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Research in Yamaguchi

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Yamaguchi, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Yamaguchi University and Iwakuni Medical Center.

Research institutions
18
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
382k
13.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Yamaguchi

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 Yamaguchi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Yamaguchi UniversityUniversity 27,313 #2,561
2Iwakuni Medical CenterHospital / health system 501 #22,296
3National Sanyo HospitalHospital / health system 369 #30,278 all time
4National Institute of Technology, Oshima CollegeUniversity 345 #22,086 all time
5Yamaguchi Prefectural UniversityUniversity 284 #24,682 all time
6Saiseikai Shimonoseki General HospitalHospital / health system 236 #32,911 all time
7Ogori Daiichi General HospitalHospital / health system 233 #33,727 all time
8Shuto General HospitalHospital / health system 183 #33,295 all time
9National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama CollegeUniversity 108 not ranked
10Yamaguchi Gakugei UniversityUniversity 48 not ranked
11Choshu Industry (Japan)Company 24 not ranked
12Wired (Japan)Company 19 not ranked
13Shiseikan UniversityUniversity 14 not ranked
14Yamaguchi Prefectural Asa High SchoolUniversity 8 not ranked
15Yamaguchi Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 7 not ranked
16Yamaguchi Prefecture ArchivesArchive 7 not ranked
17Yamaguchi Prefectural MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
18Yamaguchi Education Support CenterResearch facility 0 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.

Yamaguchi University: 92.0%Iwakuni Medical Center: 1.7%National Sanyo Hospital: 1.2%National Institute of Technology, Oshima College: 1.2%13 others listed: 3.9%92%largest
Yamaguchi University27k · 92.0%Iwakuni Medical Center501 · 1.7%National Sanyo Hospital369 · 1.2%National Institute of Technology, Oshima College345 · 1.2%13 others listed1,173 · 3.9%

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

Which fields of science does Yamaguchi work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Yamaguchi is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,338 fractional works · 37.7% of its workEngineering: 614 fractional works · 17.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 233 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 83 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 258 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 115 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 64 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,051 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 991 fractional works · 28.0% of its workSurgery: 188 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 158 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 67 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 52 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 669 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 510 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 243 fractional works · 6.8% of its workTransportation: 217 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 487 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 244 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 145 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 93 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 86 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYamaguchi3,545fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering61417.3%
    2. Computer Science2587.3%
    3. Environmental Science1153.2%
    4. Materials Science882.5%
    5. Chemistry641.8%
    6. Mathematics601.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy561.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences481.4%
    9. Energy200.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.4%
  2. Health Sciences1,05129.6%
    1. Medicine99128.0%
    2. Health Professions320.9%
    3. Veterinary140.4%
    4. Nursing100.3%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
    1. Social Sciences51014.4%
    2. Psychology601.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities310.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting270.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance250.7%
    6. Decision Sciences170.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2446.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences932.6%
    3. Neuroscience862.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology501.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Yamaguchi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Yamaguchi is most concentrated in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (18.3× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 195.1 works18×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 210.1 works5.6×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 141.9 works2.9×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 217 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 79 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.17× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 555 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 103 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 81 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.44× its world share, 883 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.84× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 460 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.84×12 works
  2. Neuroscience1.53×79 works
  3. Medicine1.44×883 works
  4. Mathematics1.42×53 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.36×44 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×217 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×14 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.22×14 works
  9. Chemistry1.17×58 works
  10. Engineering1.16×555 works
  11. Social Sciences1.14×460 works
  12. Computer Science0.96×238 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×40 works
  14. Materials Science0.73×81 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.71×50 works
  16. Environmental Science0.65×103 works
  17. Nursing0.62×10 works
  18. Energy0.61×18 works
  19. Psychology0.57×55 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×82 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.50×15 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×24 works
  23. Health Professions0.34×29 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.32×30 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×27 works
  26. Dentistry0.20×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Yamaguchi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Philosophy, Culture, Social Influence, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Science and Ethnicity.

▲ 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. History212▲ 8.6×8 topics
  2. Literature211▲ 11×8 topics
  3. Philosophy211▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Culture211▲ 11×6 topics
  5. Social Influence210▲ 28×3 topics
  6. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles209▲ 31×5 topics
  7. Science209▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Ethnicity209▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Modernization209▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Design208▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Strategic Planning208▲ 40×3 topics
  12. Economic Security207▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Legal Regulation207▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Air Force207▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Islam207▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Public Oversight207▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Sharia Law207▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Transport Policy207▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Warfare207▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Epidemiology169▲ 1.20×119 topics
  21. Deep Learning131◆ 1.07×72 topics
  22. Machine Learning98▼ 0.83×73 topics
  23. Inflammation96▲ 1.28×77 topics
  24. Treatment72▲ 1.67×43 topics
  25. Diagnosis71▲ 2.1×37 topics
  26. Oxidative Stress64◆ 1.10×55 topics
  27. Chemotherapy60▲ 2.4×23 topics
  28. Cancer56▲ 1.17×50 topics
  29. Immunotherapy55▲ 2.1×19 topics
  30. Management50▲ 1.77×29 topics
  31. Pathogenesis45▲ 2.5×22 topics
  32. Clinical Practice Guidelines40▲ 2.0×14 topics
  33. Surgical Management35▲ 2.4×19 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders34▲ 1.70×18 topics
  35. Prognosis32▲ 2.7×9 topics
  36. Tumor Microenvironment31▲ 1.96×8 topics
  37. Prognostic Factors30▲ 1.98×14 topics
  38. Echocardiography25▲ 2.6×8 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy19▲ 4.4×2 topics
  40. Intravenous Immunoglobulin16▲ 6.9×3 topics

What research is done in Yamaguchi?

Military Technology and …186Military Technology and Strategies: 186 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…186Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 186 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…186Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 186 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 13 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 10 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceTransportationNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 186 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 186 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 186 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 12 works
  6. 6 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 10 works
  7. 7 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 10 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 2025Yamaguchi7.2% 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 2012.

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