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Koyasan University

In research, Koyasan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#15,567 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#42,147
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#2,075
of 2,112
Research works
225
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
59
0.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
96%
world 28%

What is Koyasan University 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
Social SciencesDomain #15,567 of 16,945 0.5%174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Koyasan 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).

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: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.88× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.50× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Koyasan University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Culture, Modernization, Philosophy, Religion, Buddhism, South Asia and Colonialism.

▲ 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. History91▲ 51×7 topics
  2. Culture84▲ 77×5 topics
  3. Modernization79▲ 295×3 topics
  4. Philosophy70▲ 69×5 topics
  5. Religion69▲ 53×6 topics
  6. Buddhism57▲ 1993×1 topic
  7. South Asia57▲ 1993×1 topic
  8. Colonialism29▲ 26×6 topics
  9. Identity26▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Gender26▲ 20×3 topics
  11. Politics26▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Society26▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Literature24▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Japan22▲ 353×1 topic
  15. Human Rights15▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Conflict10▲ 28×5 topics
  17. Sustainability10▲ 2.4×5 topics
  18. Ecosystem Management9▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Language Contact9▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Community Participation8▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Satoyama8▲ 209×1 topic
  22. landscape conservation8▲ 209×1 topic
  23. Ethnicity8▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Nationalism8▲ 6.2×3 topics
  25. Central Asia8▲ 62×2 topics
  26. Eurasian Exchange7▲ 200×1 topic
  27. Silk Roads7▲ 200×1 topic
  28. Regulation7▲ 5.1×4 topics
  29. China7▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Christianity7▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Confucianism7▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Language Teaching6▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Gandhi6▲ 221×1 topic
  34. Linguistic Diversity6▲ 116×2 topics
  35. Nonviolence6▲ 221×1 topic
  36. Semitic Languages6▲ 63×2 topics
  37. Myanmar6▲ 189×1 topic
  38. state building6▲ 189×1 topic
  39. Neo-Aramaic Dialects5▲ 225×1 topic
  40. Verb Morphology5▲ 225×1 topic

Which research topics does Koyasan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Islamic Studies and History, Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior and Genetics and Plant Breeding.

Criminal Justice and Cor…0Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 0 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…0Islamic Studies and History: 0 fractional worksCyberloafing and Workplace Behavior: 0 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 0 fractional worksIndian Economic and Social Development: 0 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksTaxation and Compliance Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…0Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsDemographyPlant Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  3. 3 Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior Demography 0 works
  4. 4 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 0 works
  5. 5 Indian Economic and Social Development Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 0 works
  7. 7 Taxation and Compliance Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 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 available95.9%not open4.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Koyasan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

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.