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Kanazawa University

In research, Kanazawa University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,486 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,084 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,606 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — Hepatology is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,552
of 28,054 · #1,035 all time
Rank in Japan
#21
of 1,070
Research works
38k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
681k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Kanazawa 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 #1,486 of 12,888 9.6%1,454 #1049
Life SciencesDomain #1,084 of 7,800 11.6%582 #615
MedicineField #1,606 of 10,443 10.0%1,083 #1051
Health SciencesDomain #2,219 of 11,982 10.0%1,155 #1304
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #943 of 3,579 10.9%321 #603
Social SciencesDomain #3,456 of 10,521 16.3%289 #4745
EngineeringField #2,441 of 6,636 6.6%537 #1497
SurgerySubfield #797 of 1,816 9.2%180 #393
Computer ScienceField #2,278 of 4,667 14.6%191 #2127
Physics and AstronomyField #874 of 1,646 15.4%129 #1010

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanazawa 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. Physical Sciences#1,049 #1,486
  2. Life Sciences#615 #1,084
  3. Medicine#1,051 #1,606
  4. Health Sciences#1,304 #2,219
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#603 #943
  6. Social Sciences#4,745 #3,456
  7. Engineering#1,497 #2,441
  8. Surgery#393 #797
  9. Computer Science#2,127 #2,278
  10. Physics and Astronomy#1,010 #874
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 Kanazawa University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 21.8 works3.2×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 34.0 works3.1×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 321 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.35× its world share, 133 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.29× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.30× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.23× its world share, 122 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 191 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.03× its world share, 537 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 135 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.48× its world share, 180 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 65 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.67× its world share, 129 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.62× its world share, 1,083 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 86 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 121 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kanazawa University?

Ranked on the composite score, Seiji Yano, Takayuki Ikeda and Masao Honda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanazawa University.

  1. 1 Seiji Yano Japan · #20,104 worldwide 557 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Takayuki Ikeda Japan · #21,572 worldwide 484 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Masao Honda Japan · #30,717 worldwide 355 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Katsuhiro Maeda Japan · #33,166 worldwide 456 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Tomoki Ogoshi Japan · #36,400 worldwide 712 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Tatsuya Yamashita Japan · #43,642 worldwide 271 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Tada‐aki Yamagishi Japan · #44,756 worldwide 608 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Mitsuhiro Kawano Japan · #51,284 worldwide 312 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Kazuhiko Takehara Japan · #58,176 worldwide 382 citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Yoh Zen Japan · #59,875 worldwide 258 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Kanazawa University

Which keywords describe research at Kanazawa University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology149◆ 1.08×121 topics
  2. Inflammation126▲ 1.74×80 topics
  3. Deep Learning106◆ 0.89×68 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress103▲ 1.81×59 topics
  5. Cancer98▲ 2.1×52 topics
  6. Machine Learning76▼ 0.66×63 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications69▲ 1.67×36 topics
  8. Treatment64▲ 1.52×44 topics
  9. Chemotherapy61▲ 2.5×23 topics
  10. Immunotherapy61▲ 2.5×19 topics
  11. Nanoparticles58▲ 1.34×35 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease57▲ 1.47×36 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors52▲ 3.5×14 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome52▲ 1.84×23 topics
  15. Diagnosis48▲ 1.50×37 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties47▲ 1.39×32 topics
  17. Clinical Trials45▲ 1.93×18 topics
  18. Health Effects44▲ 2.1×19 topics
  19. Self-Assembly43▲ 3.8×11 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders43▲ 2.2×19 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 2.1×14 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations39▲ 2.6×21 topics
  23. Surgical Management39▲ 2.7×20 topics
  24. Metabolism37▲ 2.1×28 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy36▲ 1.84×20 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment34▲ 2.2×8 topics
  27. Radiotherapy34▲ 2.5×12 topics
  28. Biomechanics31▲ 3.0×11 topics
  29. Genetic Variants29▲ 4.7×7 topics
  30. Neurobiology29▲ 3.2×9 topics
  31. Imaging28▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Cancer Risk26▲ 3.5×9 topics
  33. Metabolic Regulation26▲ 4.5×5 topics
  34. Statins25▲ 9.6×2 topics
  35. Cholesterol23▲ 4.7×5 topics
  36. Grain Refinement22▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Biological Applications18▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. C-Reactive Protein18▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Mechanochemistry17▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Cholesterol-lowering17▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Kanazawa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Robot Manipulation and Learning and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Lipoproteins and Cardiov…17Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 17 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…16Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 16 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 15 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…15Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksForce Microscopy Techniq…14Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 14 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging: 13 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 13 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…12Soft Robotics and Applications: 12 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 11 fractional worksDrug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms: 11 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingControl and Systems EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 17 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  3. 3 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 14 works
  6. 6 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  7. 7 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 13 works
  8. 8 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 11 works
  10. 10 Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms Oncology 11 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanazawa University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

Other research institutions in Kanazawa

All research institutions in Kanazawa

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.