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Doshisha University

In research, Doshisha University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,020 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,446 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,961 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Chemical Engineering — Chemical Engineering is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,391
of 28,054 · #3,950 all time
Rank in Japan
#131
of 1,070
Research works
13k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
103k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Doshisha 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 #4,020 of 12,888 4.1%906 #2786
Social SciencesDomain #3,446 of 10,521 14.1%459 #3700
Social SciencesField #2,961 of 6,365 15.5%199 #3482
Life SciencesDomain #4,246 of 7,800 8.5%158 #4237
EngineeringField #3,649 of 6,636 3.8%450 #1876
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,020 of 2,578 14.6%71 #2271
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,823 of 3,579 10.3%71 #3019
Health SciencesDomain #10,108 of 11,982 9.6%128 #7901
Computer ScienceField #3,987 of 4,667 4.0%171 #3960
MedicineField #9,146 of 10,443 8.6%109 #9556

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Doshisha 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. Physical Sciences#2,786 #4,020
  2. Social Sciences#3,700 #3,446
  3. Social Sciences#3,482 #2,961
  4. Life Sciences#4,237 #4,246
  5. Engineering#1,876 #3,649
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,271 #2,020
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,019 #2,823
  8. Health Sciences#7,901 #10,108
  9. Computer Science#3,960 #3,987
  10. Medicine#9,556 #9,146
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 Doshisha University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Chemical Engineering takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Chemical EngineeringField · 27.2 works4.7×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 71 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.72× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 171 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.82× its world share, 450 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.60× its world share, 92 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.25× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 88 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 199 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Doshisha University?

Ranked on the composite score, Noriko Koizumi, Minoru Inaba and Kazuya Okubo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Doshisha University.

  1. 1 Noriko Koizumi Japan · #95,228 worldwide 218 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Minoru Inaba Japan · #107,239 worldwide 1.4k citations · 163 works
  3. 3 Kazuya Okubo Japan · #114,705 worldwide 218 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Shigeru Katagiri Japan · #170,552 worldwide 290 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Akimasa Tasaka Japan · #186,012 worldwide 420 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Toru Fujii Japan · #195,678 worldwide 232 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Koji Yamamoto Japan · #213,533 worldwide 106 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Kenji Hatano Japan · #237,628 worldwide 170 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Yoshihiro Baba Japan · #286,057 worldwide 275 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Hiroshi Mio Japan · #287,861 worldwide 130 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Doshisha University

Which keywords describe research at Doshisha University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Biomedical Applications, History, Mechanical Properties, Literature and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning82▲ 1.46×62 topics
  2. Machine Learning57◆ 1.05×55 topics
  3. Neural Networks50▲ 1.97×30 topics
  4. Economic Growth50▲ 3.5×17 topics
  5. Globalization44▲ 1.35×51 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications42▲ 2.1×28 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties37▲ 2.3×29 topics
  8. History33▲ 2.9×21 topics
  9. Literature29▲ 3.2×20 topics
  10. Identity29▲ 2.4×26 topics
  11. Culture26▲ 3.0×15 topics
  12. Colonialism26▲ 3.3×16 topics
  13. Gender25▲ 2.8×20 topics
  14. Modernization20▲ 6.5×4 topics
  15. Power Electronics20▲ 3.6×8 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks19▲ 2.4×6 topics
  17. Social Interaction18▲ 2.7×8 topics
  18. Ionic Liquids17▲ 3.6×8 topics
  19. Fiscal Policy17▲ 4.7×5 topics
  20. Self-Assembly16▲ 3.0×11 topics
  21. Tool Wear16▲ 7.2×3 topics
  22. Politics16▲ 3.5×6 topics
  23. Society16▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Microfluidics15▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Wireless Communications14▲ 5.0×5 topics
  26. Composite Materials14▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Fluid Dynamics14▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Monetary Policy14▲ 3.5×7 topics
  29. Political Economy14▲ 3.3×11 topics
  30. Lab-on-a-Chip13▲ 6.5×4 topics
  31. Japan12▲ 33×1 topic
  32. China-Africa Relations11▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Human-Robot Interaction11▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. NGOs11▲ 6.6×5 topics
  35. Structural Change11▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Finite Element Method10▲ 6.2×4 topics
  37. Liquidity10▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Asset Pricing10▲ 6.7×3 topics
  39. Development Policies9▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Foreign Aid9▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Doshisha University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, International Development and Aid, Economic theories and models and Neural Networks and Applications.

Japanese History and Cul…12Japanese History and Culture: 12 fractional worksInternational Developmen…9International Development and Aid: 9 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 8 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 8 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 8 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 7 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…7Advanced machining processes and optimization: 7 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 7 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 7 fractional works
Cultural StudiesDevelopmentEconomics and EconometricsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 12 works
  2. 2 International Development and Aid Development 9 works
  3. 3 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  6. 6 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 7 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Doshisha University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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