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Notre Dame Seishin University

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World rank, all time
#29,794
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,307
of 1,923
Research works
207
▲ 143% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Notre Dame Seishin University

Which fields of science does Notre Dame Seishin University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Notre Dame Seishin University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (15%), Arts and Humanities (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 45.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 13.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 12.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 26.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 15.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNotre DameSeishin…36fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences45%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences617.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities513.6%
    3. Psychology412.3%
    4. Decision Sciences01.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Computer Science515.2%
    2. Engineering39.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.4%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine410.8%
    2. Health Professions24.8%
    3. Nursing01.2%
    1. Neuroscience25.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.23× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.96× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.71× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 4.02× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.71×5 works
  2. Psychology4.02×4 works
  3. Neuroscience3.23×2 works
  4. Nursing2.55×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.96×5 works
  6. Health Professions1.80×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.37×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.21×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.63×0 works
  12. Engineering0.60×3 works
  13. Medicine0.56×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  16. Energy0.26×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Notre Dame Seishin University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rob Waring, Kunio Yasue and Kaneyoshi Ishihara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Notre Dame Seishin University.

  1. 1 Rob Waring Japan · #2,415,909 worldwide 495 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Kunio Yasue Japan · #2,541,652 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Kaneyoshi Ishihara Japan · #3,170,882 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Yukako Honma Japan · #3,807,583 worldwide 90 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Setsuko Imada Japan · #5,001,284 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Shigeshi Kikunaga Japan · #5,183,175 worldwide 293 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Kayoko Kasahara Japan · #5,392,446 worldwide 97 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Mari Jibu Japan · #5,427,983 worldwide 964 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Kokichi Nishibori Japan · #6,400,459 worldwide 173 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Notre Dame Seishin University

What are the most cited papers from Notre Dame Seishin University?

The most cited paper from Notre Dame Seishin University is "At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from reading a graded reader?" (Rob Waring, Misako Takaki, 2003), with 551 citations. Next come "Words and Minds: How We Use Language to Think Together" (448) and "Incidental vocabulary acquisition from reading, reading-while-listening, and listening to stories" (406).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from reading a graded reader? Rob Waring, Misako Takaki · Reading in a Foreign Language Open access Oct 2003 551
2 Words and Minds: How We Use Language to Think Together Rob Waring · System 18 Oct 2002 448
3 Incidental vocabulary acquisition from reading, reading-while-listening, and listening to stories Ronan Brown, Rob Waring, Sangrawee Donkaewbua · Reading in a Foreign Language Open access Oct 2008 406
4 Quantum optical coherence in cytoskeletal microtubules: implications for brain function Mari Jibu, Scott L. Hagan, Stuart R. Hameroff et al. · Biosystems 1994 209
5 The negative effects of learning words in semantic sets: A replication Robert Waring · System Jun 1997 203
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Which keywords describe research at Notre Dame Seishin University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Machine Learning, Refugees, Metabolic Syndrome, Syntax, Interactive Evolutionary Computation, Language Evolution and Music Generation.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  2. Language Teaching2▲ 22×4 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.25×6 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  5. Genetics2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  6. Refugees2▲ 34×2 topics
  7. Deep Learning1◆ 1.11×6 topics
  8. Education1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  9. Syntax1▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Interactive Evolutionary Computation1▲ 173×1 topic
  11. Language Evolution1▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Music Generation1▲ 173×1 topic
  13. Obesity1▲ 4.6×5 topics
  14. Pragmatics1▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Autism Spectrum Disorders1▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Human Rights1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  17. Identity1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  18. Ethics1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  19. Hepatic Steatosis1▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  21. Neurodevelopmental Disorders1▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Social Skills Interventions1▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Borders1▲ 319×1 topic
  24. Child Development1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  25. Early Childhood Education1▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Fault Detection1▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Grammar1▲ 117×1 topic
  28. Migration1▲ 8.2×1 topic
  29. NAFLD1▲ 25×1 topic
  30. NASH1▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Process Monitoring1▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Reading Comprehension1▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Second Language Learning1▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Semantics1▲ 107×1 topic

Which research topics does Notre Dame Seishin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Music Technology and Sound Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Music Technology and Sou…1Music Technology and Sound Studies: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…1Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …1Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMigration and Exile Stud…1Migration and Exile Studies: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Cul…1Art, Technology, and Culture: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 1 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionCognitive NeuroscienceLanguage and LinguisticsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 1 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Migration and Exile Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  9. 9 Second Language Acquisition and Learning Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 International Development and Aid Development 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Notre Dame Seishin University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 143% 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 Notre Dame Seishin University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Notre Dame Seishin University0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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