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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Social Sciences#12,504 #5,446
  2. Engineering#6,719 #3,401
  3. Computer Science#4,707 #3,279
  4. Sociology and Political Science#3,478 #1,932
  5. Physical Sciences#15,432 #8,542
  6. Social Sciences#8,460 #4,845
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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.

Physical Sciences: 306 fractional works · 53.8% of its workEngineering: 127 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 51 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 82 fractional works · 14.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 197 fractional works · 34.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 74 fractional works · 13.0% of its workTransportation: 53 fractional works · 9.2% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWakayamaUniversity569fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences35%

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
    1. Engineering12722.2%
    2. Computer Science8214.3%
    3. Environmental Science305.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy203.5%
    5. Materials Science142.5%
    6. Chemistry142.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.7%
    8. Mathematics61.0%
    9. Energy40.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences15226.8%
    2. Psychology172.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting122.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities71.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.2%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.7%
    3. Neuroscience81.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine244.1%
    2. Health Professions61.0%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 52.5 works28×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 50.6 works7.6×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.84× its world share, 82 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.48× its world share, 127 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Social Sciences2.11×152 works
  2. Computer Science1.84×82 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.57×20 works
  4. Chemistry1.54×14 works
  5. Engineering1.48×127 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×10 works
  7. Environmental Science1.06×30 works
  8. Psychology0.96×17 works
  9. Neuroscience0.90×8 works
  10. Mathematics0.83×6 works
  11. Energy0.81×4 works
  12. Materials Science0.72×14 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×12 works
  14. Nursing0.63×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×7 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×16 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.49×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.44×7 works
  19. Health Professions0.37×6 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×10 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  22. Medicine0.22×24 works
  23. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×1 works

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. 1 Kaede Sano Japan · #2,827,529 worldwide 206 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Ryoichi Araki Japan · #3,177,860 worldwide 1.6k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Adam Doering Japan · #4,309,922 worldwide 598 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Koichi Ogawara Japan · #4,359,671 worldwide 976 citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Shinya Ohagi Japan · #4,583,469 worldwide 2.6k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Eiji Ito Japan · #4,608,956 worldwide 782 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Kumi Katô Japan · #4,628,042 worldwide 437 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Misa Okabe Japan · #4,790,455 worldwide 240 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Takanori Nomura Japan · #4,794,014 worldwide 4.4k citations · 227 works
  10. 10 Ricardo Nicolas Progano Japan · #4,853,096 worldwide 172 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Wakayama University

What are the most cited papers from Wakayama University?

The most cited paper from Wakayama University is "YIN, a fundamental frequency estimator for speech and music" (Alain de Cheveigné, Hideki Kawahara, 2002), with 1,924 citations. Next come "Obesity and impaired prohormone processing associated with mutations in the human prohormone convertase 1 gene" (1,168) and "Narrow‐band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopic classification of colorectal tumors proposed by the Japan NBI Expert Team" (621).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 YIN, a fundamental frequency estimator for speech and music Alain de Cheveigné, Hideki Kawahara · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Apr 2002 1,924
2 Obesity and impaired prohormone processing associated with mutations in the human prohormone convertase 1 gene Robert S. Jackson, John W.M. Creemers, Shinya Ohagi et al. · Nature Genetics Jul 1997 1,168
3 Narrow‐band imaging (NBI) magnifying endoscopic classification of colorectal tumors proposed by the Japan NBI Expert Team Yasushi Sano et al. · Digestive Endoscopy Open access 29 Feb 2016 621
4 Stability analysis of switched systems with stable and unstable subsystems: An average dwell time approach Guisheng Zhai, Bo Hu, Kazunori Yasuda et al. · International Journal of Systems Science 2001 602
5 Disturbance attenuation properties of time-controlled switched systems Guisheng Zhai, Bo Hu, Kazunori Yasuda et al. · Journal of the Franklin Institute Nov 2001 522
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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-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
  1. Culture52▲ 17×8 topics
  2. Literature51▲ 16×4 topics
  3. History51▲ 13×4 topics
  4. Modernization50▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Philosophy48▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Design48▲ 52×3 topics
  7. Ethnicity48▲ 23×3 topics
  8. Science48▲ 35×3 topics
  9. International Trade Law48▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Strategic Planning48▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Social Influence48▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Air Force48▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Islam48▲ 40×1 topic
  14. Legal Regulation48▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Sharia Law48▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Transport Policy48▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Warfare48▲ 71×1 topic
  18. Deep Learning34▲ 1.74×36 topics
  19. Sustainability25▲ 1.81×31 topics
  20. Neural Networks18▲ 2.1×19 topics
  21. Biomedical Applications12▲ 1.84×19 topics
  22. Biodiversity12▲ 2.7×15 topics
  23. Economic Growth11▲ 2.5×10 topics
  24. Virtual Reality11▲ 4.0×10 topics
  25. Tourist Satisfaction9▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management9▲ 27×2 topics
  27. STEM Education9▲ 3.5×6 topics
  28. COVID-19 Impact9▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Cultural Landscape9▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Community Participation9▲ 4.3×2 topics
  31. Sustainable Tourism9▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Satoyama8▲ 157×1 topic
  33. Tourism Development8▲ 11×2 topics
  34. landscape conservation8▲ 157×1 topic
  35. Community Perceptions8▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Destination Image8▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Destination Loyalty8▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Engineering Design6▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Learning Environments6▲ 34×1 topic
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 48 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 48 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Media Technology 4 works
  8. 8 Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  10. 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.

openly available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

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.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Wakayama University0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Wakayama University4.7% in 2025200020102020

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.

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