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Tenri University

In research, Tenri University stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,525 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,936
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,502
of 2,112
Research works
277
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Tenri University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,525 of 16,945 14.2%121

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

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tenri University?

Ranked on the composite score, S Wolfram lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tenri University.

  1. 1 S Wolfram Japan · #1,532,896 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Tenri University

Which keywords describe research at Tenri University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, History, Culture, Politics, Colonialism, Gender, Society and Japan.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. History4▲ 18×4 topics
  2. Identity4▲ 17×3 topics
  3. Culture4▲ 23×3 topics
  4. Politics4▲ 45×3 topics
  5. Colonialism4▲ 25×2 topics
  6. Gender4▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Society4▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Japan4▲ 506×1 topic
  9. Modernization4▲ 60×1 topic
  10. IoT2▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Security2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 2.4×5 topics
  13. Performance Analysis2▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Religious Education2▲ 28×2 topics
  15. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Resistance Training1▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Education1▲ 1.82×4 topics
  18. Interreligious Relations1▲ 360×1 topic
  19. Islamic Religious Education1▲ 360×1 topic

Which research topics does Tenri University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, Religion, Theology, and Education, Sports Performance and Training and Fire Detection and Safety Systems.

Japanese History and Cul…4Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksFire Detection and Safety Systems: 1 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 1 fractional worksBluetooth and Wireless C…1Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 0 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 0 fractional worksSpeech and dialogue systems: 0 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesReligious studiesOrthopedics and Sports MedicineSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality6 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Fire Detection and Safety Systems Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  5. 5 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Speech and dialogue systems Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tenri University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Tenri

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.