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Wakayama University

In research, Wakayama University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,651 of 12,888 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,834 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,220 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transportation and Aerospace Engineering — Transportation is 29.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,676
of 28,054 · #9,754 all time
Rank in Japan
#265
of 1,070
Research works
3.9k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Wakayama University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,651 of 12,888 3.7%283 #5445
Computer ScienceField #2,834 of 4,667 4.3%73 #1779
Social SciencesDomain #7,220 of 10,521 8.7%173 #6269
Social SciencesField #5,051 of 6,365 7.1%138 #4152
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,242 of 2,578 7.1%66 #1590
EngineeringField #6,018 of 6,636 3.2%121 #4543

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 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. Physical Sciences#5,445 #6,651
  2. Computer Science#1,779 #2,834
  3. Social Sciences#6,269 #7,220
  4. Social Sciences#4,152 #5,051
  5. Sociology and Political Science#1,590 #2,242
  6. Engineering#4,543 #6,018
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 Wakayama University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transportation takes 29.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransportationSubfield · 50.5 works29×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 49.3 works8.2×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.67× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.82× its world share, 73 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.56× its world share, 121 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 138 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.

Who are the top researchers at Wakayama University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideki Kawahara, Setsuko Yajima and 健正 平田 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wakayama University.

  1. 1 Hideki Kawahara Japan · #57,520 worldwide 522 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Setsuko Yajima Japan · #99,407 worldwide 309 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 健正 平田 Japan · #261,767 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Chiaki Sakama Japan · #268,934 worldwide 153 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 T. Yoshino Japan · #269,126 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 SATOSHI HORI Japan · #360,625 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Toshinobu Harada Japan · #361,605 worldwide 48 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Kunio Takino Japan · #369,574 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Fujiichi Yoshimoto Japan · #370,355 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Reizo Kaneko Japan · #401,645 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Wakayama University

Which keywords describe research at Wakayama University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, Literature, History, Modernization, Philosophy, Ethnicity, Science and Design.

▲ 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. Culture49▲ 18×7 topics
  2. Literature48▲ 17×4 topics
  3. History48▲ 13×3 topics
  4. Modernization48▲ 51×2 topics
  5. Philosophy47▲ 21×5 topics
  6. Ethnicity47▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Science47▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Design46▲ 55×2 topics
  9. International Trade Law46▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Social Influence46▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Air Force46▲ 74×1 topic
  12. Islam46▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Legal Regulation46▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Sharia Law46▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Transport Policy46▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Warfare46▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Deep Learning31▲ 1.78×34 topics
  18. Sustainability22▲ 1.78×28 topics
  19. Neural Networks17▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Climate Change14◆ 1.00×42 topics
  21. Biomedical Applications11▲ 1.83×17 topics
  22. Biodiversity10▲ 2.6×15 topics
  23. Virtual Reality10▲ 3.9×9 topics
  24. Economic Growth9▲ 1.97×9 topics
  25. Ecosystem Management8▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Cultural Landscape8▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Satoyama8▲ 146×1 topic
  28. landscape conservation8▲ 146×1 topic
  29. STEM Education7▲ 3.1×5 topics
  30. Tourist Satisfaction7▲ 13×2 topics
  31. COVID-19 Impact7▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Sustainable Tourism7▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Destination Image6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Community Perceptions6▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Tourism Development6▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Dynamic Modeling5▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Engineering Design4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Learning Environments4▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Robotics Programming4▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Visual Fatigue4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Wakayama University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Urban and spatial planning.

Legal and Regulatory Ana…46Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 46 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…46Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 46 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …46Military Technology and Strategies: 46 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 8 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 6 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 4 fractional worksRobotic Mechanisms and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies: 4 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 4 fractional works
TransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 46 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 46 works
  4. 4 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Media Technology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wakayama University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.