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Musashi University

In research, Musashi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,149 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,460
of 22,385 · #22,128 all time
Rank in Japan
#491
of 924
Research works
3.1k
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Musashi University

What is Musashi University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,149 of 9,585 4.7%74 #13714

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musashi 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 Musashi University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Musashi University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 86 fractional works · 71.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 39.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 8.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 18.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMusashiUniversity121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences71%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4839.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1713.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting86.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities75.4%
    5. Psychology54.0%
    6. Decision Sciences21.8%
    1. Computer Science97.6%
    2. Engineering64.7%
    3. Environmental Science32.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine53.9%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.99× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.49× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.49×17 works
  2. Social Sciences3.14×48 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.99×8 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.88×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.87×2 works
  6. Psychology1.33×5 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×9 works
  8. Health Professions0.67×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×4 works
  10. Energy0.60×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.57×3 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.54×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.41×1 works
  15. Engineering0.31×6 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  18. Medicine0.20×5 works
  19. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Musashi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kohei Matsui, Yoshiteru Enomoto and Takamitsu Jimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musashi University.

  1. 1 Kohei Matsui Japan · #2,811,906 worldwide 1.6k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Yoshiteru Enomoto Japan · #3,204,413 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Takamitsu Jimura Japan · #3,313,783 worldwide 485 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Michael Magcamit Japan · #3,531,224 worldwide 131 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Haruaki Hirota Japan · #3,607,801 worldwide 149 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Kuniaki Nemoto Japan · #3,916,387 worldwide 213 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Toshihisa Suzuki Japan · #4,185,835 worldwide 403 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Yoshihiro Hishiyama Japan · #4,206,787 worldwide 4.3k citations · 206 works
  9. 9 Takao Sakai Japan · #4,313,896 worldwide 6.3k citations · 330 works
  10. 10 Tamaki Maruhashi Japan · #4,372,340 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Musashi University

What are the most cited papers from Musashi University?

The most cited paper from Musashi University is "Observation of zigzag and armchair edges of graphite using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy" (Yousuke Kobayashi, Kenichi Fukui, Toshiaki Enoki et al., 2005), with 653 citations. Next come "Structural Identification by Extended Kalman Filter" (570) and "An empirical model for device degradation due to hot-carrier injection" (561).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of zigzag and armchair edges of graphite using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy Yousuke Kobayashi, Kenichi Fukui, Toshiaki Enoki et al. · Physical Review B Open access 25 May 2005 653
2 Structural Identification by Extended Kalman Filter Masaru HOSHIYA, Etsuro SAITO · Journal of Engineering Mechanics Dec 1984 570
3 An empirical model for device degradation due to hot-carrier injection Eiji Takeda, Norio Suzuki · IEEE Electron Device Letters Apr 1983 561
4 New Combustion Concept for Ultra-Clean and High-Efficiency Small DI Diesel Engines Shuji Kimura, Osamu Aoki, Hiroshi Ogawa et al. · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper 25 Oct 1999 538
5 Association of structural polymorphisms in the human period3 gene with delayed sleep phase syndrome Takashi Ebisawa et al. · EMBO Reports Open access Apr 2001 524
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Musashi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, History, Identity, Culture, Gender, Monetary Policy 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-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 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. Economic Growth10▲ 10×12 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 3.6×20 topics
  3. History6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  4. Identity6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  5. Education5▲ 2.6×8 topics
  6. Culture5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  7. Gender5▲ 7.6×5 topics
  8. Monetary Policy5▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Big Data5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  10. Colonialism4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  11. Modernization4▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Teacher Training4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  13. Literature4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  14. Politics4▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Society4▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Labor Market4▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Social Media4▲ 2.5×11 topics
  18. Inequality4▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Economic Development4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  20. Japan4▲ 153×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Tourism4▲ 27×2 topics
  22. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Unemployment4▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Political Economy4▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Technological Change3▲ 73×2 topics
  26. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  27. Destination Image3▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Tourist Satisfaction3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Regulation3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  30. Financial Crisis3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Health3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  32. Urban Development3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Labor Force Participation2▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Personality Traits2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Structural Change2▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Social Network Analysis2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. WebQuests2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Income Tax2▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Aggregate Demand2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Income Distribution2▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Musashi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Education and Digital Technologies and Economic Theory and Policy.

Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 3 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…2Education and Digital Technologies: 2 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy2Economic Theory and Policy: 2 fractional worksLabor market dynamics and wage inequality: 2 fractional worksLocal Government Finance and Decentralization: 2 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…2Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 2 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 1 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 1 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  5. 5 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Local Government Finance and Decentralization Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 2 works
  8. 8 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 1 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Musashi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Musashi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Musashi University0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Musashi University6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.1% in 1994.

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