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Hiroshima City University

In research, Hiroshima City University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,311 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#5,387 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#4,311 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Computer Networks and Communications is 7.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#11,907
of 22,385 · #18,640 all time
Rank in Japan
#311
of 924
Research works
2.7k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Hiroshima City 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,311 of 10,670 1.5%211 #11525
EngineeringField #5,387 of 5,901 1.1%73 #7421
Computer ScienceField #4,311 of 4,417 0.8%87 #4224

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hiroshima City 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. Physical Sciences#11,525 #8,311
  2. Engineering#7,421 #5,387
  3. Computer Science#4,224 #4,311
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 Hiroshima City University work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Hiroshima City University is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (29%), Engineering (23%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 237 fractional works · 68.7% of its workComputer Science: 98 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 25 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 80 fractional works · 23.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHiroshima CityUniversity345fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences13%

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. Computer Science9828.5%
    2. Engineering8023.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy236.7%
    4. Environmental Science102.9%
    5. Mathematics82.2%
    6. Materials Science72.1%
    7. Chemistry61.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences174.9%
    2. Psychology164.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    4. Decision Sciences31.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    1. Medicine288.1%
    2. Health Professions51.4%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.2%
    2. Neuroscience102.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hiroshima City University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 21.6 works7.0×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 24.7 works5.7×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.67× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.55× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.00× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.67×98 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.00×23 works
  3. Mathematics1.88×8 works
  4. Neuroscience1.75×10 works
  5. Engineering1.55×80 works
  6. Psychology1.50×16 works
  7. Chemistry1.13×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.01×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×15 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.59×10 works
  12. Materials Science0.59×7 works
  13. Health Professions0.53×5 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×3 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×2 works
  16. Medicine0.42×28 works
  17. Social Sciences0.39×17 works
  18. Dentistry0.38×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  20. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.27×3 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×4 works
  24. Nursing0.19×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×2 works
  26. Energy0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hiroshima City University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroyuki Takai, Tetsushi Ikeda and Yoko Miyoshi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hiroshima City University.

  1. 1 Hiroyuki Takai Japan · #833,063 worldwide 6.7k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Tetsushi Ikeda Japan · #2,237,486 worldwide 2.2k citations · 129 works
  3. 3 Yoko Miyoshi Japan · #3,195,433 worldwide 881 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Christian P. Scherrer Japan · #3,237,865 worldwide 238 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Inoue Japan · #3,951,331 worldwide 572 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Gen Masumoto Japan · #3,963,438 worldwide 294 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Takumi ICHIMURA Japan · #4,185,609 worldwide 0 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Shigang Li Japan · #4,716,255 worldwide 113 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Yoshiaki KAKUDA Japan · #4,842,094 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Jianfeng Li Japan · #5,206,374 worldwide 1.2k citations · 140 works
All ranked researchers at Hiroshima City University

What are the most cited papers from Hiroshima City University?

The most cited paper from Hiroshima City University is "Marker tracking and HMD calibration for a video-based augmented reality conferencing system" (Hirokazu Kato, Mark Billinghurst, 2003), with 2,211 citations. Next come "Evaluation of glymphatic system activity with the diffusion MR technique: diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) in Alzheimer’s disease cases" (1,177) and "A mechanical metamaterial made from a DNA hydrogel" (597).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Marker tracking and HMD calibration for a video-based augmented reality conferencing system Hirokazu Kato, Mark Billinghurst Conference paper 20 Jan 2003 2,211
2 Evaluation of glymphatic system activity with the diffusion MR technique: diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (DTI-ALPS) in Alzheimer’s disease cases Toshiaki Taoka, Yoshitaka Masutani, Hisashi Kawai et al. · Japanese Journal of Radiology Open access 14 Feb 2017 1,177
3 A mechanical metamaterial made from a DNA hydrogel Jong Bum Lee, Songming Peng, Dayong Yang et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Dec 2012 597
4 Collaborative augmented reality Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato · Communications of the ACM Open access Jul 2002 580
5 Virtual object manipulation on a table-top AR environment Hirokazu Kato, Mark Billinghurst, Ivan Poupyrev et al. Conference paper 7 Nov 2002 580
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hiroshima City University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Virtual Reality, Neural Networks, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Wireless Networks, Autonomous Vehicles and Channel Modeling.

▲ 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. Deep Learning42▲ 3.5×53 topics
  2. Machine Learning18▲ 1.60×39 topics
  3. Neural Networks15▲ 2.9×22 topics
  4. Virtual Reality10▲ 6.2×9 topics
  5. Remote Sensing10▲ 2.3×17 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks9▲ 3.4×12 topics
  7. Human-Computer Interaction8▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Feature Extraction7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  9. Security7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  10. Wireless Networks6▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  12. Channel Modeling6▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Computer Vision6▲ 6.3×3 topics
  14. Eye Tracking6▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Gaze Estimation6▲ 58×1 topic
  16. User Satisfaction5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  17. IoT5▲ 4.0×8 topics
  18. Health Monitoring5▲ 7.2×2 topics
  19. Unsupervised Learning5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  20. Security and Privacy5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  21. Channel Assignment5▲ 41×3 topics
  22. Resource Allocation5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  23. MAC Protocols4▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Wearable Sensors4▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks4▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Mobility Models4▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Routing Protocols4▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Molecular Dynamics4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Sparse Representation4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  30. Convolutional Networks4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Emotion4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Texture Analysis4▲ 5.0×3 topics
  33. Color Psychology4▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Kansei Engineering4▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Power Control4▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Beamforming3▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Depth Estimation3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Implantable Antennas3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Wireless Body Area Networks3▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Microfabrication3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Hiroshima City University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, Color perception and design, Wireless Body Area Networks and Advanced Vision and Imaging.

  1. 1 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 6 works
  2. 2 Color perception and design Social Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Wireless Body Area Networks Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  5. 5 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 3 works
  6. 6 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  7. 7 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hiroshima City University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Hiroshima City University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Hiroshima City University0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hiroshima City 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 2025Hiroshima City University2.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2001.

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