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Hyogo University

In research, Hyogo University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,844 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,462 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,003 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,744
of 28,054 · #15,905 all time
Rank in Japan
#200
of 1,070
Research works
1.3k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Hyogo 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,844 of 11,982 8.4%477 #9258
MedicineField #3,462 of 10,443 8.1%451 #9218
Life SciencesDomain #4,003 of 7,800 12.8%104 #8312
SurgerySubfield #1,410 of 1,816 10.1%73 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hyogo 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. Health Sciences#9,258 #3,844
  2. Medicine#9,218 #3,462
  3. Life Sciences#8,312 #4,003
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 Hyogo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 41.0 works5.8×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 58.3 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.33× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 451 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hyogo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Fumihiro Sakakibara, Hisao Honda and Motohiko Takemura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hyogo University.

  1. 1 Fumihiro Sakakibara Japan · #289,908 worldwide 128 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Hisao Honda Japan · #1,215,352 worldwide 44 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Motohiko Takemura Japan · #1,484,377 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kozo Kataoka Japan · #1,499,081 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Ryota Nakano Japan · #1,527,669 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Yuichi Miyamoto Japan · #1,591,308 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mototaro Matsui Japan · #1,607,188 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hyogo University

Which keywords describe research at Hyogo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Guidelines, Quality of Life and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 2.8×104 topics
  2. Inflammation51▲ 3.7×70 topics
  3. Chemotherapy30▲ 6.4×20 topics
  4. Quality of Life28▲ 2.9×38 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 7.0×14 topics
  6. Immunotherapy24▲ 5.1×19 topics
  7. Treatment24▲ 3.0×37 topics
  8. Risk Factors23▲ 3.1×22 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 3.1×29 topics
  10. Diagnosis22▲ 3.5×32 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.0×40 topics
  12. Guidelines20▲ 6.5×12 topics
  13. Management20▲ 3.8×25 topics
  14. Cancer18▲ 2.0×35 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.0×18 topics
  16. Heart Failure15▲ 5.2×13 topics
  17. Aging14▲ 4.0×15 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 9.1×5 topics
  19. Pathogenesis14▲ 4.0×18 topics
  20. Radiotherapy14▲ 5.3×12 topics
  21. Surgical Management14▲ 4.9×17 topics
  22. Genetics13▲ 2.8×15 topics
  23. Mortality13▲ 3.4×12 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 4.4×8 topics
  25. Inflammatory Bowel Disease13▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors12▲ 4.3×14 topics
  27. Complications12▲ 3.7×15 topics
  28. Prognosis12▲ 5.6×9 topics
  29. Catheter Ablation12▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation10▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Stroke Prevention10▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 5.7×4 topics
  33. Radiation Therapy10▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Immunology9▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Crohn's Disease9▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Revascularization9▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Therapies9▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Ulcerative Colitis9▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Adjuvant Therapy8▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection8▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hyogo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease9Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 9 fractional worksOccupational and environ…7Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 7 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 5 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…5Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 5 fractional works
GeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 9 works
  2. 2 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  10. 10 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 5 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hyogo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.