Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Hakodate · Japan

Hakodate University

In research, Hakodate University stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,949 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,612 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

hakodate-u.ac.jpROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#25,935
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#972
of 1,923
Research works
408
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Hakodate University

What is Hakodate University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #7,949 of 11,023 5.9%146
Physical SciencesDomain #15,612 of 17,446 4.6%206

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hakodate 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 fields of science does Hakodate University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Hakodate University is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (32%), Medicine (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 51.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 31.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 24.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKHakodateUniversity44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences9%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1431.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences511.0%
    3. Engineering24.5%
    4. Chemistry11.9%
    5. Materials Science11.6%
    6. Computer Science00.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology613.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.7%
    3. Neuroscience12.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    1. Medicine614.5%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences24.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Psychology00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.50× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.99× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.36× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.99×5 works
  2. Environmental Science6.36×14 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.50×6 works
  4. Veterinary1.87×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.75×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.41×3 works
  7. Chemistry1.21×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×1 works
  10. Medicine0.76×6 works
  11. Materials Science0.45×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.36×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  14. Engineering0.30×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.28×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.26×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  19. Psychology0.15×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hakodate University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tadahiro Numakura, Muneo KATADA and Mamoru Yoshimizu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hakodate University.

  1. 1 Tadahiro Numakura Japan · #4,482,934 worldwide 179 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Muneo KATADA Japan · #5,568,735 worldwide 54 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Mamoru Yoshimizu Japan · #6,458,832 worldwide 0 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Keiichi OISHI Japan · #6,492,200 worldwide 187 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Hakodate University

What are the most cited papers from Hakodate University?

The most cited paper from Hakodate University is "Phylogeographic relationships within the Mediterranean turbot inferred by mitochondrial DNA haplotype variation" (Norio Suzuki, Mutsumi Nishida, Kenzo Yoseda et al., 2004), with 1,348 citations. Next come "The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants" (912) and "Carotenoids Affect Proliferation of Human Prostate Cancer Cells" (460).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogeographic relationships within the Mediterranean turbot inferred by mitochondrial DNA haplotype variation Norio Suzuki, Mutsumi Nishida, Kenzo Yoseda et al. · Journal of Fish Biology 23 Jul 2004 1,348
2 The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants Jo Ann Banks et al. · Science Open access103 authors 5 May 2011 912
3 Carotenoids Affect Proliferation of Human Prostate Cancer Cells Eiichi Kotake‐Nara, Kazuo Miyashita, Akihiko Nagao et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access Dec 2001 460
4 Natural products as antifouling compounds: recent progress and future perspectives Pei‐Yuan Qian, Ying Xu, Nobushino Fusetani · Biofouling 19 Nov 2009 448
5 Marine Pharmacology in 2009–2011: Marine Compounds with Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antifungal, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiprotozoal, Antituberculosis, and Antiviral Activities; Affecting the Immune and Nervous Systems, and other Miscellaneous Mechanisms of Action Alejandro M. S. Mayer, Abimael D. Rodrı́guez, Orazio Taglialatela‐Scafati et al. · Marine Drugs Open access 16 Jul 2013 437
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hakodate University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Ecosystem Management, Trophic Cascades, Fish Population Dynamics, Marine Fisheries, Conservation and Aquaculture.

▲ 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. Climate Change10▲ 8.5×19 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 120×2 topics
  3. Ecosystem Management3▲ 119×2 topics
  4. Trophic Cascades3▲ 75×2 topics
  5. Fish Population Dynamics3▲ 164×1 topic
  6. Marine Fisheries3▲ 164×1 topic
  7. Conservation3▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Aquaculture3▲ 23×7 topics
  9. Population Dynamics2▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  11. Invasive Species2▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.3×5 topics
  13. Globalization2▲ 2.0×4 topics
  14. Harmful Algal Blooms2▲ 46×3 topics
  15. Conservation Challenges2▲ 81×1 topic
  16. DNA Barcoding2▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Sustainability2▲ 1.46×4 topics
  19. Acoustic Communication2▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Eutrophication2▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Gonadal Development2▲ 119×2 topics
  22. Marine Environment2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Anthropogenic Noise1▲ 110×1 topic
  24. Marine Mammals1▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Predator-Prey Interactions1▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Arctic1▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Fisheries1▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Ocean Circulation1▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Oogenesis1▲ 194×1 topic
  30. Public Policy1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  31. Spermatogenesis1▲ 194×1 topic
  32. Decline1▲ 94×1 topic
  33. Ocean Acidification1▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Sea Ice1▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Dissolved Organic Matter1▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Services1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  37. Financial Crisis1▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Iceland1▲ 552×1 topic
  39. Marine Ecosystems1▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Oceanic Carbon Cycle1▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Hakodate University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine animal studies overview and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species.

Marine and fisheries res…3Marine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksReproductive biology and…1Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 1 fractional worksEuropean Socioeconomic a…1European Socioeconomic and Political Studies: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 1 works
  7. 7 European Socioeconomic and Political Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 1 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hakodate University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Hakodate University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hakodate University0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hakodate University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Hakodate

All research institutions in Hakodate

Share Hakodate University's ranking

Hakodate University on Science Explorer

A card with Hakodate University's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Hakodate University. Posts are plain text and can be reported.