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University of Yamanashi

In research, University of Yamanashi stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,411 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,491 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,519 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation — Transportation is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,642
of 28,054 · #3,002 all time
Rank in Japan
#100
of 1,070
Research works
13k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
189k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is University of Yamanashi 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,411 of 7,800 12.7%266 #2435
MedicineField #3,491 of 10,443 11.1%497 #3511
Physical SciencesDomain #4,519 of 12,888 5.6%692 #2101
Health SciencesDomain #4,627 of 11,982 10.8%532 #4276
EngineeringField #3,571 of 6,636 5.5%282 #1921
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,170 of 3,579 12.7%130 #2274
Social SciencesDomain #7,574 of 10,521 8.2%121 #7429
SurgerySubfield #1,497 of 1,816 8.5%69 #1932
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,945 of 2,318 8.2%92 #1300
Social SciencesField #5,501 of 6,365 10.6%71 #5458

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Yamanashi 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. Life Sciences#2,435 #2,411
  2. Medicine#3,511 #3,491
  3. Physical Sciences#2,101 #4,519
  4. Health Sciences#4,276 #4,627
  5. Engineering#1,921 #3,571
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,274 #2,170
  7. Social Sciences#7,429 #7,574
  8. Surgery#1,932 #1,497
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,300 #1,945
  10. Social Sciences#5,458 #5,501
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 Yamanashi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 28.2 works5.3×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 130 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.13× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 128 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 282 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.48× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 498 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Yamanashi?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenji Miyatake, Schuichi Koizumi and Tomoaki Ichikawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Yamanashi.

  1. 1 Kenji Miyatake Japan · #75,392 worldwide 760 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Schuichi Koizumi Japan · #88,783 worldwide 353 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Tomoaki Ichikawa Japan · #89,968 worldwide 141 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Hiroshi Onishi Japan · #94,814 worldwide 250 citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Kiyotaka Kugiyama Japan · #123,241 worldwide 310 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Kunio Tsurugi Japan · #134,768 worldwide 172 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jun Magome Japan · #135,759 worldwide 340 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ryohei Katoh Japan · #170,057 worldwide 99 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Ryutarou Ohbuchi Japan · #170,411 worldwide 188 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 I. Tsushima Japan · #178,451 worldwide 267 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at University of Yamanashi

Which keywords describe research at University of Yamanashi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Modernization, Strategic Planning, Design and Air Force.

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 1.26×99 topics
  2. Deep Learning69▲ 1.26×60 topics
  3. Inflammation65▲ 1.94×70 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress40▲ 1.51×48 topics
  5. Cancer34▲ 1.57×42 topics
  6. Neural Networks34▲ 1.36×25 topics
  7. Chemotherapy33▲ 2.9×19 topics
  8. Nanomaterials32▲ 1.85×18 topics
  9. Treatment29▲ 1.49×37 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 2.1×21 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors26▲ 3.7×13 topics
  12. Immunotherapy25▲ 2.2×18 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders24▲ 2.6×17 topics
  14. History23▲ 2.1×6 topics
  15. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles23▲ 7.7×4 topics
  16. Modernization23▲ 7.8×2 topics
  17. Culture23▲ 2.7×3 topics
  18. Strategic Planning23▲ 9.4×3 topics
  19. Design23▲ 8.5×2 topics
  20. Literature23▲ 2.6×2 topics
  21. Science22▲ 5.7×4 topics
  22. Air Force22▲ 11×1 topic
  23. Warfare22▲ 11×1 topic
  24. Economic Security22▲ 6.4×2 topics
  25. Ethnicity22▲ 3.6×2 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 2.5×14 topics
  27. Islam22▲ 6.5×1 topic
  28. Legal Regulation22▲ 6.2×1 topic
  29. Social Influence22▲ 6.3×1 topic
  30. Transport Policy22▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Biosensors21▲ 2.5×9 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment20▲ 2.8×8 topics
  33. Water Splitting20▲ 3.4×4 topics
  34. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes18▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Proton Exchange Membranes18▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Energy Conversion17▲ 5.0×5 topics
  37. Electrocatalysis16▲ 3.6×5 topics
  38. Fuel Cells15▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Hydrogen Evolution14▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Oxygen Reduction14▲ 6.5×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Yamanashi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Military Technology and Strategies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Fuel Cells and Related Materials.

Military Technology and Strategies: 22 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 22 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…22Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 22 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…18Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 18 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 14 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies: 10 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoe…9Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 9 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 8 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 7 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringTransportationSociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 22 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 22 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  4. 4 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 14 works
  6. 6 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 9 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 8 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 7 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Yamanashi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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