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Otemon Gakuin University

In research, Otemon Gakuin University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,534 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,519
of 22,385 · #23,661 all time
Rank in Japan
#456
of 924
Research works
544
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Otemon Gakuin University

What is Otemon Gakuin 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,534 of 9,585 4.4%86 #12613

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Otemon Gakuin 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 Otemon Gakuin University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Otemon Gakuin University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (27%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 94 fractional works · 57.3% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 10.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 8.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 26.6% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOtemon GakuinUniversity165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences57%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4527.2%
    2. Social Sciences2515.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting95.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities53.2%
    6. Decision Sciences42.5%
    1. Computer Science2012.3%
    2. Engineering148.5%
    3. Environmental Science31.8%
    4. Materials Science21.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    6. Mathematics20.9%
    7. Energy10.5%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Neuroscience127.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    1. Medicine74.1%
    2. Health Professions53.1%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Otemon Gakuin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 44.7 works8.9×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.50× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.61× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.92× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.92×45 works
  2. Neuroscience4.50×12 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.64×4 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.82×6 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.72×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.61×8 works
  7. Computer Science1.58×20 works
  8. Social Sciences1.20×25 works
  9. Health Professions1.17×5 works
  10. Arts and Humanities1.12×5 works
  11. Mathematics0.77×2 works
  12. Engineering0.57×14 works
  13. Energy0.55×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.45×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.36×3 works
  17. Materials Science0.31×2 works
  18. Medicine0.21×7 works
  19. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  22. Nursing0.10×0 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Otemon Gakuin University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yanmin He, Katherine Thornton and Takemi Fujikawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Otemon Gakuin University.

  1. 1 Yanmin He Japan · #743,420 worldwide 662 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Katherine Thornton Japan · #1,928,066 worldwide 883 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Takemi Fujikawa Japan · #3,291,270 worldwide 80 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Yuki Miyagawa Japan · #3,578,409 worldwide 354 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Kosuke Taniguchi Japan · #3,997,995 worldwide 709 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Morifumi Hirao Japan · #4,072,722 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Linda Viswat Japan · #4,217,957 worldwide 188 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Masanori Ishimori Japan · #4,218,110 worldwide 62 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Masaru Shirasuna Japan · #4,327,558 worldwide 51 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 眞助 南出 Japan · #4,509,966 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Otemon Gakuin University

What are the most cited papers from Otemon Gakuin University?

The most cited paper from Otemon Gakuin University is "Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness" (David Ian Perrett, Keith A. May, Sakiko Yoshikawa, 1994), with 858 citations. Next come "Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO" (449) and "Rating versus ranking: What is the best way to reduce response and language bias in cross-national research?" (160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness David Ian Perrett, Keith A. May, Sakiko Yoshikawa · Nature Mar 1994 858
2 Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO Seiji Kawamura et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access 19 Feb 2021 449
3 Rating versus ranking: What is the best way to reduce response and language bias in cross-national research? Anne-Wil K. Harzing et al. · International Business Review Open access 2 May 2009 160
4 Existence of a global solution to a semi–linear wave equation with slowly decreasing initial data in three space dimensions Fumioki Asakura · Communications in Partial Differential Equations 1986 94
5 Toward Probabilistic Diagnosis and Understanding of Depression Based on Functional MRI Data Analysis with Logistic Group LASSO Yu Shimizu, Junichiro Yoshimoto, Shigeru Toki et al. · PLoS ONE Open access May 2015 79
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Otemon Gakuin University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Well-being, Emotion Regulation, Neuroscience, Social Support, Cognitive Therapy, Stress Reduction and Resilience.

▲ 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. Mental Health14▲ 6.0×20 topics
  2. Well-being11▲ 17×10 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation10▲ 20×9 topics
  4. Social Support6▲ 6.5×8 topics
  5. Neuroscience5▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Resilience5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  7. Cognitive Therapy5▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×9 topics
  9. Stress Reduction5▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 3.3×7 topics
  11. Mindfulness4▲ 74×1 topic
  12. Self-Compassion4▲ 74×1 topic
  13. Anxiety4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  14. Positive Emotions4▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Emotion4▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Self-Esteem4▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Life Satisfaction4▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Positive Psychology4▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Attachment3▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Marital Quality3▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Psychological Impact3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Relationships3▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Prevalence3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  24. Student Engagement3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  25. Intimate Partner Violence3▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Neural Correlates3▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Social Cognition3▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Decision Making3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  29. Happiness3▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Human-Robot Interaction3▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Personality Traits3▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Subjective Well-Being3▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Academic Achievement3▲ 10×7 topics
  34. Cognitive Processes3▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Network Analysis3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Embodiment2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  37. Psychopathology2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Elderly Care2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Neural Mechanisms2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Mental Disorders2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Otemon Gakuin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction and Intimate Partner and Family Violence.

Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions: 4 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 3 fractional worksPsychological Well-being…3Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 3 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…2Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion: 2 fractional worksPersonality Traits and P…2Personality Traits and Psychology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health2COVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction…2Social Robot Interaction and HRI: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…2EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySocial PsychologyHealthExperimental and Cognitive Psychology1 others

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

  1. 1 Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 2 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Personality Traits and Psychology Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Otemon Gakuin University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% 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 Otemon Gakuin University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Otemon Gakuin University0.00093% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Otemon Gakuin 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Otemon Gakuin University3.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 2024.

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