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Meiji University

In research, Meiji University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,053 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,004 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,367 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction — Human-Computer Interaction is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,964
of 28,054 · #3,997 all time
Rank in Japan
#76
of 1,070
Research works
11k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
96k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Meiji 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,053 of 12,888 5.4%1,057 #3156
Social SciencesDomain #3,004 of 10,521 13.2%419 #3200
Social SciencesField #3,367 of 6,365 13.5%167 #2670
Life SciencesDomain #4,463 of 7,800 13.7%227 #5010
EngineeringField #3,888 of 6,636 2.9%494 #2884
Computer ScienceField #2,779 of 4,667 5.5%251 #1545
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,819 of 2,578 14.3%69 #1997
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,497 of 3,409 19.1%95 #2550
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,023 of 3,579 11.1%75 #3760
Health SciencesDomain #10,191 of 11,982 11.1%114 #11957

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meiji 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. Physical Sciences#3,156 #3,053
  2. Social Sciences#3,200 #3,004
  3. Social Sciences#2,670 #3,367
  4. Life Sciences#5,010 #4,463
  5. Engineering#2,884 #3,888
  6. Computer Science#1,545 #2,779
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,997 #1,819
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,550 #2,497
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,760 #3,023
  10. Health Sciences#11,957 #10,191
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 28.0 works7.5×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 75 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 45 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.25× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 251 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.81× its world share, 494 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 70 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.19× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 63 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 167 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meiji University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kouki Matsuse, Hisao Tamaki and Toshikazu Sunada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meiji University.

  1. 1 Kouki Matsuse · #57,943 worldwide 369 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Hisao Tamaki · #109,772 worldwide 248 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Toshikazu Sunada · #142,072 worldwide 171 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Yoichi Hayashi · #174,717 worldwide 496 citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Ichiro Miki · #180,904 worldwide 106 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Y. Kuroda · #216,692 worldwide 81 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Yositaka Onodera · #235,929 worldwide 170 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Rong Lü · #256,799 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 H. Nagasawa · #290,592 worldwide 314 citations · 104 works
  10. 10 Kentaro Yano · #305,628 worldwide 269 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Meiji University

Which keywords describe research at Meiji University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction and Modernization.

▲ 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. Deep Learning105▲ 1.69×65 topics
  2. Machine Learning80▲ 1.35×64 topics
  3. Neural Networks63▲ 2.3×35 topics
  4. Sustainability47◆ 1.07×46 topics
  5. Renewable Energy34▲ 1.29×30 topics
  6. Virtual Reality32▲ 3.5×9 topics
  7. Biodiversity27▲ 1.97×15 topics
  8. History26▲ 2.1×15 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior24▲ 2.1×12 topics
  10. Identity24▲ 1.85×17 topics
  11. Literature23▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Autonomous Vehicles22▲ 5.9×4 topics
  13. Culture22▲ 2.2×13 topics
  14. Robotics22▲ 4.9×6 topics
  15. Gender21▲ 2.1×14 topics
  16. Modernization19▲ 5.6×4 topics
  17. Multi-Agent Systems18▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Human-Robot Interaction17▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. Nonlinear Dynamics16▲ 4.1×7 topics
  20. Collision Avoidance16▲ 4.7×4 topics
  21. Mobile Robots15▲ 8.4×3 topics
  22. Satoyama15▲ 83×1 topic
  23. landscape conservation15▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Path Planning15▲ 6.3×3 topics
  25. 3D Mapping14▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Gesture Recognition14▲ 11×3 topics
  27. SLAM14▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Service Robots14▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Distributed Control13▲ 6.5×2 topics
  30. Finite Element Method13▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. Japan12▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Structural Analysis12▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Cloud Robotics12▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Internet of Robotic Things12▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Robotic Manipulators12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Soft Robotics12▲ 9.0×2 topics
  37. Virtual Environments11▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Haptic Interfaces11▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Optimal Motion Planning11▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Sampling-Based Algorithms11▲ 7.8×1 topic

Which research topics does Meiji University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Japanese History and Culture and Robotics and Automated Systems.

Urban and spatial planning15Urban and spatial planning: 15 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Base…14Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 14 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 12 fractional worksRobotics and Automated S…12Robotics and Automated Systems: 12 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…11Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 11 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 10 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 9 fractional worksInteractive and Immersiv…9Interactive and Immersive Displays: 9 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 9 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 8 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationAerospace EngineeringCultural StudiesControl and Systems Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planningNature and Landscape Conservation 15 works
  2. 2 Robotics and Sensor-Based LocalizationAerospace Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Japanese History and CultureCultural Studies 12 works
  4. 4 Robotics and Automated SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Robotic Path Planning AlgorithmsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 11 works
  6. 6 Modular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceMechanical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationMarketing 9 works
  8. 8 Interactive and Immersive DisplaysHuman-Computer Interaction 9 works
  9. 9 Tactile and Sensory InteractionsCognitive Neuroscience 9 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social MediaSociology and Political Science 8 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 available45.7%not open54.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meiji University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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