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Fukushima University

In research, Fukushima University stands highest in Environmental Science (#2,211 of 3,334 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,286 of 10,670 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,823 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Global and Planetary Change is 10.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#8,903
of 22,385 · #16,686 all time
Rank in Japan
#205
of 924
Research works
2.3k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%

What is Fukushima 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
Environmental ScienceField #2,211 of 3,334 4.7%76 #3607
Physical SciencesDomain #7,286 of 10,670 5.7%255 #11297
Life SciencesDomain #4,823 of 6,403 3.0%77 #10076
EngineeringField #5,508 of 5,901 7.3%69 #8295
Health SciencesDomain #9,412 of 9,902 9.0%63 #15514

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fukushima 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#3,607 #2,211
  2. Physical Sciences#11,297 #7,286
  3. Life Sciences#10,076 #4,823
  4. Engineering#8,295 #5,508
  5. Health Sciences#15,514 #9,412
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Fukushima University work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Fukushima University is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (17%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 289 fractional works · 56.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 85 fractional works · 16.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 42 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 77 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 40 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 89 fractional works · 17.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 9.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFukushimaUniversity513fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences12%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science8516.6%
    2. Engineering7715.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy407.9%
    4. Computer Science275.3%
    5. Chemistry224.4%
    6. Materials Science183.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.6%
    8. Energy71.3%
    9. Mathematics20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences458.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology305.9%
    3. Neuroscience102.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    1. Medicine499.6%
    2. Health Professions203.8%
    3. Nursing50.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences255.0%
    2. Psychology153.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting81.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    5. Decision Sciences30.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fukushima University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.9 works11×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 22.3 works8.4×
← 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: 1.83× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.78× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.35× its world share, 85 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.55× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 1.83× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.55×40 works
  2. Environmental Science3.35×85 works
  3. Chemistry2.78×22 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.83×45 works
  5. Nursing1.83×5 works
  6. Energy1.45×7 works
  7. Health Professions1.45×20 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×2 works
  9. Neuroscience1.25×10 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×30 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.03×8 works
  12. Engineering1.00×77 works
  13. Materials Science0.99×18 works
  14. Psychology0.97×15 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.79×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.68×27 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.65×3 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×6 works
  19. Medicine0.50×49 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×8 works
  21. Mathematics0.41×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.39×25 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.21×3 works
  25. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fukushima University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kazuharu Bamba, Usman Zafar and Hyoe Takata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fukushima University.

  1. 1 Kazuharu Bamba Japan · #128,928 worldwide 9.6k citations · 262 works
  2. 2 Usman Zafar Japan · #1,260,816 worldwide 117 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Hyoe Takata Japan · #2,099,619 worldwide 1.9k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Sean Mahoney Japan · #2,419,095 worldwide 530 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Serhii Kirieiev Japan · #2,425,683 worldwide 281 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Alexei V. Konoplev Japan · #2,607,195 worldwide 3.1k citations · 182 works
  7. 7 Hiroko Ishiniwa Japan · #3,330,094 worldwide 238 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Yoshifumi Wakiyama Japan · #3,391,724 worldwide 1.5k citations · 166 works
  9. 9 Volodymyr Каnivets Japan · #3,475,767 worldwide 151 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Toshihiro Wada Japan · #3,487,040 worldwide 2k citations · 163 works
All ranked researchers at Fukushima University

What are the most cited papers from Fukushima University?

The most cited paper from Fukushima University is "Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia" (Moinuddin Ahmed et al., 2013), with 1,245 citations. Next come "WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 3: Liver" (882) and "Global distribution of earthworm diversity" (502).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia Moinuddin Ahmed et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 19 Apr 2013 1,245
2 WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 3: Liver Giovanna Ferraioli et al. · Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology Open access 31 Mar 2015 882
3 Global distribution of earthworm diversity Helen R. P. Phillips et al. · Science Open access142 authors 24 Oct 2019 502
4 Evidence for an alternative fatty acid desaturation pathway increasing cancer plasticity Kim Vriens et al. · Nature Open access 6 Feb 2019 493
5 Input of Orexin/Hypocretin Neurons Revealed by a Genetically Encoded Tracer in Mice Takeshi Sakurai, Ruby Nagata, Akihiro Yamanaka et al. · Neuron Open access Apr 2005 468
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fukushima University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Radionuclides, Environmental Impacts, Soil Contamination, Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear accident, Toxicity and Adsorption.

▲ 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. Health Effects56▲ 18×15 topics
  2. Radionuclides50▲ 253×2 topics
  3. Environmental Impacts38▲ 28×8 topics
  4. Soil Contamination36▲ 253×3 topics
  5. Fukushima Daiichi36▲ 428×1 topic
  6. nuclear accident36▲ 428×1 topic
  7. Climate Change25▲ 1.82×48 topics
  8. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.7×28 topics
  9. Toxicity18▲ 8.2×8 topics
  10. Adsorption16▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Ionizing Radiation16▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Lung Cancer16▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Exposure Pathways15▲ 69×2 topics
  14. Depleted Uranium14▲ 126×1 topic
  15. Radon14▲ 126×1 topic
  16. General Relativity13▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Finite Element Analysis13▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Nuclear Fuel12▲ 155×1 topic
  19. Radiation Protection12▲ 155×1 topic
  20. Supernovae12▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Black Holes11▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Cosmological Parameters11▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Dark Energy11▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Quantum Gravity11▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Extraction10▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Bioremediation10▲ 16×6 topics
  27. Nanomaterials10▲ 1.78×12 topics
  28. Coordination Chemistry10▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Sorption9▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Actinides9▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Uranium9▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Field Theories8▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Holographic8▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 3.2×7 topics
  35. Invasive Species7▲ 3.3×18 topics
  36. Learning Environments5▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Robotics Programming5▲ 103×1 topic
  38. Cosmology5▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Nanogenerators5▲ 7.6×1 topic
  40. Wearable5▲ 7.6×1 topic

Which research topics does Fukushima University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radioactive contamination and transfer, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

  1. 1 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 36 works
  2. 2 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 14 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 12 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  5. 5 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 9 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  7. 7 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 3 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fukushima University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Fukushima University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Fukushima University0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fukushima 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 2025Fukushima University6.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 2016.

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