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Hitotsubashi University

In research, Hitotsubashi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,163 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,609 of 5,988 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#579 of 1,798 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Finance is 17.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,873
of 22,385 · #3,654 all time
Rank in Japan
#56
of 924
Research works
4.1k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Hitotsubashi University

What is Hitotsubashi 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,163 of 9,585 5.8%649 #1132
Social SciencesField #1,609 of 5,988 6.1%239 #1234
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #579 of 1,798 5.2%181 #460
Physical SciencesDomain #3,844 of 10,670 4.9%174 #5044
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #626 of 1,307 5.5%108 #497
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,505 of 2,581 6.2%120 #950
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,704 of 2,526 5.5%88 #1284

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hitotsubashi 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. Social Sciences#1,132 #1,163
  2. Social Sciences#1,234 #1,609
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#460 #579
  4. Physical Sciences#5,044 #3,844
  5. Economics and Econometrics#497 #626
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#950 #1,505
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,284 #1,704
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 Hitotsubashi University work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Hitotsubashi University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 722 fractional works · 73.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 262 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 95 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 3.8% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 203 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 123 fractional works · 12.5% of its workFinance: 52 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 129 fractional works · 13.1% of its workAccounting: 48 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 48 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 38 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 190 fractional works · 19.3% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 54 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 34 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHitotsubashiUniversity984fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences73%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26226.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20320.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12913.1%
    4. Psychology484.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities424.3%
    6. Decision Sciences383.9%
    1. Computer Science555.6%
    2. Engineering545.5%
    3. Mathematics343.5%
    4. Environmental Science242.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy151.5%
    6. Energy30.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    8. Materials Science20.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    1. Medicine282.8%
    2. Health Professions202.0%
    3. Nursing30.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.1%
    2. Neuroscience80.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hitotsubashi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 51.8 works17×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 27.7 works11×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 202.5 works9.6×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 48.2 works8.0×
  5. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 123.0 works7.9×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.95× its world share, 34 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.06× its world share, 129 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.99× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.62× its world share, 202 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 262 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.62×202 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.06×129 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.99×38 works
  4. Mathematics2.95×34 works
  5. Social Sciences2.10×262 works
  6. Psychology1.61×48 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.48×42 works
  8. Health Professions0.78×20 works
  9. Computer Science0.72×55 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.69×15 works
  11. Nursing0.56×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.50×8 works
  13. Environmental Science0.49×24 works
  14. Engineering0.37×54 works
  15. Energy0.29×3 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×11 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×1 works
  18. Medicine0.15×28 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Hitotsubashi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryota Nakamura and Md. Rashedul Islam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hitotsubashi University.

  1. 1 Ikujiro Nonaka Japan · #74,901 worldwide 87k citations · 253 works
  2. 2 Ryota Nakamura Japan · #252,015 worldwide 2.4k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Md. Rashedul Islam Japan · #402,786 worldwide 1.5k citations · 121 works
  4. 4 Yukichi Mano Japan · #499,076 worldwide 696 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Okamuro Japan · #507,209 worldwide 1.9k citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Ichiro Iwasaki Japan · #556,784 worldwide 2.7k citations · 294 works
  7. 7 Jesper Edman Japan · #700,206 worldwide 552 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Hukukane Nikaidô Japan · #764,824 worldwide 2.9k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Thomas Rouyard Japan · #802,752 worldwide 389 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ayako Honda Japan · #808,494 worldwide 758 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Hitotsubashi University

What are the most cited papers from Hitotsubashi University?

The most cited paper from Hitotsubashi University is "A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation" (Ikujiro Nonaka, 1994), with 17,764 citations. Next come "Statistical inference in vector autoregressions with possibly integrated processes" (6,075) and "Perspective—Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge Conversion: Controversy and Advancement in Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory" (1,931).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation Ikujiro Nonaka · Organization Science Feb 1994 17,764
2 Statistical inference in vector autoregressions with possibly integrated processes Hiro Y. Toda, Taku Yamamoto · Journal of Econometrics Mar 1995 6,075
3 Perspective—Tacit Knowledge and Knowledge Conversion: Controversy and Advancement in Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory Ikujiro Nonaka, Georg von Krogh · Organization Science 22 Jan 2009 1,931
4 Whatisthe Difference Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate? A Native's Point of View on a Decade of Paradigm Wars Daniel R. Denison · Academy of Management Review Jul 1996 1,658
5 Digital inequalities and why they matter Laura Robinson, Shelia R. Cotten, Hiroshi Ono et al. · Information Communication & Society 16 Mar 2015 1,207
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hitotsubashi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Monetary Policy, Culture, History, Economic Development and Literature.

▲ 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. Globalization66▲ 3.4×66 topics
  2. Economic Growth64▲ 8.0×22 topics
  3. Corporate Governance45▲ 6.3×19 topics
  4. Monetary Policy39▲ 17×9 topics
  5. History38▲ 5.6×20 topics
  6. Economic Development37▲ 4.7×23 topics
  7. Innovation36▲ 3.5×23 topics
  8. Culture35▲ 6.8×13 topics
  9. Literature32▲ 5.9×16 topics
  10. Fiscal Policy27▲ 14×7 topics
  11. Modernization27▲ 15×2 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior25▲ 4.1×12 topics
  13. Regulation25▲ 4.8×10 topics
  14. Social Capital25▲ 4.9×14 topics
  15. Financial Constraints25▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Philosophy24▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Gender24▲ 4.6×26 topics
  18. Firm Performance23▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Liquidity22▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Risk Management22▲ 4.7×11 topics
  21. Ethnicity22▲ 6.0×8 topics
  22. Mergers and Acquisitions21▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Investor Protection21▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Ownership Structure21▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Political Economy21▲ 8.2×14 topics
  26. Social Influence20▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Labor Market19▲ 7.0×13 topics
  28. Science18▲ 7.6×5 topics
  29. Panel Data Analysis18▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Game Theory18▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Financial Development18▲ 12×2 topics
  32. International Trade Law18▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Finance18▲ 9.8×3 topics
  34. Legal Regulation18▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Economic Security17▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Islam17▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Sharia Law17▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Design17▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Malay Language17▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Strategic Planning17▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Hitotsubashi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Corporate Finance and Go…21Corporate Finance and Governance: 21 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…17Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 17 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …16Military Technology and Strategies: 16 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…16Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 16 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 12 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 12 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…11Japanese History and Culture: 11 fractional worksStochastic processes and financial applications: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 8 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 21 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 16 works
  5. 5 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 12 works
  6. 6 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 12 works
  7. 7 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 11 works
  8. 8 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 10 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  10. 10 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 8 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hitotsubashi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Hitotsubashi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Hitotsubashi University0.0040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hitotsubashi 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 2025Hitotsubashi University6.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2000.

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