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Nagoya City University

In research, Nagoya City University stands highest in Medicine (#1,448 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,006 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,806 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,660
of 28,054 · #3,074 all time
Rank in Japan
#102
of 1,070
Research works
15k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
268k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Nagoya City 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
MedicineField #1,448 of 10,443 9.5%921 #1557
Health SciencesDomain #2,006 of 11,982 9.6%976 #1946
Life SciencesDomain #1,806 of 7,800 11.3%360 #1476
NeuroscienceField #657 of 1,168 12.3%86 #744
Physical SciencesDomain #7,856 of 12,888 7.5%212 #5460
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #712 of 1,144 11.0%129 #854
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,314 of 3,579 11.7%188 #1446
SurgerySubfield #1,259 of 1,816 7.0%129 #1008
Social SciencesDomain #7,588 of 10,521 15.9%128 #7518
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,788 of 2,175 12.3%113 #1418

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nagoya City 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. Medicine#1,557 #1,448
  2. Health Sciences#1,946 #2,006
  3. Life Sciences#1,476 #1,806
  4. Neuroscience#744 #657
  5. Physical Sciences#5,460 #7,856
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#854 #712
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,446 #2,314
  8. Surgery#1,008 #1,259
  9. Social Sciences#7,518 #7,588
  10. Molecular Biology#1,418 #1,788
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.

What does Nagoya City University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 129.1 works5.0×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 25.3 works4.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.27× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 188 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.16× its world share, 86 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.53× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.86× its world share, 922 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nagoya City University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshitaka Fujii, Akira Masaoka and Masashi Mizokami lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nagoya City University.

  1. 1 Yoshitaka Fujii Japan · #1,138 worldwide 1.5k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Akira Masaoka Japan · #6,730 worldwide 443 citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Masashi Mizokami Japan · #22,850 worldwide 417 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Yasuaki Dohi Japan · #24,531 worldwide 391 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Kyuzo Aoki Japan · #40,743 worldwide 402 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Masayoshi Imagawa Japan · #52,569 worldwide 546 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Takahiro Nakazawa Japan · #52,888 worldwide 266 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Rei Unno Japan · #63,763 worldwide 286 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Yasuhito Tanaka Japan · #89,856 worldwide 551 citations · 161 works
  10. 10 Kentaro Matsuura Japan · #116,057 worldwide 237 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Nagoya City University

Which keywords describe research at Nagoya City University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Oxidative Stress, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology153▲ 2.3×116 topics
  2. Inflammation110▲ 3.1×76 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress71▲ 2.6×57 topics
  4. Treatment65▲ 3.2×44 topics
  5. Chemotherapy58▲ 4.9×24 topics
  6. Cancer54▲ 2.4×51 topics
  7. Diagnosis54▲ 3.4×37 topics
  8. Immunotherapy51▲ 4.3×18 topics
  9. Quality of Life49▲ 2.0×45 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 2.2×35 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors41▲ 5.6×14 topics
  12. Management41▲ 3.1×26 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders38▲ 4.0×18 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 3.9×14 topics
  15. Risk Factors35▲ 1.92×31 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 2.5×22 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 4.5×8 topics
  18. Surgical Management32▲ 4.7×20 topics
  19. Genetics30▲ 2.6×21 topics
  20. Heart Failure30▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations28▲ 3.9×21 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy28▲ 7.2×5 topics
  23. Radiotherapy28▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Echocardiography26▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis24▲ 2.8×19 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy24▲ 2.5×17 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk23▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Complications23▲ 2.7×16 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation22▲ 4.7×6 topics
  30. Prognosis22▲ 4.0×9 topics
  31. Neurodegeneration22▲ 4.4×10 topics
  32. Neuroimaging20▲ 4.5×11 topics
  33. Survival Analysis20▲ 4.4×7 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease20▲ 5.0×8 topics
  35. Cell Signaling18▲ 7.0×12 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery15▲ 6.3×5 topics
  37. Therapeutic Strategies15▲ 9.4×2 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy15▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Pancreatic Cancer15▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Ion Channels14▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Nagoya City University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Vestibular and auditory disorders.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…12Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 12 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…10Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 10 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 10 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 9 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 8 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…8Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 7 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 7 fractional works
OncologyPhysiologyNeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 12 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 10 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 10 works
  4. 4 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 9 works
  5. 5 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 8 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  10. 10 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nagoya City University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.