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Okayama Shoka University

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World rank, all time
#31,441
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,458
of 1,923
Research works
173
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
802
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Okayama Shoka University

Which fields of science does Okayama Shoka University work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Okayama Shoka University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 34.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 28.8% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 28.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 24.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOkayama ShokaUniversity23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences35%

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. Arts and Humanities29.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting28.8%
    3. Social Sciences27.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance27.3%
    5. Psychology01.5%
    1. Medicine728.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology418.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.9%
    3. Neuroscience12.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.3%
    1. Engineering26.6%
    2. Computer Science02.2%
    3. Materials Science01.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    5. Environmental Science00.3%
    6. Energy00.2%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.41× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.73× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.43×2 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.41×4 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.20×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.87×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.73×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.51×1 works
  7. Medicine1.50×6 works
  8. Social Sciences0.61×2 works
  9. Psychology0.48×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.45×0 works
  11. Engineering0.44×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.44×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.28×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  15. Energy0.25×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Okayama Shoka University?

Ranked on the quality score, J. L. McGuinness, Chisato Noda and Tsunekazu Nishinaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Okayama Shoka University.

  1. 1 J. L. McGuinness Japan · #3,921,649 worldwide 624 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Chisato Noda Japan · #5,156,701 worldwide 42 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Tsunekazu Nishinaka Japan · #5,320,408 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Hirotsugu Minowa Japan · #5,440,487 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 T. Nakatsuka Japan · #5,615,290 worldwide 2 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Taketo Naoi Japan · #5,731,452 worldwide 245 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Takao Nakatsuka Japan · #5,846,368 worldwide 153 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Shoji Iijima Japan · #5,862,507 worldwide 146 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Peter Burden Japan · #6,117,237 worldwide 111 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Okayama Shoka University

What are the most cited papers from Okayama Shoka University?

The most cited paper from Okayama Shoka University is "Daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for chronic HCV genotype 1b infection" (Hiromitsu Kumada et al., 2014), with 539 citations. Next come "Laboratory Rainfall-Induced Slope Failure with Moisture Content Measurement" (237) and "Novel nuclear and mitochondrial glycosylases revealed by disruption of the mouse Nth1 gene encoding an endonuclease III homolog for repair of thymine glycols" (155).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Daclatasvir plus asunaprevir for chronic HCV genotype 1b infection Hiromitsu Kumada et al. · Hepatology Open access 6 Mar 2014 539
2 Laboratory Rainfall-Induced Slope Failure with Moisture Content Measurement Adrin Tohari, Makoto Nishigaki, Mitsuru Komatsu · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 18 Apr 2007 237
3 Novel nuclear and mitochondrial glycosylases revealed by disruption of the mouse Nth1 gene encoding an endonuclease III homolog for repair of thymine glycols Masashi Takao, Shin‐ichiro Kanno, Tatsuya Shiromoto et al. · The EMBO Journal Open access Jul 2002 155
4 PRDM9 binding organizes hotspot nucleosomes and limits Holliday junction migration Christopher L. Baker, Michael John Walker, Shimpei Kajita et al. · Genome Research Open access 6 Mar 2014 155
5 A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian horseshoe crabs B. Akbar John, Bryan Raveen Nelson, Hassan Ibrahim Sheikh et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation 28 Sep 2018 130
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Okayama Shoka University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Cancer Research and Treatments, Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways.

Innovation and Socioecon…1Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…0Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCancer-related Molecular…0Cancer-related Molecular Pathways: 0 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…0Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksSupply Chain and Inventory Management: 0 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 0 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Economic Impact: 0 fractional works
Business and International ManagementBiotechnologyOncologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 0 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related Molecular Pathways Oncology 0 works
  5. 5 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Management Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Okayama Shoka University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Okayama Shoka University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Okayama Shoka University0.000084% in 202519801990200020102020

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