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Temple University, Japan

In research, Temple University, Japan stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,526 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,384 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Social Sciences (Cultural Studies is 56.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,200
of 22,385 · #15,030 all time
Rank in Japan
#447
of 924
Research works
436
▲ 190% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Temple University, Japan

What is Temple University, Japan 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,526 of 9,585 3.4%115 #3482
Social SciencesField #4,384 of 5,988 1.5%89 #2755

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Temple University, Japan is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (61%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Computer Science (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 119 fractional works · 81.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 90 fractional works · 61.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 24.5% of its workCultural Studies: 34 fractional works · 23.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 11.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 11.8% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTempleUniversity, Japan147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences81%

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 Sciences9061.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1611.1%
    3. Psychology85.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting32.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Computer Science96.4%
    2. Engineering42.7%
    3. Environmental Science21.7%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine42.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Temple University, Japan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cultural Studies takes 56.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 33.8 works57×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 35.9 works6.8×
  3. Social SciencesField · 89.7 works4.8×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.86× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.84× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.84×90 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.86×16 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.26×1 works
  4. Psychology1.69×8 works
  5. Computer Science0.83×9 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×2 works
  8. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.34×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  15. Engineering0.18×4 works
  16. Medicine0.15×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  18. Energy0.08×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Temple University, Japan?

Ranked on the quality score, Christine Pearson Casanave, Yuko Yamamiya and David Beglar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Temple University, Japan.

  1. 1 Christine Pearson Casanave Japan · #207,062 worldwide 2.3k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Yuko Yamamiya Japan · #421,914 worldwide 1.7k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 David Beglar Japan · #945,694 worldwide 2k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Robert M. Orr Japan · #1,448,650 worldwide 297 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Sachiko Horiguchi Japan · #2,695,578 worldwide 171 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Noël Houck Japan · #2,847,642 worldwide 315 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Jeff Kingston Japan · #3,236,785 worldwide 742 citations · 152 works
  8. 8 Junko Saito Japan · #3,390,668 worldwide 106 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Dariusz P. Skowroński Japan · #3,868,871 worldwide 64 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Daisuke Akimoto Japan · #4,017,843 worldwide 101 citations · 159 works
All ranked researchers at Temple University, Japan

What are the most cited papers from Temple University, Japan?

The most cited paper from Temple University, Japan is "Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" (Judith Langer et al., 2019), with 3,910 citations. Next come "Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation" (1,332) and "The Structural Syllabus and Second Language Acquisition" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Judith Langer et al. · ACS Nano Open access 3 Sep 2019 3,910
2 Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation James W. Furness, Aaron D. Kaplan, Jinliang Ning et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Open access 2 Sep 2020 1,332
3 The Structural Syllabus and Second Language Acquisition Rod Ellis · TESOL Quarterly 1993 482
4 Classroom Interaction, Comprehension, and the Acquisition of L2 Word Meanings Rod Ellis, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Asako Yamazaki · Language Learning Sep 1994 437
5 Communicating about Grammar: A Task-Based Approach Sandra S. Fotos, Rod Ellis · TESOL Quarterly 1991 409
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Which keywords describe research at Temple University, Japan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, History, Identity, Colonialism, Culture, Literature, Politics and Society.

▲ 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. Gender47▲ 60×8 topics
  2. History41▲ 40×9 topics
  3. Identity39▲ 37×12 topics
  4. Colonialism37▲ 53×6 topics
  5. Culture37▲ 48×7 topics
  6. Literature36▲ 45×7 topics
  7. Politics36▲ 93×6 topics
  8. Society35▲ 124×3 topics
  9. Modernization33▲ 124×2 topics
  10. Japan33▲ 1056×1 topic
  11. Decolonization12▲ 100×3 topics
  12. Political Economy12▲ 31×8 topics
  13. Globalization11▲ 3.9×22 topics
  14. Human Rights11▲ 7.3×9 topics
  15. Social Movements10▲ 23×2 topics
  16. 1960s10▲ 633×1 topic
  17. Global10▲ 188×1 topic
  18. International Relations10▲ 27×6 topics
  19. Migration9▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Healthcare8▲ 5.0×5 topics
  21. North Korea8▲ 781×1 topic
  22. Refugees8▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Nationalism7▲ 11×9 topics
  24. Religion7▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Philosophy5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  26. China5▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Economic Development4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  28. Humanitarian Intervention4▲ 84×2 topics
  29. Cultural Identity4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Cultural Studies4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Governance4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  32. Christianity4▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Confucianism4▲ 61×1 topic
  34. International Law4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  35. Occupation3▲ 37×2 topics
  36. State Intervention3▲ 69×2 topics
  37. NGOs3▲ 23×4 topics
  38. Nazi Propaganda3▲ 112×1 topic
  39. Sexuality3▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Temple University, Japan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Japanese History and Culture, Communism, Protests, Social Movements, Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies and Chinese history and philosophy.

Japanese History and Cul…33Japanese History and Culture: 33 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Social Movements: 10 fractional worksKorean Peninsula Histori…8Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies: 8 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 3 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justification: 2 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 2 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsPhilosophy2 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 33 works
  2. 2 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Temple University, Japan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 190% 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 Temple University, Japan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Temple University, Japan0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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