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Japan Women's University

In research, Japan Women's University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,605 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,014 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,186
of 28,054 · #9,532 all time
Rank in Japan
#536
of 1,070
Research works
2.3k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Japan Women's 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 #11,605 of 12,888 6.1%93 #6688
Social SciencesDomain #10,014 of 10,521 6.8%66 #11238

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Women's 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).

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: 2.02× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.76× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.82× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.60× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.80× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 3.71× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.26× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Japan Women's University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kathleen Raine, J. H. Stape and Kenji Takeda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Women's University.

  1. 1 Kathleen Raine Japan · #209,663 worldwide 21 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 J. H. Stape Japan · #540,937 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Kenji Takeda Japan · #575,362 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Reiko Okada Japan · #610,945 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Kashiko Kodate Japan · #674,669 worldwide 59 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Hiromu Kobayasi Japan · #683,370 worldwide 47 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Masako Osumi Japan · #686,295 worldwide 105 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Gerald Brenan Japan · #716,545 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Tomoko Takahashi Japan · #735,457 worldwide 38 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Tadakazu Tsuji Japan · #747,791 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Women's University

Which keywords describe research at Japan Women's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Interaction, landscape conservation, Satoyama, Literature, Biodiversity, Consumer Perception, Pragmatics and Narrative Analysis.

▲ 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. Sustainability8▲ 1.42×8 topics
  2. Biodiversity8▲ 4.2×5 topics
  3. Social Interaction7▲ 7.7×6 topics
  4. Literature7▲ 5.3×8 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications6▲ 2.2×11 topics
  6. Satoyama6▲ 260×1 topic
  7. landscape conservation6▲ 260×1 topic
  8. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 3.8×14 topics
  9. Gender5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  10. Consumer Perception5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  11. Pragmatics5▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Narrative Analysis4▲ 35×3 topics
  14. Tissue Engineering4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  15. Corpus Linguistics4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  16. Identity Construction4▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Conversation Analysis4▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Interactional Linguistics4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Social Cognition4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  20. Evolution4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  21. Health Benefits4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  22. Neural Mechanisms3▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Neural Processing3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Community3▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Cortical Connectivity3▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Society3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  28. Science3▲ 5.4×2 topics
  29. Channel Modeling3▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Cognition3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  31. Disaster3▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Risk3▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Embodiment3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Perceptual Learning3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Structured Light3▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Free-Space Optical Communication3▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Optical Manipulation3▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Orbital Angular Momentum3▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Sensory Integration3▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Visible Light Communication3▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Japan Women's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Disaster Management and Resilience and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies.

Urban and spatial planning6Urban and spatial planning: 6 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 4 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 3 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 3 fractional worksOrbital Angular Momentum in Optics: 3 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 3 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…2Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 2 fractional worksThomas Hardy Literature …2Thomas Hardy Literature Studies: 2 fractional worksFace Recognition and Per…2Face Recognition and Perception: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …2Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 2 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationLanguage and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  2. 2 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  6. 6 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  8. 8 Thomas Hardy Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Women's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017.

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