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Shiga University

In research, Shiga University stands highest in Medicine (#6,635 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,107 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,678 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering — Transportation is 28.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,495
of 28,054 · #12,092 all time
Rank in Japan
#321
of 1,070
Research works
2.4k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Shiga 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
MedicineField #6,635 of 10,443 12.3%71 #9362
Health SciencesDomain #8,107 of 11,982 12.2%80 #11494
Social SciencesDomain #7,678 of 10,521 9.7%200 #10433
Physical SciencesDomain #9,910 of 12,888 8.6%200 #10212
Computer ScienceField #3,645 of 4,667 13.7%68 #5268
Social SciencesField #5,693 of 6,365 5.1%131 #7811
EngineeringField #6,050 of 6,636 4.5%74 #9711

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shiga 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. Medicine#9,362 #6,635
  2. Health Sciences#11,494 #8,107
  3. Social Sciences#10,433 #7,678
  4. Physical Sciences#10,212 #9,910
  5. Computer Science#5,268 #3,645
  6. Social Sciences#7,811 #5,693
  7. Engineering#9,711 #6,050
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 Shiga University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 28.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 50.0 works29×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 47.8 works7.8×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 74 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.72× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.12× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 131 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shiga University?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaokang Zhou, Yasuhiro Sakai and K Mori lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiga University.

  1. 1 Xiaokang Zhou · #212,794 worldwide 550 citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Yasuhiro Sakai · #300,518 worldwide 180 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 K Mori · #373,015 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Shuichi ENDOH · #456,511 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Mutsumi Sugita · #830,036 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Yuri Maesako · #1,019,048 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Kosuke Takemura · #1,238,471 worldwide 22 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Taro Hori · #1,293,561 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Mariko Suzuki · #1,370,709 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Hikaru Yamamoto · #1,372,188 worldwide 30 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Shiga University

Which keywords describe research at Shiga University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Influence, Culture, Literature, History, Ethnicity, Modernization, Philosophy and Science.

▲ 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. Social Influence50▲ 44×3 topics
  2. Culture49▲ 18×6 topics
  3. Literature49▲ 17×4 topics
  4. Ethnicity48▲ 24×5 topics
  5. History48▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Modernization48▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Philosophy47▲ 20×3 topics
  8. Science47▲ 36×4 topics
  9. Islam47▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Economic Security47▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Design47▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles46▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Air Force46▲ 73×1 topic
  14. Legal Regulation46▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Malay Language46▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Sharia Law46▲ 61×1 topic
  17. Transport Policy46▲ 70×1 topic
  18. Warfare46▲ 73×1 topic
  19. Deep Learning29▲ 1.62×59 topics
  20. Machine Learning26▲ 1.52×49 topics
  21. Neural Networks12▲ 1.44×25 topics
  22. Inflammation11◆ 0.97×49 topics
  23. Big Data8▲ 1.70×13 topics
  24. Economic Growth7▲ 1.65×12 topics
  25. Topic Modeling5▲ 6.0×3 topics
  26. Variable Selection4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Management4▲ 13×2 topics
  28. High-Dimensional Data4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Bayesian Inference4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  30. Engineering Design4▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Liquidity4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Cultural Landscape4▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Learning Environments4▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Robotics Programming4▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Bayesian Methods3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Variational Inequalities3▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Satoyama3▲ 60×1 topic
  38. landscape conservation3▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Iterative Algorithms3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Nonlinear Operators3▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Shiga University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Educational Robotics and Engineering.

Military Technology and …46Military Technology and Strategies: 46 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…46Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 46 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…46Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 46 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 4 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 3 fractional worksOptimization and Variational Analysis: 3 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Inference: 3 fractional worksFixed Point Theorems Analysis: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 3 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 46 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 46 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  4. 4 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  6. 6 Optimization and Variational Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 3 works
  8. 8 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 3 works
  10. 10 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shiga University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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