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Tohoku Fukushi University

In research, Tohoku Fukushi University stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,279 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,541
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#862
of 2,112
Research works
339
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Tohoku Fukushi 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
Health SciencesDomain #13,279 of 20,462 14.1%128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tohoku Fukushi 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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.47× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.51× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tohoku Fukushi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Koichi Shibata, Yoshihiko Watanabe and Koh Mizuno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tohoku Fukushi University.

  1. 1 Koichi Shibata Japan · #369,007 worldwide 38 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Yoshihiko Watanabe Japan · #742,634 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Koh Mizuno Japan · #1,423,883 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Masayuki Soma Japan · #1,431,344 worldwide 17 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Hideyuki Nakae Japan · #1,532,083 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Tohoku Fukushi University

Which keywords describe research at Tohoku Fukushi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Neurological Disorders, Anxiety, Emotion, Self-Efficacy, User Satisfaction and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.79×13 topics
  2. Mental Health3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  3. Depression3▲ 7.1×11 topics
  4. Deep Learning3▲ 1.61×5 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×16 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  7. Anxiety2▲ 9.0×7 topics
  8. Emotion2▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Self-Efficacy2▲ 13×6 topics
  10. User Satisfaction2▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Culture2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  12. Functional Connectivity2▲ 23×1 topic
  13. Modernization2▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Resting-State fMRI2▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Stress2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  16. Well-being2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  17. Low Back Pain2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Cognitive Performance1▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation1▲ 8.6×7 topics
  20. Color Psychology1▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Elderly1▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Kansei Engineering1▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Neurobiology1▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Perfusion Imaging1▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Spectroscopy1▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy1▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Maternal Mortality1▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Pose Estimation1▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Psychological Distress1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Social Cognition1▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Chronic Pain1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  33. Psychological Factors1▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Stress Management1▲ 21×4 topics
  35. Face Recognition1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Facial Landmark Detection1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Japan1▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  39. Placenta Accreta1▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Postpartum Hemorrhage1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Tohoku Fukushi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Color perception and design and Maternal and fetal healthcare.

Functional Brain Connect…2Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …1Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksColor perception and des…1Color perception and design: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…1Maternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…1Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disord…1Sleep and related disorders: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSocial PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Color perception and design Social Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 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 available61.0%not open39.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tohoku Fukushi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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