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Kyoto University

In research, Kyoto University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#152 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#296 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#271 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics (Condensed Matter Physics is 5.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#215
of 22,385 · #240 all time
Rank in Japan
#2
of 924
Research works
192k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9M
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Kyoto University

What is Kyoto University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #152 of 10,670 7.2%8,268 #178
Health SciencesDomain #296 of 9,902 8.0%3,329 #330
MedicineField #271 of 8,541 7.9%3,094 #300
Life SciencesDomain #215 of 6,403 7.0%2,619 #221
Social SciencesDomain #345 of 9,585 8.5%1,746 #525
Physics and AstronomyField #52 of 1,417 9.2%1,250 #80
EngineeringField #240 of 5,901 7.0%2,521 #249
Social SciencesField #346 of 5,988 9.4%750 #555
Materials ScienceField #132 of 2,276 6.7%1,038 #118
MathematicsField #71 of 1,051 8.5%450 #79

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyoto 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#178 #152
  2. Health Sciences#330 #296
  3. Medicine#300 #271
  4. Life Sciences#221 #215
  5. Social Sciences#525 #345
  6. Physics and Astronomy#80 #52
  7. Engineering#249 #240
  8. Social Sciences#555 #346
  9. Materials Science#118 #132
  10. Mathematics#79 #71
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kyoto University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Kyoto University is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9,289 fractional works · 51.5% of its workEngineering: 2,776 fractional works · 15.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 786 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 465 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 301 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 277 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 178 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 172 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 169 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,426 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 419 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 322 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 248 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 167 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1,152 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 677 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 180 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1,010 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 409 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 133 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 131 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 914 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 194 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 185 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 685 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 405 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 516 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeophysics: 222 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 134 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 507 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 144 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 134 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 185 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 169 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,821 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMedicine: 3,549 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSurgery: 564 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 387 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 278 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 241 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 203 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 171 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 145 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 128 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 96 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 95 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 287 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 177 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 78 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,981 fractional works · 16.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,573 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,022 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 191 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 99 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 80 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 182 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 655 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 270 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 117 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 480 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 226 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 215 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 186 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,961 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 841 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 323 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 96 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 228 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 437 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 180 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 219 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 156 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 211 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 130 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 153 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKyoto University18kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,77615.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1,4267.9%
    3. Materials Science1,1526.4%
    4. Computer Science1,0105.6%
    5. Environmental Science9145.1%
    6. Chemistry6853.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences5162.9%
    8. Mathematics5072.8%
    9. Energy1851.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering1190.7%
  2. Health Sciences3,82121.2%
    1. Medicine3,54919.7%
    2. Health Professions1771.0%
    3. Nursing600.3%
    4. Dentistry210.1%
    5. Veterinary130.1%
  3. Life Sciences2,98116.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,5738.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6553.6%
    3. Neuroscience4802.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2151.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics570.3%
  4. Social Sciences1,96110.9%
    1. Social Sciences8414.7%
    2. Psychology4372.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2191.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities2111.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1530.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1000.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kyoto University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 153.3 works5.3×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 143.6 works4.9×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 134.1 works4.7×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 248.3 works4.4×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 96.6 works3.9×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,425.7 works3.5×
  7. GeophysicsSubfield · 221.5 works3.5×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 655 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 1,573 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 215 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 480 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 57 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 119 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.42× its world share, 685 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 1,010 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 516 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 185 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 2,776 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 914 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 1,152 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.39× its world share, 507 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.55× its world share, 1,426 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 177 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 3,549 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 211 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 100 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 219 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 437 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 841 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.55×1,426 works
  2. Chemistry2.42×685 works
  3. Mathematics2.39×507 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.89×119 works
  5. Materials Science1.83×1,152 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.82×516 works
  7. Neuroscience1.64×480 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.63×1,573 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×215 works
  10. Energy1.11×185 works
  11. Engineering1.02×2,776 works
  12. Environmental Science1.02×914 works
  13. Medicine1.02×3,549 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×57 works
  15. Psychology0.79×437 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×655 works
  17. Computer Science0.72×1,010 works
  18. Nursing0.68×60 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.57×100 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×219 works
  21. Veterinary0.54×13 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.40×211 works
  23. Health Professions0.37×177 works
  24. Social Sciences0.37×841 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×153 works
  26. Dentistry0.24×21 works

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto University?

Ranked on the quality score, Shimon Sakaguchi, Atsushi Togo and Masatoshi Takeichi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto University.

  1. 1 Shimon Sakaguchi Japan · #5,730 worldwide 100k citations · 826 works
  2. 2 Atsushi Togo Japan · #8,065 worldwide 28k citations · 15,749 works
  3. 3 Masatoshi Takeichi Japan · #10,618 worldwide 56k citations · 356 works
  4. 4 Mitinori Saitou Japan · #13,527 worldwide 28k citations · 207 works
  5. 5 Makoto Mark Taketo Japan · #14,793 worldwide 54k citations · 691 works
  6. 6 Shinya Yamanaka Japan · #15,990 worldwide 113k citations · 422 works
  7. 7 Mikio Furuse Japan · #18,829 worldwide 40k citations · 211 works
  8. 8 Shigetada Nakanishi Japan · #20,073 worldwide 58k citations · 429 works
  9. 9 T. Sekiguchi Japan · #20,706 worldwide 11k citations · 111 works
  10. 10 Yuichiro Sekiguchi Japan · #22,413 worldwide 12k citations · 211 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto University

What are the most cited papers from Kyoto University?

The most cited paper from Kyoto University is "KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes" (Minoru I. Kanehisa, 2000), with 40,289 citations. Next come "KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes" (32,529) and "Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors" (26,957).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes Minoru I. Kanehisa · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 2000 40,289
2 KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes Hiroyuki Ogata, Susumu Goto, Kazushige Sato et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1999 32,529
3 Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors Kazutoshi Takahashi, Shinya Yamanaka · Cell Open access Aug 2006 26,957
4 Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Adult Human Fibroblasts by Defined Factors Kazutoshi Takahashi, Koji Tanabe, Mari Ohnuki et al. · Cell Nov 2007 20,424
5 MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform Kazutaka Katoh · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 15 Jul 2002 18,198
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Epidemiology, Biomedical Applications, Inflammation, Self-Assembly and Superconductivity.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change548◆ 1.12×102 topics
  2. Epidemiology522▼ 0.73×130 topics
  3. Machine Learning422▼ 0.70×88 topics
  4. Inflammation389◆ 1.01×83 topics
  5. Deep Learning373▼ 0.60×80 topics
  6. Nanoparticles330▲ 1.45×43 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications310▲ 1.45×35 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress304◆ 1.02×63 topics
  9. Catalysis294▲ 2.5×28 topics
  10. Cancer263◆ 1.08×55 topics
  11. Immunotherapy204▲ 1.56×19 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties195◆ 1.10×38 topics
  13. Self-Assembly185▲ 3.2×12 topics
  14. Chemotherapy185▲ 1.44×25 topics
  15. Nanocomposites183▲ 1.28×21 topics
  16. Biodiversity178▲ 1.29×35 topics
  17. Tissue Engineering171▲ 1.56×13 topics
  18. Gene Expression157▲ 1.39×20 topics
  19. Superconductivity148▲ 4.8×9 topics
  20. Nanostructures142▲ 1.93×17 topics
  21. Crystal Growth116▲ 2.4×12 topics
  22. Tomography112▲ 3.5×5 topics
  23. Chemical Sensors111▲ 2.7×3 topics
  24. Molecular Dynamics110▲ 3.5×6 topics
  25. Black Holes104▲ 6.0×3 topics
  26. Electronic Structure98▲ 3.0×8 topics
  27. Transition Metal Complexes93▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Quantum Gravity89▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Supernovae80▲ 5.4×2 topics
  30. Electronic Structure Calculations78▲ 6.6×2 topics
  31. Biological Applications73▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Drug Design72▲ 6.2×5 topics
  33. Quantum Entanglement71▲ 6.1×2 topics
  34. String Theory69▲ 6.9×2 topics
  35. Differentiation69▲ 6.1×2 topics
  36. Symplectic Geometry68▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Pluripotent Stem Cells68▲ 7.3×2 topics
  38. Gravitational Waves67▲ 6.5×2 topics
  39. Field Theories64▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Holographic64▲ 8.0×1 topic

Which research topics does Kyoto University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: earthquake and tectonic studies, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials and Advancements in Battery Materials.

earthquake and tectonic …66earthquake and tectonic studies: 66 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…64Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 64 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 58 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 56 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 52 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 51 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 48 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…46Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 46 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 45 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 45 fractional works
GeophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 66 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 64 works
  3. 3 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 58 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  5. 5 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 52 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 51 works
  7. 7 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  9. 9 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 45 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 45 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kyoto University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.068% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Kyoto University0.068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kyoto University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kyoto University7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2007.

Other research institutions in Kyoto

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Which institutions have research most like Kyoto University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Nagoya University has the research profile closest to Kyoto University's, with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.

  1. 1 Nagoya UniversityJapan · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Materials Science 0.96 Compare
  2. 2 Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics 0.92 Compare
  3. 3 The University of TokyoJapan · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Neuroscience 0.91 Compare
  4. 4 RIKENJapan · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Materials Science 0.89 Compare
  5. 5 Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics 0.88 Compare

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What is Kyoto University known for in research?

In research, Kyoto University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#152 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#296 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#271 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Geometry and Topology and Mathematical Physics (Condensed Matter Physics is 5.3× its share of world research).

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