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Akita International University

In research, Akita International University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,517 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,632
of 28,054 · #24,571 all time
Rank in Japan
#479
of 1,070
Research works
495
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Akita International 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,517 of 12,888 15.9%78 #14879

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akita International 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).

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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.04× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.24× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.23× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Akita International University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasushi Nara, Marcin J. Schroeder and Attila Egri-Nagy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akita International University.

  1. 1 Yasushi Nara Japan · #1,018,107 worldwide 94 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Marcin J. Schroeder Japan · #1,331,417 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Attila Egri-Nagy Japan · #1,604,000 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Akita International University

Which keywords describe research at Akita International University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Literature, Politics, Gender, Lattice QCD and Geochronology.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 4.2×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 1.93×20 topics
  3. Plate Tectonics8▲ 38×3 topics
  4. Gender6▲ 7.4×2 topics
  5. Literature6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.2×15 topics
  7. Tectonics6▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Identity6▲ 5.4×4 topics
  9. Politics6▲ 14×3 topics
  10. History5▲ 5.3×3 topics
  11. Higher Education5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  12. Geochronology5▲ 49×1 topic
  13. Lattice QCD5▲ 57×2 topics
  14. Zircon5▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Culture5▲ 6.3×2 topics
  16. Modernization5▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Colonialism5▲ 6.7×2 topics
  18. Metal Recovery5▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Japan4▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Society4▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Language Policy4▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Multilingualism4▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Support Vector Machines4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  24. Language Teaching4▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Political Economy4▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Student Perceptions4▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  29. CLIL4▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Content and Language Integrated Learning4▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Rare Earth Elements4▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Geological Mapping3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Compositional Data Analysis3▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Heavy-Ion Collisions3▲ 86×1 topic
  36. Mineral Prospectivity3▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Quark-Gluon Plasma3▲ 86×1 topic
  38. Continental Margin3▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Crustal Structure3▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Refugees3▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Akita International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Japanese History and Culture, Second Language Learning and Teaching and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research.

Geological and Geochemic…5Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 5 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…4Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…4Second Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…3High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 3 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …2earthquake and tectonic studies: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsCultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryNuclear and High Energy Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  4. 4 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 3 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 2 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Akita International University's research output changed?

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

20002005201020152020
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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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