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Ritsumeikan University

In research, Ritsumeikan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,416 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,128 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,340 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing (Human-Computer Interaction is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,001
of 22,385 · #2,240 all time
Rank in Japan
#37
of 924
Research works
19k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
175k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.52×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Ritsumeikan University

What is Ritsumeikan 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,416 of 10,670 4.6%2,094 #1474
Social SciencesDomain #2,128 of 9,585 7.5%813 #2492
EngineeringField #1,340 of 5,901 4.7%862 #1211
Social SciencesField #1,619 of 5,988 8.0%345 #2122
Computer ScienceField #1,432 of 4,417 4.4%642 #1588
Life SciencesDomain #2,227 of 6,403 4.7%369 #3157
Environmental ScienceField #1,300 of 3,334 4.4%140 #2660
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #392 of 963 6.1%200 #746
Health SciencesDomain #4,427 of 9,902 5.6%336 #5712
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,175 of 2,526 9.0%134 #1630

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ritsumeikan 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,474 #1,416
  2. Social Sciences#2,492 #2,128
  3. Engineering#1,211 #1,340
  4. Social Sciences#2,122 #1,619
  5. Computer Science#1,588 #1,432
  6. Life Sciences#3,157 #2,227
  7. Environmental Science#2,660 #1,300
  8. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#746 #392
  9. Health Sciences#5,712 #4,427
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,630 #1,175
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Ritsumeikan University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Ritsumeikan University is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Computer Science (17%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,310 fractional works · 57.7% of its workEngineering: 948 fractional works · 23.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 231 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 184 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 126 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 75 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 699 fractional works · 17.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 218 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 208 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 181 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 115 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 155 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 86 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 909 fractional works · 22.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 385 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 146 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 197 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 73 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 118 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 72 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 414 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 170 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 124 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 81 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 371 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 319 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPhysiology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRitsumeikanUniversity4,004fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences23%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering94823.7%
    2. Computer Science69917.5%
    3. Materials Science1814.5%
    4. Environmental Science1553.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy972.4%
    6. Chemistry862.1%
    7. Mathematics551.4%
    8. Energy431.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences360.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
    1. Social Sciences3859.6%
    2. Psychology1974.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1182.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1042.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities721.8%
    6. Decision Sciences330.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1704.3%
    2. Neuroscience1243.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences812.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics310.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology80.2%
    1. Medicine3198.0%
    2. Health Professions370.9%
    3. Nursing130.3%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ritsumeikan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 47.9 works5.8×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 217.8 works4.3×
  3. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 45.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 81 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 124 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.16× its world share, 30 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 86 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.25× its world share, 700 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 948 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 55 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 118 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 197 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 385 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.25×700 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.16×30 works
  3. Neuroscience1.90×124 works
  4. Psychology1.62×197 works
  5. Engineering1.58×948 works
  6. Chemistry1.37×86 works
  7. Materials Science1.29×181 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×104 works
  9. Energy1.17×43 works
  10. Mathematics1.17×55 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.09×97 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×118 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.86×33 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×170 works
  15. Environmental Science0.78×155 works
  16. Social Sciences0.76×385 works
  17. Nursing0.65×13 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.63×9 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.63×72 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×36 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×81 works
  22. Medicine0.41×319 works
  23. Veterinary0.39×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.35×37 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×8 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Ritsumeikan University?

Ranked on the quality score, You Li, S. Tsuchida and Keisuke Yamanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ritsumeikan University.

  1. 1 You Li Japan · #475,455 worldwide 2.6k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 S. Tsuchida Japan · #567,748 worldwide 3.9k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Keisuke Yamanaka Japan · #584,604 worldwide 2.6k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Weisheng Zhou Japan · #675,836 worldwide 2k citations · 137 works
  5. 5 Changju Kim Japan · #699,592 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Atsushi Takeda Japan · #757,844 worldwide 7.8k citations · 156 works
  7. 7 Chihiro Yogi Japan · #777,269 worldwide 1.7k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Toshifumi Dohi Japan · #800,631 worldwide 9k citations · 293 works
  9. 9 Xiang Ruan Japan · #848,475 worldwide 10k citations · 144 works
  10. 10 Sumiaki Maeo Japan · #1,070,409 worldwide 1.3k citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at Ritsumeikan University

What are the most cited papers from Ritsumeikan University?

The most cited paper from Ritsumeikan University is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Geant4 developments and applications" (7,047).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Geant4 developments and applications John E. Allison et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Open access Feb 2006 7,047
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Recent developments in Geant4 John E. Allison et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access 2 Jul 2016 4,221
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ritsumeikan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Self-Assembly, Soft Robotics, Virtual Reality and Robotic Manipulators.

▲ 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. Deep Learning385▲ 2.8×78 topics
  2. Neural Networks173▲ 2.8×38 topics
  3. Machine Learning166▲ 1.25×82 topics
  4. Sustainability89◆ 0.91×69 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks89▲ 3.0×14 topics
  6. Globalization85◆ 1.08×76 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications83▲ 1.75×33 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence71▲ 1.24×39 topics
  9. Virtual Reality62▲ 3.2×12 topics
  10. Self-Assembly61▲ 4.7×11 topics
  11. Feature Extraction53▲ 2.9×10 topics
  12. Soft Robotics46▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Wireless Sensor Networks42▲ 2.4×17 topics
  14. Human-Computer Interaction42▲ 5.8×5 topics
  15. Robotics41▲ 4.1×9 topics
  16. Robotic Manipulators40▲ 10.0×3 topics
  17. Multi-Agent Systems36▲ 4.8×5 topics
  18. Actuators35▲ 5.5×5 topics
  19. Minimally Invasive Surgery35▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Bioinspired Robotics35▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Continuum Robots35▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Computer Vision34▲ 3.1×5 topics
  23. Distributed Control34▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Autonomous Vehicles32▲ 3.9×5 topics
  25. Health Monitoring31▲ 3.8×4 topics
  26. Unsupervised Learning30▲ 4.9×3 topics
  27. Modular Robots29▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Self-Reconfiguration29▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Human-Robot Interaction29▲ 6.1×3 topics
  30. Convolutional Networks28▲ 5.2×3 topics
  31. Mobile Robots26▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Grasping25▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Localization25▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Robot Learning25▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Gesture Recognition23▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Metal Complexes21▲ 7.9×4 topics
  37. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition21▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Speech Enhancement21▲ 10×1 topic
  39. 3D Mapping21▲ 7.6×1 topic
  40. Photochemical Properties21▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Ritsumeikan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Soft Robotics and Applications, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Robot Manipulation and Learning and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

Soft Robotics and Applic…35Soft Robotics and Applications: 35 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm…29Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 29 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 25 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 22 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 21 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 20 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…20Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 20 fractional worksPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry: 19 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 18 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 35 works
  2. 2 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 29 works
  3. 3 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 22 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 21 works
  6. 6 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 20 works
  9. 9 Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry Materials Chemistry 19 works
  10. 10 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 18 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ritsumeikan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Ritsumeikan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Ritsumeikan University0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ritsumeikan 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 2025Ritsumeikan University5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.5% in 2002.

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