Wakayama University
In research, Wakayama University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,446 of 9,585 worldwide), Engineering (#3,401 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,279 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering (Transportation is 27.7× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #7,750 of 22,385 · #15,493 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #182 of 924
- Research works
- 3.9k ▼ 11% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 31k 7.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.74× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 45% world 40%
- International
- 8% world 18%
What is Wakayama University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #5,446 of 9,585 | 6.4% | 173 | #12504 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,401 of 5,901 | 2.8% | 121 | #6719 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #3,279 of 4,417 | 4.0% | 73 | #4707 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,932 of 2,526 | 6.7% | 66 | #3478 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #8,542 of 10,670 | 3.6% | 283 | #15432 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,845 of 5,988 | 5.9% | 138 | #8460 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wakayama 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#12,504 #5,446
- Engineering#6,719 #3,401
- Computer Science#4,707 #3,279
- Sociology and Political Science#3,478 #1,932
- Physical Sciences#15,432 #8,542
- Social Sciences#8,460 #4,845
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Wakayama University work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at Wakayama University is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Engineering (22%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 25 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences30653.8%
- Engineering12722.2%
- Computer Science8214.3%
- Environmental Science305.3%
- Physics and Astronomy203.5%
- Materials Science142.5%
- Chemistry142.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences101.7%
- Mathematics61.0%
- Energy40.7%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Social Sciences19734.7%
- Social Sciences15226.8%
- Psychology172.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting122.1%
- Arts and Humanities71.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.2%
- Decision Sciences30.5%
- Life Sciences356.1%
- Health Sciences315.5%
- Medicine244.1%
- Health Professions61.0%
- Nursing20.3%
- Veterinary00.0%
What does Wakayama University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 27.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- TransportationSubfield · 52.5 works28×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 50.6 works7.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences2.11×152 works
- Computer Science1.84×82 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.57×20 works
- Chemistry1.54×14 works
- Engineering1.48×127 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×10 works
- Environmental Science1.06×30 works
- Psychology0.96×17 works
- Neuroscience0.90×8 works
- Mathematics0.83×6 works
- Energy0.81×4 works
- Materials Science0.72×14 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.64×12 works
- Nursing0.63×2 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×16 works
- Decision Sciences0.49×3 works
- Arts and Humanities0.44×7 works
- Health Professions0.37×6 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×10 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
- Medicine0.22×24 works
- Veterinary0.22×0 works
- Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.12×1 works
- Social Sciences 2.1×
- Computer Science 1.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.6×
- Chemistry 1.5×
- Engineering 1.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.1×
- Environmental Science 1.1×
- Psychology 1.0×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Energy 0.8×
- Materials Science 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Nursing 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Decision Sciences 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Wakayama University?
Ranked on the quality score, Kaede Sano, Ryoichi Araki and Adam Doering lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wakayama University.
- 1
Kaede Sano
Japan · #2,827,529 worldwide 206 citations · 16 works
- 2
Ryoichi Araki
Japan · #3,177,860 worldwide 1.6k citations · 38 works
- 3
Adam Doering
Japan · #4,309,922 worldwide 598 citations · 47 works
- 4
Koichi Ogawara
Japan · #4,359,671 worldwide 976 citations · 98 works
- 5
Shinya Ohagi
Japan · #4,583,469 worldwide 2.6k citations · 26 works
- 6
Eiji Ito
Japan · #4,608,956 worldwide 782 citations · 64 works
- 7
Kumi Katô
Japan · #4,628,042 worldwide 437 citations · 60 works
- 8
Misa Okabe
Japan · #4,790,455 worldwide 240 citations · 16 works
- 9
Takanori Nomura
Japan · #4,794,014 worldwide 4.4k citations · 227 works
- 10
Ricardo Nicolas Progano
Japan · #4,853,096 worldwide 172 citations · 24 works
Which keywords describe research at Wakayama University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, Literature, History, Modernization, Philosophy, Design, Ethnicity and Science.
- Robotics Programming
- Engineering Design
- Destination Image
- landscape conservation
- Satoyama
- Community Participation
- COVID-19 Impact
- Ecosystem Management
- Virtual Reality
- Biodiversity
- Neural Networks
- Deep Learning
- Transport Policy
- Legal Regulation
- Air Force
- Strategic Planning
- Science
- Design
- Modernization
- Literature
- Culture
- History
- Philosophy
- Ethnicity
- International Trade Law
- Social Influence
- Islam
- Sharia Law
- Warfare
- Sustainability
- Biomedical Applications
- Economic Growth
- Tourist Satisfaction
- STEM Education
- Cultural Landscape
- Sustainable Tourism
- Tourism Development
- Community Perceptions
- Destination Loyalty
- Learning Environments
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Culture52▲ 17×8 topics
- Literature51▲ 16×4 topics
- History51▲ 13×4 topics
- Modernization50▲ 48×2 topics
- Philosophy48▲ 19×5 topics
- Design48▲ 52×3 topics
- Ethnicity48▲ 23×3 topics
- Science48▲ 35×3 topics
- International Trade Law48▲ 64×2 topics
- Strategic Planning48▲ 57×2 topics
- Social Influence48▲ 40×2 topics
- Air Force48▲ 71×1 topic
- Islam48▲ 40×1 topic
- Legal Regulation48▲ 37×1 topic
- Sharia Law48▲ 59×1 topic
- Transport Policy48▲ 68×1 topic
- Warfare48▲ 71×1 topic
- Deep Learning34▲ 1.74×36 topics
- Sustainability25▲ 1.81×31 topics
- Neural Networks18▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Biomedical Applications12▲ 1.84×19 topics
- Biodiversity12▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Economic Growth11▲ 2.5×10 topics
- Virtual Reality11▲ 4.0×10 topics
- Tourist Satisfaction9▲ 16×2 topics
- Ecosystem Management9▲ 27×2 topics
- STEM Education9▲ 3.5×6 topics
- COVID-19 Impact9▲ 9.1×3 topics
- Cultural Landscape9▲ 49×2 topics
- Community Participation9▲ 4.3×2 topics
- Sustainable Tourism9▲ 13×2 topics
- Satoyama8▲ 157×1 topic
- Tourism Development8▲ 11×2 topics
- landscape conservation8▲ 157×1 topic
- Community Perceptions8▲ 21×1 topic
- Destination Image8▲ 17×2 topics
- Destination Loyalty8▲ 21×1 topic
- Engineering Design6▲ 15×2 topics
- Learning Environments6▲ 34×1 topic
- Robotics Programming6▲ 97×1 topic
Which research topics does Wakayama University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Urban and spatial planning.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 48 works
- 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
- 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 48 works
- 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
- 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 6 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 6 works
- 7 Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Media Technology 4 works
- 8 Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
- 9 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
- 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Wakayama University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Wakayama University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.
Fractional works of Wakayama University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 1999.
Other research institutions in Wakayama
- Wakayama Medical University
- Kinan Hospital
- National College of Technology, Wakayama College
- Misato Observatory
- Hidaka Hospital
- Naga Municipal Hospital
- Wakayama Rosai Hospital
- Wakayama Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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