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Nanzan University

In research, Nanzan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,086 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,603 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,748
of 22,385 · #10,144 all time
Rank in Japan
#240
of 924
Research works
1.4k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Nanzan University

What is Nanzan 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 #4,086 of 9,585 3.5%128 #3527
Physical SciencesDomain #7,603 of 10,670 2.2%98 #8088

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Nanzan University is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 145 fractional works · 54.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 17.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 13.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNanzan University265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences55%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6323.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance269.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities217.9%
    4. Psychology155.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting114.2%
    6. Decision Sciences83.2%
    1. Engineering4517.0%
    2. Computer Science3613.5%
    3. Mathematics103.7%
    4. Environmental Science83.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine72.5%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    2. Neuroscience20.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    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: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.74× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.18× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.74× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.54× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.54×26 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.30×8 works
  3. Mathematics3.18×10 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.74×21 works
  5. Psychology1.90×15 works
  6. Social Sciences1.88×63 works
  7. Computer Science1.74×36 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.29×11 works
  9. Engineering1.13×45 works
  10. Environmental Science0.63×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.48×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.48×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×3 works
  16. Energy0.25×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  18. Medicine0.13×7 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nanzan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gan Chen, Kiyoshi Katō and Johannes Hirschmeier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanzan University.

  1. 1 Gan Chen Japan · #330,334 worldwide 5k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Kiyoshi Katō Japan · #1,292,345 worldwide 911 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Johannes Hirschmeier Japan · #1,787,458 worldwide 335 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Tetsuo Yokoyama Japan · #1,940,904 worldwide 846 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Keiko Murasugi Japan · #2,023,797 worldwide 789 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Anthony Zimmerman Japan · #2,389,674 worldwide 357 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Richard Miles Japan · #2,508,257 worldwide 120 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Andrew Clark Japan · #2,804,612 worldwide 3 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Kazuki Kagohashi Japan · #2,856,537 worldwide 122 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Gerald Ashley Waring Japan · #2,876,366 worldwide 575 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Nanzan University

What are the most cited papers from Nanzan University?

The most cited paper from Nanzan University is "An Introduction to Qualitative Research" (Robert A. Croker, 2009), with 2,336 citations. Next come "Writing across Languages: Analysis of L2 Text" (512) and "The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs" (433).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Introduction to Qualitative Research Robert A. Croker · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks Book chapter 2009 2,336
2 Writing across Languages: Analysis of L2 Text Melvin R. Andrade, Ulla Connor, Robert B. Kaplan · TESOL Quarterly 1990 512
3 The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs Porter Hoagland, Donald Mark Anderson, Yoshiaki Kaoru et al. · Estuaries Aug 2002 433
4 Face and facework in conflict: a cross-cultural comparison of China, Germany, Japan, and the United States JOHN G. OETZEL, Stella Ting‐Toomey, Tomoko Masumoto et al. · Communication Monographs Sep 2001 401
5 On the Existence and Uniqueness of Pure Nash Equilibrium in Rent-Seeking Games Ferenc Szidarovszky, Koji Okuguchi · Games and Economic Behavior 1997 326
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nanzan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Identity, Economic Growth, Literature, Colonialism, Culture 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. Globalization14▲ 2.6×31 topics
  2. History10▲ 5.6×9 topics
  3. Identity9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  4. Economic Growth9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  5. Literature8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  6. Culture7▲ 5.2×6 topics
  7. Colonialism7▲ 5.6×7 topics
  8. Gender6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  9. Economic Development6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  10. Modernization6▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Monetary Policy5▲ 8.4×5 topics
  12. Religion5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  13. Philosophy5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  14. Optimization5▲ 4.1×8 topics
  15. Regulation5▲ 3.4×6 topics
  16. Ethics5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  17. Signal Processing5▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Language Teaching4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  19. Multilingualism4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  20. Social Networks4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  21. Japan4▲ 70×1 topic
  22. Nonlinear Systems4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  23. Society4▲ 7.7×1 topic
  24. Waveform Design4▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Bilingual Education4▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Fiscal Policy4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Language Policy4▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Second Language Acquisition4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Distributed Control3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Corrective Feedback3▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Feedback Control3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  33. L2 Motivation3▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Altruism3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Cooperation3▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Pragmatics3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Adaptive Control3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Bayesian Methods3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Radar3▲ 47×1 topic
  40. MIMO Radar3▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Nanzan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Radar Systems and Signal Processing and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials.

Japanese History and Cul…4Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…3EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal…3Radar Systems and Signal Processing: 3 fractional worksStatistical Methods in C…3Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 3 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 2 fractional worksRobotic Locomotion and C…2Robotic Locomotion and Control: 2 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Productivity: 2 fractional worksOptimal Experimental Design Methods: 2 fractional worksInternational Student an…2International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 2 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLanguage and LinguisticsAerospace EngineeringStatistics and Probability6 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 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  3. 3 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 3 works
  5. 5 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  6. 6 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Robotic Locomotion and Control Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Optimal Experimental Design Methods Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  10. 10 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 2 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanzan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Nanzan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Nanzan University0.00088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nanzan 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 2025Nanzan University5.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2010.

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