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Meirin College

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Research works
54
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
199
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Meirin College

Not ranked overall: Meirin College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Meirin College work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Meirin College is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (16%), Dentistry (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24 fractional works · 44.8% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 23.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 14.2% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMeirin College54fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1323.4%
    2. Dentistry814.2%
    3. Health Professions36.4%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences815.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities59.2%
    3. Psychology24.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering59.6%
    2. Computer Science24.6%
    3. Environmental Science12.0%
    4. Materials Science00.9%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.5%
    2. Neuroscience12.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringDentistry: 42.82× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.87× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 42.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry42.82×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.87×0 works
  3. Medicine1.29×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.22×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.20×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.17×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×0 works
  9. Psychology0.78×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×0 works
  12. Engineering0.57×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.50×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Meirin College?

Ranked on the quality score, Toshiya Matsuzaki and 倫子 計良 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meirin College.

  1. 1 Toshiya Matsuzaki Japan · #4,280,750 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 倫子 計良 Japan · #5,108,877 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Meirin College

What are the most cited papers from Meirin College?

The most cited paper from Meirin College is "Cloning, sequencing and expression of serine/threonine kinase-encoding genes from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)" (Hiroaki Urabe, Hiroshi Ogawara, 1995), with 52 citations. Next come "Predicting the Pharyngeal Airway Space After Mandibular Setback Surgery" (52) and "Mast4 determines the cell fate of MSCs for bone and cartilage development" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cloning, sequencing and expression of serine/threonine kinase-encoding genes from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Hiroaki Urabe, Hiroshi Ogawara · Gene Feb 1995 52
2 Predicting the Pharyngeal Airway Space After Mandibular Setback Surgery Fengshan Chen, Kazuto Terada, Kooji Hanada et al. · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 23 Sep 2005 52
3 Mast4 determines the cell fate of MSCs for bone and cartilage development Pyunggang Kim et al. · Nature Communications Open access 8 Jul 2022 50
4 Relapse Tendency in Maxillary Arch Width in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients with Different Maxillary Arch Forms Talat Hasan Al-Gunaid, Toshikazu Asahito, Masaki Yamaki et al. · The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal May 2008 37
5 Cytotoxicity of Dental Resin Monomers in the Presence of S9 mix Enzymes. Sakari Hikage, Atushige Sato, Shiro Suzuki et al. · Dental Materials Journal Open access 1999 33
All 92 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Meirin College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Healthcare, Covid-19 Pandemic, Virtual Reality, Cancer Treatment, Psychological Factors, Herbal Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.1×11 topics
  2. Quality of Life4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  3. Healthcare3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  4. Cancer Treatment3▲ 19×2 topics
  5. Covid-19 Pandemic3▲ 66×2 topics
  6. Virtual Reality3▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Psychological Factors3▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Herbal Medicine2▲ 20×1 topic
  9. Traditional Chinese Medicine2▲ 29×1 topic
  10. International Trade Law2▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Bone Regeneration2▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  14. Dental Implants2▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Peri-implant Diseases2▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Culture2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  18. Dental Materials2▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Islam2▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Literature2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  21. Restorative Dentistry2▲ 66×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  23. Air Force2▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Legal Regulation2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Modernization2▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Sharia Law2▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Social Influence2▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Transport Policy2▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  30. Bruxism1▲ 107×1 topic
  31. Fluoride1▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Human-Computer Interaction1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Public Policy1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Temporomandibular Disorders1▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Wound Healing1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Dental Caries1▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Environmental Participation1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Social Movements1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Territorial Governance1▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Elderly1▲ 9.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Meirin College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Drilling and Well Engineering and Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications.

Dental Health and Care U…0Dental Health and Care Utilization: 0 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…0Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…0Drilling and Well Engineering: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Computational T…0Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 0 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional worksSports Performance and T…0Sports Performance and Training: 0 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 0 fractional worksOral and gingival health research: 0 fractional works
PeriodonticsOcean EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 0 works
  2. 2 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Oral and gingival health research Pharmacy 0 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Meirin College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Meirin College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000020% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Meirin College0.000015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Meirin College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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