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International Pacific University

ipu-japan.ac.jpROR OpenAlex
Research works
118
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
655
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
International Pacific University

Not ranked overall: International Pacific University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does International Pacific University work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research at International Pacific University is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 8 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 27.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 28.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalPacific…25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences32%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine727.2%
    2. Health Professions14.9%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences519.3%
    2. Psychology27.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.3%
    4. Decision Sciences01.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Computer Science311.8%
    2. Engineering310.3%
    3. Mathematics13.0%
    4. Environmental Science12.6%
    5. Chemistry00.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.1%
    2. Neuroscience12.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.55×1 works
  2. Psychology2.33×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.86×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.66×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.52×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.51×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.49×1 works
  8. Medicine1.41×7 works
  9. Veterinary1.40×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.15×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×1 works
  12. Engineering0.69×3 works
  13. Environmental Science0.52×1 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.48×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.42×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Pacific University?

Ranked on the quality score, Eri Yoshizawa, Maki Maekawa and Yosuke Hiroshige lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Pacific University.

  1. 1 Eri Yoshizawa Japan · #2,794,940 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Maki Maekawa Japan · #3,727,791 worldwide 88 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yosuke Hiroshige Japan · #4,176,255 worldwide 13 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Masato Ogawa Japan · #4,360,777 worldwide 101 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 智弘 松村 Japan · #5,214,353 worldwide 1 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Nobuo Yasuda Japan · #5,724,870 worldwide 909 citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Kazuhide Iide Japan · #6,221,662 worldwide 168 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at International Pacific University

What are the most cited papers from International Pacific University?

The most cited paper from International Pacific University is "Structure and Mechanisms of South Indian Ocean Climate Variability*" (Shang‐Ping Xie, Hariharasubramanian Annamalai, Friedrich A. Schott et al., 2002), with 867 citations. Next come "Equatorial Waves and Air–Sea Interaction in the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation" (395) and "When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence?" (393).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structure and Mechanisms of South Indian Ocean Climate Variability* Shang‐Ping Xie, Hariharasubramanian Annamalai, Friedrich A. Schott et al. · Journal of Climate Open access Apr 2002 867
2 Equatorial Waves and Air–Sea Interaction in the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation Susan Kemball‐Cook, Bin Wang · Journal of Climate Jul 2001 395
3 When Do Governments Resort to Election Violence? Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton, Susan Hyde, Ryan Jablonski · British Journal of Political Science Open access 26 Feb 2013 393
4 Poor trunk flexibility is associated with arterial stiffening Kenta Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kawano, Yuko Gando et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 8 Aug 2009 135
5 Direct Observations of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Response to SST Variations Associated with Tropical Instability Waves over the Eastern Equatorial Pacific* Hiroshi Hashizume, Shang‐Ping Xie, Masatomo Fujiwara et al. · Journal of Climate Open access 15 Nov 2002 127
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Pacific University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Professional Development, Self-Efficacy, Education, Risk Factors, Injury Prevention, E-Learning, Prevention and Educational Technology.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.7×10 topics
  2. Education2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  3. Self-Efficacy2▲ 34×3 topics
  4. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 55×4 topics
  5. Risk Factors2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  6. E-Learning2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  7. Educational Technology2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  8. Injury Prevention2▲ 59×3 topics
  9. Prevention2▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Virtual Reality2▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Lifelong Learning1▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Resistance Training1▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Online Education1▲ 27×1 topic
  14. Smart Learning1▲ 176×1 topic
  15. Gender1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  16. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Identity1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  18. Performance Analysis1▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Training Load1▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Feminism1▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Muscle Injuries1▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Sexuality1▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Sports Injury1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does International Pacific University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Learning Interventions, Sports Performance and Training, Gender, Sexuality, and Education and Sports injuries and prevention.

Education and Learning Interventions: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and E…1Gender, Sexuality, and Education: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…0Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 0 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsOrthopedics and Sports MedicineGender StudiesBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 0 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Pacific University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is International Pacific University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%International Pacific University0.000084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Pacific University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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