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Reitaku University

In research, Reitaku University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,474 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,648
of 22,385 · #23,962 all time
Rank in Japan
#541
of 924
Research works
335
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Reitaku University

What is Reitaku University 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,474 of 14,833 4.6%260

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Reitaku University is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 60 fractional works · 61.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 12.6% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 33.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReitakuUniversity98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences61%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2727.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1414.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities77.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting55.5%
    5. Psychology55.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Engineering1211.8%
    2. Computer Science1111.0%
    3. Environmental Science88.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    1. Health Professions11.3%
    2. Medicine10.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
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: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.41× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.89× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.89×14 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.55×7 works
  3. Social Sciences2.20×27 works
  4. Psychology1.77×5 works
  5. Environmental Science1.71×8 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×5 works
  7. Computer Science1.41×11 works
  8. Veterinary0.84×0 works
  9. Engineering0.79×12 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.63×1 works
  12. Energy0.56×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.48×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  18. Medicine0.05×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reitaku University?

Ranked on the quality score, Satomi Kurosu, Bryan Hikari Hartzheim and Ichirou Horide lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reitaku University.

  1. 1 Satomi Kurosu Japan · #2,461,553 worldwide 548 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Bryan Hikari Hartzheim Japan · #2,761,472 worldwide 37 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Ichirou Horide Japan · #3,032,884 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ruriko Kumano Japan · #3,211,932 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Masamichi Mochizuki Japan · #3,391,444 worldwide 273 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Wenhao Huang Japan · #3,548,429 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Iwao Taka Japan · #3,807,192 worldwide 151 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Kyoko Yashiro Japan · #3,958,950 worldwide 85 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Maria Ikegawa Japan · #4,035,825 worldwide 85 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Tatsuo Iso Japan · #4,103,627 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Reitaku University

What are the most cited papers from Reitaku University?

The most cited paper from Reitaku University is "An affix acquisition order for EFL learners: an exploratory study" (Masamichi Mochizuki, Kazumi Aizawa, 2000), with 211 citations. Next come "Biases in appraisal land price information: the case of Japan" (77) and "The effects of self-construals, self-criticism, and self-compassion on depressive symptoms" (75).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An affix acquisition order for EFL learners: an exploratory study Masamichi Mochizuki, Kazumi Aizawa · System Jun 2000 211
2 Biases in appraisal land price information: the case of Japan Chihiro Shimizu, Kiyohiko Giichi Nishimura · Journal of Property Investment and Finance Mar 2006 77
3 The effects of self-construals, self-criticism, and self-compassion on depressive symptoms Ayano Yamaguchi, Min-Sun Kim, Satoshi Akutsu · Personality and Individual Differences 7 May 2014 75
4 Structural and temporal changes in the housing market and hedonic housing price indices Chihiro Shimizu, Hideoki Takatsuji, Hiroya Ono et al. · International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 2 Oct 2010 74
5 Pricing Structure in Tokyo Metropolitan Land Markets and its Structural Changes: Pre-bubble, Bubble, and Post-bubble Periods Chihiro Shimizu, Kiyohiko Giichi Nishimura · The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 8 Aug 2007 71
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Which keywords describe research at Reitaku University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Identity, Colonialism, Gender, Politics, Culture, Society and Economic Development.

▲ 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. History8▲ 12×6 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 3.4×13 topics
  3. Identity8▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Colonialism8▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Gender7▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Politics7▲ 27×3 topics
  7. Culture7▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Society6▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Economic Development6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  10. Deep Learning6▲ 1.76×20 topics
  11. Globalization6▲ 3.0×9 topics
  12. Literature6▲ 10×2 topics
  13. Modernization6▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Japan5▲ 249×1 topic
  15. Urbanization5▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Religion4▲ 10.0×5 topics
  17. Innovation4▲ 4.0×2 topics
  18. Technology4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  19. Transportation4▲ 21×3 topics
  20. International Trade4▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Productivity4▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Regional Development4▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Agglomeration Economies3▲ 266×1 topic
  24. Economic Geography3▲ 266×1 topic
  25. Language Teaching3▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Biodiversity3▲ 4.2×3 topics
  27. Urban Development3▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Social Movements3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. Decolonization2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Second Language Acquisition2▲ 28×2 topics
  31. NGOs2▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Satoyama2▲ 245×1 topic
  33. landscape conservation2▲ 245×1 topic
  34. Humanitarianism2▲ 37×2 topics
  35. International Aid2▲ 48×2 topics
  36. Internationalism2▲ 110×2 topics
  37. Spatial Econometrics2▲ 130×2 topics
  38. Community Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Second Language Learning2▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Reitaku University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, Global trade and economics, Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis and Urban and spatial planning.

Japanese History and Cul…5Japanese History and Culture: 5 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 4 fractional worksRegional Economics and Spatial Analysis: 3 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Social Movements: 2 fractional worksAcademic Freedom and Politics: 2 fractional worksSpatial and Panel Data Analysis: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceEconomics and EconometricsNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 5 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 2 works
  6. 6 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Academic Freedom and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Spatial and Panel Data Analysis Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reitaku University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Reitaku University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Reitaku University0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reitaku 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 2025Reitaku University6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.3% in 2025.

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