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Ryukoku University

In research, Ryukoku University stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,738 of 6,403 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,529 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,544 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#6,792
of 22,385 · #6,687 all time
Rank in Japan
#150
of 924
Research works
5.4k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%

What is Ryukoku 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,738 of 6,403 3.7%88 #4440
Social SciencesDomain #6,529 of 9,585 10.8%174 #13134
Social SciencesField #4,544 of 5,988 9.7%103 #7305
Physical SciencesDomain #8,417 of 10,670 2.0%282 #5162
EngineeringField #5,609 of 5,901 0.7%120 #6637

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ryukoku 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. Life Sciences#4,440 #3,738
  2. Social Sciences#13,134 #6,529
  3. Social Sciences#7,305 #4,544
  4. Physical Sciences#5,162 #8,417
  5. Engineering#6,637 #5,609
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 Ryukoku University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Ryukoku University is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 309 fractional works · 48.2% of its workEngineering: 126 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 54 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 194 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 115 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 96 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRyukokuUniversity641fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences30%

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. Engineering12619.7%
    2. Environmental Science548.5%
    3. Computer Science528.1%
    4. Materials Science294.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy172.6%
    6. Mathematics132.0%
    7. Chemistry71.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.8%
    9. Energy50.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences11518.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities284.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance223.4%
    4. Psychology172.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting91.4%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences507.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology355.4%
    3. Neuroscience111.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine314.8%
    2. Health Professions50.8%
    3. Nursing40.6%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
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: 1.63× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 126 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.28× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.59× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 115 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics1.73×13 works
  2. Environmental Science1.71×54 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.63×50 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.59×22 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.50×28 works
  6. Social Sciences1.42×115 works
  7. Engineering1.32×126 works
  8. Nursing1.29×4 works
  9. Materials Science1.28×29 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.18×17 works
  11. Veterinary1.09×1 works
  12. Computer Science1.04×52 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×35 works
  14. Neuroscience1.01×10 works
  15. Psychology0.88×17 works
  16. Energy0.83×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.66×7 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.51×3 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×5 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×9 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.40×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.31×5 works
  23. Medicine0.25×31 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.21×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.20×1 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Ryukoku University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroki Yamanaka, Takaaki Hiratsuka and Shinichiro Nakamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ryukoku University.

  1. 1 Hiroki Yamanaka Japan · #716,487 worldwide 8.8k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Takaaki Hiratsuka Japan · #783,485 worldwide 188 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Shinichiro Nakamura Japan · #918,838 worldwide 9.2k citations · 366 works
  4. 4 Atsushi J. Nagano Japan · #942,715 worldwide 7.2k citations · 429 works
  5. 5 Kengo Hyodo Japan · #1,085,050 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Kingo Uchida Japan · #1,090,048 worldwide 8.6k citations · 347 works
  7. 7 Mari Kamitani Japan · #1,234,110 worldwide 612 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Yasuhiro Kodera Japan · #1,559,140 worldwide 947 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Shoichi Matsumura Japan · #1,572,843 worldwide 594 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Lili Yu Japan · #1,862,479 worldwide 473 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ryukoku University

What are the most cited papers from Ryukoku University?

The most cited paper from Ryukoku University is "FGM activities in Japan" (Manuela Harue Koizumi, 1997), with 1,643 citations. Next come "QCD phenomenology based on a chiral effective Lagrangian" (1,631) and "MiFish, a set of universal PCR primers for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes: detection of more than 230 subtropical marine species" (1,572).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FGM activities in Japan Manuela Harue Koizumi · Composites Part B Engineering 1997 1,643
2 QCD phenomenology based on a chiral effective Lagrangian Tetsuo Hatsuda, Teiji Kunihiro · Physics Reports Open access Oct 1994 1,631
3 MiFish, a set of universal PCR primers for metabarcoding environmental DNA from fishes: detection of more than 230 subtropical marine species Masaki U. Miya, Yukuto Sato, Tsukasa Fukunaga et al. · Royal Society Open Science Open access Jul 2015 1,572
4 Modeling and numerical simulations of dendritic crystal growth Ryo Kobayashi · Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena Mar 1993 1,410
5 Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3 R. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,654 authors 29 Mar 2023 926
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ryukoku University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, History, Modernization, Biodiversity, Philosophy, Literature, DNA Barcoding and Community Participation.

▲ 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. History21▲ 4.7×11 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 1.17×49 topics
  3. Culture20▲ 5.9×14 topics
  4. Globalization20▲ 1.57×37 topics
  5. Sustainability18▲ 1.17×32 topics
  6. Biodiversity18▲ 3.6×21 topics
  7. Modernization16▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 1.74×19 topics
  9. Identity15▲ 3.2×18 topics
  10. Literature14▲ 4.0×10 topics
  11. Philosophy13▲ 4.6×8 topics
  12. Community Participation12▲ 5.3×2 topics
  13. Virtual Reality12▲ 3.8×11 topics
  14. Invasive Species12▲ 4.3×14 topics
  15. Gender11▲ 3.3×11 topics
  16. Colonialism11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  17. Politics10▲ 6.2×7 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding10▲ 9.0×5 topics
  19. Ecosystem Management10▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Satoyama10▲ 157×1 topic
  21. landscape conservation10▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Ethnicity9▲ 3.9×8 topics
  23. Human-Computer Interaction9▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Religion9▲ 3.0×7 topics
  25. Gesture Recognition8▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Society8▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Japan7▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Neuromorphic Computing7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  29. Conservation Genetics7▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Second Language Acquisition7▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Non-Volatile Memory6▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Interactive Evolutionary Computation6▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Music Generation6▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Distributed Control6▲ 8.2×2 topics
  35. Environmental DNA6▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Metabarcoding6▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Modular Robots6▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Self-Reconfiguration6▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Wireless Power Transfer6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Memristor6▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Ryukoku University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban and spatial planning, Japanese History and Culture, Music Technology and Sound Studies and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  2. 2 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 7 works
  3. 3 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  4. 4 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 6 works
  5. 5 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 5 works
  8. 8 Robotic Locomotion and Control Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 5 works
  10. 10 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 5 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ryukoku University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ryukoku University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Ryukoku University0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ryukoku 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 2025Ryukoku University7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.4% in 1997.

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