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Okayama University of Science

In research, Okayama University of Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,946 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#4,813 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,672 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,075
of 28,054 · #2,262 all time
Rank in Japan
#81
of 1,070
Research works
9.5k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
133k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Okayama University of Science 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,946 of 12,888 6.5%558 #1600
MedicineField #4,813 of 10,443 8.2%124 #8323
Health SciencesDomain #5,672 of 11,982 8.0%144 #9774
Life SciencesDomain #4,224 of 7,800 11.0%190 #3575
Physics and AstronomyField #1,120 of 1,646 10.0%66 #1064
EngineeringField #5,495 of 6,636 3.2%168 #3128
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,972 of 3,579 9.2%94 #2399
Computer ScienceField #4,165 of 4,667 6.1%96 #3271
Social SciencesDomain #9,636 of 10,521 14.5%60 #13770
Materials ScienceField #2,408 of 2,468 5.0%63 #1699

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Okayama University of Science 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. Physical Sciences#1,600 #2,946
  2. Medicine#8,323 #4,813
  3. Health Sciences#9,774 #5,672
  4. Life Sciences#3,575 #4,224
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,064 #1,120
  6. Engineering#3,128 #5,495
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,399 #2,972
  8. Computer Science#3,271 #4,165
  9. Social Sciences#13,770 #9,636
  10. Materials Science#1,699 #2,408
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.

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: 1.19× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.84× its world share, 94 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.65× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 168 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.89× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.21× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.09× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.34× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Okayama University of Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Makoto Hino, Yuki Nagai and Kimiyuki Satoh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Okayama University of Science.

  1. 1 Makoto Hino Japan · #188,141 worldwide 327 citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Yuki Nagai Japan · #228,125 worldwide 171 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Kimiyuki Satoh Japan · #257,274 worldwide 198 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Hiroshi Saito Japan · #266,825 worldwide 526 citations · 157 works
  5. 5 Kunimitsu Morishige Japan · #291,872 worldwide 126 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 T. Ono Japan · #301,341 worldwide 115 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Hiroyuki Narihisa Japan · #336,983 worldwide 117 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Susumu Ohira Japan · #338,186 worldwide 152 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Yutaka Hiraoka Japan · #357,595 worldwide 91 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Y. Yamamura Japan · #371,107 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Okayama University of Science

Which keywords describe research at Okayama University of Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Superconductivity, Biomedical Applications, Control, Deep Learning, Oxidative Stress, Electronic Structure, Epidemiology and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning31◆ 0.95×51 topics
  2. Epidemiology31▼ 0.82×88 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications23▲ 2.1×31 topics
  4. Climate Change23◆ 0.90×54 topics
  5. Inflammation23◆ 1.15×57 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress23▲ 1.45×40 topics
  7. Superconductivity16▲ 9.6×9 topics
  8. Tissue Engineering13▲ 2.2×13 topics
  9. Pathogenesis11▲ 2.2×15 topics
  10. Drug Delivery10▲ 2.0×14 topics
  11. Control10▲ 8.3×5 topics
  12. Electronic Structure10▲ 6.0×7 topics
  13. Self-Assembly9▲ 2.9×11 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota8▲ 2.6×6 topics
  15. Actuators8▲ 5.5×4 topics
  16. Robotics8▲ 3.5×8 topics
  17. Electron Transport8▲ 9.3×3 topics
  18. Path Planning7▲ 6.0×2 topics
  19. Robotic Manipulators7▲ 7.7×3 topics
  20. Multi-Agent Systems7▲ 3.9×6 topics
  21. Electronic Structure Calculations6▲ 10×2 topics
  22. Plate Tectonics6▲ 4.5×3 topics
  23. Nonlinear Equations6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Organic Synthesis6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  25. Cuprate Superconductors6▲ 17×1 topic
  26. High-Temperature Superconductivity6▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Hydrogen Bonding6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. Light Harvesting6▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Photosystem II6▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Animal Welfare6▲ 6.6×4 topics
  31. Optimal Motion Planning6▲ 7.5×1 topic
  32. Sampling-Based Algorithms6▲ 7.5×1 topic
  33. Bipedal Locomotion5▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Cosmology5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Dynamic Walking5▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Vibrational Spectroscopy5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Minimally Invasive Surgery5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Soft Robotics5▲ 7.6×2 topics
  39. Bioinspired Robotics5▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Continuum Robots5▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Okayama University of Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms and Robotic Locomotion and Control.

Photosynthetic Processes…6Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksPhysics of Superconducti…6Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 6 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 6 fractional worksRobotic Locomotion and C…5Robotic Locomotion and Control: 5 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…5Soft Robotics and Applications: 5 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics: 4 fractional worksIron-based superconducto…4Iron-based superconductors research: 4 fractional worksFunctional Equations Stability Results: 4 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and Applications: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCondensed Matter PhysicsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 6 works
  3. 3 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  4. 4 Robotic Locomotion and Control Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Iron-based superconductors research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 works
  9. 9 Functional Equations Stability Results Applied Mathematics 4 works
  10. 10 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 4 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Okayama University of Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Other research institutions in Okayama

All research institutions in Okayama

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.