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Hanazono University

In research, Hanazono University stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,308 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,178
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,551
of 1,923
Research works
219
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
174
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Hanazono University

What is Hanazono 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
Social SciencesDomain #13,308 of 14,833 1.2%165

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hanazono 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 Hanazono University work in?

In all years, 75% of research at Hanazono University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Arts and Humanities (29%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 165 fractional works · 75.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 19.4% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 64 fractional works · 29.2% of its workReligious studies: 36 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 15.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHanazonoUniversity219fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences75%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8538.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities6429.2%
    3. Psychology125.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    1. Environmental Science115.1%
    2. Engineering83.8%
    3. Mathematics52.3%
    4. Computer Science52.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    7. Materials Science10.5%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.5%
    2. Neuroscience21.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine52.4%
    2. Health Professions31.4%
    3. Nursing00.0%
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.

Neuroscience: 3.97× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.86× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.82×2 works
  2. Environmental Science4.86×2 works
  3. Neuroscience3.97×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.48×1 works
  5. Mathematics3.17×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities2.19×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.52×0 works
  8. Materials Science1.25×0 works
  9. Social Sciences1.11×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.58×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.34×0 works
  12. Medicine0.26×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  14. Engineering0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hanazono University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tokiwa Gishin, Mitsuhiro Tanji and Seizan Yanagida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hanazono University.

  1. 1 Tokiwa Gishin Japan · #3,422,142 worldwide 26 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Mitsuhiro Tanji Japan · #3,693,367 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Seizan Yanagida Japan · #4,179,802 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Jeff Shore Japan · #4,185,910 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Masayoshi Takasaki Japan · #4,600,881 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ensho Kobayashi Japan · #4,984,139 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jikai Fujiyoshi Japan · #5,325,845 worldwide 1 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Hanazono University

What are the most cited papers from Hanazono University?

The most cited paper from Hanazono University is "A ten year creep experiment on small rock specimens" (H. Itô, Sadao Sasajima, 1987), with 56 citations. Next come "Integrated megafossil-foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Santonian to lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) succession in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan" (32) and "Blue sky bifurcations caused by unstable limit cycle leading to voltage collapse in an electric power system" (27).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A ten year creep experiment on small rock specimens H. Itô, Sadao Sasajima · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts Apr 1987 56
2 Integrated megafossil-foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Santonian to lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) succession in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan Seiichi Toshimitsu, Seijuro Maiya, Yoko Inoue et al. · Cretaceous Research Feb 1998 32
3 Blue sky bifurcations caused by unstable limit cycle leading to voltage collapse in an electric power system Hirofumi Ohta, Yoshisuke Ueda · Chaos Solitons & Fractals 26 Aug 2002 27
4 Paleomagnetic Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene in the Kinki District, Japan Kazuaki Maenaka, Takuo Yokoyama, Shiro Ishida · Quaternary Research May 1977 27
5 SCANNING SPECTROPHOTOMETRY FOR DYNAMIC STUDY OF THE ORGAN OXIDATIVE METABOLISM Shigeki Kobayashi, Manabu Yoshimura, TOKUJI SHIBAHARA et al. · Biomedical Research Open access 1981 24
All 106 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hanazono University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Philosophy, Culture, Modernization, Nationalism, Buddhism and South Asia.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. History86▲ 49×12 topics
  2. Religion76▲ 59×13 topics
  3. Philosophy72▲ 72×13 topics
  4. Culture54▲ 51×8 topics
  5. Modernization47▲ 179×3 topics
  6. Nationalism36▲ 29×6 topics
  7. Buddhism33▲ 1175×1 topic
  8. South Asia33▲ 1175×1 topic
  9. Christianity32▲ 129×2 topics
  10. China31▲ 76×1 topic
  11. Regulation31▲ 23×1 topic
  12. Politics21▲ 36×5 topics
  13. Identity21▲ 12×10 topics
  14. Society20▲ 41×4 topics
  15. Colonialism20▲ 18×5 topics
  16. Gender20▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Literature16▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Human Rights14▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Japan14▲ 226×1 topic
  20. Globalization9▲ 2.2×10 topics
  21. Conflict8▲ 23×4 topics
  22. Environmental Ethics7▲ 65×2 topics
  23. Social Justice6▲ 5.8×3 topics
  24. Ethnicity6▲ 9.6×4 topics
  25. Eurasian Exchange6▲ 161×1 topic
  26. Silk Roads6▲ 161×1 topic
  27. Religious Studies5▲ 90×2 topics
  28. Gandhi5▲ 196×1 topic
  29. Nonviolence5▲ 196×1 topic
  30. Language Contact4▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Political Transition4▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Refugees4▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Economy4▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Vietnam4▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Myanmar4▲ 141×1 topic
  36. state building4▲ 141×1 topic
  37. Islamic Studies4▲ 122×2 topics
  38. Linguistics4▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Ritual4▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Language Teaching3▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Hanazono University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Education and Sustainability, Urban and spatial planning, Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices.

Environmental Education …1Environmental Education and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 1 fractional worksParanormal Experiences a…0Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs: 0 fractional worksReligious Studies and Sp…0Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 0 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 0 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 0 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 0 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawNature and Landscape ConservationSocial PsychologyPhilosophy6 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  2. 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 0 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  6. 6 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 0 works
  8. 8 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 0 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 available86.1%not open13.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hanazono University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower 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 Hanazono University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hanazono University0.000030% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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