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Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

In research, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,382 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#5,003 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,610 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,724
of 28,054 · #6,097 all time
Rank in Japan
#198
of 1,070
Research works
5.3k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
106k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,382 of 7,800 8.9%238 #2813
MedicineField #5,003 of 10,443 11.7%165 #5441
Health SciencesDomain #6,610 of 11,982 11.0%177 #7313
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,444 of 3,579 8.7%149 #1998
Physical SciencesDomain #10,142 of 12,888 4.2%126 #6319
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,042 of 2,175 8.0%100 #1871
ChemistryField #1,328 of 1,330 1.3%65 #1714

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences 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. Life Sciences#2,813 #3,382
  2. Medicine#5,441 #5,003
  3. Health Sciences#7,313 #6,610
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,998 #2,444
  5. Physical Sciences#6,319 #10,142
  6. Molecular Biology#1,871 #2,042
  7. Chemistry#1,714 #1,328
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 Pharmacy and Life Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 48.8 works12×
← 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, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.13× its world share, 149 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.42× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.23× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.47× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.62× its world share, 65 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 2.93× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideji Itokawa, Hideyo Yasuda and Yutaka Sashida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences.

  1. 1 Hideji Itokawa Japan · #72,455 worldwide 433 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Hideyo Yasuda Japan · #99,295 worldwide 310 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Yutaka Sashida Japan · #134,234 worldwide 179 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 A. Kotani Japan · #137,312 worldwide 408 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Kimiyoshi Ichida Japan · #137,593 worldwide 146 citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Masanori Sasatsu Japan · #138,831 worldwide 126 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Koichi Takeya Japan · #142,534 worldwide 293 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Mitsuo Tagaya Japan · #165,736 worldwide 366 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kiyomi Kikugawa Japan · #241,782 worldwide 152 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Takashi Sato Japan · #256,434 worldwide 177 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Synthesis, Anti-inflammatory, Cancer Therapy, Enantioselective Synthesis and Drug Discovery.

▲ 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. Inflammation46▲ 4.1×69 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress36▲ 4.1×51 topics
  3. Cancer33▲ 4.5×45 topics
  4. Epidemiology28▲ 1.30×64 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy18▲ 5.8×19 topics
  6. Antioxidant17▲ 4.6×27 topics
  7. Synthesis17▲ 8.5×17 topics
  8. Anti-inflammatory16▲ 11×20 topics
  9. Enantioselective Synthesis15▲ 43×7 topics
  10. Drug Discovery14▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Biological Activities14▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Metabolism14▲ 5.0×28 topics
  13. Antioxidants13▲ 5.4×12 topics
  14. Biosensors12▲ 4.3×6 topics
  15. Pharmacology12▲ 8.8×13 topics
  16. Cytotoxicity12▲ 16×7 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity12▲ 3.4×17 topics
  18. Apoptosis12▲ 7.1×17 topics
  19. Electrochemistry12▲ 9.2×3 topics
  20. Innate Immunity11▲ 6.4×10 topics
  21. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 7.1×10 topics
  22. Anticancer11▲ 12×12 topics
  23. Medicinal Plants10▲ 4.6×12 topics
  24. Transition Metal Catalysis10▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Extracellular Matrix10▲ 9.9×6 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  27. Transcriptional Regulation9▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Asymmetric Synthesis9▲ 30×7 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Health9▲ 8.3×6 topics
  30. Metabolic Regulation9▲ 9.6×5 topics
  31. Stem Cells8▲ 6.0×11 topics
  32. Enantioselective Reactions8▲ 39×2 topics
  33. Gene Therapy8▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Green Chemistry8▲ 8.4×8 topics
  35. C-C Bond Formation8▲ 36×3 topics
  36. Natural Product Synthesis8▲ 65×3 topics
  37. Antiviral7▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Protein-Protein Interactions7▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Organocatalysis7▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Organometallic Chemistry7▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Synthetic Organic Chemis…7Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods: 7 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…7Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 7 fractional worksAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis: 6 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…6RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 6 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…6Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 6 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksReproductive System and …4Reproductive System and Pregnancy: 4 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 4 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 4 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyObstetrics and GynecologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods Organic Chemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 6 works
  4. 4 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 4 works
  9. 9 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 4 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher 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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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.