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Musashino University

In research, Musashino University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,339 of 11,982 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,691 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,699 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,913
of 28,054 · #11,802 all time
Rank in Japan
#201
of 1,070
Research works
1.5k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Musashino 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,339 of 11,982 11.4%107 #13003
Computer ScienceField #2,691 of 4,667 9.1%84 #5273
Social SciencesDomain #6,699 of 10,521 11.5%163 #12319
Physical SciencesDomain #8,775 of 12,888 7.7%186 #8421
MedicineField #8,652 of 10,443 10.8%85 #13734
Social SciencesField #5,746 of 6,365 10.5%62 #9205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Musashino 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. Health Sciences#13,003 #6,339
  2. Computer Science#5,273 #2,691
  3. Social Sciences#12,319 #6,699
  4. Physical Sciences#8,421 #8,775
  5. Medicine#13,734 #8,652
  6. Social Sciences#9,205 #5,746
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.

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: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.22× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.35× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.11× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 2.96× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.77× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.83× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Musashino University?

Ranked on the composite score, Masao Wada, Masahiro Kawahara and Makoto Otsuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Musashino University.

  1. 1 Masao Wada Japan · #461,107 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Masahiro Kawahara Japan · #842,094 worldwide 62 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Makoto Otsuka Japan · #848,737 worldwide 152 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Tetsuo Hatanaka Japan · #914,080 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Takafumi Nakanishi Japan · #1,051,579 worldwide 51 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Thatsanee Charoenporn Japan · #1,128,735 worldwide 25 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Ken‐ichiro Tanaka Japan · #1,138,059 worldwide 41 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Seiichi Iizuka Japan · #1,167,488 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Virach Sornlertlamvanich Japan · #1,269,915 worldwide 29 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Yuki Mizuno Japan · #1,345,401 worldwide 22 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Musashino University

Which keywords describe research at Musashino University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Entrepreneurship, Modeling, COVID-19, Digital Economy and Investment.

▲ 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 Learning35▲ 1.98×41 topics
  2. Machine Learning32▲ 1.92×45 topics
  3. Neural Networks22▲ 2.8×18 topics
  4. Epidemiology21◆ 1.02×44 topics
  5. Sustainability20▲ 1.57×23 topics
  6. COVID-1917▲ 2.4×15 topics
  7. Inflammation17▲ 1.58×34 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.83×26 topics
  9. Globalization14▲ 1.43×19 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship14▲ 6.8×7 topics
  11. Economic Development13▲ 3.1×11 topics
  12. Healthcare13▲ 2.2×11 topics
  13. Pandemic12▲ 2.2×8 topics
  14. Big Data10▲ 2.2×14 topics
  15. Modeling10▲ 8.1×2 topics
  16. Antioxidant9▲ 2.6×16 topics
  17. Digital Economy9▲ 9.6×3 topics
  18. Investment9▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Language Teaching8▲ 6.5×2 topics
  20. Feature Extraction8▲ 3.5×7 topics
  21. Human-Computer Interaction8▲ 9.2×6 topics
  22. Tourism Development8▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Deep Neural Networks8▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Industrial Enterprises8▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Innovation Economics8▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Precision Medicine8▲ 3.4×6 topics
  27. Student Competencies8▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Teaching Methods8▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Global Governance8▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases8▲ 4.7×5 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation7▲ 4.4×7 topics
  32. Language7▲ 5.4×3 topics
  33. Topic Modeling7▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Public Health Interventions6▲ 16×1 topic
  35. transmission dynamics6▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Electronic Health Records6▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Teaching6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  38. Gesture Recognition6▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Interpretable Models5▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Literacy5▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Musashino University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Industrial Development, Education, Innovation and Language Studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI).

Economic and Industrial …8Economic and Industrial Development: 8 fractional worksEducation, Innovation an…8Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…6COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksExplainable Artificial I…5Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 5 fractional worksLanguage Acquisition and Education: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis Techniques: 4 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…4Complex Systems and Decision Making: 4 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 4 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 4 fractional worksSustainability and Innov…4Sustainability and Innovation in Business: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEducationModeling and SimulationArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 8 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  4. 4 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  5. 5 Language Acquisition and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  8. 8 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Sustainability and Innovation in Business Management of Technology and Innovation 4 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Musashino University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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