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Kobe Women's Junior College

In research, Kobe Women's Junior College stands highest in Organic Chemistry (#1,647 of 1,832 worldwide), Chemistry (#2,637 of 2,902 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#5,517 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,702
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,898
of 1,923
Research works
679
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.64×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kobe Women's Junior College

What is Kobe Women's Junior College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,647 of 1,832 5.4%129
ChemistryField #2,637 of 2,902 4.9%198
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,517 of 5,801 2.7%124
Life SciencesDomain #10,625 of 11,023 2.7%237
Health SciencesDomain #16,455 of 16,688 4.3%130
Physical SciencesDomain #17,370 of 17,446 4.7%296

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe Women's Junior College 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 fields of science does Kobe Women's Junior College work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Kobe Women's Junior College is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Medicine (16%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 296 fractional works · 43.5% of its workChemistry: 198 fractional works · 29.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 129 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 43 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 32 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 237 fractional works · 34.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 124 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPlant Science: 29 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workToxicology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 130 fractional works · 19.1% of its workMedicine: 109 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKobe Women'sJunior College679fractional works, all years
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences2%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry19829.1%
    2. Materials Science324.7%
    3. Engineering243.6%
    4. Environmental Science213.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy71.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering50.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    8. Energy30.4%
    9. Computer Science20.2%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12418.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7110.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics274.0%
    4. Neuroscience131.9%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    1. Medicine10916.1%
    2. Nursing172.4%
    3. Health Professions30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences81.2%
    2. Psychology40.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe Women's Junior College?

Ranked on the quality score, Satoko Tanaka, Yasuko Moriuchi and Yuko Katsuta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Women's Junior College.

  1. 1 Satoko Tanaka Japan · #5,643,459 worldwide 313 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yasuko Moriuchi Japan · #5,964,149 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Yuko Katsuta Japan · #6,015,028 worldwide 331 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 HISATORA KURODA Japan · #6,061,793 worldwide 523 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Naomi Hirano Japan · #6,117,620 worldwide 68 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 M. SUGIURA Japan · #6,432,967 worldwide 253 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Naoki Nagakura Japan · #6,454,055 worldwide 562 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Akiko Kodama Japan · #6,596,167 worldwide 527 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Yoshino Nishiguchi Japan · #6,633,721 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yumiko Hirata Japan · #6,660,052 worldwide 195 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Women's Junior College

What are the most cited papers from Kobe Women's Junior College?

The most cited paper from Kobe Women's Junior College is "Cosmic‐Ray Proton and Helium Spectra: Results from the JACEE Experiment" (K. Asakimori et al., 1998), with 332 citations. Next come "An enzymic reduction system for metmyoglobin and methemoglobin, and its application to functional studies of oxygen carriers" (330) and "Self‐Setting Hydroxyapatite Cement: A Novel Skeletal Drug‐Delivery System for Antibiotics" (135).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cosmic‐Ray Proton and Helium Spectra: Results from the JACEE Experiment K. Asakimori et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Jul 1998 332
2 An enzymic reduction system for metmyoglobin and methemoglobin, and its application to functional studies of oxygen carriers Akira Hayashi, T. Suzuki, Masateru Shin · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure Jun 1973 330
3 Self‐Setting Hydroxyapatite Cement: A Novel Skeletal Drug‐Delivery System for Antibiotics Duncan Yu, Joseph Wong, Yoshihisa Matsuda et al. · Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Jun 1992 135
4 Configuration of the carotenoid in the reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. Comparison of the resonance Raman spectrum of the reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides G1C with those of cis-trans isomers of β-carotene Yasushi Koyama, Mariko Kito, Tomoko Takii et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics May 1982 133
5 Separation and determination of cis/trans-β-carotenes by high-performance liquid chromatography Kiyoshi Tsukida, Kayoko Saiki, Tomoko Takii et al. · Journal of Chromatography A Aug 1982 132
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Women's Junior College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Synthesis, Anticancer, Alkaloids, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant Activity, Antioxidant, Chirality and Medicinal Chemistry.

▲ 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. Synthesis75▲ 19×24 topics
  2. Anticancer43▲ 33×10 topics
  3. Alkaloids38▲ 80×5 topics
  4. Anti-inflammatory35▲ 18×14 topics
  5. Antioxidant33▲ 7.1×23 topics
  6. Antioxidant Activity32▲ 8.8×22 topics
  7. Chirality31▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Cancer31▲ 3.2×18 topics
  9. Medicinal Chemistry31▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Liquid Chromatography31▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Chiral Separation30▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Gas Chromatography30▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress29▲ 2.4×36 topics
  14. Biological Activity28▲ 36×6 topics
  15. Antioxidants26▲ 8.8×12 topics
  16. Drug Discovery26▲ 9.4×11 topics
  17. Organic Synthesis26▲ 18×10 topics
  18. Anticancer Agents25▲ 15×11 topics
  19. Traditional Medicine24▲ 34×5 topics
  20. Heterocycles23▲ 19×7 topics
  21. Biological Activities23▲ 18×7 topics
  22. Cytotoxicity22▲ 23×8 topics
  23. Catalysis22▲ 3.8×15 topics
  24. Pharmacology21▲ 9.5×15 topics
  25. Heterocyclic Compounds20▲ 18×6 topics
  26. Green Chemistry20▲ 9.7×10 topics
  27. Toxicity20▲ 6.5×11 topics
  28. Immune System18▲ 8.1×6 topics
  29. Chemoselective17▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Biological Evaluation17▲ 20×6 topics
  31. Health17▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Antimicrobial Activity16▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Medicinal Plants16▲ 6.2×12 topics
  34. Health Benefits15▲ 7.4×11 topics
  35. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis15▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Asymmetric Synthesis15▲ 15×7 topics
  37. Metabolic Effects15▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Amaryllidaceae14▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Galanthamine14▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Deficiency14▲ 51×2 topics

Which research topics does Kobe Women's Junior College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and International Student and Expatriate Challenges.

Japanese History and Cul…0Japanese History and Culture: 0 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…0Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…0EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksInternational Student an…0International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 0 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 0 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 0 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nu…0Muscle metabolism and nutrition: 0 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 0 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 0 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 0 works
  2. 2 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  4. 4 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 0 works
  5. 5 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 0 works
  6. 6 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.0%domestic only96.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Women's Junior College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% 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 Women's Junior College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2022.

0.0050%0.010%Kobe Women's Junior College0.0000014% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kobe Women's Junior College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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