Question 1

What is Kobe College known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Kobe College stands highest in Medicine (#11,711 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#13,669 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,152 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does Kobe College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Kobe College ranks #18,837 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #554 of 1,923 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Kobe College?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Masanori Kimura, Sayaka Eguchi and Shigeru Yamabe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe College.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Kobe College?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Kobe College is "Happy People Become Happier through Kindness: A Counting Kindnesses Intervention" (Keiko Otake, Satoshi Shimai, Junko Tanaka‐Matsumi et al., 2006), with 549 citations. Next come "The meaningful life in Japan and the United States: Levels and correlates of meaning in life" (428) and "Revising Talmy’s typological classification of complex event constructions" (379).

Question 5

Which research topics does Kobe College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Plant and animal studies, Japanese History and Culture and Gender Roles and Identity Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Kobe College?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Politics, Habitat Fragmentation and Conservation.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Kobe College work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Kobe College is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (11%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is Kobe College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.