Question 1

What is Kobe University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Kobe University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Kobe University ranks #1,247 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,238 all time), and #23 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Kobe University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Kecheng Guan, Masahiro Miura and Takeshi Fukumoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Kobe University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Kobe University is "Scikit-learn: Machine Learning in Python" (Fabián Pedregosa, Gaël Varoquaux, Alexandre Gramfort et al., 2012), with 64,016 citations. Next come "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (25,572) and "Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness" (16,101).

Question 5

Which research topics does Kobe University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Membrane Separation Technologies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Kobe University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Kobe University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Kobe University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.