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Tamagawa University

In research, Tamagawa University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,738 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,279 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,703
of 22,385 · #10,623 all time
Rank in Japan
#202
of 924
Research works
2k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Tamagawa University

What is Tamagawa University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,738 of 10,670 4.1%95 #9074
Social SciencesDomain #7,279 of 9,585 7.6%90 #11224

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

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Tamagawa University is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 104 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 7.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 35.2% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 15.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 10.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 22.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTamagawaUniversity295fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences35%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4113.7%
    2. Psychology279.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities227.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.2%
    5. Decision Sciences41.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    1. Computer Science4515.1%
    2. Engineering3210.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy103.5%
    4. Environmental Science62.1%
    5. Mathematics51.8%
    6. Energy20.8%
    7. Materials Science20.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences248.1%
    2. Neuroscience237.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology206.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine144.7%
    2. Health Professions41.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
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: 1.70× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.79× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.95× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.03× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.79×23 works
  2. Psychology3.03×27 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.63×22 works
  4. Computer Science1.95×45 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.70×24 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.57×10 works
  7. Mathematics1.55×5 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.41×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×20 works
  11. Social Sciences1.09×40 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×6 works
  13. Energy0.91×2 works
  14. Engineering0.72×32 works
  15. Nursing0.71×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.49×4 works
  17. Environmental Science0.42×6 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×4 works
  19. Medicine0.24×14 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.19×2 works
  22. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tamagawa University?

Ranked on the quality score, Haruto Takagishi, Sachiko Nakamura and Nobuya Koizuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tamagawa University.

  1. 1 Haruto Takagishi Japan · #690,147 worldwide 2.2k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Sachiko Nakamura Japan · #733,973 worldwide 746 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Nobuya Koizuka Japan · #1,479,706 worldwide 1.8k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Yoshikazu Isomura Japan · #1,717,256 worldwide 5.3k citations · 151 works
  5. 5 Brett Milliner Japan · #2,065,350 worldwide 336 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Eiji Hoshi Japan · #2,150,205 worldwide 4.7k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Satoshi Miyazaki Japan · #2,179,126 worldwide 2k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Masamichi Sakagami Japan · #2,308,156 worldwide 3.1k citations · 126 works
  9. 9 Kazuyuki Samejima Japan · #2,455,262 worldwide 3.1k citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Miyoko Ui Japan · #2,516,699 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Tamagawa University

What are the most cited papers from Tamagawa University?

The most cited paper from Tamagawa University is "Analysis of local and wide-field movements in the superior temporal visual areas of the macaque monkey" (Keiji Tanaka, Kazuo Hikosaka, Hirohisa Saito et al., 1986), with 850 citations. Next come "Integration of direction signals of image motion in the superior temporal sulcus of the macaque monkey" (677) and "Entangled coherent states: Teleportation and decoherence" (519).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of local and wide-field movements in the superior temporal visual areas of the macaque monkey Keiji Tanaka, Kazuo Hikosaka, Hirohisa Saito et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 1986 850
2 Integration of direction signals of image motion in the superior temporal sulcus of the macaque monkey Hirohisa Saito, Masao Yukie, Keiji Tanaka et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 1986 677
3 Entangled coherent states: Teleportation and decoherence Steven van Enk, Osamu Hirota · Physical Review A Open access Jul 2001 519
4 Sound symbolism facilitates early verb learning Mutsumi Imai, Sotaro Kita, Miho Nagumo et al. · Cognition Oct 2008 518
5 Distinctions between dorsal and ventral premotor areas: anatomical connectivity and functional properties Eiji Hoshi, Jun Tanji · Current Opinion in Neurobiology Review 21 Feb 2007 459
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tamagawa University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Entanglement, Globalization, Virtual Reality, Second Language Acquisition, Language Policy, Multilingualism and Language Teaching.

▲ 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. Globalization18▲ 3.1×12 topics
  2. Higher Education12▲ 7.9×7 topics
  3. Entanglement11▲ 25×2 topics
  4. Virtual Reality10▲ 7.2×7 topics
  5. Second Language Acquisition10▲ 37×2 topics
  6. Language Policy10▲ 23×2 topics
  7. Multilingualism10▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Language Teaching9▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Quantum Information9▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Communication8▲ 9.0×3 topics
  11. Social Interaction8▲ 7.1×7 topics
  12. Corrective Feedback8▲ 37×1 topic
  13. L2 Motivation8▲ 37×1 topic
  14. Computation8▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Cryptography7▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Quantum7▲ 32×1 topic
  17. Student Perceptions7▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Teacher Training7▲ 4.0×6 topics
  19. Learning Outcomes7▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Microbiota7▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Genomics6▲ 7.5×3 topics
  22. Embodiment6▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Social Insects6▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Symbiosis6▲ 24×1 topic
  25. CLIL6▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Content and Language Integrated Learning6▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Global Change6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 9.0×2 topics
  29. Optical Fiber6▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Social Cognition6▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Diversity6▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Human-Robot Interaction5▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Teacher Education5▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Quantum Algorithms5▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Quantum Computation5▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Coherent Detection5▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Digital Signal Processing5▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Immersion5▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Presence5▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Tamagawa University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

EFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…8EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 8 fractional worksQuantum Information and …7Quantum Information and Cryptography: 7 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 6 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 5 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 5 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 5 fractional worksPlant and animal studies5Plant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 4 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 4 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsArtificial IntelligenceGeneticsLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 8 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 6 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  5. 5 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  6. 6 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 5 works
  7. 7 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  9. 9 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 4 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tamagawa University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Tamagawa University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Tamagawa University0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Tamagawa University5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2006.

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