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Japan University of Economics

In research, Japan University of Economics stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,537 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 14.7× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#26,579
of 28,054 · #35,164 all time
Rank in Japan
#971
of 1,070
Research works
478
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Japan University of Economics 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,537 of 10,521 15.1%61 #9869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan University of Economics 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 Japan University of Economics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 25.6 works15×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 6.53× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.59× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.34× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14.65× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Japan University of Economics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Consumer Behavior, Monetary Policy, Game Theory, Economic Development, Stock Market, Mechanism Design and Financial Development.

▲ 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. Economic Growth7▲ 9.6×12 topics
  2. Consumer Behavior5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  3. Economic Development4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  4. Monetary Policy4▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Climate Change4▲ 1.74×10 topics
  6. Game Theory4▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Globalization3▲ 2.1×13 topics
  8. Innovation3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  9. Mechanism Design3▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Stock Market3▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Financial Development3▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Panel Data Analysis3▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Social Networks3▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Social Capital3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  15. Labor Market2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  16. Incentives2▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Structural Change2▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Technological Change2▲ 70×2 topics
  19. Financial Markets2▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Fiscal Policy2▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Liquidity2▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Model Selection2▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Nash Equilibrium2▲ 207×1 topic
  24. Network Formation2▲ 141×1 topic
  25. Trust2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  26. Variable Selection2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. business impact2▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Asset Pricing2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Business Cycles2▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Interest Rates2▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Lasso2▲ 81×1 topic
  32. R&D2▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Regularization2▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Bayesian Modeling2▲ 120×1 topic
  35. Environmental Policy2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Financial Stability2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Gender Inequality2▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Multiple Imputation2▲ 120×1 topic
  39. School Choice2▲ 100×2 topics
  40. Political Economy2▲ 8.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Japan University of Economics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Game Theory and Applications, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact and Statistical Methods and Inference.

  1. 1 Game Theory and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 2 works
  5. 5 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 2 works
  6. 6 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Game Theory and Voting Systems Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Auction Theory and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  9. 9 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan University of Economics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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