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Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

In research, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,068 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#6,537 of 10,443 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,406 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,867
of 28,054 · #4,063 all time
Rank in Japan
#168
of 1,070
Research works
7.1k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
173k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Kyoto Pharmaceutical 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,068 of 7,800 10.6%178 #2026
MedicineField #6,537 of 10,443 9.7%130 #3572
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,406 of 3,579 11.0%112 #1597
Health SciencesDomain #8,170 of 11,982 10.0%137 #4805
Physical SciencesDomain #8,866 of 12,888 9.2%68 #4563
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,017 of 2,175 10.3%77 #1419

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyoto Pharmaceutical 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. Life Sciences#2,026 #3,068
  2. Medicine#3,572 #6,537
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,597 #2,406
  4. Health Sciences#4,805 #8,170
  5. Physical Sciences#4,563 #8,866
  6. Molecular Biology#1,419 #2,017
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 Kyoto Pharmaceutical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 31.4 works11×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.44× its world share, 112 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.42× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.22× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.95× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.76× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Toshio Morikawa, Johji Yamahara and Hisashi Matsuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto Pharmaceutical University.

  1. 1 Toshio Morikawa Japan · #84,705 worldwide 331 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Johji Yamahara Japan · #104,023 worldwide 161 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Hisashi Matsuda Japan · #145,157 worldwide 909 citations · 237 works
  4. 4 Masayuki Yoshikawa Japan · #152,638 worldwide 940 citations · 250 works
  5. 5 Seikou Nakamura Japan · #183,612 worldwide 207 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Mutsuo Kozuka Japan · #209,027 worldwide 95 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Hitoshi Kimura Japan · #218,738 worldwide 3 citations · 102 works
  8. 8 Kiyofumi Ninomiya Japan · #252,899 worldwide 110 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Takao Matsuno Japan · #290,218 worldwide 207 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Hiroyuki Yasui Japan · #337,907 worldwide 191 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Drug Discovery, Cancer Therapy, Chemotherapy, Cell Signaling and Pharmacology.

▲ 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. Inflammation39▲ 4.8×63 topics
  2. Cancer32▲ 6.2×42 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress29▲ 4.5×42 topics
  4. Epidemiology17◆ 1.11×43 topics
  5. Chemotherapy15▲ 5.7×16 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy15▲ 6.8×16 topics
  7. Drug Discovery14▲ 17×10 topics
  8. Cell Signaling12▲ 20×11 topics
  9. Pharmacology11▲ 12×15 topics
  10. Biomarkers11▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 10.0×10 topics
  12. Apoptosis10▲ 9.0×15 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration10▲ 8.8×7 topics
  14. Metabolism9▲ 4.5×21 topics
  15. Drug Delivery9▲ 4.1×8 topics
  16. Enantioselective Synthesis8▲ 35×5 topics
  17. Neuroinflammation8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  18. Innate Immunity8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 5.1×11 topics
  20. Heterocycles8▲ 22×8 topics
  21. Immunity8▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 6.9×10 topics
  23. Transition Metal Catalysis8▲ 24×4 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 5.0×6 topics
  25. Synthesis7▲ 5.1×15 topics
  26. Pharmacokinetics7▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Angiogenesis7▲ 5.5×14 topics
  28. Biogenesis7▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Cytokines7▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Glycosylation6▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Gene Therapy6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  32. Ion Channels6▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Membrane Proteins6▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions6▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Neurotoxicity6▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Protein-Protein Interactions6▲ 34×3 topics
  37. Therapeutic Potential6▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Mass Spectrometry6▲ 9.5×3 topics
  39. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Lipid Rafts6▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Kyoto Pharmaceutical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Extracellular vesicles in disease, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Extracellular vesicles i…6Extracellular vesicles in disease: 6 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…5Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 5 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 4 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 4 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 4 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…4Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 4 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  5. 5 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  9. 9 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 4 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 available45.3%not open54.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto Pharmaceutical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher 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.

Other research institutions in Kyoto

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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.