Kansai University
In research, Kansai University stands highest in Computer Science (#3,346 of 4,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,317 of 10,670 worldwide) and Artificial Intelligence (#1,586 of 1,862 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics (Language and Linguistics is 3.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #10,457 of 22,385 · #8,705 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #264 of 924
- Research works
- 12k ▼ 8% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 126k 10.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.43× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 42% world 40%
- International
- 7% world 18%
What is Kansai University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer ScienceField | #3,346 of 4,417 | 7.1% | 234 | #5031 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #8,317 of 10,670 | 3.4% | 984 | #4496 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #1,586 of 1,862 | 14.0% | 62 | - | |
| ChemistryField | #1,107 of 1,299 | 1.3% | 70 | #1503 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #8,438 of 9,585 | 6.6% | 383 | #13534 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #2,106 of 2,276 | 1.8% | 121 | #2211 | |
| MedicineField | #7,912 of 8,541 | 3.8% | 77 | #13508 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,188 of 9,902 | 3.9% | 103 | #15491 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,979 of 2,121 | 6.1% | 106 | - | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #6,013 of 6,403 | 2.4% | 113 | #8413 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kansai 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Computer Science#5,031 #3,346
- Physical Sciences#4,496 #8,317
- Chemistry#1,503 #1,107
- Social Sciences#13,534 #8,438
- Materials Science#2,211 #2,106
- Medicine#13,508 #7,912
- Health Sciences#15,491 #9,188
- Life Sciences#8,413 #6,013
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Kansai University work in?
In 2022-now, 62% of research at Kansai University is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,07661.8%
- Engineering43725.1%
- Computer Science25414.6%
- Materials Science1367.8%
- Chemistry774.4%
- Environmental Science543.1%
- Physics and Astronomy452.6%
- Mathematics331.9%
- Energy160.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences140.8%
- Chemical Engineering100.6%
- Social Sciences42924.6%
- Social Sciences1579.0%
- Psychology1196.8%
- Arts and Humanities563.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting392.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance321.9%
- Decision Sciences251.4%
- Life Sciences1227.0%
- Health Sciences1136.5%
- Medicine844.8%
- Health Professions221.3%
- Nursing50.3%
- Dentistry20.1%
- Veterinary10.0%
What does Kansai University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 27.8 works3.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Chemistry2.81×77 works
- Materials Science2.25×136 works
- Psychology2.24×119 works
- Computer Science1.88×254 works
- Engineering1.67×437 works
- Chemical Engineering1.66×10 works
- Mathematics1.60×33 works
- Decision Sciences1.46×25 works
- Neuroscience1.41×40 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.16×45 works
- Arts and Humanities1.12×56 works
- Energy1.00×16 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×32 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×4 works
- Social Sciences0.71×157 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.70×39 works
- Environmental Science0.63×54 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×56 works
- Nursing0.54×5 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×14 works
- Health Professions0.48×22 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.29×5 works
- Veterinary0.26×1 works
- Medicine0.25×84 works
- Dentistry0.22×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×17 works
- Chemistry 2.8×
- Materials Science 2.2×
- Psychology 2.2×
- Computer Science 1.9×
- Engineering 1.7×
- Chemical Engineering 1.7×
- Mathematics 1.6×
- Decision Sciences 1.5×
- Neuroscience 1.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.2×
- Arts and Humanities 1.1×
- Energy 1.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Social Sciences 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
- Veterinary 0.3×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Kansai University?
Ranked on the quality score, Shunsuke Tanaka, Atsushi Mizumoto and Atsushi Ohta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kansai University.
- 1
Shunsuke Tanaka
Japan · #469,804 worldwide 14k citations · 343 works
- 2
Atsushi Mizumoto
Japan · #566,832 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
- 3
Atsushi Ohta
Japan · #868,294 worldwide 1.8k citations · 46 works
- 4
Yasushi Obora
Japan · #1,241,270 worldwide 7.2k citations · 301 works
- 5
Kojiro Fuku
Japan · #1,391,763 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
- 6
Yasuhiko Iwasaki
Japan · #1,676,027 worldwide 12k citations · 416 works
- 7
Hideya Kawasaki
Japan · #1,789,935 worldwide 8.5k citations · 271 works
- 8
Tomoko Yashima
Japan · #1,856,524 worldwide 3.5k citations · 65 works
- 9
Takashi Miyata
Japan · #1,881,346 worldwide 25k citations · 516 works
- 10
Toshinori Sugimoto
Japan · #1,892,586 worldwide 3k citations · 25 works
Which keywords describe research at Kansai University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Deep Learning, Virtual Reality, Neural Networks, Language Teaching, Nanoparticles, Machine Learning and Nanocomposites.
- Vocabulary Acquisition
- Consumer Preferences
- Reading Comprehension
- Satoyama
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Ecosystem Management
- Nanotubes
- Nanofibers
- L2 Motivation
- Hydrogels
- Second Language Acquisition
- Corpus Linguistics
- Emotion
- Self-Assembly
- Drug Delivery
- Language Teaching
- Mechanical Properties
- Virtual Reality
- Neural Networks
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Biomedical Applications
- Nanoparticles
- Nanocomposites
- Catalysis
- Nanomaterials
- Tissue Engineering
- Graphene
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Nanostructures
- Biomaterials
- Corrective Feedback
- Human-Computer Interaction
- User Satisfaction
- Friction
- Surface Roughness
- Second Language Learning
- landscape conservation
- Cognitive Performance
- Lexical Diversity
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Deep Learning91▲ 1.52×67 topics
- Machine Learning68▲ 1.17×61 topics
- Biomedical Applications61▲ 3.0×33 topics
- Neural Networks56▲ 2.1×34 topics
- Nanoparticles46▲ 2.1×36 topics
- Virtual Reality39▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Nanocomposites38▲ 2.8×19 topics
- Mechanical Properties38▲ 2.2×31 topics
- Catalysis36▲ 3.1×25 topics
- Language Teaching30▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Nanomaterials29▲ 1.58×17 topics
- Drug Delivery28▲ 3.0×15 topics
- Tissue Engineering27▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Self-Assembly25▲ 4.5×12 topics
- Graphene23▲ 2.0×10 topics
- Emotion22▲ 6.1×9 topics
- Human-Robot Interaction22▲ 11×3 topics
- Corpus Linguistics22▲ 5.9×5 topics
- Nanostructures22▲ 3.1×16 topics
- Second Language Acquisition20▲ 13×3 topics
- Biomaterials19▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Hydrogels18▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Corrective Feedback18▲ 14×1 topic
- L2 Motivation18▲ 14×1 topic
- Human-Computer Interaction17▲ 5.4×6 topics
- Nanofibers15▲ 4.3×3 topics
- User Satisfaction15▲ 4.7×3 topics
- Nanotubes15▲ 11×4 topics
- Friction15▲ 15×3 topics
- Ecosystem Management14▲ 14×2 topics
- Surface Roughness14▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries14▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Second Language Learning14▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Satoyama14▲ 82×1 topic
- landscape conservation14▲ 82×1 topic
- Reading Comprehension13▲ 13×2 topics
- Cognitive Performance12▲ 7.2×4 topics
- Consumer Preferences12▲ 9.7×2 topics
- Lexical Diversity12▲ 24×1 topic
- Vocabulary Acquisition12▲ 24×1 topic
Which research topics does Kansai University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Urban and spatial planning, Second Language Acquisition and Learning and Color perception and design.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 18 works
- 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
- 3 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 12 works
- 4 Color perception and design Social Psychology 11 works
- 5 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 10 works
- 6 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
- 7 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 10 works
- 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
- 9 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 works
- 10 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Kansai University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kansai University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.
Fractional works of Kansai University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.7% in 1995.
Other research institutions in Suita
- Osaka Gakuin University
- Suita Municipal Hospital
- Yamato University
- Saiseikaisenri Hospital
- National Museum of Ethnology
- Suita Tokushukai Hospital
- Senri Kinran University
- International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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