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Nihon Fukushi University

In research, Nihon Fukushi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,952 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,689 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,564
of 22,385 · #16,353 all time
Rank in Japan
#417
of 924
Research works
508
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Nihon Fukushi University

What is Nihon Fukushi University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #10,952 of 14,833 6.2%176
Physical SciencesDomain #13,689 of 17,446 4.7%146

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

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Nihon Fukushi University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 44 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 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 · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNihon FukushiUniversity111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences40%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2219.7%
    2. Psychology1412.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences11.1%
    1. Medicine1816.3%
    2. Health Professions119.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Engineering1110.3%
    2. Computer Science65.6%
    3. Environmental Science54.7%
    4. Materials Science21.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Neuroscience65.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    5. 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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.51× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.05× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.60× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.18× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.18×14 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.05×2 works
  3. Health Professions3.60×10 works
  4. Neuroscience3.51×6 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.01×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.56×22 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.11×1 works
  9. Nursing0.95×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.94×5 works
  11. Medicine0.85×18 works
  12. Computer Science0.72×6 works
  13. Engineering0.69×11 works
  14. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.55×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.50×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.43×2 works
  19. Energy0.42×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nihon Fukushi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroshi Hirai, Masashige Saito and Yukinobu Ichida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nihon Fukushi University.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Hirai Japan · #162,825 worldwide 5.7k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 Masashige Saito Japan · #186,586 worldwide 2.7k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Yukinobu Ichida Japan · #932,871 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Hideki Endo Japan · #1,585,813 worldwide 539 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Masaji Sakagami Japan · #2,311,160 worldwide 437 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Yasuhiro Banno Japan · #3,076,788 worldwide 243 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Junko Kuze Japan · #3,647,878 worldwide 349 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Seiko Mizutani Japan · #3,962,376 worldwide 129 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Yukari Yokoyama Japan · #4,077,321 worldwide 404 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Takashi Tahara Japan · #4,128,104 worldwide 218 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Nihon Fukushi University

What are the most cited papers from Nihon Fukushi University?

The most cited paper from Nihon Fukushi University is "The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku" (Kazuhisa Mitsuda et al., 2007), with 1,021 citations. Next come "Cortical Mapping of Gait in Humans: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Topography Study" (796) and "The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku Kazuhisa Mitsuda et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Open access143 authors 30 Jan 2007 1,021
2 Cortical Mapping of Gait in Humans: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Topography Study Ichiro Miyai, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Ichiro Sase et al. · NeuroImage Nov 2001 796
3 The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster F. Aharonian et al. · Nature Open access215 authors 5 Jul 2016 500
4 Prefrontal and premotor cortices are involved in adapting walking and running speed on the treadmill: an optical imaging study Mitsuo Suzuki, Ichiro Miyai, Takeshi Ono et al. · NeuroImage 4 Oct 2004 464
5 Social Participation and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese: The JAGES Cohort Study Satoru Kanamori, Yuko Kai, Jun Aida et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 12 Jun 2014 362
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nihon Fukushi University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality Risk, Aging, Social Support, Public Health, Social Relationships, Health Disparities, Physical Performance and Loneliness.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 1.27×20 topics
  2. Public Health6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  3. Aging5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  4. Mortality Risk5▲ 17×3 topics
  5. Social Support4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 2.6×13 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 1.68×10 topics
  8. Quality of Life4▲ 2.2×15 topics
  9. Social Relationships4▲ 35×2 topics
  10. Health Disparities3▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Loneliness3▲ 44×1 topic
  12. Physical Performance3▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Socioeconomic Inequalities3▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Functional Recovery3▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Neural Plasticity3▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Well-being3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  17. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  18. Language Teaching2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  19. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  20. Social Capital2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  21. Virtual Reality2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  22. Conservation2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  23. Physical Activity2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  24. Elderly2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  25. Neural Basis2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Cerebellum2▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Motor Control2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Reading Comprehension2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Constraint-Induced Therapy2▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Motor Recovery2▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Muscle Mass2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Functional Connectivity2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Psychological Distress2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Fall Risk2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Gait Speed2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Long-Term Care2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Bilingualism2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Body Composition2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Intrinsic Motivation2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Nihon Fukushi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health disparities and outcomes, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Health disparities and o…3Health disparities and outcomes: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…2Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursin…1School Health and Nursing Education: 1 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 1 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Pra…1Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 1 fractional works
HealthRehabilitationPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 3 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  7. 7 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nihon Fukushi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nihon Fukushi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Nihon Fukushi University0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nihon Fukushi 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 2025Nihon Fukushi University7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2015.

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