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Hitotsubashi University

In research, Hitotsubashi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,060 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,805 of 6,365 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#785 of 1,775 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Finance, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Finance is 18.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,281
of 28,054 · #7,922 all time
Rank in Japan
#214
of 1,070
Research works
4.1k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Hitotsubashi University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,060 of 10,521 18.1%649 #1410
Social SciencesField #2,805 of 6,365 17.4%239 #1996
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #785 of 1,775 18.7%181 #461
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #746 of 1,272 22.5%108 #599
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,567 of 2,578 16.6%120 #1116
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,608 of 2,578 16.8%88 #1424
Physical SciencesDomain #9,683 of 12,888 9.4%174 #9523

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,410 #2,060
  2. Social Sciences#1,996 #2,805
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#461 #785
  4. Economics and Econometrics#599 #746
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#1,116 #1,567
  6. Sociology and Political Science#1,424 #1,608
  7. Physical Sciences#9,523 #9,683
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hitotsubashi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Finance takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. FinanceSubfield · 49.3 works18×
  2. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 24.1 works11×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 181.5 works9.6×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 45.2 works8.3×
  5. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 108.1 works7.7×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.95× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.18× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.47× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.55× its world share, 182 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 239 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hitotsubashi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ikujiro Nonaka, Hiroyuki Okamuro and Taku Yamamoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hitotsubashi University.

  1. 1 Ikujiro Nonaka Japan · #20,485 worldwide 602 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Hiroyuki Okamuro Japan · #192,196 worldwide 183 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Taku Yamamoto Japan · #215,413 worldwide 1.1k citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hiroyuki Odagiri Japan · #349,530 worldwide 88 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Chūshichi Tsuzuki Japan · #377,381 worldwide 7 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Ryōshin Minami Japan · #404,763 worldwide 52 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Rouselle Lavado Japan · #407,061 worldwide 106 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jota Ishikawa Japan · #436,258 worldwide 68 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Mitsuru Iwamura Japan · #468,415 worldwide 25 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Junichi Nishimura Japan · #487,811 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hitotsubashi University

Which keywords describe research at Hitotsubashi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Monetary Policy, History, Culture, Literature and Modernization.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization60▲ 3.4×62 topics
  2. Economic Growth59▲ 7.8×21 topics
  3. Corporate Governance42▲ 6.5×18 topics
  4. History37▲ 5.9×20 topics
  5. Monetary Policy36▲ 16×9 topics
  6. Culture33▲ 7.1×13 topics
  7. Economic Development31▲ 4.3×22 topics
  8. Innovation31▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Literature31▲ 6.4×16 topics
  10. Modernization26▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Fiscal Policy25▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Regulation24▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. Financial Constraints24▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Philosophy24▲ 6.0×10 topics
  15. Social Capital23▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior23▲ 4.0×12 topics
  17. Firm Performance22▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Ethnicity21▲ 6.2×7 topics
  19. Liquidity20▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Mergers and Acquisitions20▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Risk Management20▲ 4.8×10 topics
  22. Gender20▲ 4.2×22 topics
  23. Investor Protection20▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Ownership Structure20▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Social Influence20▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Political Economy18▲ 7.9×12 topics
  27. Science18▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Legal Regulation17▲ 8.8×4 topics
  29. Economic Security17▲ 8.9×5 topics
  30. Islam17▲ 9.1×2 topics
  31. Finance17▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Panel Data Analysis17▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Sharia Law17▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Financial Development16▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Design16▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Malay Language16▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Air Force16▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Public Oversight16▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Transport Policy16▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Warfare16▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Hitotsubashi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Corporate Finance and Go…20Corporate Finance and Governance: 20 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…16Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 16 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …16Military Technology and Strategies: 16 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…16Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 16 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 12 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 11 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…10Japanese History and Culture: 10 fractional worksStochastic processes and…10Stochastic processes and financial applications: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts8COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…8Fiscal 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 20 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 16 works
  5. 5 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 12 works
  6. 6 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 works
  7. 7 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 10 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hitotsubashi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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