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Hiroshima Bunkyo University

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World rank, all time
#24,828
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#902
of 1,923
Research works
263
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Hiroshima Bunkyo University

Which fields of science does Hiroshima Bunkyo University work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Hiroshima Bunkyo University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (24%), Medicine (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 60.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 24.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 11.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKHiroshima BunkyoUniversity20fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences61%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences524.7%
    2. Psychology524.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities28.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine211.8%
    2. Health Professions13.4%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.3%
    2. Neuroscience13.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics02.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Computer Science16.7%
    2. Chemistry00.5%
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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.90× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.90×5 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.08×0 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.88×2 works
  4. Neuroscience2.22×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.96×5 works
  6. Nursing1.80×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.29×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.86×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×0 works
  13. Medicine0.61×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.34×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hiroshima Bunkyo University?

Ranked on the quality score, Masayuki Kugimiya, Arthur Rutson-Griffiths and 徹 根ヶ山 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hiroshima Bunkyo University.

  1. 1 Masayuki Kugimiya Japan · #4,275,733 worldwide 567 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Arthur Rutson-Griffiths Japan · #4,824,018 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 徹 根ヶ山 Japan · #4,942,073 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Judith Runnels Japan · #4,987,647 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Etsuko Masuyama Japan · #5,263,528 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 順子 柳川 Japan · #5,280,993 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Susumu Keitoku Japan · #5,285,809 worldwide 162 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Yoshie Kamimura Japan · #5,546,719 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Tomoko Fujimura Japan · #5,559,892 worldwide 88 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Satoshi Okimasu Japan · #5,746,704 worldwide 116 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Hiroshima Bunkyo University

What are the most cited papers from Hiroshima Bunkyo University?

The most cited paper from Hiroshima Bunkyo University is "Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (Hirofumi Maruyama et al., 2010), with 1,274 citations. Next come "Evidence for facilitation of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) induced by motor imagery" (299) and "Effect of air-drying temperature on antioxidant capacity and stability of polyphenolic compounds in mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves" (256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Hirofumi Maruyama et al. · Nature 28 Apr 2010 1,274
2 Evidence for facilitation of motor evoked potentials (MEPs) induced by motor imagery T Kasai, Sayo Kawai, Masayuki Kawanishi et al. · Brain Research 1997 299
3 Effect of air-drying temperature on antioxidant capacity and stability of polyphenolic compounds in mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves Takuya Katsube, Yoko Tsurunaga, Mari Sugiyama et al. · Food Chemistry 21 Aug 2008 256
4 Phase Transitions of Amylose‐Lipid Complexes in Starches: A Calorimetric Study Masayuki Kugimiya, J. Ward Donovan, Rosalind Y. Wong · Starch - Stärke 1980 235
5 The practice of policy: Teacher attitudes toward “English only” Brian A. McMillan, Damian J. Rivers · System 24 May 2011 175
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hiroshima Bunkyo University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Language Teaching, Depression, Nursing, Job Satisfaction, Student Engagement, Corrective Feedback and Second Language Acquisition.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  2. Depression1▲ 7.5×7 topics
  3. Language Teaching1▲ 25×2 topics
  4. Job Satisfaction1▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Nursing1▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Student Engagement1▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Corrective Feedback1▲ 67×1 topic
  8. Quality of Life1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  9. Second Language Acquisition1▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Social Interaction1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Hiroshima Bunkyo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Workplace Violence and Bullying, Health and Well-being Studies and Technology and Data Analysis.

EFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…1EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and B…1Workplace Violence and Bullying: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksTechnology and Data Analysis: 0 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…0Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 0 fractional worksDigital Communication and Language: 0 fractional worksReligious Education and …0Religious Education and Schools: 0 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 0 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 0 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  2. 2 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Technology and Data Analysis Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Communication and Language Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  8. 8 Religious Education and Schools Education 0 works
  9. 9 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hiroshima Bunkyo University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hiroshima Bunkyo University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hiroshima Bunkyo University0.000020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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