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Kagoshima Prefectural College

In research, Kagoshima Prefectural College stands highest in Life Sciences (#13,525 of 14,347 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,976 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,967
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,434
of 2,112
Research works
377
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Kagoshima Prefectural College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #13,525 of 14,347 5.0%174
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,976 of 6,031 4.3%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kagoshima Prefectural College 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: 4.74× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kagoshima Prefectural College?

Ranked on the composite score, 俊夫 森, 晋作 橋口 and Hideaki Inoue lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kagoshima Prefectural College.

  1. 1 俊夫 森 Japan · #647,063 worldwide 0 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 晋作 橋口 Japan · #818,514 worldwide 0 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Hideaki Inoue Japan · #1,172,457 worldwide 14 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Shinsaku Hashiguchi Japan · #1,301,140 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kazuki Kakimoto Japan · #1,472,565 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Takuhiro Yamaguchi Japan · #1,554,733 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Shoichi IZUMI Japan · #1,610,565 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Hidemi KAMIWADA Japan · #1,610,573 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kagoshima Prefectural College

Which keywords describe research at Kagoshima Prefectural College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Infectious Diseases, Mass Gatherings, Travelers' Diarrhea, Antioxidant and Public Health.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.7×15 topics
  2. Biodiversity2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  3. Invasive Species2▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology2▲ 1.29×19 topics
  6. Infectious Diseases2▲ 14×2 topics
  7. Mass Gatherings2▲ 436×1 topic
  8. Travelers' Diarrhea2▲ 436×1 topic
  9. Antioxidant2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  10. Sustainability1▲ 1.56×4 topics
  11. Ecosystem Management1▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Flora1▲ 104×1 topic
  13. Satoyama1▲ 293×1 topic
  14. Surgery1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  15. Vascular Plants1▲ 104×1 topic
  16. landscape conservation1▲ 293×1 topic

Which research topics does Kagoshima Prefectural College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Travel-related health issues, Urban and spatial planning, Ecology and Conservation Studies and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies.

Travel-related health is…2Travel-related health issues: 2 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 1 fractional worksEcology and Conservation…1Ecology and Conservation Studies: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum…1Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 1 fractional worksElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions: 1 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …0COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksMedical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 0 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene0Food Safety and Hygiene: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthNature and Landscape ConservationPlant ScienceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Travel-related health issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Conservation Studies Plant Science 1 works
  4. 4 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  5. 5 Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 0 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 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 available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kagoshima Prefectural College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.