy86▲ 5.4×18 topics
  5. Treatment81▲ 3.0×41 topics
  6. Diagnosis71▲ 3.5×36 topics
  7. Management54▲ 3.1×30 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines54▲ 4.5×14 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment53▲ 5.4×8 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors52▲ 5.5×14 topics
  11. Culture52▲ 4.5×8 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 9.9×5 topics
  13. Literature52▲ 4.3×7 topics
  14. History52▲ 3.4×7 topics
  15. Modernization50▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Science49▲ 9.1×4 topics
  17. Philosophy49▲ 5.0×6 topics
  18. Ethnicity48▲ 5.9×3 topics
  19. Design48▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles48▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Social Influence48▲ 10×2 topics
  22. International Trade Law48▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Islam48▲ 11×1 topic
  24. Sharia Law48▲ 15×1 topic
  25. Strategic Planning48▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Air Force48▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Legal Regulation48▲ 9.6×1 topic
  28. Transport Policy48▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Warfare48▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Complications47▲ 4.3×17 topics
  31. Surgical Management47▲ 5.2×20 topics
  32. Clinical Trials43▲ 2.9×15 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations38▲ 3.9×23 topics
  34. Surgery35▲ 4.6×12 topics
  35. Survival Analysis35▲ 5.8×7 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization31▲ 8.1×6 topics
  37. Spinal Fusion29▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Degenerative Disc Disease28▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection28▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Pancreatic Cancer27▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Wakayama?

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 46 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 46 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 46 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 25 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…15Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 15 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 13 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 11 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 10 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 10 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 46 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 46 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 25 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 15 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 works
  9. 9 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 10 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 10 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Wakayama6.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2008.

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