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Aichi Gakuin University

In research, Aichi Gakuin University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,226 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,498 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,353 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 26.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,376
of 28,054 · #7,909 all time
Rank in Japan
#239
of 1,070
Research works
3.9k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Aichi Gakuin University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,226 of 11,982 9.4%205 #2879
MedicineField #6,498 of 10,443 8.3%129 #3995
Social SciencesDomain #7,353 of 10,521 19.4%78 #7633
Life SciencesDomain #5,613 of 7,800 6.9%92 #4221
Physical SciencesDomain #10,880 of 12,888 7.7%77 #12607

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aichi Gakuin University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,879 #4,226
  2. Medicine#3,995 #6,498
  3. Social Sciences#7,633 #7,353
  4. Life Sciences#4,221 #5,613
  5. Physical Sciences#12,607 #10,880
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aichi Gakuin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 26.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 22.8 works26×
  2. DentistryField · 53.9 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.23× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.57× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.69× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.23× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 24.56× its world share, 54 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.48× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 24.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aichi Gakuin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kyoko Yamashita, Taro Hayakawa and Hisao Fukui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aichi Gakuin University.

  1. 1 Kyoko Yamashita Japan · #73,284 worldwide 141 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Taro Hayakawa Japan · #188,399 worldwide 122 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Hisao Fukui Japan · #195,423 worldwide 189 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Fuminobu Yoshimura Japan · #200,976 worldwide 139 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yasuo Yoshida Japan · #337,829 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Atsushi Abe Japan · #339,987 worldwide 111 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Masayuki Sugiura Japan · #430,262 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Keiko Naruse Japan · #552,637 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Katsutoshi Kubo Japan · #616,662 worldwide 43 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Yoshiki Takai Japan · #660,547 worldwide 93 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Aichi Gakuin University

Which keywords describe research at Aichi Gakuin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Dental Caries, Oxidative Stress, Diabetes Mellitus, Bacterial Diversity and Inflammatory Pathways.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Epidemiology30▲ 1.70×43 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.7×47 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 3.6×27 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.5×30 topics
  5. Dental Caries13▲ 30×2 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders11▲ 4.2×15 topics
  7. Genetics10▲ 3.3×8 topics
  8. Diabetes Mellitus10▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  10. Surgical Management9▲ 5.1×10 topics
  11. Bacterial Diversity9▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Inflammatory Pathways9▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Oral Microbiome9▲ 35×1 topic
  14. Periodontal Diseases9▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Bone Regeneration9▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Political Transition8▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Fetal Development8▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Diagnostic Criteria8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  19. Periodontal Disease8▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Osteoporosis8▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Treatment Outcomes8▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Biomaterials7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  23. Genetic Regulation7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  24. Cleft Lip7▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Cleft Palate7▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Cone-Beam CT7▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Dental Imaging7▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor7▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Molecular Pathology7▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Odontogenic Tumors7▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions7▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Molecular Signaling7▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Tooth Development7▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Dental Materials6▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Restorative Dentistry6▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Orthognathic Surgery6▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Refugees6▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Dental Esthetics6▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Dental Implants6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Orthodontic Tooth Movement6▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Aichi Gakuin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Dental Radiography and Imaging, Cleft Lip and Palate Research and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

Oral microbiology and pe…9Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 9 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…7Dental Radiography and Imaging: 7 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 7 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…7Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 7 fractional worksdental development and a…7dental development and anomalies: 7 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 6 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 6 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…6Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 6 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional works
PeriodonticsOral SurgeryGeneticsMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 9 works
  2. 2 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 7 works
  4. 4 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 dental development and anomalies Molecular Biology 7 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 6 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 6 works
  8. 8 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  10. 10 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aichi Gakuin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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