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Osaka City University

In research, Osaka City University stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,190 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,074 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,930 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,283
of 28,054 · #1,600 all time
Rank in Japan
#88
of 1,070
Research works
32k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
543k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Osaka City University 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,190 of 7,800 13.3%163 #1166
MedicineField #3,074 of 10,443 12.3%436 #1305
Health SciencesDomain #3,930 of 11,982 12.5%463 #1680
Physical SciencesDomain #4,777 of 12,888 7.7%347 #1333
Social SciencesDomain #7,918 of 10,521 14.9%69 #5423
SurgerySubfield #1,373 of 1,816 10.2%77 #756
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,793 of 3,579 11.0%92 #867
EngineeringField #5,650 of 6,636 5.0%103 #2044

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osaka City University 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. Life Sciences#1,166 #2,190
  2. Medicine#1,305 #3,074
  3. Health Sciences#1,680 #3,930
  4. Physical Sciences#1,333 #4,777
  5. Social Sciences#5,423 #7,918
  6. Surgery#756 #1,373
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#867 #2,793
  8. Engineering#2,044 #5,650
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: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 92 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.15× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.33× its world share, 54 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 436 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka City University?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Takahashi, Ayumi Shintani and Y. Teramoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka City University.

  1. 1 T. Takahashi Japan · #13,373 worldwide 961 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Ayumi Shintani Japan · #31,737 worldwide 465 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Y. Teramoto Japan · #38,511 worldwide 1k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Shuhei Nishiguchi Japan · #39,073 worldwide 336 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Seiya Kobatake Japan · #41,947 worldwide 619 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 T. Okusawa Japan · #45,292 worldwide 1.7k citations · 154 works
  7. 7 T. Tomura Japan · #77,048 worldwide 346 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Susumu Shiomi Japan · #100,537 worldwide 205 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 E. Nakano Japan · #113,562 worldwide 716 citations · 103 works
  10. 10 Satoshi Tamada Japan · #118,933 worldwide 365 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka City University

Which keywords describe research at Osaka City University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 1.68×106 topics
  2. Inflammation53▲ 2.4×73 topics
  3. Chemotherapy30▲ 4.1×24 topics
  4. Cancer28▲ 1.99×42 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress25▲ 1.48×54 topics
  6. Treatment25▲ 1.98×39 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 4.1×14 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 1.78×30 topics
  9. Diagnosis21▲ 2.1×33 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 4.4×8 topics
  11. Immunotherapy20▲ 2.7×19 topics
  12. Quality of Life19▲ 1.26×38 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors17▲ 3.7×14 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy17▲ 6.8×5 topics
  15. Complications15▲ 3.0×17 topics
  16. Obesity15▲ 1.95×23 topics
  17. Aging14▲ 2.4×15 topics
  18. Immunity13▲ 3.1×10 topics
  19. Metastasis13▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Surgical Management13▲ 2.9×16 topics
  21. Radiotherapy12▲ 3.1×13 topics
  22. Survival Analysis12▲ 4.4×7 topics
  23. Prognosis12▲ 3.5×8 topics
  24. Heart Failure12▲ 2.6×13 topics
  25. Thrombosis12▲ 4.0×7 topics
  26. Surgery11▲ 3.0×10 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 3.2×9 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization10▲ 5.6×5 topics
  29. Ecosystem Management9▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Endoscopic Resection9▲ 9.0×2 topics
  31. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy9▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Adjuvant Therapy9▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Satoyama9▲ 86×1 topic
  34. landscape conservation9▲ 86×1 topic
  35. Immune Checkpoint Blockade8▲ 7.3×1 topic
  36. PD-1 and PD-L18▲ 7.3×1 topic
  37. Prognostic Markers8▲ 7.0×3 topics
  38. Cohomology7▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Superfluidity7▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Tumor Markers7▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Osaka City University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Urban and spatial planning9Urban and spatial planning: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…8Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 5 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…5Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 5 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Geometry: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 works
  7. 7 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 5 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka City University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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.

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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.