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Kansai Gaidai University

In research, Kansai Gaidai University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,617 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,646 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation, Aerospace Engineering and Sociology and Political Science — Transportation is 43.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,158
of 28,054 · #34,473 all time
Rank in Japan
#870
of 1,070
Research works
1.5k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Kansai Gaidai 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,617 of 10,521 11.4%144 #8254
Social SciencesField #5,646 of 6,365 7.8%97 #4994

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

What does Kansai Gaidai University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 43.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 26.9 works43×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 26.7 works12×
  3. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 41.2 works6.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.85× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.09× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kansai Gaidai University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuko Oguri, Alexis D’Hautcourt and Ingyu Oh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kansai Gaidai University.

  1. 1 Yuko Oguri Japan · #316,162 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Alexis D’Hautcourt Japan · #347,540 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Ingyu Oh Japan · #390,661 worldwide 51 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 H. Takagi Japan · #708,209 worldwide 35 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Aurelio Asiain Japan · #821,578 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Yunsung Koh Japan · #864,307 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Hyo-Sook Kim Japan · #895,135 worldwide 5 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Koichi Okada Japan · #1,256,054 worldwide 11 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Katsunori Kotani Japan · #1,397,946 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Kansai Gaidai University

Which keywords describe research at Kansai Gaidai University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Ethnicity, Culture, Modernization, Islam, Design and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Literature32▲ 32×12 topics
  2. History30▲ 23×7 topics
  3. Ethnicity29▲ 42×6 topics
  4. Culture29▲ 29×5 topics
  5. Modernization28▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Islam27▲ 69×3 topics
  7. Design27▲ 88×3 topics
  8. Philosophy27▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Social Influence27▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Air Force27▲ 118×1 topic
  11. Legal Regulation27▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Malay Language27▲ 100×1 topic
  13. Sharia Law27▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Transport Policy27▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Warfare27▲ 118×1 topic
  16. Globalization10▲ 2.8×23 topics
  17. Economic Development6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Corpus Linguistics6▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Democracy5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  20. Language Teaching5▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Human Rights5▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Pragmatics5▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Cultural Politics4▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Social Interaction4▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Laos4▲ 132×1 topic
  26. Thailand4▲ 132×1 topic
  27. Genocide3▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Neoliberalism3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  29. Corrective Feedback3▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Local Turn3▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Political Transition3▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Reading Comprehension3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Resilience Governance3▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Second Language Acquisition3▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Second Language Learning3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Bilingualism2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Narrative Analysis2▲ 26×3 topics
  38. Authoritarianism2▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Lexical Diversity2▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Vocabulary Acquisition2▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Kansai Gaidai University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…27Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 27 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…27Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 27 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …27Military Technology and Strategies: 27 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 2 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 27 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 27 works
  4. 4 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  6. 6 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 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 available66.6%not open33.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.8%domestic only97.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kansai Gaidai University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher 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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