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Senshu University

In research, Senshu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,353 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,436 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience (Neuroscience is 5.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,100
of 22,385 · #12,434 all time
Rank in Japan
#322
of 924
Research works
1.7k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Senshu University

What is Senshu 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,353 of 9,585 5.2%136 #11597
Social SciencesField #5,436 of 5,988 5.1%62 #8473

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

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Senshu University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Psychology (11%), Neuroscience (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 164 fractional works · 56.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 25.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 11.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 20.8% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 12.9% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSenshu University291fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences56%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7525.9%
    2. Psychology3211.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting196.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance175.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities165.5%
    6. Decision Sciences51.7%
    1. Engineering165.4%
    2. Computer Science144.9%
    3. Environmental Science113.8%
    4. Mathematics72.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy41.5%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Materials Science10.3%
    1. Neuroscience248.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    1. Medicine248.1%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Senshu University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 23.8 works5.0×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.04× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.97× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.89× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.00× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.75× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.62× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience5.04×24 works
  2. Psychology3.62×32 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.75×17 works
  4. Social Sciences2.04×75 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.00×19 works
  6. Mathematics1.97×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.89×16 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.80×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×5 works
  11. Veterinary0.84×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.77×11 works
  13. Nursing0.75×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.65×4 works
  15. Computer Science0.63×14 works
  16. Energy0.63×2 works
  17. Health Professions0.47×4 works
  18. Medicine0.42×24 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×6 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×6 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  22. Engineering0.36×16 works
  23. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Senshu University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sandra S. Fotos, Yoshihiko Kunisato and Patrick W. Galbraith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Senshu University.

  1. 1 Sandra S. Fotos Japan · #1,095,968 worldwide 2.5k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Yoshihiko Kunisato Japan · #1,349,901 worldwide 2.2k citations · 225 works
  3. 3 Patrick W. Galbraith Japan · #1,368,283 worldwide 730 citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Stephen Ryan Japan · #2,237,767 worldwide 4.1k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Kenta Ishikawa Japan · #2,508,316 worldwide 311 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Ishikane Japan · #2,558,018 worldwide 868 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Keiko Ito Japan · #2,779,249 worldwide 1.5k citations · 128 works
  8. 8 T. Mizusaki Japan · #2,958,140 worldwide 9.3k citations · 321 works
  9. 9 Shuji Uchikawa Japan · #2,993,810 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
  10. 10 G. Guo Japan · #3,288,386 worldwide 174 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Senshu University

What are the most cited papers from Senshu University?

The most cited paper from Senshu University is "Reconciliaion of late Quaternary sea levels derived from coral terraces at Huon Peninsula with deep sea oxygen isotope records" (John Chappell, Akio Omura, Tezer M. Esat et al., 1996), with 700 citations. Next come "Magic Numbers in Exotic Nuclei and Spin-Isospin Properties of the NN Interaction" (666) and "CoAP: An Application Protocol for Billions of Tiny Internet Nodes" (654).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reconciliaion of late Quaternary sea levels derived from coral terraces at Huon Peninsula with deep sea oxygen isotope records John Chappell, Akio Omura, Tezer M. Esat et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters Jun 1996 700
2 Magic Numbers in Exotic Nuclei and Spin-Isospin Properties of the NN Interaction Takaharu Otsuka, Rintaro Fujimoto, Y. Utsuno et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 3 Aug 2001 666
3 CoAP: An Application Protocol for Billions of Tiny Internet Nodes Carsten Bormann, Angelo Paolo Castellani, Zach Shelby · IEEE Internet Computing Mar 2012 654
4 L2 motivation research 2005–2014: Understanding a publication surge and a changing landscape Zann Boo, Zoltán Dörnyei, Stephen Ryan · System 11 Nov 2015 587
5 New effective interaction for pf -shell nuclei and its implications for the stability of the N=Z=28 closed core Mareki Honma, Takaharu Otsuka, B. ALEX BROWN et al. · Physical Review C Open access 29 Mar 2004 531
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Senshu University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Human Rights, Economic Growth, Social Cognition, International Law, Social Responsibility, Globalization and History.

▲ 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. Globalization14▲ 2.4×27 topics
  2. Human Rights13▲ 4.3×18 topics
  3. Literature12▲ 7.7×10 topics
  4. Climate Change10▲ 1.33×30 topics
  5. Economic Growth10▲ 4.4×15 topics
  6. History9▲ 4.5×7 topics
  7. Ethics8▲ 5.5×12 topics
  8. Mental Health8▲ 1.92×20 topics
  9. Social Cognition8▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Culture8▲ 5.1×5 topics
  11. Identity8▲ 3.6×6 topics
  12. International Law8▲ 8.3×6 topics
  13. Social Responsibility8▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Corporate Governance7▲ 3.4×14 topics
  15. Economic Development7▲ 3.0×9 topics
  16. Neural Mechanisms7▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Philosophy7▲ 5.3×11 topics
  18. Colonialism7▲ 4.8×4 topics
  19. Equality6▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Emotion6▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Gender6▲ 4.1×6 topics
  22. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Distributive Justice6▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Global Justice6▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Neoliberalism6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Modernization6▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Politics6▲ 7.7×3 topics
  28. Japan5▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Society5▲ 9.4×1 topic
  30. Emotion Regulation5▲ 5.3×6 topics
  31. Executive Functions5▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Governance5▲ 4.9×4 topics
  33. Metacognition4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Neural Correlates4▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Emotion Recognition4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Neuroimaging Studies4▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Liquidity4▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Development Policies4▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Foreign Aid4▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Senshu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political Philosophy and Ethics, Japanese History and Culture, International Development and Aid and Face Recognition and Perception.

Political Philosophy and Ethics: 6 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 5 fractional worksInternational Developmen…4International Development and Aid: 4 fractional worksFace Recognition and Per…3Face Recognition and Perception: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 2 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…2Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCognitive Functions and Memory: 2 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 2 fractional worksAsian Industrial and Economic Development: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCultural StudiesDevelopmentCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 5 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 4 works
  4. 4 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Cognitive Functions and Memory Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Asian Industrial and Economic Development Political Science and International Relations 2 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Senshu University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Senshu University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Senshu University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Senshu 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 2025Senshu University5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 2006.

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