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Ibaraki University

In research, Ibaraki University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,995 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,661 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,261 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,936
of 28,054 · #2,780 all time
Rank in Japan
#110
of 1,070
Research works
12k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
120k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Ibaraki 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,995 of 12,888 5.4%750 #1774
EngineeringField #1,661 of 6,636 4.0%307 #1605
Computer ScienceField #3,261 of 4,667 8.5%103 #2002
Physics and AstronomyField #1,364 of 1,646 8.1%73 #1451
Social SciencesDomain #9,039 of 10,521 10.7%81 #5673
Life SciencesDomain #6,869 of 7,800 9.6%124 #7782
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,188 of 2,318 2.7%93 #1851
Materials ScienceField #2,425 of 2,468 3.1%80 #1357

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ibaraki 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. Physical Sciences#1,774 #2,995
  2. Engineering#1,605 #1,661
  3. Computer Science#2,002 #3,261
  4. Physics and Astronomy#1,451 #1,364
  5. Social Sciences#5,673 #9,039
  6. Life Sciences#7,782 #6,869
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,851 #2,188
  8. Materials Science#1,357 #2,425
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.

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: 1.17× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.07× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.44× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.55× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.06× its world share, 307 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.29× its world share, 80 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.73× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.29× its world share, 73 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ibaraki University?

Ranked on the composite score, Martha Banta, Hideyuki Tonooka and Nobuo Mimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ibaraki University.

  1. 1 Martha Banta · #83,440 worldwide 120 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Hideyuki Tonooka · #142,189 worldwide 89 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Nobuo Mimura · #188,425 worldwide 185 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Naoki Onuma · #206,233 worldwide 186 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Shigeru Kuramoto · #222,641 worldwide 220 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Yasuhiro Fukuoka · #231,199 worldwide 166 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 利眞 大原 · #257,866 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Yo Tomota · #274,502 worldwide 497 citations · 129 works
  9. 9 Osamu Kodama · #282,057 worldwide 121 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 俊彦 竹村 · #308,536 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Ibaraki University

Which keywords describe research at Ibaraki University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Superconductivity, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Management, Cultural Landscape, landscape conservation, Satoyama and Mechanical Properties.

▲ 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. Climate Change38▲ 1.42×56 topics
  2. Deep Learning33◆ 0.96×55 topics
  3. Sustainability26◆ 1.07×30 topics
  4. Machine Learning25▼ 0.77×48 topics
  5. Nanoparticles23▲ 1.85×31 topics
  6. Biodiversity22▲ 3.0×24 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties22▲ 2.2×29 topics
  8. Neural Networks19▲ 1.27×25 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency16▲ 1.68×22 topics
  10. Microstructure15▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Catalysis15▲ 2.3×21 topics
  12. Superconductivity14▲ 8.3×9 topics
  13. Power Electronics14▲ 4.2×7 topics
  14. Community Participation13▲ 3.6×2 topics
  15. Nanocomposites13▲ 1.64×19 topics
  16. Ecosystem Management12▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Cultural Landscape12▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Satoyama12▲ 124×1 topic
  19. landscape conservation12▲ 124×1 topic
  20. Numerical Simulation11▲ 3.8×11 topics
  21. Biomechanics11▲ 3.6×7 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration10▲ 3.0×3 topics
  23. Channel Modeling10▲ 8.1×5 topics
  24. Thermal Management10▲ 2.9×6 topics
  25. Grain Refinement9▲ 8.1×4 topics
  26. Stem Cells9▲ 3.5×8 topics
  27. Adaptive Control8▲ 6.0×5 topics
  28. Electric Vehicle Charging8▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Extracellular Matrix8▲ 4.6×6 topics
  30. Fuel Cells8▲ 5.0×3 topics
  31. Plate Tectonics7▲ 4.9×3 topics
  32. Water Management7▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Control7▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. Free-Space Optical Communication6▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Visible Light Communication6▲ 22×1 topic
  36. DC-DC Converters6▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Electron Transport6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. High-Frequency Power Conversion6▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Topological Insulators6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Glacial Cycles6▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Ibaraki University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Optical Wireless Communication Technologies, Advanced DC-DC Converters and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Urban and spatial planning: 12 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 6 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 5 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…5Astro and Planetary Science: 5 fractional worksgraph theory and CDMA systems: 5 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and Interactions: 5 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…4Cryptography and Data Security: 4 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAtmospheric ScienceArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 12 works
  2. 2 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  8. 8 graph theory and CDMA systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 4 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ibaraki University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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.

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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.