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Soka University of America

In research, Soka University of America stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,581 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,592 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,785 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,767
of 28,054 · #17,239 all time
Rank in United States
#2,388
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.9k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Soka University of America 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,581 of 10,521 10.0%141 #7537
Physical SciencesDomain #11,592 of 12,888 6.0%81 #11467
Social SciencesField #5,785 of 6,365 7.8%80 #5761

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Soka University of America 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#7,537 #5,581
  2. Physical Sciences#11,467 #11,592
  3. Social Sciences#5,761 #5,785
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Soka University of America specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 34.1 works4.4×
← 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: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.17× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.37× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Soka University of America?

Ranked on the composite score, 将行 塩原, 一彦 関田 and Masayuki Shiohara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Soka University of America.

  1. 1 将行 塩原 United States · #290,365 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 一彦 関田 United States · #303,350 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Masayuki Shiohara United States · #352,436 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Yukio Kobayashi United States · #415,131 worldwide 35 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Kazuhiko SEKITA United States · #453,351 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Nancy J. Hodes United States · #492,872 worldwide 7 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Junyi Liu United States · #538,677 worldwide 107 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 N. D. Zelinsky United States · #613,142 worldwide 113 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Hideo Yamamoto United States · #619,641 worldwide 188 citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Robert Elliott Allinson United States · #633,364 worldwide 17 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Soka University of America

Which keywords describe research at Soka University of America?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainability, Ethics, Teacher Training, Biodiversity, Public Policy, Sustainable Development and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Globalization22▲ 4.2×37 topics
  2. Sustainability17▲ 2.6×29 topics
  3. Sustainable Development12▲ 2.8×14 topics
  4. Biodiversity10▲ 4.9×12 topics
  5. Teacher Training10▲ 5.7×12 topics
  6. Qualitative Research9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  7. Ethics9▲ 6.9×12 topics
  8. Environmental Impact8▲ 1.86×20 topics
  9. Education8▲ 1.81×32 topics
  10. Public Policy8▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Human Rights8▲ 2.7×20 topics
  12. History8▲ 4.0×20 topics
  13. Social Justice7▲ 4.6×15 topics
  14. Renewable Energy7▲ 1.84×8 topics
  15. Waste Management7▲ 6.0×4 topics
  16. Environmental Education6▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Neoliberalism6▲ 6.4×13 topics
  18. Philosophy6▲ 5.1×12 topics
  19. Water Resources6▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Empathy6▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Higher Education6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Curriculum Development6▲ 3.1×9 topics
  23. Eco-friendly Practices6▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Social Participation6▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Identity6▲ 2.9×14 topics
  26. Culture5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  27. Human Dignity5▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Moral Realism5▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Virtue Ethics5▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Cosmopolitanism5▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Ethnicity5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  32. Immigration5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Politics4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  34. Corpus Linguistics4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Lifelong Learning4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  36. Student Perceptions4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Society4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  38. Multiculturalism4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  39. Translation4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  40. Refugees3▲ 9.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Soka University of America publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Sustainability and Education, Philosophical Ethics and Theory, Translation Studies and Practices and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Environmental Sustainability and Education: 6 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and Theory: 5 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 3 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 3 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 3 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…3EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 3 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 2 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…2Education Pedagogy and Practices: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawPhilosophyLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 6 works
  2. 2 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 5 works
  3. 3 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 3 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 3 works
  6. 6 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Soka University of America's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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