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Matsuyama University

In research, Matsuyama University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,399 of 21,541 worldwide), Life Sciences (#10,217 of 14,347 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#20,016 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,277
of 28,054 · #19,784 all time
Rank in Japan
#589
of 1,070
Research works
720
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Matsuyama 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,399 of 21,541 11.8%267
Life SciencesDomain #10,217 of 14,347 12.1%223
Health SciencesDomain #20,016 of 20,462 10.3%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Matsuyama 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: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.00× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.79× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.95× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.94× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Matsuyama University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tetsuya Kawasumi, Yoshiaki Amakura and Yukinori Yamauchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Matsuyama University.

  1. 1 Tetsuya Kawasumi Japan · #644,518 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Yoshiaki Amakura Japan · #825,364 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Yukinori Yamauchi Japan · #1,056,780 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Shiro Uesugi Japan · #1,119,367 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Satoshi Okuyama Japan · #1,342,221 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Matsuyama University

Which keywords describe research at Matsuyama University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Inflammation, Literature, Oxidative Stress, Gender, Biomedical Applications, Epidemiology and Migration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.53×29 topics
  2. Identity8▲ 8.2×6 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 2.9×25 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications5▲ 3.5×16 topics
  6. Literature4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  7. Gender4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  8. Cancer3▲ 1.91×14 topics
  9. Migration3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  10. History3▲ 3.5×4 topics
  11. Memory3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  12. Nationalism3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  13. Metabolism3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  14. Colonialism3▲ 4.3×2 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  17. Antioxidants2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  18. Cultural Memory2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Cancer Prevention2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  20. Phenolic Compounds2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  21. Drug Delivery2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  22. Narrative2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  23. German Literature2▲ 222×1 topic
  24. Photography2▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Postcolonialism2▲ 12×1 topic
  26. W.G. Sebald2▲ 226×1 topic
  27. Flavonoids2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  28. Adaptive Mesh Refinement2▲ 21×2 topics
  29. DNA Barcoding2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  30. Evolution2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. High-Order Schemes2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Mitochondria2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  34. Free Radicals2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Polyphenols2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Synaptic Plasticity2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  37. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Taxonomy1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Autorschaft1▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Bildung1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Matsuyama University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Literature and Cultural Memory, German Colonialism and Identity Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies and Memory, History, Trauma, Identity.

Literature and Cultural …2Literature and Cultural Memory: 2 fractional worksGerman Colonialism and I…2German Colonialism and Identity Studies: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Metho…1Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 1 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 1 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 1 fractional worksElectrospun Nanofibers i…1Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications: 1 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryPhilosophyComputational MechanicsBiochemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  2. 2 German Colonialism and Identity Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 1 works
  6. 6 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications Biomaterials 1 works
  9. 9 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 1 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Matsuyama University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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