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Kobe International University

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,827
of 22,385 · #22,824 all time
Rank in Japan
#547
of 924
Research works
305
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Kobe International University

Which fields of science does Kobe International University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Kobe International University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (25%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 39 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKobeInternational…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences48%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2631.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance78.6%
    3. Psychology33.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.8%
    5. Decision Sciences11.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine2024.5%
    2. Health Professions22.9%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    1. Engineering45.4%
    2. Computer Science44.5%
    3. Environmental Science33.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    2. Neuroscience22.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.00× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.00×7 works
  2. Social Sciences2.50×26 works
  3. Nursing1.77×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.31×1 works
  5. Medicine1.27×20 works
  6. Psychology1.25×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.24×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.12×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.03×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.76×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.63×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.58×4 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  17. Engineering0.36×4 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.19×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kobe International University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kosuke Takeuchi, Junko Matsumura and Hidenori Shigeno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe International University.

  1. 1 Kosuke Takeuchi Japan · #1,783,343 worldwide 964 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Junko Matsumura Japan · #3,293,501 worldwide 79 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Hidenori Shigeno Japan · #3,867,214 worldwide 106 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Soma Tsujishita Japan · #3,948,416 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Akira Kokado Japan · #4,360,973 worldwide 108 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Yoshifumi Nanba Japan · #4,824,434 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Hideki Koeda Japan · #5,089,418 worldwide 78 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Masataka OYAMA Japan · #5,114,204 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ryoma Nakagoshi Japan · #5,170,585 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Susumu Naruse Japan · #5,312,941 worldwide 94 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe International University

What are the most cited papers from Kobe International University?

The most cited paper from Kobe International University is "Nutritional knowledge, food habits and health attitude of Chinese university students –a cross sectional study–" (Ruka Sakamaki, Kenji Toyama, Rie Amamoto et al., 2005), with 263 citations. Next come "Focal Adhesion Kinase Is a Substrate and Downstream Effector of SHP-2 Complexed with Helicobacter pylori CagA" (204) and "Insertion of a 5' truncated L1 element into the 3' end of exon 44 of the dystrophin gene resulted in skipping of the exon during splicing in a case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy." (203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nutritional knowledge, food habits and health attitude of Chinese university students –a cross sectional study– Ruka Sakamaki, Kenji Toyama, Rie Amamoto et al. · Nutrition Journal Open access 9 Feb 2005 263
2 Focal Adhesion Kinase Is a Substrate and Downstream Effector of SHP-2 Complexed with Helicobacter pylori CagA Ryouhei Tsutsumi, Atsushi Takahashi, Takeshi Azuma et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology Open access 14 Dec 2005 204
3 Insertion of a 5' truncated L1 element into the 3' end of exon 44 of the dystrophin gene resulted in skipping of the exon during splicing in a case of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Naoko Narita, Hisahide Nishio, Yoshihiko Kitoh et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access May 1993 203
4 Receptor-dependent and receptor-independent degradation of low density lipoprotein in normal rabbits and in receptor-deficient mutant rabbits. R C Pittman, Thomas E. Carew, Alan Attie et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Jul 1982 200
5 Breathing Movements of the Chest and Abdominal Wall in Healthy Subjects Hideo Kaneko, Jun Horie · Respiratory Care Open access 20 Feb 2012 173
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kobe International University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Poverty Reduction, Globalization, Economic Development, Vulnerability, Academic Achievement, Inequality and Gender Inequality.

▲ 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-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
  1. Globalization5▲ 3.3×17 topics
  2. Social Capital5▲ 11×5 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.39×20 topics
  4. Economic Development4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction4▲ 35×3 topics
  6. Vulnerability3▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Inflammation3▲ 1.64×13 topics
  8. Academic Achievement3▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Inequality3▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Aging3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  11. Gender Inequality2▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 75×1 topic
  13. Resilience2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  14. School Subsidies2▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Emergency Management2▲ 45×2 topics
  16. Gender Equality2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  17. Community2▲ 21×1 topic
  18. Disaster2▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Political Economy2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  20. International Law2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  21. Labor Market2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  22. Physical Activity2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  23. Urbanization2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  25. Governance2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  26. Health Equity2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  27. Prevention2▲ 4.6×2 topics
  28. Education Policy2▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Parental Involvement2▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Muscle Injuries1▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Physical Performance1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Private Tutoring1▲ 148×1 topic
  33. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Shadow Education1▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Sports Injury1▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Empowerment1▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Income Inequality1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. International Trade1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Microfinance1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Technological Change1▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Kobe International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Disaster Management and Resilience, Sports injuries and prevention and Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities.

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksGlobal Educational Refor…1Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 1 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…1Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSchool Choice and Perfor…1School Choice and Performance: 1 fractional worksLabor market dynamics an…1Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceOrthopedics and Sports MedicineDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  2. 2 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities Demography 1 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 1 works
  8. 8 School Choice and Performance Education 1 works
  9. 9 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kobe International University's research output changed?

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

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kobe International University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Kobe International University0.00027% in 20251990200020102020

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