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Fukui Prefectural University

In research, Fukui Prefectural University stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,327 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,340 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,220
of 28,054 · #15,318 all time
Rank in Japan
#306
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Fukui Prefectural 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,327 of 7,800 13.4%87 #7834
Physical SciencesDomain #11,340 of 12,888 10.9%60 #13635

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fukui 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 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: 3.98× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.87× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.24× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.56× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.83× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fukui Prefectural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Osamu Yamakawa, Ryo Sugimoto and Osamu Tominaga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fukui Prefectural University.

  1. 1 Osamu Yamakawa Japan · #19,697 worldwide 480 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Ryo Sugimoto Japan · #324,978 worldwide 78 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Osamu Tominaga Japan · #861,898 worldwide 40 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Ryuji Kondo Japan · #981,464 worldwide 105 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Shigeru Murakami Japan · #989,312 worldwide 43 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Tooru Ooizumi Japan · #999,096 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Hajime Katano Japan · #1,332,064 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 E. Amano Japan · #1,475,732 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Takashi Ito Japan · #1,517,617 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Yoshimitsu Hamano Japan · #1,594,921 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Fukui Prefectural University

Which keywords describe research at Fukui Prefectural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Oxidative Stress, Phylogenetic Analysis, Gene Expression, Aquaculture, Invasive Species, Inflammation and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 3.9×38 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress12▲ 3.9×22 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.4×28 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Gene Expression8▲ 6.9×8 topics
  6. Aquaculture7▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Invasive Species6▲ 7.5×9 topics
  8. Diabetes6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  10. Metabolism5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  11. Biodiversity5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Neuroprotection5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  15. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  16. Drought Resistance4▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Biogeography4▲ 8.5×8 topics
  19. Functional Genomics4▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  21. QTL Mapping4▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Microbial Ecology4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Bacterial Diversity4▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Cytokines4▲ 6.9×2 topics
  26. Probiotics4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Self-Assembly4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  28. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Fish Immunology4▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Marine Microbes4▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Microbial Biogeography4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Stress Response4▲ 33×1 topic
  33. MicroRNA3▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Plant Responses3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. RNA-Seq3▲ 16×1 topic
  36. sequence alignment3▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Signal Transduction3▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Eutrophication3▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Genome Sequencing3▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Mitochondrial Function3▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Fukui Prefectural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Plant Reproductive Biology.

Aquaculture disease mana…4Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…4Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology: 3 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…3Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 3 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 3 fractional worksPlant responses to water stress: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…3Marine and coastal ecosystems: 3 fractional worksAldose Reductase and Taurine: 3 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 2 fractional works
ImmunologyEcologyMolecular BiologyPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 4 works
  2. 2 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 4 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Plant responses to water stress Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 3 works
  9. 9 Aldose Reductase and Taurine Cell Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fukui Prefectural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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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