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Niigata University of Health and Welfare

In research, Niigata University of Health and Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,589 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,107 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,485 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 30.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,250
of 28,054 · #26,167 all time
Rank in Japan
#540
of 1,070
Research works
1.1k
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Niigata University of Health and Welfare 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,589 of 11,982 8.3%195 #10205
MedicineField #7,107 of 10,443 8.6%171 #9730
Life SciencesDomain #7,485 of 7,800 4.6%64 #13373

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Niigata University of Health and Welfare 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. Health Sciences#10,205 #7,589
  2. Medicine#9,730 #7,107
  3. Life Sciences#13,373 #7,485
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 Niigata University of Health and Welfare specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 30.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 26.0 works31×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 27.4 works11×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 52.4 works9.9×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 9.86× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.68× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.72× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Niigata University of Health and Welfare?

Ranked on the composite score, Noriko Sakurai, Kazuhiro Sugawara and Yozo Miyaoka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Niigata University of Health and Welfare.

  1. 1 Noriko Sakurai Japan · #158,817 worldwide 65 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Kazuhiro Sugawara Japan · #282,055 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Yozo Miyaoka Japan · #830,579 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yasuyuki Nishihara Japan · #860,300 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Koya Yamashiro Japan · #888,669 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Shigeru Sato Japan · #894,124 worldwide 63 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Mutsuaki Edama Japan · #998,367 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Masako Ishii Japan · #1,002,791 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Isamu Konishi Japan · #1,015,722 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hiroyuki Tamaki Japan · #1,031,917 worldwide 54 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Which keywords describe research at Niigata University of Health and Welfare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Neural Plasticity, Gait Analysis, Functional Connectivity, Inflammation, Biomechanics and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 3.4×48 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 3.6×41 topics
  3. Rehabilitation21▲ 16×11 topics
  4. Neural Plasticity20▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Gait Analysis18▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Functional Connectivity18▲ 41×3 topics
  7. Biomechanics16▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation15▲ 160×1 topic
  9. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation15▲ 160×1 topic
  10. Risk Factors14▲ 3.8×16 topics
  11. Aging13▲ 7.3×8 topics
  12. Quality of Life13▲ 2.7×25 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.1×21 topics
  14. Prevention11▲ 8.2×9 topics
  15. Arthroplasty10▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Functional Recovery10▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Global Burden10▲ 5.7×9 topics
  18. Foot Strike Patterns10▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Running Injuries10▲ 82×1 topic
  20. Emotion Regulation10▲ 9.4×6 topics
  21. Injury Prevention10▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Chronic Pain9▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Athletic Training9▲ 29×2 topics
  25. High-Intensity Interval Training8▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Electromyography8▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Muscle Fatigue8▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Psychological Factors8▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Muscle Injuries8▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Sports Injury8▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Resistance Training8▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Low Back Pain7▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Ankle Injuries7▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Prognosis7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Sprains7▲ 75×1 topic
  36. Muscle Mass7▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Regeneration7▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Motor Imagery7▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Physical Performance7▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Motor Control6▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Niigata University of Health and Welfare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, Muscle activation and electromyography studies and Sports injuries and prevention.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 15 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 10 fractional worksMuscle activation and el…8Muscle activation and electromyography studies: 8 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…8Sports injuries and prevention: 8 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…6Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…5Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 5 fractional worksSports Performance and T…5Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…5EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional works
NeurologyBiomedical EngineeringOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 15 works
  2. 2 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 5 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Niigata University of Health and Welfare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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