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Shiga University

In research, Shiga University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,759 of 9,585 worldwide), Medicine (#5,241 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,322 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering (Transportation is 26.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,214
of 22,385 · #12,573 all time
Rank in Japan
#116
of 924
Research works
2.4k
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Shiga 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 #3,759 of 9,585 6.5%200 #10929
MedicineField #5,241 of 8,541 6.4%71 #7378
Health SciencesDomain #6,322 of 9,902 6.8%80 #8912
Physical SciencesDomain #7,050 of 10,670 7.4%200 #16675
Social SciencesField #4,672 of 5,988 5.7%131 #8560
Computer ScienceField #3,491 of 4,417 9.7%68 #5798
EngineeringField #5,255 of 5,901 6.8%74 #9222

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 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. Social Sciences#10,929 #3,759
  2. Medicine#7,378 #5,241
  3. Health Sciences#8,912 #6,322
  4. Physical Sciences#16,675 #7,050
  5. Social Sciences#8,560 #4,672
  6. Computer Science#5,798 #3,491
  7. Engineering#9,222 #5,255
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 Shiga University work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Shiga University is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 219 fractional works · 37.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 137 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 10.4% of its workTransportation: 51 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 215 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEngineering: 77 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 49 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 72 fractional works · 12.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 31 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 92 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 81 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKShiga University578fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences38%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13723.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance274.7%
    3. Psychology203.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting142.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities111.9%
    6. Decision Sciences101.7%
    1. Engineering7713.4%
    2. Computer Science7212.5%
    3. Environmental Science254.3%
    4. Mathematics173.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy61.0%
    7. Chemistry40.8%
    8. Materials Science40.7%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine8114.0%
    2. Health Professions71.3%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology264.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences122.2%
    3. Neuroscience81.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shiga University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 26.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 51.4 works27×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 48.9 works7.2×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 72 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.56× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.18× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 137 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.56×17 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.18×27 works
  3. Social Sciences1.88×137 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.73×10 works
  5. Computer Science1.61×72 works
  6. Psychology1.14×20 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×2 works
  8. Nursing0.91×3 works
  9. Engineering0.89×77 works
  10. Neuroscience0.88×8 works
  11. Environmental Science0.87×25 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×26 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×7 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×14 works
  15. Medicine0.73×81 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.66×11 works
  17. Chemistry0.49×4 works
  18. Health Professions0.48×7 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.46×6 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×12 works
  22. Energy0.31×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.28×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.19×4 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shiga University?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiaokang Zhou, Kosuke Takemura and Shohei Shimizu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiga University.

  1. 1 Xiaokang Zhou Japan · #283,675 worldwide 13k citations · 483 works
  2. 2 Kosuke Takemura Japan · #861,227 worldwide 72 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Shohei Shimizu Japan · #1,190,588 worldwide 5.5k citations · 173 works
  4. 4 Tetsushi Okumura Japan · #2,530,675 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Tsuyoshi Esaki Japan · #2,952,684 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Koichiro Mori Japan · #3,006,034 worldwide 1.2k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Katsuya Tanaka Japan · #3,462,442 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
  8. 8 John T. Dulaney Japan · #3,807,543 worldwide 1.8k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Heiwa Date Japan · #4,309,215 worldwide 369 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Hayato Tomisu Japan · #4,562,948 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Shiga University

What are the most cited papers from Shiga University?

The most cited paper from Shiga University is "HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes" (Silvia Giuliana Priori, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Minoru Horie et al., 2013), with 1,947 citations. Next come "Histochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat brain" (1,869) and "World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions" (1,208).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes Silvia Giuliana Priori, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Minoru Horie et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 30 Aug 2013 1,947
2 Histochemical mapping of nitric oxide synthase in the rat brain S.R. Vincent, Hiroshi Kimura · Neuroscience Feb 1992 1,869
3 World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions Stephen Kaptoge et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access101 authors 2 Sep 2019 1,208
4 In vitro and in vivo characterization of new swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses Yasushi Itoh et al. · Nature Open access 13 Jul 2009 1,082
5 Prevalence of Parkinson’s disease across North America Connie Marras, James C. Beck, James H. Bower et al. · npj Parkinson s Disease Open access 25 Jun 2018 1,030
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shiga University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, Social Influence, Literature, History, Modernization, Ethnicity, 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-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. Culture51▲ 17×6 topics
  2. Social Influence51▲ 42×3 topics
  3. Literature51▲ 16×5 topics
  4. History50▲ 13×3 topics
  5. Modernization50▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Ethnicity50▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Philosophy48▲ 19×3 topics
  8. Islam48▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Science48▲ 34×4 topics
  10. Economic Security48▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Design48▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles48▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Air Force48▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Legal Regulation48▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Malay Language48▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Sharia Law48▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Transport Policy48▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Warfare48▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Deep Learning30▲ 1.52×60 topics
  20. Machine Learning29▲ 1.51×51 topics
  21. Inflammation12◆ 0.98×52 topics
  22. Neural Networks12▲ 1.33×25 topics
  23. Big Data9▲ 1.55×13 topics
  24. Economic Growth8▲ 1.77×12 topics
  25. Biodiversity8▲ 1.77×14 topics
  26. Topic Modeling5▲ 5.3×3 topics
  27. Ecosystem Management5▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Bayesian Inference4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Variable Selection4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  30. Cultural Landscape4▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Text Mining4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Engineering Design4▲ 10.0×2 topics
  33. Liquidity4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  34. Satoyama4▲ 69×1 topic
  35. landscape conservation4▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Asset Pricing4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  37. Learning Environments4▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Robotics Programming4▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Bayesian Methods4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Convex Optimization4▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Shiga University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Military Technology and Strategies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Urban and spatial planning.

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 48 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 48 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  6. 6 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 3 works
  7. 7 Optimization and Variational Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  8. 8 Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Fixed Point Theorems Analysis Geometry and Topology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shiga University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% 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 Shiga University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Shiga University0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shiga 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 2025Shiga University8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2022.

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