Kobe University
In research, Kobe University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,127 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,002 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,414 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Surgery (Hepatology is 3.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,247 of 22,385 · #1,238 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #23 of 924
- Research works
- 51k ▼ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 897k 17.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.67× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 46% world 40%
- International
- 11% world 18%
What is Kobe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,127 of 9,902 | 7.4% | 1,873 | #1479 | |
| MedicineField | #1,002 of 8,541 | 7.5% | 1,757 | #1268 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,414 of 10,670 | 5.2% | 2,138 | #1201 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,212 of 6,403 | 6.0% | 847 | #1210 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,782 of 9,585 | 8.6% | 798 | #2810 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,726 of 5,901 | 4.4% | 821 | #1364 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #454 of 1,532 | 8.9% | 357 | #723 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,008 of 2,964 | 6.3% | 449 | #968 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #825 of 2,276 | 4.4% | 185 | #1003 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,272 of 3,157 | 6.8% | 193 | #1267 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe 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.
- Health Sciences#1,479 #1,127
- Medicine#1,268 #1,002
- Physical Sciences#1,201 #1,414
- Life Sciences#1,210 #1,212
- Social Sciences#2,810 #2,782
- Engineering#1,364 #1,726
- Surgery#723 #454
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#968 #1,008
- Materials Science#1,003 #825
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,267 #1,272
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 Kobe University work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research at Kobe University is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Engineering (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health 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 Sciences2,34837.0%
- Engineering89614.1%
- Computer Science3165.0%
- Environmental Science2834.5%
- Physics and Astronomy2283.6%
- Materials Science2083.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1242.0%
- Chemistry1191.9%
- Mathematics1051.7%
- Energy390.6%
- Chemical Engineering310.5%
- Health Sciences2,11133.3%
- Medicine1,97931.2%
- Health Professions851.3%
- Nursing260.4%
- Dentistry180.3%
- Veterinary20.0%
- Life Sciences95915.1%
- Social Sciences91914.5%
- Social Sciences3435.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1712.7%
- Business, Management and Accounting1522.4%
- Psychology1502.4%
- Arts and Humanities560.9%
- Decision Sciences480.8%
What does Kobe University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- HepatologySubfield · 40.3 works3.3×
- GastroenterologySubfield · 21.3 works2.9×
- SurgerySubfield · 396.4 works2.7×
- Geometry and TopologySubfield · 27.3 works2.6×
- NephrologySubfield · 34.1 works2.5×
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: Physics and Astronomy, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy1.62×228 works
- Medicine1.62×1,979 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.51×510 works
- Neuroscience1.49×153 works
- Mathematics1.40×105 works
- Chemical Engineering1.39×31 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×171 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×124 works
- Chemistry1.20×119 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.95×61 works
- Engineering0.94×896 works
- Materials Science0.94×208 works
- Environmental Science0.90×282 works
- Nursing0.85×26 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×18 works
- Decision Sciences0.78×48 works
- Psychology0.78×150 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.74×152 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.72×218 works
- Energy0.67×39 works
- Computer Science0.64×316 works
- Dentistry0.60×18 works
- Health Professions0.51×85 works
- Social Sciences0.43×343 works
- Arts and Humanities0.31×56 works
- Veterinary0.28×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy 1.6×
- Medicine 1.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.5×
- Neuroscience 1.5×
- Mathematics 1.4×
- Chemical Engineering 1.4×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Engineering 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.7×
- Energy 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Veterinary 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Kobe University?
Ranked on the quality score, Kecheng Guan, Masahiro Miura and Takeshi Fukumoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe University.
- 1
Kecheng Guan
Japan · #34,809 worldwide 6.1k citations · 161 works
- 2
Masahiro Miura
Japan · #35,895 worldwide 16k citations · 134 works
- 3
Takeshi Fukumoto
Japan · #42,495 worldwide 112k citations · 240 works
- 4
Hidehiro Fukaki
Japan · #52,861 worldwide 14k citations · 135 works
- 5
Yasutomi Nishizuka
Japan · #66,194 worldwide 66k citations · 316 works
- 6
Kimitsune Ishizaki
Japan · #74,081 worldwide 12k citations · 209 works
- 7
Yoshimi Takai
Japan · #104,897 worldwide 68k citations · 806 works
- 8
Masaharu Mizutani
Japan · #122,025 worldwide 14k citations · 201 works
- 9
Mengyang Hu
Japan · #131,406 worldwide 3.7k citations · 112 works
- 10
Qiangqiang Song
Japan · #132,307 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
Which keywords describe research at Kobe University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Treatment, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Prognostic Factors.
- Arthroplasty
- Survival
- Nanofiltration
- Membrane Technology
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Revision Surgery
- Surgery
- Echocardiography
- Prognosis
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Radiotherapy
- Prognostic Factors
- Management
- Quality of Life
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Treatment
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Diagnosis
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Biomedical Applications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Surgical Management
- Complications
- Aging
- Genetic Mutations
- Heart Failure
- Rehabilitation
- Biomechanics
- Total Hip Replacement
- Molecular Characterization
- Desalination
- Endoscopic Resection
- Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy
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
- Epidemiology300▲ 1.19×127 topics
- Inflammation212▲ 1.57×81 topics
- Deep Learning141▼ 0.65×72 topics
- Climate Change137▼ 0.79×90 topics
- Chemotherapy136▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Treatment131▲ 1.69×48 topics
- Immunotherapy117▲ 2.6×19 topics
- Oxidative Stress117◆ 1.12×59 topics
- Diagnosis109▲ 1.84×40 topics
- Cancer104▲ 1.22×52 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines99▲ 2.9×14 topics
- Quality of Life98◆ 1.07×51 topics
- Biomedical Applications92▲ 1.22×35 topics
- Management87▲ 1.72×31 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease85▲ 1.17×38 topics
- Prognostic Factors83▲ 3.0×14 topics
- Surgical Management81▲ 3.1×20 topics
- Radiotherapy78▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Complications74▲ 2.3×17 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment70▲ 2.5×8 topics
- Aging70▲ 2.0×17 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy69▲ 4.5×5 topics
- Genetic Mutations66▲ 2.4×23 topics
- Prognosis63▲ 3.0×9 topics
- Heart Failure60▲ 2.1×14 topics
- Echocardiography55▲ 3.1×8 topics
- Rehabilitation54▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Surgery51▲ 2.3×11 topics
- Biomechanics51▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Revision Surgery47▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Total Hip Replacement47▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life46▲ 3.1×5 topics
- Molecular Characterization46▲ 4.1×6 topics
- Membrane Technology44▲ 8.3×2 topics
- Desalination43▲ 11×1 topic
- Nanofiltration43▲ 11×1 topic
- Endoscopic Resection43▲ 6.8×2 topics
- Survival37▲ 4.2×4 topics
- Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy34▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Arthroplasty33▲ 5.3×2 topics
Which research topics does Kobe University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Membrane Separation Technologies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 43 works
- 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 29 works
- 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 26 works
- 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 24 works
- 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 23 works
- 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 23 works
- 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 23 works
- 8 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 21 works
- 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
- 10 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 20 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 Kobe University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Kobe University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.
Fractional works of Kobe 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 7.4% in 2025.
Other research institutions in Kobe
- University of Hyogo
- Konan University
- Kobe Steel (Japan)
- Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
- Kobe Gakuin University
- Kobe Pharmaceutical University
- Kawasaki Hospital
- Kobe City College of Technology
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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