Question 1

What is Wakayama University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Wakayama University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Wakayama University ranks #7,750 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#15,493 all time), and #182 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Wakayama University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Kaede Sano, Ryoichi Araki and Adam Doering lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wakayama University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Wakayama University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Wakayama University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Wakayama University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Wakayama University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Wakayama University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.