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Saitama University

In research, Saitama University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,408 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,470 of 6,636 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,794 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,992
of 28,054 · #2,326 all time
Rank in Japan
#78
of 1,070
Research works
13k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
154k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Saitama 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,408 of 12,888 9.1%1,162 #1696
EngineeringField #2,470 of 6,636 8.2%452 #1483
Computer ScienceField #1,794 of 4,667 7.6%172 #2508
Social SciencesDomain #4,152 of 10,521 17.7%189 #6091
Physics and AstronomyField #895 of 1,646 16.6%128 #1087
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #551 of 896 13.3%97 #492
Life SciencesDomain #4,993 of 7,800 11.5%195 #3111
Environmental ScienceField #2,479 of 3,551 14.2%122 #2503
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,484 of 3,409 21.6%66 #2304
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,935 of 2,318 7.8%91 #1367

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,696 #2,408
  2. Engineering#1,483 #2,470
  3. Computer Science#2,508 #1,794
  4. Social Sciences#6,091 #4,152
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,087 #895
  6. Civil and Structural Engineering#492 #551
  7. Life Sciences#3,111 #4,993
  8. Environmental Science#2,503 #2,479
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,304 #2,484
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,367 #1,935
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Saitama University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 96.8 works5.1×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 51.8 works4.5×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.88× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.05× its world share, 77 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 172 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.87× its world share, 452 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.01× its world share, 113 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 40 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.56× its world share, 128 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saitama University?

Ranked on the composite score, Masanobu Oda, Takayuki Yamaguchi and H. Kurokawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saitama University.

  1. 1 Masanobu Oda Japan · #78,016 worldwide 457 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Takayuki Yamaguchi Japan · #106,096 worldwide 663 citations · 129 works
  3. 3 H. Kurokawa Japan · #111,483 worldwide 349 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 H Payan Japan · #145,751 worldwide 79 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Masamatsu Hoshino Japan · #192,019 worldwide 160 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 N. Kitagawa Japan · #221,738 worldwide 119 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Takeshi Mizuno Japan · #264,993 worldwide 565 citations · 170 works
  8. 8 Miho Suzuki Japan · #286,651 worldwide 200 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Yuichi Kimura Japan · #289,079 worldwide 301 citations · 115 works
  10. 10 Masatsugu Toyota Japan · #303,442 worldwide 125 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Saitama University

Which keywords describe research at Saitama University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nonlinear Dynamics, Biomedical Applications, Environmental Impact, Neural Networks, Sediment Transport, Recycling and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning91▲ 1.65×57 topics
  2. Machine Learning47◆ 0.89×50 topics
  3. Environmental Impact46▲ 1.66×38 topics
  4. Climate Change44◆ 1.02×54 topics
  5. Neural Networks42▲ 1.69×27 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications40▲ 2.1×30 topics
  7. Remote Sensing36▲ 1.83×25 topics
  8. Nanoparticles32▲ 1.60×30 topics
  9. Nanocomposites28▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties27▲ 1.71×29 topics
  11. Catalysis26▲ 2.5×19 topics
  12. Nonlinear Dynamics25▲ 7.1×7 topics
  13. Artificial Neural Networks25▲ 3.2×8 topics
  14. Recycling25▲ 4.0×7 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks22▲ 1.88×11 topics
  16. Waste Management21▲ 3.2×4 topics
  17. Sediment Transport19▲ 7.3×5 topics
  18. Self-Assembly18▲ 3.4×10 topics
  19. Pollution15▲ 4.7×3 topics
  20. Microwave Filters14▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Substrate Integrated Waveguide14▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Wireless Communications13▲ 4.7×5 topics
  23. Hydrogen Bonding13▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. Molecular Dynamics13▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Electron Transport13▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Metamaterial12▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Fluid Dynamics12▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. Marine Environment12▲ 5.3×2 topics
  29. Antenna12▲ 8.7×1 topic
  30. Microstrip12▲ 8.7×1 topic
  31. Cyanobacteria12▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Semiconductor Lasers12▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Microplastics11▲ 7.2×1 topic
  34. Terrestrial Ecosystems11▲ 7.2×1 topic
  35. Riparian Vegetation11▲ 25×1 topic
  36. River Restoration11▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Two-Phase Flow10▲ 8.8×3 topics
  38. Vibrational Spectroscopy10▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Electronic Structure Calculations10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Vibration-based Damage Identification10▲ 8.8×1 topic

Which research topics does Saitama University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microwave Engineering and Waveguides, Antenna Design and Analysis, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Microwave Engineering an…14Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 14 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…12Antenna Design and Analysis: 12 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 11 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…11Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 11 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…10Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 10 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 9 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum…8Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 8 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 8 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 8 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringPollutionEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 11 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 11 works
  5. 5 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  7. 7 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 8 works
  10. 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 8 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saitama University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.