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Unitika (Japan)

In research, Unitika (Japan) stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,080 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,127
of 28,054 · #12,920 all time
Rank in Japan
#697
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Unitika (Japan) 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 #10,080 of 10,521 4.4%61 #15796

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

What does Unitika (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 20.8 works4.4×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Unitika (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazunobu Yamada, M. Koyama and Takashi Tagawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unitika (Japan).

  1. 1 Kazunobu Yamada Japan · #172,300 worldwide 158 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 M. Koyama Japan · #590,126 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Takashi Tagawa Japan · #921,296 worldwide 11 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Kosuke Tomita Japan · #937,173 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Yasuharu SEKIZAWA Japan · #938,911 worldwide 49 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 SHOJI OMOTO Japan · #1,002,433 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Takuji Yoshida Japan · #1,151,207 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Yukari Kuroiwa Japan · #1,412,895 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kinya Ashida Japan · #1,586,820 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Yoshio Kodama Japan · #1,594,090 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Unitika (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Unitika (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Teaching Strategies, Curriculum Development, Qualitative Research, Digital Learning, Language Teaching, Digital Education and Local Wisdom.

▲ 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. Sustainability7▲ 1.78×14 topics
  2. Curriculum Development6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  3. Qualitative Research6▲ 4.8×6 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 2.1×12 topics
  5. Pedagogy6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  6. Teaching Strategies6▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Digital Learning6▲ 6.6×3 topics
  8. Local Wisdom5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  9. Education5▲ 1.81×11 topics
  10. Language Teaching5▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Digital Education5▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Character Education5▲ 6.0×5 topics
  13. E-Learning5▲ 3.0×6 topics
  14. Student Competencies5▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Teaching Methods5▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Media Literacy4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  17. STEM Education4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  18. Mobile Learning4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  19. Islamic Education4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  20. Digital Literacy4▲ 4.0×5 topics
  21. Mathematical Literacy3▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Problem-Solving3▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Online Learning3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  24. Teacher Performance3▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Learning Outcomes3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  26. Virtual Reality3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  27. Critical Thinking Skills3▲ 10.0×2 topics
  28. Information Literacy3▲ 6.6×1 topic
  29. Interactive Multimedia3▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Problem Based Learning3▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Religious Education3▲ 11×3 topics
  32. School Literacy Movement3▲ 8.0×1 topic
  33. Teacher Professionalism3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Governance3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  35. Religious Values3▲ 8.5×1 topic
  36. School Environment3▲ 8.5×1 topic
  37. Character Development2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. Quantitative Research2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Research Methods2▲ 9.6×1 topic
  40. Multiculturalism2▲ 7.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Unitika (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Mathematics Education and Pedagogy, STEM Education and Educational Methods and Media Use.

Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 5 fractional worksMathematics Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksSTEM Education3STEM Education: 3 fractional worksEducational Methods and …3Educational Methods and Media Use: 3 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 3 fractional worksEducational Research and Methods: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…2SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 2 fractional worksPancasila Values in Education: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Agroindustry Studies: 2 fractional worksArt, Aesthetics, and Perception: 1 fractional works
EducationApplied MathematicsInformation SystemsDemography2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 5 works
  2. 2 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 3 works
  3. 3 STEM Education Education 3 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Education and Character Development Education 3 works
  6. 6 Educational Research and Methods Education 2 works
  7. 7 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 2 works
  8. 8 Pancasila Values in Education Education 2 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  10. 10 Art, Aesthetics, and Perception Visual Arts and Performing Arts 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unitika (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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