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Kobe Gakuin University

In research, Kobe Gakuin University stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,607 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,751 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,228 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,455
of 28,054 · #13,534 all time
Rank in Japan
#378
of 1,070
Research works
2.5k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Kobe Gakuin 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,607 of 11,982 10.1%86 #11365
MedicineField #7,751 of 10,443 10.5%73 #9438
Social SciencesDomain #9,228 of 10,521 12.1%63 #11955

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe Gakuin 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. Health Sciences#11,365 #8,607
  2. Medicine#9,438 #7,751
  3. Social Sciences#11,955 #9,228
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.

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: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.42× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.91× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.59× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 3.85× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe Gakuin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tetsuro Shingu, Gorô KAJIMOTO and YASUHISA SAIKI lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Gakuin University.

  1. 1 Tetsuro Shingu Japan · #227,973 worldwide 155 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Gorô KAJIMOTO Japan · #319,103 worldwide 85 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 YASUHISA SAIKI Japan · #328,044 worldwide 87 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Tadashi Okamoto Japan · #354,555 worldwide 146 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Shinichi Harada Japan · #534,561 worldwide 64 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Hiromi Yoshida Japan · #564,248 worldwide 209 citations · 96 works
  7. 7 Toshio Yokoi Japan · #651,709 worldwide 51 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Junichiro Yamamoto Japan · #661,634 worldwide 59 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Shoji Fukushima Japan · #674,089 worldwide 82 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Ayako Yamaguchi Japan · #798,525 worldwide 76 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Gakuin University

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Gakuin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Chronic Pain, Aging, Diabetes, Oxidative Stress, Neuropathic Pain, Neuroinflammation and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Inflammation19▲ 3.9×38 topics
  2. Epidemiology10◆ 1.08×28 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.3×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 2.1×23 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×13 topics
  6. Aging6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  7. Obesity6▲ 3.4×14 topics
  8. Chronic Pain6▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Depression6▲ 2.8×12 topics
  10. Diabetes6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 1.66×15 topics
  12. Antioxidant5▲ 3.3×11 topics
  13. Neuroprotection5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  14. Well-being5▲ 5.6×11 topics
  15. Neuroinflammation5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  16. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  17. Neuropathic Pain5▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Metabolism4▲ 3.6×9 topics
  19. Drug Discovery4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  20. Anxiety4▲ 3.7×5 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  23. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Neuronal Plasticity4▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Glial Activation3▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Central Sensitization3▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Neural Plasticity3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  28. Nociception3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Pain Modulation3▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Language Teaching3▲ 5.3×2 topics
  31. Neural Correlates3▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Nuclear Receptors3▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  34. Disability3▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Exercise2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  37. Organic Synthesis2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  38. Immune Function2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Language Development2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors2▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe Gakuin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research.

Pain Mechanisms and Trea…3Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPeroxisome Proliferator-…2Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksNeuropeptides and Animal…2Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology: 2 fractional worksHydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyMolecular BiologyLanguage and LinguisticsOccupational Therapy5 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 3 works
  2. 2 Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Gakuin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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