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The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

In research, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,637 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,562 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#598 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,389
of 28,054 · #1,866 all time
Rank in Japan
#33
of 1,070
Research works
5.9k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
151k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,637 of 12,888 21.6%568 #1684
Life SciencesDomain #2,562 of 7,800 20.9%193 #1514
Physics and AstronomyField #598 of 1,646 30.1%219 #953
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,585 of 3,579 20.2%112 #1172
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #207 of 443 31.2%88 #382
Computer ScienceField #2,634 of 4,667 15.5%86 #2764
EngineeringField #3,883 of 6,636 15.0%106 #2691
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #190 of 263 38.9%65 #371
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,599 of 2,175 21.5%73 #1239
Social SciencesDomain #8,853 of 10,521 15.8%76 #10048

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI 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. Physical Sciences#1,684 #1,637
  2. Life Sciences#1,514 #2,562
  3. Physics and Astronomy#953 #598
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,172 #1,585
  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics#382 #207
  6. Computer Science#2,764 #2,634
  7. Engineering#2,691 #3,883
  8. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#371 #190
  9. Molecular Biology#1,239 #1,599
  10. Social Sciences#10,048 #8,853
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 The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 65.0 works24×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 88.0 works19×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 218.7 works11×
← 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: 0.94× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.42× its world share, 112 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.69× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 86 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 106 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.51× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.28× its world share, 219 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI?

Ranked on the composite score, Naoyuki Takahata, Hitomi Hongo and Keiichirō Nasu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI.

  1. 1 Naoyuki Takahata Japan · #381,670 worldwide 179 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Hitomi Hongo Japan · #416,114 worldwide 53 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Keiichirō Nasu Japan · #466,693 worldwide 212 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Yasushi Izumi Japan · #584,708 worldwide 68 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Eizi Hirota Japan · #711,264 worldwide 495 citations · 230 works
  6. 6 Yoko Satta Japan · #864,243 worldwide 103 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Maria Giovanna Dainotti Japan · #908,047 worldwide 94 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Hisashi Okumura Japan · #916,266 worldwide 100 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Kentaro Arikawa Japan · #966,140 worldwide 110 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Masaru Hasegawa Japan · #1,027,136 worldwide 66 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

Which keywords describe research at The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Dark Matter, Black Holes, Star Formation, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport and Supernovae.

▲ 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. Climate Change35▲ 1.50×53 topics
  2. Deep Learning34◆ 1.15×58 topics
  3. Machine Learning29◆ 1.02×56 topics
  4. Turbulence27▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Dark Matter23▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Neural Networks21▲ 1.55×26 topics
  7. Black Holes20▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Star Formation19▲ 41×2 topics
  9. Diagnostics17▲ 23×2 topics
  10. Tokamak17▲ 89×1 topic
  11. Transport17▲ 60×1 topic
  12. Supernovae16▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Solar Wind15▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Magnetic Fields14▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Particle Physics14▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Accretion Disks14▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Electron Acceleration13▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Molecular Dynamics12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  19. Cosmology12▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Gravitational Waves12▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Exoplanets11▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Stellar Astrophysics11▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Higgs Boson10▲ 23×1 topic
  24. High-Energy Collider10▲ 23×1 topic
  25. Molecular Clouds10▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Protoplanetary Disks10▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Lattice QCD10▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Quantum Gravity10▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Quantum Entanglement9▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Dark Energy9▲ 16×2 topics
  31. General Relativity9▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Transcription Factors9▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Cosmic Microwave Background9▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Cosmic Rays9▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Cosmological Parameters9▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Neutrinos9▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Ionosphere9▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Magnetosphere9▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Galaxies9▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Stellar Populations9▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Magnetic confinement fus…17Magnetic confinement fusion research: 17 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …11Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 11 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 10 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 10 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 9 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 9 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…8Astro and Planetary Science: 8 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 8 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 8 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials Chemistry

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  6. 6 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  10. 10 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 8 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 available52.0%not open48.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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.

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