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North Asia University

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Research works
52
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
276
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
North Asia University

Not ranked overall: North Asia University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does North Asia University work in?

In all years, 37% of research at North Asia University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (16%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 19 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 25.8% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 12.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth AsiaUniversity52fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 Sciences815.6%
    2. Psychology59.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance47.3%
    4. Decision Sciences11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    1. Computer Science612.3%
    2. Engineering47.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy23.2%
    4. Environmental Science11.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Medicine815.7%
    2. Health Professions12.1%
    3. Nursing11.3%
    4. Dentistry00.6%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences46.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.0%
    3. Neuroscience23.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.21×0 works
  2. Psychology4.07×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.64×1 works
  4. Computer Science2.16×2 works
  5. Nursing2.02×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.83×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.47×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×0 works
  9. Medicine1.27×3 works
  10. Social Sciences1.15×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.34×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.30×0 works
  15. Engineering0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Asia University?

Ranked on the quality score, Takashi Muranaka and 欽哉 白川 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Asia University.

  1. 1 Takashi Muranaka Japan · #4,299,977 worldwide 249 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 欽哉 白川 Japan · #4,603,235 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at North Asia University

What are the most cited papers from North Asia University?

The most cited paper from North Asia University is "THE PHOTON COLLIDER AT TESLA" (Barbara Badelek et al., 2004), with 157 citations. Next come "Gold-plated processes at photon colliders" (62) and "Effects of Acute Preload Reduction on Myocardial Velocity During Isovolumic Contraction and Myocardial Acceleration in Pediatric Patients" (31).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE PHOTON COLLIDER AT TESLA Barbara Badelek et al. · International Journal of Modern Physics A Open access 10 Dec 2004 157
2 Gold-plated processes at photon colliders E. Boos, A. De Roeck, I. F. Ginzburg et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access Oct 2001 62
3 Effects of Acute Preload Reduction on Myocardial Velocity During Isovolumic Contraction and Myocardial Acceleration in Pediatric Patients Yunyan Duan, Kenji Harada, Manatomo Toyono et al. · Pediatric Cardiology 3 Jan 2006 31
4 Production of scalar Higgs and pseudoscalar Higgs in multi-Higgs doublet models at $\gamma\gamma$ colliders Eri Asakawa, Jun-ichi Kamoshita, Akio Sugamoto et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access May 2000 30
5 The role of weed seed contamination in grain commodities as propagule pressure Mafumi Ikeda, Takeshi Nishi, Motoaki Asai et al. · Biological Invasions 17 Feb 2022 25
All 43 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at North Asia University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Information Literacy, Deep Learning, Critical Thinking, Metacognition, Online Research, Cognitive Engagement, Epistemological Beliefs and Source Evaluation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Deep Learning4▲ 3.4×6 topics
  2. Information Literacy3▲ 41×3 topics
  3. Critical Thinking2▲ 67×3 topics
  4. Metacognition2▲ 40×3 topics
  5. Online Research2▲ 151×2 topics
  6. Cognitive Engagement2▲ 53×2 topics
  7. Epistemological Beliefs2▲ 278×1 topic
  8. Source Evaluation2▲ 278×1 topic
  9. Innovation2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  11. Capital Flows2▲ 59×2 topics
  12. Cognition2▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Fiscal Policy2▲ 15×2 topics
  14. Language2▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Virtual Reality2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  16. Character Animation1▲ 219×1 topic
  17. Gender Equality1▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Invasive Species1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  19. Motion Synthesis1▲ 219×1 topic
  20. Time1▲ 57×2 topics
  21. ECB's Rescue Facility1▲ 240×1 topic
  22. Embodiment1▲ 15×1 topic
  23. Feminism1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Metaphor1▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Security1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  27. TARGET2 Balances1▲ 240×1 topic
  28. Action Recognition1▲ 87×1 topic
  29. Global Change1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Pose Estimation1▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Pattern Recognition Receptors1▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Profitability1▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Consent1▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Employment1▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Firm Survival1▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Islamic reform1▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Middle East1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Patient Autonomy1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Privacy1▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does North Asia University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Research and Pedagogy, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, Hemostasis and retained surgical items and Occupational and environmental lung diseases.

Educational Research and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 1 fractional worksHemostasis and retained …1Hemostasis and retained surgical items: 1 fractional worksOccupational and environ…1Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksTherapeutic Uses of Natu…1Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements: 1 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and Education: 0 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property: 0 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 0 fractional worksMemory Processes and Influences: 0 fractional worksIdentity, Memory, and Therapy: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHematologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Research and Pedagogy Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  2. 2 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Hemostasis and retained surgical items Hematology 1 works
  4. 4 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements Complementary and Manual Therapy 1 works
  6. 6 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Memory Processes and Influences Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Identity, Memory, and Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Asia University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower 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 North Asia University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%North Asia University0.000014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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