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Naragakuen University

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World rank, all time
#26,957
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,047
of 1,923
Research works
143
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Naragakuen University

Which fields of science does Naragakuen University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Naragakuen University is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Health Professions (12%), Psychology (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 23 fractional works · 50.8% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 36.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 12.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 24.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNaragakuenUniversity46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences24%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1736.0%
    2. Health Professions612.3%
    3. Nursing12.5%
    1. Psychology612.1%
    2. Social Sciences49.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering35.7%
    2. Computer Science24.2%
    3. Mathematics12.1%
    4. Environmental Science12.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.3%
    2. Neuroscience24.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
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: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.66× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 5.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.98× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.07×1 works
  2. Health Professions4.66×6 works
  3. Psychology3.98×6 works
  4. Neuroscience2.48×2 works
  5. Medicine1.87×16 works
  6. Mathematics1.75×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.71×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.54×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.40×1 works
  13. Engineering0.38×3 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Naragakuen University?

Ranked on the quality score, Toshimitsu Okamura, Daiki Nakashima and Yoshiyuki Taketani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naragakuen University.

  1. 1 Toshimitsu Okamura Japan · #4,012,537 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Daiki Nakashima Japan · #4,368,352 worldwide 308 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Yoshiyuki Taketani Japan · #4,392,111 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 知惠子 瀧明 Japan · #4,577,203 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Kazuo Isaki Japan · #4,584,996 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Tatsundo Yamagami Japan · #4,660,785 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 里奈 田中 Japan · #4,807,649 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Kanetoshi Hattori Japan · #4,826,281 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 一夫 伊﨑 Japan · #5,309,956 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Yoshiyuki Yoshikawa Japan · #5,312,035 worldwide 258 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Naragakuen University

What are the most cited papers from Naragakuen University?

The most cited paper from Naragakuen University is "Fundamentals of Thermodynamics" (Kenji Kamide, Toshiaki Dobashi, 2000), with 308 citations. Next come "Basic Properties of Thin-Disk Oscillations" (261) and "Resonant Excitation of Disk Oscillations by Warps: A Model of kHz QPOs" (138).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fundamentals of Thermodynamics Kenji Kamide, Toshiaki Dobashi · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 2000 308
2 Basic Properties of Thin-Disk Oscillations Shoji Kato · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 25 Feb 2001 261
3 Resonant Excitation of Disk Oscillations by Warps: A Model of kHz QPOs Shoji Kato · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Open access 25 Oct 2004 138
4 Determinants of utilisation of antenatal care and skilled birth attendant at delivery in South West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study Calistus Wilunda, Gianluca Quaglio, Giovanni Putoto et al. · Reproductive Health Open access 24 Aug 2015 120
5 Effect of Environmental Conditions on Tear Dynamics in Soft Contact Lens Wearers Kunio Maruyama, Norihiko Yokoi, Akira Takamata et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 26 Jul 2004 111
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Which keywords describe research at Naragakuen University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Epidemiology, Psychological Factors, Quality of Life, Muscle Mass, Virtual Reality, Chronic Pain and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  2. Aging4▲ 16×8 topics
  3. Inflammation3▲ 3.1×7 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Psychological Factors3▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Muscle Mass2▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  8. Virtual Reality2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  9. Chronic Pain2▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Rehabilitation2▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Self-Efficacy2▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Social Support2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  13. Global Burden2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  14. Elderly2▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Physical Performance2▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Disability2▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Low Back Pain2▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Musculoskeletal Disorders2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Prevention2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  21. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Functional Recovery2▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Health Status Questionnaires2▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Measurement Properties2▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Sarcopenia2▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Distance Education1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Muscle Strength1▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Visual Fatigue1▲ 76×2 topics
  29. Cognitive Training1▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Elderly Patients1▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Fall Risk1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Gait Speed1▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Job Satisfaction1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. Lifelong Learning1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Clinical Practice1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Neural Plasticity1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Wound Healing1▲ 9.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Naragakuen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Musculoskeletal pain and…2Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…1Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 1 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…1Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 1 fractional worksColor perception and design: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyPhysiologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  8. 8 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 1 works
  9. 9 Color perception and design Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Naragakuen University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Naragakuen University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Naragakuen University0.00024% in 20251990200020102020

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

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