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Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

In research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,230 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,666 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,736 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Cultural Studies and Transportation — Language and Linguistics is 20.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,003
of 28,054 · #22,703 all time
Rank in Japan
#299
of 1,070
Research works
1.4k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,230 of 10,521 9.9%455 #6301
Social SciencesField #3,666 of 6,365 7.9%309 #5779
Physical SciencesDomain #7,736 of 12,888 10.9%83 #16562
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,206 of 1,998 16.6%98 #1732
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,155 of 2,578 4.5%111 #3169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 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. Social Sciences#6,301 #4,230
  2. Social Sciences#5,779 #3,666
  3. Physical Sciences#16,562 #7,736
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,732 #1,206
  5. Sociology and Political Science#3,169 #2,155
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 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 20.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 50.9 works21×
  2. Cultural StudiesSubfield · 36.6 works16×
  3. TransportationSubfield · 27.8 works15×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 22.8 works15×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.11× its world share, 98 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.37× its world share, 309 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Daniels, Fumio Inoue and Nobumoto Tajima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

  1. 1 Christian Daniels Japan · #413,514 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Fumio Inoue Japan · #557,614 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Nobumoto Tajima Japan · #871,841 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Shigeki Kaji Japan · #912,841 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Shinjiro Kazama Japan · #1,023,467 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Asako Shiohara Japan · #1,197,212 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Satoshi Ogura Japan · #1,207,794 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Shawanang Japan · #1,270,383 worldwide 0 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Kachin Orature Project Japan · #1,318,044 worldwide 0 citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Keita Kurabe Japan · #1,380,097 worldwide 0 citations · 142 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Culture, Literature, Identity, Colonialism, Ethnicity, Philosophy and Modernization.

▲ 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. History96▲ 25×22 topics
  2. Culture69▲ 23×16 topics
  3. Literature64▲ 21×20 topics
  4. Identity59▲ 15×28 topics
  5. Colonialism53▲ 20×20 topics
  6. Ethnicity47▲ 23×11 topics
  7. Philosophy45▲ 18×11 topics
  8. Modernization44▲ 43×4 topics
  9. Globalization38▲ 3.5×45 topics
  10. Politics36▲ 24×9 topics
  11. Gender34▲ 11×17 topics
  12. Religion34▲ 13×16 topics
  13. Economic Development33▲ 7.3×14 topics
  14. Nationalism32▲ 13×20 topics
  15. Islam30▲ 26×4 topics
  16. Science30▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Sharia Law28▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Social Influence28▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Society28▲ 26×5 topics
  20. Legal Regulation27▲ 22×2 topics
  21. International Trade Law27▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Economic Security27▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Air Force27▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Public Oversight27▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Transport Policy27▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Warfare27▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Pragmatics24▲ 27×7 topics
  28. Ethnic Identity24▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Democracy21▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Immigration21▲ 33×4 topics
  31. Race20▲ 33×6 topics
  32. Syntax20▲ 50×3 topics
  33. Empire19▲ 41×4 topics
  34. Morphology19▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Cultural Politics18▲ 50×3 topics
  36. Democratization18▲ 51×4 topics
  37. Corpus Linguistics18▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Laos18▲ 219×1 topic
  39. Thailand18▲ 219×1 topic
  40. Economy17▲ 38×3 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo University of Foreign Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies.

Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 28 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 27 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …27Military Technology and Strategies: 27 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopol…18Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 18 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 15 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 14 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…13Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 13 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 12 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 11 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 27 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 27 works
  4. 4 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  5. 5 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 15 works
  6. 6 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 14 works
  7. 7 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  8. 8 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 12 works
  9. 9 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  10. 10 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 11 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 available70.3%not open29.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo University of Foreign Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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