Question 1

What is Ibaraki University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Ibaraki University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,250 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#874 of 1,417 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,847 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials is 4.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Ibaraki University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Ibaraki University ranks #6,997 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#4,695 all time), and #163 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Ibaraki University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Ryuta Orihara, Kazuhiro Kanagawa and Eiichi Nakai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ibaraki University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Ibaraki University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Ibaraki University is "Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands" (GEORGE C. HURTT et al., 2011), with 1,419 citations. Next come "Chern Numbers in Discretized Brillouin Zone: Efficient Method of Computing (Spin) Hall Conductances" (1,403) and "FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE SECOND SOURCE CATALOG" (1,330).

Question 5

Which research topics does Ibaraki University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and spatial planning, Optical Wireless Communication Technologies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Ibaraki University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Ibaraki University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Ibaraki University is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Computer Science (11%), Materials Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Ibaraki University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.