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Showa Pharmaceutical University

In research, Showa Pharmaceutical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,967 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics and Organic Chemistry — Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics is 29.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,633
of 28,054 · #10,743 all time
Rank in Japan
#359
of 1,070
Research works
2.5k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Showa Pharmaceutical 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,967 of 7,800 8.9%80 #5141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Showa Pharmaceutical 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).

What does Showa Pharmaceutical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics takes 29.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 21.8 works30×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 26.4 works17×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.75× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 29.51× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 11.14× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 29.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Showa Pharmaceutical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Isao Ishii, Michiko Yamamoto and Hiroshi Yamazaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Showa Pharmaceutical University.

  1. 1 Isao Ishii Japan · #202,187 worldwide 171 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Michiko Yamamoto Japan · #304,927 worldwide 105 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Hiroshi Yamazaki Japan · #402,066 worldwide 567 citations · 171 works
  4. 4 Hiroyuki Ageta Japan · #440,950 worldwide 99 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Takahisa Nakane Japan · #454,349 worldwide 56 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Iwao Okamoto Japan · #515,270 worldwide 176 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Kazuo Masuda Japan · #516,363 worldwide 70 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Shin‐ichi Tashiro Japan · #551,579 worldwide 73 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Tsuneo Funamoto Japan · #589,347 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Keiko Yamamoto Japan · #616,729 worldwide 72 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Showa Pharmaceutical University

Which keywords describe research at Showa Pharmaceutical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Pharmacokinetics, Cytochrome P450, Genetic Variation, Drug Metabolism, Enzyme Activities, Pharmacogenetics and Nuclear Receptors.

▲ 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. Inflammation22▲ 5.0×48 topics
  2. Pharmacokinetics14▲ 26×6 topics
  3. Cytochrome P45014▲ 200×2 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress13▲ 3.8×35 topics
  5. Genetic Variation12▲ 26×2 topics
  6. Cancer12▲ 4.2×35 topics
  7. Drug Metabolism11▲ 201×2 topics
  8. Enzyme Activities11▲ 273×1 topic
  9. Pharmacogenetics11▲ 273×1 topic
  10. Nuclear Receptors10▲ 52×4 topics
  11. Drug Discovery9▲ 19×8 topics
  12. Antioxidant8▲ 5.6×21 topics
  13. Metabolism8▲ 7.3×11 topics
  14. Adverse Drug Reactions7▲ 65×3 topics
  15. Medicinal Chemistry7▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Metabolic Regulation7▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Synthesis7▲ 8.8×13 topics
  18. Heterocycles6▲ 33×6 topics
  19. Anti-inflammatory6▲ 11×14 topics
  20. Reactive Oxygen Species6▲ 7.1×11 topics
  21. Transition Metal Catalysis6▲ 33×4 topics
  22. ATP-dependent Transporters6▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Multidrug Resistance6▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Bioimaging6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Biomarkers6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  26. Diabetes6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  27. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 16×6 topics
  28. Enantioselective Synthesis5▲ 41×5 topics
  29. Apoptosis5▲ 8.2×13 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 8.1×7 topics
  31. Macrocycles5▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Pharmacology4▲ 8.3×12 topics
  33. Supramolecular Chemistry4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Foldamers4▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Hypertension4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Peptide Synthesis4▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Biological Activities4▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Organic Synthesis4▲ 15×8 topics
  39. Catalytic4▲ 15×3 topics
  40. C-C Bond Formation4▲ 42×3 topics

Which research topics does Showa Pharmaceutical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography.

Pharmacogenetics and Dru…11Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 11 fractional worksDrug Transport and Resis…6Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…4Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 4 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 3 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 3 fractional worksPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: 3 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 3 fractional worksEicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology: 3 fractional worksDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection: 2 fractional worksClick Chemistry and Applications: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyOncologyMolecular BiologySpectroscopy3 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 11 works
  2. 2 Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 3 works
  6. 6 Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology Biochemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmacology 2 works
  10. 10 Click Chemistry and Applications Organic Chemistry 2 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Showa Pharmaceutical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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