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Rakuno Gakuen University

In research, Rakuno Gakuen University stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,137 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,111 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Small Animals, Veterinary and Agronomy and Crop Science — Small Animals is 70.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,618
of 28,054 · #16,612 all time
Rank in Japan
#417
of 1,070
Research works
2.1k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Rakuno Gakuen 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 #6,137 of 7,800 10.5%122 #7568
Health SciencesDomain #11,111 of 11,982 6.0%89 #9690

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rakuno Gakuen 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).

What does Rakuno Gakuen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Small Animals takes 70.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Small AnimalsSubfield · 22.1 works70×
  2. VeterinaryField · 23.7 works68×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 20.5 works34×
← 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: 4.88× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.12× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.69× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 67.98× its world share, 24 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 68.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rakuno Gakuen University?

Ranked on the composite score, Katsuro Hagiwara, Takio Kitazawa and Hiroki Inoue lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rakuno Gakuen University.

  1. 1 Katsuro Hagiwara Japan · #25,616 worldwide 585 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Takio Kitazawa Japan · #340,634 worldwide 226 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Hiroki Inoue Japan · #354,323 worldwide 91 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Hajime Nagahata Japan · #376,690 worldwide 82 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 晴伴 小池 Japan · #403,346 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Kazuyuki Suzuki Japan · #535,587 worldwide 117 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Chiaki Ishihara Japan · #648,231 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Hiroyuki TANIYAMA Japan · #708,721 worldwide 71 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Yutaka Tamura Japan · #745,756 worldwide 88 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Shinji Hoshiba Japan · #756,579 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Rakuno Gakuen University

Which keywords describe research at Rakuno Gakuen University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Animal Welfare, Dairy Cattle, Infectious Diseases, Genetic Diversity, Milk Composition and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.4×54 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.6×33 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 1.95×30 topics
  4. Antimicrobial Resistance13▲ 25×6 topics
  5. Animal Welfare12▲ 54×4 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.8×18 topics
  7. Dairy Cattle11▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases10▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Genetic Diversity9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  10. Milk Composition9▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Pathogenesis8▲ 6.5×13 topics
  12. Biomarkers8▲ 4.5×7 topics
  13. Energy Balance8▲ 54×3 topics
  14. Reproductive Loss8▲ 112×1 topic
  15. Uterine Disease8▲ 112×1 topic
  16. Gut Microbiota7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  17. Probiotics7▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Acute Phase Proteins7▲ 242×1 topic
  19. Marker-Assisted Selection7▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Microbial Communities7▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Veterinary Diagnosis7▲ 242×1 topic
  22. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  23. Genomic Analysis6▲ 9.9×9 topics
  24. Vaccine Development6▲ 9.3×9 topics
  25. Genetic Characterization6▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Heat Stress6▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  28. Pain Assessment6▲ 112×2 topics
  29. Infection6▲ 8.9×7 topics
  30. Virulence Factors6▲ 15×6 topics
  31. Plant Breeding6▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Population Genetics5▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Anesthesia5▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Host-Pathogen Interactions5▲ 25×4 topics
  36. Quantitative Genetics5▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Animal Breeding5▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Emotional State5▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Genomic Selection5▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Stress Indicators5▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Rakuno Gakuen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Animal health and immunology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Reproductive Physiology …8Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 8 fractional worksAnimal health and immuno…7Animal health and immunology: 7 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…5Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 5 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…5Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 5 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 4 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…4Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 4 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 4 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Rese…4Veterinary Oncology Research: 4 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop ScienceSmall AnimalsGeneticsMicrobiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 8 works
  2. 2 Animal health and immunology Small Animals 7 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 5 works
  5. 5 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 5 works
  6. 6 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 4 works
  7. 7 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  8. 8 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 4 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available65.9%not open34.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rakuno Gakuen University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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.

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