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Tottori University

In research, Tottori University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,307 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,464 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,249 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering — Transportation is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,930
of 28,054 · #3,098 all time
Rank in Japan
#74
of 1,070
Research works
19k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
272k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Tottori University 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,307 of 11,982 10.6%631 #2551
MedicineField #2,464 of 10,443 10.5%575 #2648
Physical SciencesDomain #3,249 of 12,888 7.5%618 #2733
EngineeringField #2,457 of 6,636 5.3%265 #2310
Life SciencesDomain #3,246 of 7,800 12.9%391 #2225
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,521 of 3,409 19.4%136 #1116
SurgerySubfield #1,069 of 1,816 13.3%92 #1534
Social SciencesDomain #6,855 of 10,521 7.6%214 #8365
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,393 of 3,579 11.4%168 #2107
Environmental ScienceField #2,581 of 3,551 12.8%93 #2320

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

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. Health Sciences#2,551 #2,307
  2. Medicine#2,648 #2,464
  3. Physical Sciences#2,733 #3,249
  4. Engineering#2,310 #2,457
  5. Life Sciences#2,225 #3,246
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,116 #1,521
  7. Surgery#1,534 #1,069
  8. Social Sciences#8,365 #6,855
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,107 #2,393
  10. Environmental Science#2,320 #2,581
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 Tottori University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 44.7 works7.2×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 68.9 works3.2×
← 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: 1.55× its world share, 136 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 168 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 110 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 265 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 93 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 575 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.84× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 135 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tottori University?

Ranked on the composite score, Takeo Hoshi, Yoshikazu Murawaki and Kousaku Ohno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tottori University.

  1. 1 Takeo Hoshi · #38,036 worldwide 701 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Yoshikazu Murawaki · #57,378 worldwide 369 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Kousaku Ohno · #62,630 worldwide 285 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Hiroshi Kobayashi · #62,702 worldwide 968 citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Chisato Hirayama · #103,032 worldwide 188 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Sadao Nakajima · #104,217 worldwide 194 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Yusuke Endo · #123,592 worldwide 288 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Hiroyuki Saimoto · #138,150 worldwide 176 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Yoshihiro Shigemasa · #169,802 worldwide 153 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Shigeru Yamada · #184,875 worldwide 574 citations · 133 works
All ranked researchers at Tottori University

Which keywords describe research at Tottori University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Social Influence, Modernization, Science, Islam, Design, Malay Language and Sharia Law.

▲ 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. Epidemiology114▲ 1.56×112 topics
  2. Inflammation75▲ 1.95×76 topics
  3. Climate Change56◆ 1.12×64 topics
  4. Deep Learning50▼ 0.79×54 topics
  5. Literature45▲ 4.5×7 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress45▲ 1.50×55 topics
  7. History45▲ 3.5×9 topics
  8. Culture44▲ 4.5×7 topics
  9. Social Influence44▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Modernization43▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Science43▲ 9.3×5 topics
  12. Philosophy42▲ 5.1×5 topics
  13. Islam41▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Ethnicity41▲ 5.9×2 topics
  15. Design41▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Malay Language41▲ 16×1 topic
  17. Sharia Law41▲ 15×1 topic
  18. Air Force41▲ 18×1 topic
  19. Legal Regulation41▲ 10.0×1 topic
  20. Transport Policy41▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Warfare41▲ 18×1 topic
  22. Cancer38▲ 1.54×46 topics
  23. Immunotherapy38▲ 2.9×19 topics
  24. Treatment38▲ 1.69×42 topics
  25. Chemotherapy37▲ 2.9×23 topics
  26. Diagnosis34▲ 1.98×35 topics
  27. Nanoparticles32▲ 1.37×28 topics
  28. Genetics30▲ 2.3×22 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 2.5×14 topics
  30. Management26▲ 1.76×26 topics
  31. Biodiversity24▲ 1.73×24 topics
  32. Pathogenesis21▲ 2.2×19 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations20▲ 2.5×22 topics
  34. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 2.5×8 topics
  35. Reactive Oxygen Species19▲ 2.5×14 topics
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy17▲ 3.9×5 topics
  37. Survival Analysis16▲ 3.2×7 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization16▲ 5.0×6 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery16▲ 5.9×5 topics
  40. Engineering Design12▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Tottori University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Educational Robotics and Engineering.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…41Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 41 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …41Military Technology and Strategies: 41 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…41Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 41 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 10 fractional worksEducational Research and Pedagogy: 7 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 7 fractional worksMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions: 7 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksIon Channels and Receptors: 7 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 7 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringTransportationArtificial Intelligence6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 41 works
  2. 2 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 41 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 41 works
  4. 4 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  5. 5 Educational Research and Pedagogy Computer Networks and Communications 7 works
  6. 6 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 7 works
  7. 7 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Science 7 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Ion Channels and Receptors Sensory Systems 7 works
  10. 10 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 7 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tottori University'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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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.