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Fukuoka University

In research, Fukuoka University stands highest in Medicine (#3,143 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,013 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,769 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,003
of 28,054 · #4,059 all time
Rank in Japan
#146
of 1,070
Research works
15k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
215k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Fukuoka 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
MedicineField #3,143 of 10,443 8.6%614 #2522
Health SciencesDomain #4,013 of 11,982 8.5%648 #3330
Physical SciencesDomain #4,769 of 12,888 4.1%500 #3491
Life SciencesDomain #3,921 of 7,800 7.9%204 #2169
Social SciencesDomain #6,270 of 10,521 12.2%139 #7075
SurgerySubfield #1,298 of 1,816 8.3%109 #1072
EngineeringField #5,174 of 6,636 3.3%203 #3804
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,048 of 1,144 7.7%67 #1180
Computer ScienceField #4,503 of 4,667 2.3%93 #4019
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,468 of 3,579 7.0%98 #2223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fukuoka 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. Medicine#2,522 #3,143
  2. Health Sciences#3,330 #4,013
  3. Physical Sciences#3,491 #4,769
  4. Life Sciences#2,169 #3,921
  5. Social Sciences#7,075 #6,270
  6. Surgery#1,072 #1,298
  7. Engineering#3,804 #5,174
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,180 #1,048
  9. Computer Science#4,019 #4,503
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,223 #3,468
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 Fukuoka University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 20.0 works5.2×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 98 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.27× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.83× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.68× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 203 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.14× its world share, 614 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fukuoka University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hisatomi Arima, Yoshinari Uehara and Hidenori Urata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fukuoka University.

  1. 1 Hisatomi Arima Japan · #32,273 worldwide 496 citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Yoshinari Uehara Japan · #40,127 worldwide 296 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Hidenori Urata Japan · #49,200 worldwide 263 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Ayako Tanaka Japan · #79,352 worldwide 373 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Koichiro Kumagai Japan · #84,369 worldwide 291 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Tatsuo Yamauchi Japan · #99,985 worldwide 205 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Hikaru Okabe Japan · #103,297 worldwide 183 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Masaki Yuhara Japan · #104,484 worldwide 453 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Senji Shirasawa Japan · #114,478 worldwide 173 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Fumiko Abe Japan · #120,164 worldwide 132 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Fukuoka University

Which keywords describe research at Fukuoka University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Surgical Management, Diagnosis and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 1.84×104 topics
  2. Inflammation72▲ 2.3×74 topics
  3. Deep Learning41▼ 0.80×52 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 2.3×32 topics
  5. Treatment38▲ 2.1×41 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.54×50 topics
  7. Chemotherapy34▲ 3.3×24 topics
  8. Diagnosis32▲ 2.3×35 topics
  9. Risk Factors30▲ 1.85×30 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 2.5×20 topics
  11. Cancer28▲ 1.38×46 topics
  12. Management26▲ 2.3×27 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 3.2×14 topics
  14. Quality of Life26▲ 1.19×42 topics
  15. Surgical Management25▲ 4.1×18 topics
  16. Insulin Resistance24▲ 3.5×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors23▲ 3.5×14 topics
  18. Obesity23▲ 2.0×22 topics
  19. Immunotherapy21▲ 1.94×17 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders20▲ 2.3×20 topics
  21. Mitochondrial Dysfunction18▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Hepatocellular Carcinoma18▲ 5.7×3 topics
  23. Metabolism18▲ 2.3×26 topics
  24. Rehabilitation17▲ 2.9×10 topics
  25. Complications17▲ 2.3×15 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations16▲ 2.6×21 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment16▲ 2.4×8 topics
  28. Biomechanics16▲ 3.5×12 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration15▲ 3.5×9 topics
  30. Parkinson's Disease15▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Hypertension15▲ 3.5×13 topics
  32. TGF-ß14▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines14▲ 3.2×9 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 3.8×7 topics
  35. Fibrosis13▲ 4.7×8 topics
  36. Revision Surgery12▲ 6.5×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement12▲ 6.5×2 topics
  38. Inflammatory Bowel Disease10▲ 6.0×5 topics
  39. Arthroplasty10▲ 6.8×2 topics
  40. Cholangiocarcinoma9▲ 7.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Fukuoka University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Smart Agriculture and AI.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …10Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…7Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 7 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 7 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 6 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 6 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…6Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 6 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologySurgeryPlant Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 7 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 6 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 6 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 6 works
  10. 10 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 6 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-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fukuoka University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

Other research institutions in Fukuoka

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.