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Shikoku University

In research, Shikoku University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,732 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,841
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#671
of 1,923
Research works
370
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Shikoku University

What is Shikoku University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #14,732 of 17,446 3.4%146

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

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Shikoku University is in Social Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (20%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 24.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 20.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 21.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShikokuUniversity61fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences43%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1626.1%
    2. Psychology58.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities45.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine1220.0%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing11.3%
    1. Engineering58.4%
    2. Computer Science35.1%
    3. Environmental Science34.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    5. Chemistry11.0%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Energy00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.64×5 works
  2. Nursing2.61×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.06×16 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.05×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.28×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.25×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.05×1 works
  10. Medicine1.04×12 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.94×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.65×3 works
  14. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.61×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×2 works
  17. Engineering0.56×5 works
  18. Energy0.30×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.28×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shikoku University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Chiemi Kamada and Yukio Yoshimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shikoku University.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Takeuchi Japan · #2,855,747 worldwide 348 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Chiemi Kamada Japan · #2,889,648 worldwide 759 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Yukio Yoshimura Japan · #3,732,837 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Tomomi Fujishiro Japan · #3,804,004 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sachio Nishio Japan · #3,964,220 worldwide 578 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Robert Luxton Japan · #4,206,495 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 明子 原野 Japan · #4,280,450 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Ayako Murakami Japan · #4,371,555 worldwide 164 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Makoto SANO Japan · #4,858,093 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Suguru Tsujioka Japan · #4,963,467 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Shikoku University

What are the most cited papers from Shikoku University?

The most cited paper from Shikoku University is "EEG microstates associated with salience and frontoparietal networks in frontotemporal dementia, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease" (Keiichiro Nishida, Yosuke Morishima, Masafumi Yoshimura et al., 2013), with 275 citations. Next come "The Weak and Strong Lefschetz properties for Artinian K-algebras" (224) and "Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Based on Food Groups for Estimating Individual Nutrient Intake." (199).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EEG microstates associated with salience and frontoparietal networks in frontotemporal dementia, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease Keiichiro Nishida, Yosuke Morishima, Masafumi Yoshimura et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology 9 Feb 2013 275
2 The Weak and Strong Lefschetz properties for Artinian K-algebras Tadahito Harima, Juan Carlos Migliore, Uwe Nagel et al. · Journal of Algebra Open access Apr 2003 224
3 Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Based on Food Groups for Estimating Individual Nutrient Intake. Keiko Takahashi, Yukio Yoshimura, Tae Kaimoto et al. · The Japanese Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics Open access 2001 199
4 Effects of Low-Load Resistance Training with Vascular Occlusion on the Mechanical Properties of Muscle and Tendon Keitaro Kubo, T. Komuro, Noriko Ishiguro et al. · Journal of Applied Biomechanics May 2006 196
5 The Making of the NEAM Tsunami Hazard Model 2018 (NEAMTHM18) Roberto Basili et al. · Frontiers in Earth Science Open access 5 Mar 2021 183
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shikoku University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Culture, Literature, Modernization, Philosophy, Science, Design and Air Force.

▲ 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. History5▲ 11×3 topics
  2. Culture4▲ 14×3 topics
  3. Literature4▲ 13×2 topics
  4. Modernization4▲ 40×2 topics
  5. Philosophy4▲ 13×2 topics
  6. Design3▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Science3▲ 22×2 topics
  8. Air Force3▲ 44×1 topic
  9. Islam3▲ 25×1 topic
  10. Legal Regulation3▲ 23×1 topic
  11. Social Influence3▲ 25×1 topic
  12. Transport Policy3▲ 43×1 topic
  13. Warfare3▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Epidemiology3◆ 1.15×19 topics
  15. Inflammation2▲ 1.70×13 topics
  16. Cancer2▲ 2.3×9 topics
  17. Qualitative Research2▲ 3.3×3 topics
  18. Depression2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  19. Economic Growth2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  20. Identity1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  22. Colonialism1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  23. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Gender1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  25. Learning1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  26. Social Support1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  27. Adolescents1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  28. Aging1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  29. Children1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  31. Japan1▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Professional Development1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  33. Society1▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Cultural Diversity1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Distance Education1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  36. Self-Efficacy1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Social Studies1▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Language Teaching1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  39. Semantic Network Analysis1▲ 77×2 topics
  40. Teaching1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Shikoku University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Japanese History and Culture.

Legal and Regulatory Ana…3Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…3Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …3Military Technology and Strategies: 3 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksPolyamine Metabolism and Applications: 1 fractional worksEducational Practices and Challenges: 1 fractional works
TransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringCultural Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 3 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Polyamine Metabolism and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Practices and Challenges Education 1 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shikoku University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Shikoku University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Shikoku University0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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