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Iwate Prefectural University

In research, Iwate Prefectural University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,180 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science — Computer Science is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,459
of 28,054 · #15,375 all time
Rank in Japan
#439
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Iwate Prefectural 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 #12,180 of 12,888 11.1%91 #12073

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iwate Prefectural 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).

What does Iwate Prefectural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 48.0 works4.3×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.28× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.29× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Iwate Prefectural University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hamido Fujita, Goutam Chakraborty and Keizo Yamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iwate Prefectural University.

  1. 1 Hamido Fujita Japan · #5,359 worldwide 1.5k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Goutam Chakraborty Japan · #412,305 worldwide 309 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Keizo Yamada Japan · #554,280 worldwide 2 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Masashi Kawasaki Japan · #572,011 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Yoshitaka Shibata Japan · #864,685 worldwide 125 citations · 119 works
  6. 6 Takashi Ogata Japan · #895,841 worldwide 113 citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Masaki Kurematsu Japan · #1,015,529 worldwide 21 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Basabi Chakraborty Japan · #1,049,682 worldwide 78 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Yoshitoshi Murata Japan · #1,066,535 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jun Hakura Japan · #1,080,887 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Iwate Prefectural University

Which keywords describe research at Iwate Prefectural University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Environmental Monitoring, IoT, Wireless Sensor Networks and Image Processing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning26▲ 5.4×52 topics
  2. Machine Learning14▲ 3.0×42 topics
  3. Neural Networks13▲ 5.7×26 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 5.8×12 topics
  5. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  6. IoT4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  7. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  8. Image Processing4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  9. Social Capital3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  10. Breath Analysis3▲ 19×1 topic
  11. Computer Vision3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  12. Convolutional Networks3▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Electronic Nose3▲ 26×1 topic
  14. Classification3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  15. Information Retrieval3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  16. Autonomous Vehicles3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  17. Feature Extraction3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  18. Text Classification3▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Virtual Reality3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Feature Selection3▲ 8.2×6 topics
  21. Motivation3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  22. Security Analysis2▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Topic Modeling2▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  25. Machine Translation2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  26. Time Series2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  27. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  28. Vulnerability2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  29. Collision Avoidance2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  30. Simulation2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  31. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Emergency Management2▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Machine Vision2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Resource Allocation2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  35. Agent-Based Modeling2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  36. Community2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Disaster2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Semantic Similarity2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Word Representation2▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Particulate Matter2▲ 8.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Iwate Prefectural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Topic Modeling, Disaster Management and Resilience and Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics.

Advanced Chemical Sensor…3Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 3 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics: 2 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Recognition: 2 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksOpportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network …1Advanced Neural Network Applications: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iwate Prefectural University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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