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Kobe University

In research, Kobe University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#965 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#888 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,239 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Geometry and Topology and Surgery — Hepatology is 3.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,141
of 28,054 · #779 all time
Rank in Japan
#15
of 1,070
Research works
49k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
879k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Kobe 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
Physical SciencesDomain #965 of 12,888 10.3%2,126 #856
MedicineField #888 of 10,443 12.2%1,540 #780
Health SciencesDomain #1,239 of 11,982 12.1%1,645 #956
Social SciencesDomain #1,242 of 10,521 18.0%789 #1495
SurgerySubfield #300 of 1,816 14.4%321 #304
Social SciencesField #1,217 of 6,365 16.9%290 #1788
Life SciencesDomain #1,556 of 7,800 14.2%808 #510
EngineeringField #1,503 of 6,636 8.6%815 #928
Computer ScienceField #1,163 of 4,667 10.2%291 #1170
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #514 of 1,775 23.8%154 #546

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 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. Physical Sciences#856 #965
  2. Medicine#780 #888
  3. Health Sciences#956 #1,239
  4. Social Sciences#1,495 #1,242
  5. Surgery#304 #300
  6. Social Sciences#1,788 #1,217
  7. Life Sciences#510 #1,556
  8. Engineering#928 #1,503
  9. Computer Science#1,170 #1,163
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#546 #514
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.

What does Kobe University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 3.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 31.1 works3.0×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 25.5 works2.9×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 321.3 works2.5×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 21.4 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 192 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 428 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 130 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.45× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.26× its world share, 106 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 112 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 815 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 255 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 184 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.51× its world share, 95 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 205 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 1,540 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 138 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 154 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 122 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 290 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasutomi Nishizuka, Y. Homma and Akira Kobata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe University.

  1. 1 Yasutomi Nishizuka Japan · #2,494 worldwide 3.1k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Y. Homma Japan · #21,850 worldwide 867 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Akira Kobata Japan · #30,092 worldwide 640 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Shinji Hayashi Japan · #34,826 worldwide 863 citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Iwasaki Japan · #38,664 worldwide 323 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Yoshimi Takai Japan · #38,789 worldwide 1.1k citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Yuzo Kodama Japan · #43,038 worldwide 298 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Ken‐ichi Yoshida Japan · #46,667 worldwide 535 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Hisatomo Kowa Japan · #57,355 worldwide 325 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 D. Pitman Japan · #73,633 worldwide 488 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe University

Which keywords describe research at Kobe University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Treatment and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology240◆ 1.13×122 topics
  2. Inflammation170▲ 1.52×81 topics
  3. Deep Learning126▼ 0.69×72 topics
  4. Climate Change122▼ 0.84×87 topics
  5. Chemotherapy103▲ 2.7×24 topics
  6. Treatment99▲ 1.52×45 topics
  7. Immunotherapy94▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress94◆ 1.07×58 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications84▲ 1.32×35 topics
  10. Diagnosis84▲ 1.68×37 topics
  11. Cancer84▲ 1.16×51 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines77▲ 2.6×14 topics
  13. Quality of Life76◆ 0.98×48 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors65▲ 2.8×14 topics
  15. Surgical Management64▲ 2.9×20 topics
  16. Management63▲ 1.50×30 topics
  17. Complications61▲ 2.3×17 topics
  18. Biodiversity60▲ 1.50×26 topics
  19. Economic Growth60▲ 1.31×23 topics
  20. Aging58▲ 2.0×17 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy58▲ 4.6×5 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment56▲ 2.4×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy55▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations52▲ 2.2×23 topics
  25. Heart Failure49▲ 2.1×14 topics
  26. Prognosis47▲ 2.7×9 topics
  27. Rehabilitation45▲ 2.1×12 topics
  28. Echocardiography44▲ 3.0×8 topics
  29. Biomechanics44▲ 2.7×12 topics
  30. Revision Surgery42▲ 6.2×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement42▲ 6.2×2 topics
  32. Membrane Technology40▲ 9.1×2 topics
  33. Desalination39▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Nanofiltration39▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Molecular Characterization38▲ 3.9×6 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life37▲ 2.9×5 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection34▲ 6.5×2 topics
  38. Arthroplasty30▲ 5.8×2 topics
  39. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy28▲ 6.7×2 topics
  40. Total Knee Replacement25▲ 7.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Membrane Separation Technologies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Plant and animal studies and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Membrane Separation Tech…39Membrane Separation Technologies: 39 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …25Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 25 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 21 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 20 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…20Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 20 fractional worksMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques: 20 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 19 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning18Urban and spatial planning: 18 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 18 fractional worksMembrane Separation and Gas Transport: 17 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologySurgeryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 39 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 25 works
  3. 3 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 21 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 20 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 20 works
  6. 6 Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  7. 7 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 19 works
  8. 8 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 18 works
  10. 10 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 17 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.