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Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

In research, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#1,919 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,556 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,424 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics — Surgery is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,117
of 28,054 · #8,094 all time
Rank in Japan
#120
of 1,070
Research works
5k
▲ 129% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences 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
MedicineField #1,919 of 10,443 9.4%786 #4404
Health SciencesDomain #2,556 of 11,982 9.4%823 #5761
Life SciencesDomain #2,424 of 7,800 11.5%253 #3966
SurgerySubfield #820 of 1,816 8.1%175 #2378
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,643 of 3,579 11.7%153 #2588
Physical SciencesDomain #7,939 of 12,888 6.8%85 #8791
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #981 of 1,144 8.3%86 #2235
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,908 of 2,175 12.2%89 #2434
OncologySubfield #737 of 772 9.3%64 #1654

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

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. Medicine#4,404 #1,919
  2. Health Sciences#5,761 #2,556
  3. Life Sciences#3,966 #2,424
  4. Surgery#2,378 #820
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,588 #1,643
  6. Physical Sciences#8,791 #7,939
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,235 #981
  8. Molecular Biology#2,434 #1,908
  9. Oncology#1,654 #737
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.

What does Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 174.7 works6.2×
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 24.4 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.41× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.81× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 786 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Takushi Kurihara, Ken‐ichi Tomita and Itiro Yosioka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  1. 1 Takushi Kurihara Japan · #296,045 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Ken‐ichi Tomita Japan · #311,029 worldwide 134 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Itiro Yosioka Japan · #316,640 worldwide 130 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Hironori Tanaka Japan · #453,955 worldwide 48 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Koji Daigo Japan · #463,552 worldwide 64 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Atsushi Numata Japan · #500,091 worldwide 140 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Genjiro Kusano Japan · #513,399 worldwide 109 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Mitsuko Onda Japan · #521,707 worldwide 14 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Sang‐Woong Lee Japan · #522,459 worldwide 48 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Toshiaki Nishihata Japan · #522,655 worldwide 67 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Surgical Management, Treatment, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology123▲ 2.6×110 topics
  2. Inflammation92▲ 3.7×76 topics
  3. Treatment56▲ 3.9×40 topics
  4. Chemotherapy55▲ 6.6×22 topics
  5. Cancer46▲ 2.9×47 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress45▲ 2.3×52 topics
  7. Quality of Life43▲ 2.5×39 topics
  8. Surgical Management41▲ 8.3×20 topics
  9. Immunotherapy40▲ 4.7×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis38▲ 3.4×36 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors36▲ 7.0×14 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment34▲ 6.4×8 topics
  13. Management32▲ 3.4×27 topics
  14. Radiotherapy32▲ 6.9×13 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 4.6×14 topics
  16. Cancer Treatment29▲ 11×11 topics
  17. Biomarkers29▲ 3.5×15 topics
  18. Prognosis26▲ 6.8×9 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy26▲ 9.2×5 topics
  20. Cholangiocarcinoma25▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Complications25▲ 4.2×17 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations22▲ 4.3×22 topics
  23. Heart Failure22▲ 4.3×12 topics
  24. Autoantibodies22▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Cholecystitis20▲ 40×1 topic
  26. ERCP20▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Medicinal Chemistry20▲ 5.9×12 topics
  28. Molecular Classification19▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Fibrosis18▲ 8.3×8 topics
  30. Drug Design18▲ 24×5 topics
  31. Liver Transplantation17▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Etiology16▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization16▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Biological Applications15▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Chemical Synthesis15▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Luminescent Materials15▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Palliative Treatment15▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Radiosurgery15▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy15▲ 153×1 topic
  40. Carboranes15▲ 153×1 topic

Which research topics does Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Boron Compounds in Chemistry, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 20 fractional worksBoron Compounds in Chemistry: 15 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…13Esophageal and GI Pathology: 13 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…13Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 13 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…9Meningioma and schwannoma management: 9 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chem…8Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 8 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Pra…8Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 8 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…7Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  2. 2 Boron Compounds in Chemistry Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 15 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 13 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 13 works
  5. 5 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 10 works
  6. 6 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  7. 7 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 9 works
  8. 8 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  9. 9 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 8 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 129% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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