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Shigakukan University

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Research works
46
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
147
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Shigakukan University

Not ranked overall: Shigakukan University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Shigakukan University work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Shigakukan University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (16%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 10.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 11.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShigakukanUniversity46fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences38%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences920.2%
    2. Psychology510.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science715.7%
    2. Engineering511.0%
    3. Computer Science23.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    5. Mathematics11.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    7. Chemistry00.6%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine510.0%
    2. Health Professions24.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience35.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.59×4 works
  2. Environmental Science2.80×1 works
  3. Psychology2.06×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×0 works
  5. Nursing0.89×0 works
  6. Medicine0.74×1 works
  7. Engineering0.59×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.56×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.54×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.42×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.33×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shigakukan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tsuji SATO and Kiyoko Iiboshi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shigakukan University.

  1. 1 Tsuji SATO Japan · #2,930,734 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Kiyoko Iiboshi Japan · #3,101,873 worldwide 105 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Shigakukan University

What are the most cited papers from Shigakukan University?

The most cited paper from Shigakukan University is "Incomplete restoration of the secretion of ghrelin and PYY compared to insulin after food ingestion following weight gain in anorexia nervosa" (Toshihiro Nakahara, Shinya Kojima, Muneki Tanaka et al., 2006), with 101 citations. Next come "A Validation Study of the Remotely Administered Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool in the Elderly Japanese Population" (53) and "The effects of bone therapy on tibial bone loss in young women with anorexia nervosa" (31).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Incomplete restoration of the secretion of ghrelin and PYY compared to insulin after food ingestion following weight gain in anorexia nervosa Toshihiro Nakahara, Shinya Kojima, Muneki Tanaka et al. · Journal of Psychiatric Research 20 Oct 2006 101
2 A Validation Study of the Remotely Administered Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool in the Elderly Japanese Population Kiyoko Iiboshi, Kazunari Yoshida, Yoshitaka Yamaoka et al. · Telemedicine Journal and e-Health Open access 20 Nov 2019 53
3 The effects of bone therapy on tibial bone loss in young women with anorexia nervosa Toshihiro Nakahara, Nobuatsu Nagai, Muneki Tanaka et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders Open access 17 Oct 2005 31
4 Remote neuropsychological assessment of elderly Japanese population using the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale: A validation study Kazunari Yoshida, Yoshitaka Yamaoka, Yoko Eguchi et al. · Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare Open access 8 May 2019 27
5 “End-stage kidney” in longstanding bulimia nervosa Daisuke Yasuhara, Tetsuro Naruo, Shuhei Taguchi et al. · International Journal of Eating Disorders 17 Oct 2005 22
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shigakukan University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Community Participation, landscape conservation, Satoyama, Community Empowerment and Cognitive Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Ecosystem Management6▲ 148×2 topics
  2. Biodiversity5▲ 15×3 topics
  3. Sustainability5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  4. Community Participation5▲ 43×2 topics
  5. Satoyama4▲ 562×1 topic
  6. landscape conservation4▲ 562×1 topic
  7. Community Empowerment3▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Obesity2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Cognitive Development2▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Health Education2▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Physical Activity2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Community Resilience2▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Developmental Coordination Disorder2▲ 117×1 topic
  14. Infrastructure2▲ 29×2 topics
  15. Motor Skill Competence2▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Syntax2▲ 46×3 topics
  17. Disaster Recovery1▲ 210×1 topic
  18. Food Security1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  19. Urban Reconstruction1▲ 210×1 topic
  20. Maternal Health1▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Stunting1▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Agriculture1▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Ethnicity1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  24. Impact1▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Mental Rotation1▲ 166×1 topic
  26. Morphology1▲ 13×2 topics
  27. STEM Education1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Spatial Ability1▲ 166×1 topic
  29. Tsunami1▲ 481×1 topic
  30. Virtual Reality1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  31. E-Learning1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  32. Rural Development1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Adolescents1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Culture1▲ 4.6×1 topic
  36. Fish Population Dynamics1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Islam1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Linguistics1▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Marine Fisheries1▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Turkic1▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does Shigakukan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Marine and fisheries research, Military Technology and Strategies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …1Military Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…1Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…1Public Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksYouth Substance Use and …0Youth Substance Use and School Attendance: 0 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 0 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology in Education and Learning: 0 fractional worksCommunity-based Tourism Development and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeAerospace EngineeringTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Youth Substance Use and School Attendance Education 0 works
  7. 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 0 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shigakukan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher 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 Shigakukan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000041% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Shigakukan University0.000028% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Shigakukan University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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