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Nara Women's University

In research, Nara Women's University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,871 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,793 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,324 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,146
of 28,054 · #7,809 all time
Rank in Japan
#233
of 1,070
Research works
4.6k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Nara Women's 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,871 of 12,888 5.3%222 #4615
Life SciencesDomain #4,793 of 7,800 8.4%83 #7220
Social SciencesDomain #10,324 of 10,521 4.7%63 #11774

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nara Women's 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. Physical Sciences#4,615 #7,871
  2. Life Sciences#7,220 #4,793
  3. Social Sciences#11,774 #10,324
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: 0.64× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.05× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.82× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.00× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.87× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.83× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.72× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.95× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nara Women's University?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Miyabayashi, Masako Niwa and Satoru Matsuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nara Women's University.

  1. 1 K. Miyabayashi Japan · #125,673 worldwide 990 citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Masako Niwa Japan · #155,536 worldwide 91 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Satoru Matsuda Japan · #317,454 worldwide 181 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Yasushi Shizuta Japan · #366,120 worldwide 150 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Haruki Imaoka Japan · #404,958 worldwide 58 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Mikito Toda Japan · #420,681 worldwide 53 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Yoshie Matsuo Japan · #442,642 worldwide 89 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Masafumi Harada Japan · #537,116 worldwide 74 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Ribeka Takachi Japan · #584,685 worldwide 78 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Tsuyoshi Kobayashi Japan · #586,493 worldwide 23 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Nara Women's University

Which keywords describe research at Nara Women's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Self-Assembly, Biodiversity, Catalysis, Hydrogels, Inflammation, Emotion Regulation, Cardiovascular Disease and landscape conservation.

▲ 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. Inflammation16▲ 1.84×38 topics
  2. Self-Assembly16▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Biodiversity13▲ 4.0×11 topics
  4. Catalysis12▲ 4.2×15 topics
  5. Cancer12▲ 2.0×27 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.69×31 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.5×21 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 2.7×14 topics
  9. Emotion Regulation8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  10. Hydrogels8▲ 9.9×3 topics
  11. Microbial Communities8▲ 4.2×5 topics
  12. Nanostructures7▲ 4.3×9 topics
  13. Ionic Liquids7▲ 5.7×5 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota7▲ 4.5×4 topics
  15. Community Participation6▲ 4.1×2 topics
  16. Satoyama6▲ 149×1 topic
  17. landscape conservation6▲ 149×1 topic
  18. Cathode Materials6▲ 3.7×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Health6▲ 7.4×3 topics
  20. Electron Transport6▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Green Chemistry6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  22. Immune Responses6▲ 9.6×2 topics
  23. Nanofibers6▲ 6.0×2 topics
  24. Biomaterials6▲ 5.6×3 topics
  25. Metagenomic Analysis6▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Short-Chain Fatty Acids6▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Micelles5▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Adsorption5▲ 5.7×3 topics
  29. Dark Matter5▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Nanotubes5▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Quantum Computing5▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Lanthanide Complexes5▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Single-Molecule Magnets5▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Surfactants5▲ 12×4 topics
  35. CO2 Capture5▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Supramolecular Chemistry5▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Epilepsy Treatment5▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Molecular Imaging5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Heart Rate Variability4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. Supramolecular4▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Nara Women's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Gut microbiota and health, Magnetism in coordination complexes and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials.

Urban and spatial planning6Urban and spatial planning: 6 fractional worksGut microbiota and health6Gut microbiota and health: 6 fractional worksMagnetism in coordinatio…5Magnetism in coordination complexes: 5 fractional worksSupramolecular Self-Asse…4Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials: 4 fractional worksSurfactants and Colloidal Systems: 4 fractional worksLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes: 4 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability a…3Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 3 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…3Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 3 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationMolecular BiologyElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsBiomaterials6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Magnetism in coordination complexes Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 5 works
  4. 4 Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Biomaterials 4 works
  5. 5 Surfactants and Colloidal Systems Organic Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes Materials Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  9. 9 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nara Women's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower 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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