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Toyo University

In research, Toyo University stands highest in Computer Science (#709 of 4,667 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,107 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,957 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,637
of 28,054 · #5,436 all time
Rank in Japan
#99
of 1,070
Research works
6.1k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Toyo 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
Computer ScienceField #709 of 4,667 7.1%164 #2236
Social SciencesDomain #2,107 of 10,521 15.7%446 #3744
Social SciencesField #1,957 of 6,365 20.2%212 #3584
Physical SciencesDomain #4,274 of 12,888 5.7%508 #4498
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,734 of 2,578 13.9%74 #2727
EngineeringField #4,674 of 6,636 4.0%179 #3010
Health SciencesDomain #8,661 of 11,982 5.7%152 #10854
PsychologyField #1,699 of 2,181 7.4%95 #2949
Life SciencesDomain #6,159 of 7,800 7.2%122 #5692
MedicineField #9,510 of 10,443 5.7%116 #13130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyo 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. Computer Science#2,236 #709
  2. Social Sciences#3,744 #2,107
  3. Social Sciences#3,584 #1,957
  4. Physical Sciences#4,498 #4,274
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,727 #1,734
  6. Engineering#3,010 #4,674
  7. Health Sciences#10,854 #8,661
  8. Psychology#2,949 #1,699
  9. Life Sciences#5,692 #6,159
  10. Medicine#13,130 #9,510
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.

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: 0.76× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.71× its world share, 164 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 73 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 44 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.53× its world share, 95 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 212 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toyo University?

Ranked on the composite score, Y. Kawase, D. Sakthi Kumar and Masahiro Ito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyo University.

  1. 1 Y. Kawase Japan · #97,682 worldwide 294 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 D. Sakthi Kumar Japan · #111,207 worldwide 418 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Masahiro Ito Japan · #186,987 worldwide 363 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Takashi Uchida Japan · #209,572 worldwide 385 citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Yuko Yoshida Japan · #209,929 worldwide 348 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Naohisa Wada Japan · #260,386 worldwide 111 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Y. Ono Japan · #343,820 worldwide 196 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yoshiaki Tamura Japan · #463,060 worldwide 131 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Jun Amako Japan · #473,711 worldwide 33 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Takeaki Yamazaki Japan · #523,608 worldwide 47 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Toyo University

Which keywords describe research at Toyo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Globalization, Virtual Reality, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence 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. Deep Learning69▲ 1.64×57 topics
  2. Globalization51▲ 2.1×42 topics
  3. Machine Learning48▲ 1.20×50 topics
  4. Sustainability43▲ 1.44×51 topics
  5. Neural Networks32▲ 1.71×28 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence29▲ 1.74×28 topics
  7. Virtual Reality26▲ 4.3×13 topics
  8. Education25▲ 1.17×23 topics
  9. Social Media24▲ 1.37×26 topics
  10. History21▲ 2.5×17 topics
  11. Social Justice20▲ 2.8×12 topics
  12. Identity19▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Culture18▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Higher Education18▲ 2.7×11 topics
  15. Colonialism17▲ 2.8×16 topics
  16. Neoliberalism16▲ 3.7×13 topics
  17. Social Support16▲ 2.4×12 topics
  18. Social Capital16▲ 2.5×13 topics
  19. Modernization14▲ 6.4×3 topics
  20. Social Interaction14▲ 2.9×9 topics
  21. Emotion14▲ 5.6×11 topics
  22. Self-Efficacy14▲ 4.3×9 topics
  23. Language Teaching14▲ 4.3×3 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation13▲ 3.4×9 topics
  25. Human-Computer Interaction13▲ 6.0×6 topics
  26. Second Language Acquisition13▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Management11▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Satoyama11▲ 90×1 topic
  29. landscape conservation11▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Corrective Feedback11▲ 12×1 topic
  31. L2 Motivation11▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Bilingual Education11▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Language Policy11▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Multilingualism10▲ 5.1×2 topics
  35. Student Perceptions10▲ 4.7×5 topics
  36. High-Intensity Interval Training9▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Cosmopolitanism9▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. CLIL9▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Content and Language Integrated Learning9▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Long-Term Care8▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Toyo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

Urban and spatial planning11Urban and spatial planning: 11 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…11EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 11 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 9 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 8 fractional worksInternational Student and Expatriate Challenges: 8 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 8 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 7 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…7Engineering Applied Research: 7 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 6 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary TheoryEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 works
  2. 2 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 11 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 9 works
  4. 4 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 8 works
  5. 5 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 8 works
  6. 6 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 8 works
  7. 7 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  8. 8 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  10. 10 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 6 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toyo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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