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University of Aizu

In research, University of Aizu stands highest in Computer Science (#731 of 4,667 worldwide), Artificial Intelligence (#534 of 1,884 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,746 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Signal Processing and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — Human-Computer Interaction is 15.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,329
of 28,054 · #4,783 all time
Rank in Japan
#129
of 1,070
Research works
4.9k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is University of Aizu 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 #731 of 4,667 20.5%405 #610
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #534 of 1,884 23.0%134 #765
Physical SciencesDomain #3,746 of 12,888 19.0%644 #3014
EngineeringField #2,351 of 6,636 16.5%181 #3244
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #446 of 941 13.5%89 #739
Health SciencesDomain #7,263 of 11,982 23.9%70 #10881
Social SciencesDomain #6,870 of 10,521 23.9%97 #8406
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,786 of 2,318 12.8%71 #2053

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Aizu 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#610 #731
  2. Artificial Intelligence#765 #534
  3. Physical Sciences#3,014 #3,746
  4. Engineering#3,244 #2,351
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#739 #446
  6. Health Sciences#10,881 #7,263
  7. Social Sciences#8,406 #6,870
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,053 #1,786
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 University of Aizu specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 28.1 works16×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 26.3 works10.0×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 89.0 works8.1×
  4. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 134.2 works6.4×
  5. Computer ScienceField · 405.2 works6.0×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.94× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 6.00× its world share, 405 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 181 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Aizu?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Cohen, Alexander Belyaev and Yoshiko Ogawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Aizu.

  1. 1 Michael Cohen Japan · #26,586 worldwide 741 citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Alexander Belyaev Japan · #78,050 worldwide 357 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Yoshiko Ogawa Japan · #123,772 worldwide 126 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Zixue Cheng Japan · #126,524 worldwide 193 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Ryuichi Oka Japan · #195,486 worldwide 119 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Peng Li Japan · #253,533 worldwide 313 citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Yutaka Watanobe Japan · #264,888 worldwide 240 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 G. P. Nikishkov Japan · #307,107 worldwide 101 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 H. Sagawa Japan · #317,594 worldwide 842 citations · 173 works
  10. 10 Xin Zhu Japan · #374,427 worldwide 145 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at University of Aizu

Which keywords describe research at University of Aizu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Data Mining, Security, Human-Computer Interaction and Neuromorphic Computing.

▲ 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 Learning194▲ 6.5×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning132▲ 4.6×70 topics
  3. Neural Networks89▲ 6.7×34 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks42▲ 6.6×14 topics
  5. Data Mining34▲ 5.2×12 topics
  6. Security29▲ 5.2×16 topics
  7. Healthcare29▲ 3.0×10 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence28▲ 2.4×22 topics
  9. Internet of Things27▲ 3.6×15 topics
  10. Classification25▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Human-Computer Interaction24▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Neuromorphic Computing23▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Feature Extraction23▲ 5.8×8 topics
  14. Virtual Reality22▲ 5.1×9 topics
  15. Medical Imaging21▲ 4.8×6 topics
  16. Gesture Recognition20▲ 30×3 topics
  17. IoT Security17▲ 6.0×3 topics
  18. Privacy17▲ 6.5×6 topics
  19. Sign Language16▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Real-time Tracking16▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Security and Privacy15▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Synaptic Plasticity15▲ 7.9×2 topics
  23. Transfer Learning15▲ 9.0×3 topics
  24. Memristor15▲ 20×1 topic
  25. Resistive Switching15▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Feature Selection15▲ 7.6×6 topics
  27. Convolutional Networks14▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Computer Vision14▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Mobile Edge Computing14▲ 9.9×2 topics
  30. Depth Sensor13▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Hand Gesture13▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Robotics13▲ 6.3×5 topics
  33. Evolutionary Algorithms13▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Clustering Algorithms13▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Learning Analytics12▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Image Segmentation12▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Image Classification12▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Image Recognition12▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. Smart Contracts12▲ 8.2×1 topic
  40. Wearable Sensors11▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Aizu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Hand Gesture Recognition Systems, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

Advanced Memory and Neur…15Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 15 fractional worksHand Gesture Recognition…13Hand Gesture Recognition Systems: 13 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 11 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 11 fractional worksData Management and Algorithms: 11 fractional worksData Mining Algorithms and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Database System…9Advanced Database Systems and Queries: 9 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Recognition: 9 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHuman-Computer InteractionInformation SystemsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Hand Gesture Recognition Systems Human-Computer Interaction 13 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 12 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 11 works
  5. 5 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  6. 6 Data Management and Algorithms Signal Processing 11 works
  7. 7 Data Mining Algorithms and Applications Information Systems 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Database Systems and Queries Computer Networks and Communications 9 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  10. 10 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Aizu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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