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Miyagi University

In research, Miyagi University stands highest in Life Sciences (#10,486 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#15,879 of 20,462 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#17,465 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,398
of 28,054 · #20,328 all time
Rank in Japan
#351
of 1,070
Research works
653
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Miyagi 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 #10,486 of 14,347 12.7%184
Health SciencesDomain #15,879 of 20,462 10.9%156
Physical SciencesDomain #17,465 of 21,541 9.3%215

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Miyagi 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: 2.25× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 5.37× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Miyagi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideki Kozima, Kazue Tamura and Koji Makanae lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Miyagi University.

  1. 1 Hideki Kozima Japan · #342,937 worldwide 138 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Kazue Tamura Japan · #723,703 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Koji Makanae Japan · #756,303 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Makoto Kanauchi Japan · #1,010,154 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Miyagi University

Which keywords describe research at Miyagi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Resilience, Disaster Recovery, Urban Reconstruction, Probiotics, Inflammation, Immune Responses, Heart Failure and Microbiota.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6◆ 1.05×36 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 1.84×20 topics
  3. Sustainability5▲ 1.35×11 topics
  4. Climate Change5◆ 1.15×25 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 1.86×15 topics
  6. COVID-194▲ 1.82×12 topics
  7. Heart Failure3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  8. Community Resilience3▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior3▲ 3.0×5 topics
  10. Disaster Recovery3▲ 255×1 topic
  11. Probiotics3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  12. Urban Reconstruction3▲ 255×1 topic
  13. Antioxidant3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  14. Clinical Trials3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  16. Metabolism3▲ 3.6×10 topics
  17. Immune Responses3▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Prevalence3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  19. Social Capital3▲ 3.3×7 topics
  20. Microbiota2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. Self-Efficacy2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  22. Immune Modulation2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Well-being2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  24. Cytokines2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  25. Prebiotics2▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Ion Channels2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Neurobiology2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  28. Gut Health2▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Lactic Acid Bacteria2▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Metabolic Health2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Ocean Acidification2▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Stress Management2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Neuronal Function2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Kelp Forests2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Metagenomic Analysis2▲ 8.9×1 topic
  38. Schizophrenia2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Seagrasses2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Miyagi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Marine and coastal plant biology and Gut microbiota and health.

Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 3 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksPotassium and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksMast cells and histamine1Mast cells and histamine: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 1 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tou…1Culinary Culture and Tourism: 1 fractional works
TransportationFood ScienceOceanographyMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 3 works
  2. 2 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  7. 7 Mast cells and histamine Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Miyagi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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