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Kagoshima University

In research, Kagoshima University stands highest in Medicine (#2,253 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,917 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,274 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science and Ophthalmology — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,622
of 28,054 · #2,728 all time
Rank in Japan
#97
of 1,070
Research works
23k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
345k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Kagoshima 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
MedicineField #2,253 of 10,443 10.7%782 #1933
Health SciencesDomain #2,917 of 11,982 10.8%862 #2251
Life SciencesDomain #2,274 of 7,800 9.3%554 #1445
Physical SciencesDomain #4,294 of 12,888 5.3%561 #2977
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,782 of 3,579 8.1%233 #1623
SurgerySubfield #1,242 of 1,816 7.0%139 #1155
Social SciencesDomain #7,606 of 10,521 11.3%92 #9002
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,613 of 3,409 11.8%179 #1430
NeuroscienceField #998 of 1,168 6.9%67 #1205
Environmental ScienceField #3,066 of 3,551 5.6%128 #2379

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,933 #2,253
  2. Health Sciences#2,251 #2,917
  3. Life Sciences#1,445 #2,274
  4. Physical Sciences#2,977 #4,294
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,623 #1,782
  6. Surgery#1,155 #1,242
  7. Social Sciences#9,002 #7,606
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,430 #2,613
  9. Neuroscience#1,205 #998
  10. Environmental Science#2,379 #3,066
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kagoshima University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 33.0 works6.7×
  2. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 21.9 works5.8×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 24.6 works4.5×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 25.3 works4.3×
  5. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 26.3 works4.1×
← 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: 1.82× its world share, 178 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 233 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.44× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 73 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.35× its world share, 24 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 782 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.07× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kagoshima University?

Ranked on the composite score, Toshio Matsushita, Susumu Hizukuri and Toshiyuki Nagata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kagoshima University.

  1. 1 Toshio Matsushita Japan · #36,669 worldwide 396 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Susumu Hizukuri Japan · #37,613 worldwide 409 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Toshiyuki Nagata Japan · #45,445 worldwide 277 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Shoji Ishida Japan · #57,263 worldwide 318 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Shunsuke Koshio Japan · #75,536 worldwide 476 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Chuwa Tei Japan · #93,043 worldwide 434 citations · 116 works
  7. 7 Shin‐ichi Teshima Japan · #103,809 worldwide 454 citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Yuichi Nomura Japan · #104,436 worldwide 278 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Akihiro Asakawa Japan · #122,245 worldwide 157 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Manabu Ishikawa Japan · #124,668 worldwide 347 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Kagoshima University

Which keywords describe research at Kagoshima University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Conservation, Biogeography and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology154▲ 1.89×118 topics
  2. Inflammation101▲ 2.4×77 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress74▲ 2.2×54 topics
  4. Climate Change74▲ 1.32×63 topics
  5. Cancer66▲ 2.4×51 topics
  6. Chemotherapy54▲ 3.7×23 topics
  7. Immunotherapy49▲ 3.3×19 topics
  8. Biodiversity44▲ 2.9×26 topics
  9. Conservation44▲ 4.9×16 topics
  10. Treatment44▲ 1.74×47 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines43▲ 3.8×13 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications40▲ 1.62×30 topics
  13. Risk Factors36▲ 1.60×29 topics
  14. Biogeography36▲ 6.6×17 topics
  15. Aging35▲ 3.2×14 topics
  16. Diagnosis35▲ 1.80×39 topics
  17. Antioxidant34▲ 2.4×38 topics
  18. Pathogenesis33▲ 3.2×22 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations32▲ 3.6×23 topics
  20. Radiotherapy31▲ 3.9×13 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors30▲ 3.4×14 topics
  22. Prognosis29▲ 4.3×9 topics
  23. Metabolism28▲ 2.7×27 topics
  24. Survival Analysis28▲ 5.0×7 topics
  25. Invasive Species27▲ 3.1×18 topics
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction27▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Genetic Diversity26▲ 2.8×17 topics
  28. Surgical Management26▲ 3.0×18 topics
  29. Phylogeny24▲ 7.9×15 topics
  30. Molecular Classification24▲ 7.7×4 topics
  31. Population Dynamics23▲ 4.5×10 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding22▲ 6.6×9 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery21▲ 7.1×5 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy21▲ 4.3×5 topics
  35. Marine Ecosystems21▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Ecosystem Management18▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Fisheries18▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Benthic Communities17▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Marine Biodiversity17▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Freshwater16▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kagoshima University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ichthyology and Marine Biology, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Ichthyology and Marine B…16Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 16 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus St…12T-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 12 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 12 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…12Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 12 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…11Marine and fisheries research: 11 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 10 fractional worksIdentification and Quant…9Identification and Quantification in Food: 9 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 8 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationImmunologyPhysiologyObstetrics and Gynecology6 others

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

  1. 1 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  2. 2 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 12 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 12 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 11 works
  6. 6 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 11 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 10 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 9 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kagoshima University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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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.