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University of Nagasaki

In research, University of Nagasaki stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,047 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,860 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,453 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,924
of 28,054 · #12,880 all time
Rank in Japan
#336
of 1,070
Research works
2.4k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is University of Nagasaki 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 #10,047 of 11,982 8.6%129 #9309
MedicineField #8,860 of 10,443 8.6%115 #8309
Physical SciencesDomain #11,453 of 12,888 5.9%101 #12339

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Nagasaki 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#9,309 #10,047
  2. Medicine#8,309 #8,860
  3. Physical Sciences#12,339 #11,453
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: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.00× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.91× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Nagasaki?

Ranked on the composite score, S. Nakamura, Kazunari Tanaka and 寛 木村 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Nagasaki.

  1. 1 S. Nakamura Japan · #371,410 worldwide 60 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Kazunari Tanaka Japan · #486,060 worldwide 82 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 寛 木村 Japan · #730,377 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Shigeko Shoyama Japan · #871,942 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Nobusuke Kawano Japan · #887,027 worldwide 54 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Momoe Iwami Japan · #902,232 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Keiko Kubota Japan · #1,043,039 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 誠一 岩本 Japan · #1,368,997 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Yoshihiro Shidoji Japan · #1,436,951 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Hiroaki Anada Japan · #1,490,465 worldwide 11 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at University of Nagasaki

Which keywords describe research at University of Nagasaki?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Insulin Resistance, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.1×86 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 2.5×59 topics
  3. Deep Learning12◆ 1.15×29 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.1×38 topics
  5. Machine Learning10◆ 1.00×25 topics
  6. Quality of Life9▲ 2.1×32 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.5×25 topics
  8. Cancer8▲ 1.98×35 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 2.9×28 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 1.90×31 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.7×18 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  13. Obesity6▲ 2.5×17 topics
  14. Management6▲ 2.3×23 topics
  15. Public Health6▲ 1.26×23 topics
  16. Pathogenesis5▲ 3.2×16 topics
  17. Chemotherapy5▲ 2.2×19 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Aging4▲ 2.7×11 topics
  20. Vaccine Development4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  21. Hypertension4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  22. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  23. Stem Cells3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  24. IoT Security3▲ 3.2×3 topics
  25. Convolutional Networks3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  26. Depth Estimation3▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  28. Graft Survival3▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Unsupervised Learning3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  30. Liver Transplantation3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Homomorphic Encryption2▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Identity-Based Encryption2▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Intrusion Detection2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  34. Marine Environment2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. Glucose Metabolism2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Vector Control2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Optical Flow2▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Stereo Vision2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Computer Graphics2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Visualization2▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Nagasaki publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cryptography and Data Security, Advanced Vision and Imaging, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease.

Cryptography and Data Se…2Cryptography and Data Security: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…2Advanced Vision and Imaging: 2 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 2 fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Disease: 2 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6 others

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

  1. 1 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  3. 3 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 works
  4. 4 Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 2 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 2 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Nagasaki's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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