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Fukushima University

In research, Fukushima University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,659 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#3,060 of 3,551 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,812 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change — Global and Planetary Change is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,648
of 28,054 · #14,339 all time
Rank in Japan
#264
of 1,070
Research works
2.3k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Fukushima 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 #6,659 of 12,888 9.8%255 #8980
Environmental ScienceField #3,060 of 3,551 9.3%76 #4361
Life SciencesDomain #6,812 of 7,800 9.3%77 #11550
EngineeringField #6,251 of 6,636 6.8%69 #9115
Health SciencesDomain #11,429 of 11,982 6.3%63 #17284

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 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#8,980 #6,659
  2. Environmental Science#4,361 #3,060
  3. Life Sciences#11,550 #6,812
  4. Engineering#9,115 #6,251
  5. Health Sciences#17,284 #11,429
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 Fukushima University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 37.6 works11×
← 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: 1.77× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.89× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.41× its world share, 76 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.36× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fukushima University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuharu Bamba, Yoshiyuki Higuchi and Takashi Asada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fukushima University.

  1. 1 Kazuharu Bamba Japan · #115,236 worldwide 784 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Yoshiyuki Higuchi Japan · #522,184 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Takashi Asada Japan · #562,693 worldwide 90 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Harold W. Lewis Japan · #605,461 worldwide 41 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Kunio Shimada Japan · #793,803 worldwide 89 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Toshihiro Wada Japan · #927,440 worldwide 50 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Makoto Furukawa Japan · #1,124,882 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Akira Seino Japan · #1,154,730 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Luis CANETE Japan · #1,163,499 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Yoshitaka Nagahashi Japan · #1,167,988 worldwide 47 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Fukushima University

Which keywords describe research at Fukushima University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Radionuclides, Environmental Impacts, Soil Contamination, Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear accident, Toxicity and Lung Cancer.

▲ 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. Health Effects51▲ 19×14 topics
  2. Radionuclides45▲ 264×2 topics
  3. Environmental Impacts35▲ 29×8 topics
  4. Soil Contamination33▲ 288×3 topics
  5. Fukushima Daiichi32▲ 475×1 topic
  6. nuclear accident32▲ 475×1 topic
  7. Climate Change22▲ 1.81×46 topics
  8. Environmental Impact21▲ 2.7×25 topics
  9. Toxicity16▲ 8.3×8 topics
  10. Lung Cancer14▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Adsorption14▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Ionizing Radiation14▲ 43×3 topics
  13. Exposure Pathways13▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Depleted Uranium13▲ 125×1 topic
  15. Radon13▲ 125×1 topic
  16. Finite Element Analysis12▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Nuclear Fuel12▲ 161×1 topic
  18. Radiation Protection12▲ 161×1 topic
  19. General Relativity11▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Bioremediation9▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Supernovae9▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Extraction9▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Black Holes9▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Cosmological Parameters9▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Dark Energy9▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Coordination Chemistry9▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Sorption9▲ 40×2 topics
  28. Quantum Gravity8▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Actinides8▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Uranium8▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 3.5×7 topics
  32. Field Theories7▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Holographic7▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Invasive Species7▲ 3.5×15 topics
  35. Learning Environments5▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Nanogenerators5▲ 8.5×1 topic
  37. Robotics Programming5▲ 116×1 topic
  38. Wearable5▲ 8.5×1 topic
  39. Cosmology5▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Acoustic Communications4▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Fukushima University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radioactive contamination and transfer, Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Radioactive contaminatio…32Radioactive contamination and transfer: 32 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon …13Radioactivity and Radon Measurements: 13 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…12Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 12 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 8 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…7Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 7 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 5 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 4 fractional worksRisk Perception and Management: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAstronomy and Astrophysics6 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 32 works
  2. 2 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 13 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 12 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  5. 5 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 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 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fukushima University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Fukushima

All research institutions in Fukushima

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.