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Aichi Prefectural University

In research, Aichi Prefectural University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,461 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,763
of 22,385 · #16,882 all time
Rank in Japan
#348
of 924
Research works
1.1k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Aichi Prefectural University

What is Aichi Prefectural University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,461 of 10,670 2.3%65 #13825

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aichi Prefectural 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Aichi Prefectural University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Aichi Prefectural University is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (20%), Medicine (18%), Engineering (16%).

Physical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 42.9% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 20.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 8.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 15.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 22.7% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAichi PrefecturalUniversity157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences29%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3220.3%
    2. Engineering2415.5%
    3. Environmental Science42.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    5. Mathematics21.1%
    6. Materials Science21.0%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    1. Social Sciences2012.5%
    2. Psychology127.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities127.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine2918.2%
    2. Health Professions63.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    2. Neuroscience21.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.61× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.57× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.61×32 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.57×12 works
  3. Psychology2.51×12 works
  4. Health Professions1.45×6 works
  5. Nursing1.24×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×2 works
  7. Engineering1.03×24 works
  8. Social Sciences0.98×20 works
  9. Medicine0.95×28 works
  10. Neuroscience0.91×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.90×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.78×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.66×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.49×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×3 works
  16. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.28×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aichi Prefectural University?

Ranked on the quality score, Si Si, Saburo Sugiyama and Kenta Obata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aichi Prefectural University.

  1. 1 Si Si Japan · #1,033,584 worldwide 42k citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Saburo Sugiyama Japan · #1,779,257 worldwide 917 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Kenta Obata Japan · #2,764,341 worldwide 5.1k citations · 148 works
  4. 4 X. Tian Japan · #2,973,148 worldwide 386 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Keiko Hirose Japan · #3,166,114 worldwide 727 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Lifeng He Japan · #3,450,837 worldwide 3k citations · 167 works
  7. 7 Koji Tasaka Japan · #3,651,312 worldwide 177 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Yuyan Chao Japan · #3,997,424 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Takamitsu Ikkai Japan · #3,998,039 worldwide 307 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Haru Takiuchi Japan · #4,305,724 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Aichi Prefectural University

What are the most cited papers from Aichi Prefectural University?

The most cited paper from Aichi Prefectural University is "Time series forecasting using a deep belief network with restricted Boltzmann machines" (Takashi Kuremoto, Shinsuke Kimura, Kunikazu Kobayashi et al., 2014), with 533 citations. Next come "Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaire Developed for Health Education: A Relative Validation of The Test-Version by Comparison with 3-Day Diet Record in Women" (513) and "The connected-component labeling problem: A review of state-of-the-art algorithms" (456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time series forecasting using a deep belief network with restricted Boltzmann machines Takashi Kuremoto, Shinsuke Kimura, Kunikazu Kobayashi et al. · Neurocomputing 22 Jan 2014 533
2 Self-Administered Diet History Questionnaire Developed for Health Education: A Relative Validation of The Test-Version by Comparison with 3-Day Diet Record in Women Satoshi Sasaki, Ryoko Yanagibori, Keiko Amano · Journal of Epidemiology Open access 1998 513
3 The connected-component labeling problem: A review of state-of-the-art algorithms Lifeng He, Xiwei Ren, Qihang Gao et al. · Pattern Recognition Open access 22 Apr 2017 456
4 Factors affecting the magnetic properties of dimeric copper(II) complexes Michinobu Kato, Yoneichiro Muto · Coordination Chemistry Reviews Dec 1988 435
5 Linear-time connected-component labeling based on sequential local operations Kenji Suzuki, Isao Horiba, Noboru Sugie · Computer Vision and Image Understanding 2003 416
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aichi Prefectural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Human-Robot Interaction, Culture, History, Identity, Modernization, Virtual Reality and Society.

▲ 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 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. Deep Learning15▲ 2.7×34 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 1.67×19 topics
  3. Human-Robot Interaction6▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 2.1×14 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.7×6 topics
  6. Neural Networks6▲ 2.5×15 topics
  7. History6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  8. Identity6▲ 4.9×6 topics
  9. Culture5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  10. Remote Sensing5▲ 2.7×8 topics
  11. Virtual Reality5▲ 6.4×6 topics
  12. Colonialism5▲ 6.3×3 topics
  13. Gender4▲ 5.4×3 topics
  14. Literature4▲ 5.2×2 topics
  15. Modernization4▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Feature Extraction4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  17. Society4▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Politics4▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Japan4▲ 117×1 topic
  20. Service Robots4▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Elderly Care3▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  23. Anthropomorphism3▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  25. Socially Assistive Robotics3▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Cloud Robotics3▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Internet of Robotic Things3▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Self-Efficacy2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  29. Student Perceptions2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  30. Biomass Estimation2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  31. Entanglement2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  32. Learning Environments2▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Multilingualism2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  34. Climate2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Performance2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Muscle Mass2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Engineering Design2▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Phenology2▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Robotics Programming2▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Vegetation Monitoring2▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Aichi Prefectural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, Social Robot Interaction and HRI, Robotics and Automated Systems and Educational Robotics and Engineering.

Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 3 fractional worksRobotics and Automated S…3Robotics and Automated Systems: 3 fractional worksEducational Robotics and…2Educational Robotics and Engineering: 2 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and …2Quantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksEducation and Learning I…2Education and Learning Interventions: 2 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related F…1Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Process…1Natural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSocial PsychologyControl and Systems EngineeringArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aichi Prefectural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aichi Prefectural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Aichi Prefectural University0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aichi Prefectural University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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 2025Aichi Prefectural University3.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.4% in 2003.

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