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Meiji Gakuin University

In research, Meiji Gakuin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,256 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,821
of 28,054 · #21,755 all time
Rank in Japan
#608
of 1,070
Research works
783
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Meiji Gakuin 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,256 of 10,521 16.5%100 #8262

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meiji Gakuin 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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.55× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.92× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.00× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meiji Gakuin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshihisa Godo, Yo Matsumoto and Tomoe Tanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meiji Gakuin University.

  1. 1 Yoshihisa Godo Japan · #549,270 worldwide 30 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Yo Matsumoto Japan · #644,900 worldwide 47 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Tomoe Tanaka Japan · #1,001,908 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Joseph Siegel Japan · #1,103,536 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Yuji Takano Japan · #1,203,638 worldwide 30 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Ai Mizokawa Japan · #1,562,964 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Meiji Gakuin University

Which keywords describe research at Meiji Gakuin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Literature, Culture, Economic Growth, Emotion, Identity and History.

▲ 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. Globalization9▲ 3.0×26 topics
  2. Economic Development6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  3. Economic Growth6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  4. Identity5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  5. Literature5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  6. Culture5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  7. History5▲ 4.4×7 topics
  8. Mental Health4▲ 2.0×13 topics
  9. Gender4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  10. Emotion4▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Consumer Behavior4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  12. Colonialism4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  13. Social Support4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  14. Politics4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  15. Monetary Policy3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  16. Social Interaction3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  17. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  18. Modernization3▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Society3▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Income Tax3▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Language Teaching3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Labor Market3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  23. Stock Market3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  24. Fiscal Policy3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  25. Trust3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  26. Unemployment3▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Pragmatics3▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Demographic Transition2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Personality Traits2▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Quantum Gravity2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. R&D2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Self-Efficacy2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Human Capital2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Institutions2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Reading Comprehension2▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Incentives2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Japan2▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Productivity Growth2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Technology Diffusion2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Language Policy2▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Meiji Gakuin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, Economic Growth and Productivity, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Japanese History and Cul…2Japanese History and Culture: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Prod…2Economic Growth and Productivity: 2 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 2 fractional worksLabor market dynamics and wage inequality: 2 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 2 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…1Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 1 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesEconomics and EconometricsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 2 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meiji Gakuin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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