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Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

In research, Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,280 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#12,227 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,964 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,878
of 28,054 · #25,857 all time
Rank in Japan
#849
of 1,070
Research works
603
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #12,280 of 20,462 10.8%297
MedicineField #12,227 of 17,978 10.9%279
Life SciencesDomain #11,964 of 14,347 8.8%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences 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).

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.66× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.49× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.63× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Munehiko Harada, アキラ スズキ and Yoshitaka Imai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences.

  1. 1 Munehiko Harada Japan · #326,431 worldwide 30 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 アキラ スズキ Japan · #624,683 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Yoshitaka Imai Japan · #700,349 worldwide 19 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 AKIRA SUZUKI Japan · #894,500 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Takayoshi Yoshida Japan · #1,068,663 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mitsuhiko Masuhara Japan · #1,091,274 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Takafumi Fuchimoto Japan · #1,208,889 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Junya Fujimoto Japan · #1,370,328 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 M. Ishikawa Japan · #1,374,244 worldwide 14 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Jiro Toyooka Japan · #1,482,186 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resistance Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, Epidemiology, Injury Prevention, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Athletic Training and Gait Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.0×22 topics
  2. Resistance Training8▲ 92×2 topics
  3. High-Intensity Interval Training8▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Injury Prevention6▲ 53×3 topics
  5. Performance Analysis5▲ 27×1 topic
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 5.3×4 topics
  7. Training Load5▲ 91×1 topic
  8. Athletic Training5▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Gait Analysis5▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Biomechanical Analysis5▲ 87×2 topics
  11. Prevention5▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Muscle Injuries5▲ 77×1 topic
  13. Sports Injury5▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 122×1 topic
  15. Exercise4▲ 41×3 topics
  16. Injury Risk4▲ 122×1 topic
  17. Biomechanics4▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Aging3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  19. Nutrition3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  20. Kinematics3▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Complications3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  22. Foot Strike Patterns3▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Running Injuries3▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Physical Activity3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  25. Arthroplasty3▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Metabolism3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  27. Well-being3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Revision Surgery3▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Protein2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Amino Acids2▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Heart Failure2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Muscle Protein Synthesis2▲ 95×1 topic
  34. Electromyography2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Muscle Fatigue2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Vascular Function2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Cardiorespiratory Fitness2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Exercise Capacity2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Sport Psychology2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…4Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…3Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 3 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 2 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…2Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringCell Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

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.