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Meiji Pharmaceutical University

In research, Meiji Pharmaceutical University stands highest in Medicine (#6,157 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,919 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,646 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,714
of 28,054 · #9,844 all time
Rank in Japan
#267
of 1,070
Research works
1.9k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Meiji 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
MedicineField #6,157 of 10,443 12.5%122 #6861
Health SciencesDomain #7,919 of 11,982 12.7%127 #9243
Life SciencesDomain #5,646 of 7,800 9.1%102 #4399

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meiji 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. Medicine#6,861 #6,157
  2. Health Sciences#9,243 #7,919
  3. Life Sciences#4,399 #5,646
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 Meiji Pharmaceutical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.9 works12×
← 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, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.72× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.61× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17.03× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 7.40× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 17.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meiji Pharmaceutical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Takashi Sugita, Akemi Nishikawa and Yuki Ogasawara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meiji Pharmaceutical University.

  1. 1 Takashi Sugita Japan · #264,554 worldwide 201 citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Akemi Nishikawa Japan · #302,177 worldwide 128 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yuki Ogasawara Japan · #374,876 worldwide 111 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Shûji Saito Japan · #435,483 worldwide 86 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Hiroshi Kogen Japan · #506,905 worldwide 85 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Kunio Takahashi Japan · #535,135 worldwide 100 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Hideki Maeda Japan · #610,013 worldwide 58 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Kiyotaka Koyama Japan · #638,223 worldwide 94 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Yoshihito Okada Japan · #665,999 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Kaoru Kinoshita Japan · #689,045 worldwide 56 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Meiji Pharmaceutical University

Which keywords describe research at Meiji Pharmaceutical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Epidemiology, Medicinal Chemistry, Adverse Drug Reactions, Organic Synthesis, Antifungal Therapy and Heterocycles.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 2.1×49 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 3.6×50 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress21▲ 4.3×34 topics
  4. Cancer11▲ 2.8×27 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry10▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Adverse Drug Reactions10▲ 62×3 topics
  7. Organic Synthesis9▲ 28×5 topics
  8. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.3×14 topics
  9. Antifungal Therapy9▲ 34×3 topics
  10. Quality of Life9▲ 2.0×12 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.8×12 topics
  12. Heterocycles8▲ 27×5 topics
  13. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.7×9 topics
  14. Pharmacokinetics7▲ 9.1×6 topics
  15. Biomarkers7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  16. Pharmacology7▲ 9.3×9 topics
  17. Antioxidant7▲ 3.3×15 topics
  18. Antioxidants7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  20. Enantioselective Synthesis6▲ 34×5 topics
  21. Immunocompromised Patients6▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Transition Metal Catalysis6▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Metabolism6▲ 3.8×16 topics
  24. Mitochondrial Dysfunction6▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Fungal Pathogens6▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  27. Apoptosis5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  28. Candidiasis5▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Drug Discovery5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  30. Invasive Fungal Infections5▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Cytokines5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  32. Cell Signaling4▲ 9.5×9 topics
  33. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  34. Clinical Pharmacy4▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Pharmaceutical Care4▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Virulence Factors4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Staphylococcus aureus4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Pharmaceutical Industry4▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Drug Development Costs4▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Transition Metal Complexes4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Meiji Pharmaceutical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Pharmacy and Medical Practices, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions.

Antifungal resistance an…5Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 5 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Pra…4Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 4 fractional worksPharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Reactions: 3 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…3Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 3 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 3 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPharmacologyEconomics and EconometricsToxicology3 others

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

  1. 1 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 5 works
  2. 2 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 4 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 4 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 3 works
  9. 9 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 3 works
  10. 10 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 3 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meiji Pharmaceutical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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