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Tsuru University

In research, Tsuru University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,710 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,097
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#849
of 1,923
Research works
241
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Tsuru University

What is Tsuru 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,710 of 17,446 6.8%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tsuru 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Tsuru University work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Tsuru University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (15%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKTsuru University41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences39%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences819.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities48.9%
    3. Psychology25.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Environmental Science512.0%
    2. Computer Science37.3%
    3. Engineering24.8%
    4. Mathematics13.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy13.0%
    6. Energy00.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Medicine614.8%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences38.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.41× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.08× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.39×0 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.08×4 works
  3. Mathematics2.77×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.41×5 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.79×4 works
  6. Psychology1.78×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.52×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.34×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.93×3 works
  12. Energy0.89×0 works
  13. Medicine0.77×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.63×0 works
  15. Nursing0.61×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.56×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  19. Engineering0.32×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tsuru University?

Ranked on the quality score, Saeko Fukushima, Ikuko Aoyama and Yukiko Sakata Bekku lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tsuru University.

  1. 1 Saeko Fukushima Japan · #878,388 worldwide 605 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ikuko Aoyama Japan · #2,235,952 worldwide 599 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Yukiko Sakata Bekku Japan · #2,765,685 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Keiji Okano Japan · #3,422,383 worldwide 165 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Yasuo Yamamoto Japan · #3,450,795 worldwide 7.6k citations · 374 works
  6. 6 Mitsuko Suefuji Japan · #4,597,436 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Mototsugu Fukaya Japan · #4,619,247 worldwide 262 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Koichi Hirano Japan · #4,704,740 worldwide 78 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Hywel Evans Japan · #4,885,873 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Kazunori Asaba Japan · #5,026,214 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Tsuru University

What are the most cited papers from Tsuru University?

The most cited paper from Tsuru University is "Soft-core hyperon-nucleon potentials" (Th. A. Rijken, V. G. J. Stoks, Yasuo Yamamoto, 1999), with 585 citations. Next come "Roles of regulatory T cells in cancer immunity" (538) and "Impact of the Clinical Frailty Scale on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement" (309).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soft-core hyperon-nucleon potentials Th. A. Rijken, V. G. J. Stoks, Yasuo Yamamoto · Physical Review C Open access 1999 585
2 Roles of regulatory T cells in cancer immunity Yoshiko Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi Nishikawa · International Immunology Open access 9 May 2016 538
3 Impact of the Clinical Frailty Scale on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Tetsuro Shimura et al. · Circulation Open access 16 Mar 2017 309
4 Evidence of Ξ hypernuclear production in the 12C(K−,K+)Ξ12Be reaction P. Khaustov et al. · Physical Review C Open access 30 Mar 2000 238
5 Clinicopathological features of Churg–Strauss syndrome-associated neuropathy Naoki Hattori, M. Ichimura, Masaaki Nagamatsu et al. · Brain Mar 1999 221
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tsuru University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Social Interaction, Literature, Culture, Gender, Modernization, Emotion and Globalization.

▲ 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-now 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. History4▲ 13×7 topics
  2. Literature3▲ 11×3 topics
  3. Social Interaction3▲ 16×4 topics
  4. Globalization2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  5. Climate Change2▲ 1.93×8 topics
  6. Culture2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  7. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  8. Gender2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  9. Identity2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  10. Sustainability2▲ 1.67×7 topics
  11. Modernization2▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Cultural Identity2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  13. Emotion2▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Chemotherapy1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  15. Colonialism1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  16. Society1▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Hallyu1▲ 106×1 topic
  18. Korean Wave1▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Land Use Change1▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Philosophy1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  21. Epidemiology1▼ 0.66×7 topics
  22. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Conversation Analysis1▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Fictionality1▲ 240×1 topic
  25. Interactional Linguistics1▲ 87×1 topic
  26. Japan1▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Narrative1▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Religion1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  29. Resilience1▲ 5.0×1 topic
  30. Soil Erosion1▲ 66×1 topic
  31. Surgical Management1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Sustainability Transitions1▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Tsuru University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Asian Culture and Media Studies, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Japanese History and Culture and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Asian Culture and Media …1Asian Culture and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…1Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksSoil erosion and sedimen…1Soil erosion and sediment transport: 1 fractional worksNarrative Theory and Ana…1Narrative Theory and Analysis: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 1 fractional worksDigital Communication and Language: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…1Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesLanguage and LinguisticsSoil ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  3. 3 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 1 works
  5. 5 Narrative Theory and Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Communication and Language Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tsuru University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tsuru University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Tsuru University0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tsuru University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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