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Shobi University

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Research works
55
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
711
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Shobi University

Not ranked overall: Shobi 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 Shobi University work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Shobi University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (18%), Social Sciences (17%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 43.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 17.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 35.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 17.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKShobi University55fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences43%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1017.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities610.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting47.8%
    4. Psychology24.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Computer Science1017.8%
    2. Engineering712.6%
    3. Environmental Science22.7%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    5. Energy00.6%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Medicine712.7%
    2. Health Professions23.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    2. Neuroscience12.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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.

Neuroscience: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.68× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.40×2 works
  2. Psychology3.68×1 works
  3. Neuroscience3.47×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.37×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.14×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.25×2 works
  7. Engineering0.98×1 works
  8. Medicine0.81×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.65×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shobi University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yoko Hayashi, Nobutane Hanayama and Yoshiaki Shikata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shobi University.

  1. 1 Yoko Hayashi Japan · #1,604,063 worldwide 957 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Nobutane Hanayama Japan · #4,769,005 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Yoshiaki Shikata Japan · #5,592,494 worldwide 64 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Shobi University

What are the most cited papers from Shobi University?

The most cited paper from Shobi University is "A study of visual fatigue and visual comfort for 3D HDTV/HDTV images" (Sumio Yano, Shinji Ide, Tetsuo Mitsuhashi et al., 2002), with 318 citations. Next come "Two factors in visual fatigue caused by stereoscopic HDTV images" (274) and "On a higher-order neural network for distortion invariant pattern recognition" (56).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A study of visual fatigue and visual comfort for 3D HDTV/HDTV images Sumio Yano, Shinji Ide, Tetsuo Mitsuhashi et al. · Displays Sep 2002 318
2 Two factors in visual fatigue caused by stereoscopic HDTV images Sumio Yano, Masaki Emoto, Tetsuo Mitsuhashi · Displays 21 Oct 2004 274
3 On a higher-order neural network for distortion invariant pattern recognition Takeshi Kaita, Shingo Tomita, Junkichi Yamanaka · Pattern Recognition Letters Jun 2002 56
4 Participatory art-based activity, community-dwelling older adults and changes in health condition: Results from a pre–post intervention, single-arm, prospective and longitudinal study Olivier Beauchet, Thomas Bastien, Mary Sherman Mittelman et al. · Maturitas 13 Jan 2020 49
5 A cross-sectional study on the mechanical properties of the Achilles tendon with growth Yasuyoshi Mogi, Suguru Torii, Yasuo Kawakami et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology 24 Nov 2017 25
All 94 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shobi University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Virtual Reality, Literature, Mortality, Deep Learning, Modernization, Culture, History and Performance Analysis.

▲ 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. Deep Learning4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  2. Virtual Reality3▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Literature3▲ 10×4 topics
  4. Globalization2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  5. History2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  6. Mortality2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  7. Culture2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  8. Modernization2▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.5×2 topics
  10. Performance Analysis2▲ 19×2 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  12. Identity2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  13. Economic Growth2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  14. Pacific Islands2▲ 176×1 topic
  15. settlement2▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Colonialism1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  17. Gender1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  18. Biomechanics1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  19. Embodiment1▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Philosophy1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  21. Prevention1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  22. Air Pollution1▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Character Animation1▲ 188×1 topic
  24. Higher Education1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  25. Life Expectancy1▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Lifestyle Migration1▲ 94×1 topic
  27. Motion Synthesis1▲ 188×1 topic
  28. Particulate Matter1▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Regional Development1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  30. Retirement Migration1▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Japan1▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Mortality Forecasting1▲ 101×1 topic
  33. Population Ageing1▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Society1▲ 8.5×1 topic
  35. Air Force1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. CLIL1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Call Center1▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Islam1▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Language Teaching1▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Shobi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…1Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…1Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …1Military Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…0Second Language Learning and Teaching: 0 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 0 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 0 fractional worksUtopian, Dystopian, and …0Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction: 0 fractional worksPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringLiterature and Literary Theory5 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shobi University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Shobi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Shobi University0.000037% in 20251990200020102020

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

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