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Osaka International University

In research, Osaka International University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,287 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,306
of 22,385 · #1,694 all time
Rank in Japan
#65
of 924
Research works
804
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Osaka International University

What is Osaka International University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,287 of 9,902 12.4%64 #1574

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osaka International 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Osaka International University work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Osaka International University is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 33.4% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 30.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 26.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 59 fractional works · 25.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOsakaInternational…233fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences27%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7230.9%
    2. Health Professions31.5%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences3615.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance114.6%
    3. Psychology62.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    5. Decision Sciences31.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3013.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology156.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.3%
    4. Neuroscience52.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering125.1%
    2. Computer Science83.4%
    3. Environmental Science72.9%
    4. Chemistry20.7%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Mathematics20.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
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: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.54× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.54×15 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.44×30 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.14×11 works
  4. Veterinary1.84×1 works
  5. Medicine1.61×72 works
  6. Neuroscience1.35×5 works
  7. Nursing1.33×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.27×3 works
  9. Social Sciences1.23×36 works
  10. Psychology0.86×6 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.59×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.56×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.55×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.44×8 works
  17. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.42×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.42×3 works
  20. Energy0.36×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  22. Engineering0.34×12 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.20×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.19×2 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Osaka International University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yafei Liu, Tsunehiro Otsuki and Wakako Maekawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka International University.

  1. 1 Yafei Liu Japan · #576,030 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Tsunehiro Otsuki Japan · #695,370 worldwide 2.9k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Wakako Maekawa Japan · #1,661,394 worldwide 70 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Hiroaki Osawa Japan · #2,193,305 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yukio Ogura Japan · #2,379,024 worldwide 656 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Yumi Ishikawa Japan · #2,580,977 worldwide 105 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Takuma Kamada Japan · #2,591,198 worldwide 178 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Sato Tomoko Japan · #2,660,360 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Shibasaki Japan · #2,870,966 worldwide 516 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Tomoko Ichinose‐Kuwahara Japan · #2,881,480 worldwide 342 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka International University

What are the most cited papers from Osaka International University?

The most cited paper from Osaka International University is "The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors" (Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira, 2010), with 9,343 citations. Next come "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (6,760) and "IL-6 in Inflammation, Immunity, and Disease" (5,134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate immunity: update on Toll-like receptors Taro Kawai, Shizuo Akira · Nature Immunology 20 Apr 2010 9,343
2 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
3 IL-6 in Inflammation, Immunity, and Disease Toshio Tanaka, Masashi Narazaki, Tadamitsu Kishimoto · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology Open access 4 Sep 2014 5,134
4 CTLA-4 Control over Foxp3 + Regulatory T Cell Function Kajsa Wing, Yasushi Onishi, Paz Prieto-Martin et al. · Science 10 Oct 2008 2,938
5 Trust and commitment in the United States and Japan Toshio Yamagishi, Midori Yamagishi · Motivation and Emotion Jun 1994 2,418
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Osaka International University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Economic Growth, SARS-CoV-2, Inflammation, Vaccine, Immunity and Cancer.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.1×81 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×54 topics
  3. Economic Growth8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  4. Cancer8▲ 2.4×33 topics
  5. Immune Response7▲ 5.5×21 topics
  6. Globalization7▲ 1.43×23 topics
  7. Vaccine6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-26▲ 7.9×5 topics
  9. Pandemic6▲ 2.4×8 topics
  10. Immunity5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  11. Treatment5▲ 1.92×23 topics
  12. Pathogenesis5▲ 3.9×19 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 1.82×12 topics
  14. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  15. Economic Development4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  16. International Law4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Governance4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  18. Global Governance4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  19. Endovascular Repair4▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Autoimmunity4▲ 10×5 topics
  21. TGF-ß4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  23. Apoptosis3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  26. Coronavirus3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  27. Mutation3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Fiscal Policy3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  29. Thrombosis3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  30. Authoritarianism3▲ 14×3 topics
  31. NGOs3▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Viral Transmission3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Political Economy3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. Matrix Metalloproteinases3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. NK Cell Recognition3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Natural Killer Cells3▲ 18×1 topic
  37. antibody3▲ 11×1 topic
  38. spike protein3▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Thrombus Formation2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Genetic Susceptibility2▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Osaka International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…3Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…2T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesImmunologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  3. 3 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Osaka International University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Osaka International University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Osaka International University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Osaka International University9.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 2013.

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