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Minami Kyushu University

In research, Minami Kyushu University stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,385 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,089
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#922
of 1,923
Research works
269
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Minami Kyushu University

What is Minami Kyushu 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
Life SciencesDomain #7,385 of 11,023 6.4%148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Minami Kyushu 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Minami Kyushu University work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Minami Kyushu University is in Life Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (28%), Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 13 fractional works · 42.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 27.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 37.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMinami KyushuUniversity32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences927.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.6%
    3. Neuroscience26.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Environmental Science617.5%
    2. Engineering38.3%
    3. Computer Science25.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.6%
    6. Materials Science01.3%
    7. Chemistry00.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    9. Energy00.5%
    1. Medicine27.1%
    2. Nursing13.0%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences14.0%
    2. Decision Sciences13.1%
    3. Psychology12.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
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: 5.82× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.53× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 6.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.15×1 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.82×9 works
  3. Neuroscience4.00×2 works
  4. Environmental Science3.53×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences3.24×1 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.49×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.99×0 works
  10. Psychology0.80×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.77×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.73×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.70×0 works
  14. Energy0.57×0 works
  15. Engineering0.55×3 works
  16. Chemistry0.43×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.37×0 works
  18. Medicine0.37×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.31×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Minami Kyushu University?

Ranked on the quality score, Norihiko Terahara, Katsumi Ozaki and Yoshinori Shintani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minami Kyushu University.

  1. 1 Norihiko Terahara Japan · #1,760,245 worldwide 4.7k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Katsumi Ozaki Japan · #3,472,182 worldwide 449 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Yoshinori Shintani Japan · #3,774,198 worldwide 760 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Masaatsu Yamaguchi Japan · #4,213,284 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Takeshi Hotta Japan · #4,564,072 worldwide 58 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Sawako Ono Japan · #4,614,296 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Seiji Takaya Japan · #4,788,704 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Kenjiro Toki Japan · #5,637,330 worldwide 2.2k citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Hideo Toyama Japan · #5,907,188 worldwide 195 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 英男 外山 Japan · #6,113,321 worldwide 0 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Minami Kyushu University

What are the most cited papers from Minami Kyushu University?

The most cited paper from Minami Kyushu University is "Cardiac natriuretic peptides" (Jens Peter Goetze, Benoit G. Bruneau, Hugo R. Ramos et al., 2020), with 543 citations. Next come "α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Action of Natural Acylated Anthocyanins. 1. Survey of Natural Pigments with Potent Inhibitory Activity" (397) and "Involvement of Anthocyanins and other Phenolic Compounds in Radical‐Scavenging Activity of Purple‐Fleshed Sweet Potato Cultivars" (320).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cardiac natriuretic peptides Jens Peter Goetze, Benoit G. Bruneau, Hugo R. Ramos et al. · Nature Reviews Cardiology Review 22 May 2020 543
2 α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Action of Natural Acylated Anthocyanins. 1. Survey of Natural Pigments with Potent Inhibitory Activity Toshiro Matsui, Tetsuya Ueda, Tomoyuki Oki et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 6 Mar 2001 397
3 Involvement of Anthocyanins and other Phenolic Compounds in Radical‐Scavenging Activity of Purple‐Fleshed Sweet Potato Cultivars Tomoyuki Oki, Mami Masuda, S. Furuta et al. · Journal of Food Science Jun 2002 320
4 Anti-hyperglycemic Effect of Diacylated Anthocyanin Derived fromIpomoea batatasCultivar Ayamurasaki Can Be Achieved through the α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Action Toshiro Matsui, Sumi Ebuchi, Mio Kobayashi et al. · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2 Nov 2002 266
5 Yellow flowers generated by expression of the aurone biosynthetic pathway Eiichiro Ono, Masako Fukuchi‐Mizutani, Noriko Nakamura et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 10 Jul 2006 252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Minami Kyushu University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Climate Change, Phylogeny, Genetics, Ecosystem Services, Polyploidy, Evolution and Apomixis.

▲ 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-now 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.7×15 topics
  2. Invasive Species2▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Phylogeny2▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Genetics2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  5. Sustainability2▲ 2.0×5 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services2▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Polyploidy2▲ 95×2 topics
  8. Evolution1▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Apomixis1▲ 451×1 topic
  10. Grasses1▲ 451×1 topic
  11. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  12. Environmental Impacts1▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 5.5×6 topics
  14. Conservation Genetics1▲ 89×2 topics
  15. Deep Learning1◆ 1.04×6 topics
  16. Ecosystem Engineering1▲ 114×1 topic
  17. Education1▲ 1.95×2 topics
  18. Freshwater Mussels1▲ 165×1 topic
  19. Immune Modulation1▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Aquaculture1▲ 12×1 topic
  21. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Metabolism1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Oyster Reefs1▲ 107×1 topic
  24. Team Science1▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does Minami Kyushu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 1 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Resear…1Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration: 1 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…1Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 1 fractional worksColor Science and Applic…0Color Science and Applications: 0 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 0 fractional worksPhysiological and biochemical adaptations: 0 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 0 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyInformation Systems and ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  2. 2 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 1 works
  7. 7 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Minami Kyushu University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher 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 Minami Kyushu University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Minami Kyushu University0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Minami Kyushu University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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