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Kobe Shoin Women's University

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World rank, all time
#30,523
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,373
of 1,923
Research works
161
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kobe Shoin Women's University

Which fields of science does Kobe Shoin Women's University work in?

In all years, 57% of research at Kobe Shoin Women's University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 56.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 16.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 11.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSensory Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKobe ShoinWomen's…161fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences57%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4225.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities2616.0%
    3. Psychology1811.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering127.1%
    2. Computer Science74.4%
    3. Environmental Science53.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    5. Materials Science21.1%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.5%
    3. Neuroscience64.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    1. Medicine106.0%
    2. Nursing42.7%
    3. Health Professions31.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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.

Computer Science: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.92× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 8.64× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.64×4 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.92×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.65×6 works
  4. Nursing2.04×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.46×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.38×0 works
  8. Engineering0.18×0 works
  9. Medicine0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kobe Shoin Women's University?

Ranked on the quality score, Keiko Sakui, Philip Spaelti and 泰介 西垣内 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Shoin Women's University.

  1. 1 Keiko Sakui Japan · #1,380,482 worldwide 681 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Philip Spaelti Japan · #4,364,211 worldwide 227 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 泰介 西垣内 Japan · #4,433,176 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kenjirô Matsuda Japan · #4,485,958 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 良子 西川 Japan · #4,537,825 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 邦彦 黒木 Japan · #4,688,132 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Motoko Abe Japan · #4,788,599 worldwide 264 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Itsuko Dohi Japan · #4,890,114 worldwide 134 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Frances Jane Shiobara Japan · #4,961,210 worldwide 20 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 稔弥 青木 Japan · #4,986,556 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Shoin Women's University

What are the most cited papers from Kobe Shoin Women's University?

The most cited paper from Kobe Shoin Women's University is "Simultaneous racemization and isomerization at specific aspartic acid residues in αB-crystallin from the aged human lens" (N. FUJII, Yoshihiro Ishibashi, Kenshi Satoh et al., 1994), with 206 citations. Next come "Simultaneous Stereoinversion and Isomerization at Specific Aspartic Acid Residues in αA-Crystallin from Human Lens" (190) and "The Impact of Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Styles on Children’s Later Mental Health in Japan: Focusing on Parent and Child Gender" (155).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Simultaneous racemization and isomerization at specific aspartic acid residues in αB-crystallin from the aged human lens N. FUJII, Yoshihiro Ishibashi, Kenshi Satoh et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology Feb 1994 206
2 Simultaneous Stereoinversion and Isomerization at Specific Aspartic Acid Residues in αA-Crystallin from Human Lens Noriko Fujii, Kenshi Satoh, Kaoru Harada et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry Sep 1994 190
3 The Impact of Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Styles on Children’s Later Mental Health in Japan: Focusing on Parent and Child Gender Masayo Uji, Ayuko Sakamoto, Keiichiro Adachi et al. · Journal of Child and Family Studies 8 Mar 2013 155
4 ‘Multiple Sluicing’ in Japanese and the Functional Nature of wh-Phrases Taisuke Nishigauchi · Journal of East Asian Linguistics Apr 1998 123
5 Trigonelline and related nicotinic acid metabolites: occurrence, biosynthesis, taxonomic considerations, and their roles in planta and in human health Hiroshi Ashihara, Iziar A. Ludwig, Riko Katahira et al. · Phytochemistry Reviews 16 Aug 2014 107
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Which keywords describe research at Kobe Shoin Women's University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Culture, Ethnicity, Philosophy, Modernization, Science and Legal Regulation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. History10▲ 8.1×8 topics
  2. Literature10▲ 13×7 topics
  3. Globalization10▲ 3.2×14 topics
  4. Culture9▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Ethnicity9▲ 18×3 topics
  6. Philosophy8▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Modernization8▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 3.4×10 topics
  9. Science7▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Legal Regulation7▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Air Force7▲ 70×1 topic
  12. Economic Security7▲ 38×1 topic
  13. Islam7▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Social Influence7▲ 29×1 topic
  15. Transport Policy7▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Warfare7▲ 70×1 topic
  17. Identity5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  18. Language Teaching5▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  20. Social Support5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  21. Higher Education5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  22. Olfactory System4▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Language Policy4▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Multilingualism4▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Second Language Acquisition4▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Lifestyle4▲ 122×3 topics
  27. Fashion4▲ 91×3 topics
  28. Corrective Feedback4▲ 44×1 topic
  29. L2 Motivation4▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Teacher Training4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  31. Self-Esteem4▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Pragmatics4▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy4▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Student Perceptions4▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Olfactory Dysfunction4▲ 50×1 topic
  36. CLIL3▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Content and Language Integrated Learning3▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Speech Perception3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Syntax3▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Consumer Preferences3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Kobe Shoin Women's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Global Education and Multiculturalism, Education Systems and Policy and Health and Well-being Studies.

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…1Health and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 1 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 1 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology …0Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 0 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 0 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 0 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 0 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsEducationClinical PsychologyLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  2. 2 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 1 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  4. 4 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 1 works
  7. 7 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 0 works
  10. 10 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 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 available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Shoin Women's University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Shoin Women's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000080% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Kobe Shoin Women's University0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

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