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Research in Yokosuka

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Yokosuka, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, National Defense Academy of Japan and Kanagawa Dental University.

Research institutions
12
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
17k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
294k
17.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Yokosuka

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 Yokosuka?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyResearch facility 7,041 #1,740
2National Defense Academy of JapanUniversity 5,450 #4,322
3Kanagawa Dental UniversityUniversity 1,797 #14,652
4Port and Airport Research InstituteInstitution 1,007 #17,283
5Yokosuka Kyosai HospitalHospital / health system 737 #21,880
6Naval Hospital Yokosuka JapanHospital / health system 592 #14,061 all time
7Kanagawa University of Human ServicesUniversity 376 #16,386
8Kurihama Medical and Addiction CenterHospital / health system 155 #32,816 all time
9National Institute of Special EducationUniversity 101 not ranked
10Yokosuka City MuseumArchive 35 not ranked
11Kameda College of Health SciencesUniversity 17 not ranked
12Nifco (Japan)Company 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.

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology: 40.7%National Defense Academy of Japan: 31.5%Kanagawa Dental University: 10.4%Port and Airport Research Institute: 5.8%8 others listed: 11.6%41%largest
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology7,041 · 40.7%National Defense Academy of Japan5,450 · 31.5%Kanagawa Dental University1,797 · 10.4%Port and Airport Research Institute1,007 · 5.8%8 others listed2,014 · 11.6%

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

Which fields of science does Yokosuka work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research in Yokosuka is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Engineering (20%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,681 fractional works · 69.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 523 fractional works · 21.7% of its workGeophysics: 171 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 147 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOceanography: 144 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 479 fractional works · 19.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 82 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 76 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 314 fractional works · 13.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 108 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology: 79 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 136 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 52 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 82 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 74 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 447 fractional works · 18.5% of its workMedicine: 337 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSurgery: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDentistry: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOral Surgery: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 152 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 84 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 54 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 134 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKYokosuka2,413fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences6%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences52321.7%
    2. Engineering47919.9%
    3. Environmental Science31413.0%
    4. Computer Science1365.6%
    5. Materials Science823.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy743.1%
    7. Chemistry281.2%
    8. Mathematics200.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering180.7%
    10. Energy60.3%
    1. Medicine33714.0%
    2. Dentistry612.5%
    3. Health Professions441.8%
    4. Nursing50.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology843.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences271.1%
    3. Neuroscience261.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology90.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Social Sciences692.9%
    2. Psychology311.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities110.4%
    5. Decision Sciences70.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Yokosuka strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Yokosuka is most concentrated in Oceanography, Geophysics and Earth and Planetary Sciences (20.8× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 124.9 works21×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 149.2 works20×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 450.9 works13×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 125.9 works13×
  5. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 29.2 works6.2×
  6. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 93.8 works5.8×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.08× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 119 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13.44× its world share, 451 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 439 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.63× its world share, 280 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 72 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 65 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.45× its world share, 57 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 302 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.44×451 works
  2. Dentistry5.45×57 works
  3. Environmental Science2.63×280 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.08×16 works
  5. Engineering1.37×439 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.36×65 works
  7. Materials Science0.96×72 works
  8. Chemistry0.79×27 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×6 works
  10. Medicine0.73×302 works
  11. Computer Science0.72×119 works
  12. Health Professions0.69×39 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×73 works
  14. Neuroscience0.61×21 works
  15. Mathematics0.61×15 works
  16. Psychology0.40×26 works
  17. Nursing0.38×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×8 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.27×6 works
  20. Energy0.26×5 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×11 works
  22. Social Sciences0.23×64 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×23 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.15×10 works
  25. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Yokosuka?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Plate Tectonics, Data Assimilation, Geodetic Measurements, Subduction and Hydrological Cycle.

▲ 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. Climate Change240▲ 3.7×70 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation110▲ 33×3 topics
  3. Global Warming109▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Machine Learning94▲ 1.16×58 topics
  5. Remote Sensing80▲ 2.7×29 topics
  6. Plate Tectonics77▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Data Assimilation76▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Geodetic Measurements60▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Subduction57▲ 32×3 topics
  10. Hydrological Cycle57▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Earthquakes56▲ 41×1 topic
  12. Plate Boundaries56▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Tomography54▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Greenhouse Gas Emissions52▲ 7.8×6 topics
  15. Extreme Events51▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Climate Modeling50▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Precipitation Extremes50▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Tectonics47▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Climate Change Impact41▲ 7.5×6 topics
  20. Oceanic Modeling41▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Tidal Analysis41▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Sea Level Rise40▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Tropical Cyclones38▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Thermodynamic Modeling38▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Superconductivity37▲ 8.9×8 topics
  26. Geochronology36▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Zircon36▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Boundary Layer36▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Ensemble Kalman Filter34▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Benthic Communities34▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Marine Biodiversity34▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Crystal Structure Prediction33▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Mantle Dynamics33▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Probabilistic Forecasting32▲ 6.9×3 topics
  35. Convective Parameterization32▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Mesoscale Modeling32▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Holocene31▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Marine Sediments30▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Arctic29▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Sea Level29▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Yokosuka?

earthquake and tectonic studies: 50 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 45 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…36Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 36 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…32Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 32 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 28 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 27 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…26Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 26 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 25 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 23 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…22Marine and coastal ecosystems: 22 fractional works
GeophysicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 50 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 45 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 36 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 32 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 28 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 27 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 26 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 25 works
  9. 9 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 23 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 22 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 counting10%20%30%Yokosuka12.5% 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 23.2% in 2007.

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