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Wako University

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,167
of 22,385 · #10,168 all time
Rank in Japan
#568
of 924
Research works
332
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Wako University

Which fields of science does Wako University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Wako University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Psychology (19%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 46 fractional works · 55.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 20.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 18.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWako University83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences55%

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. Social Sciences1720.7%
    2. Psychology1618.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting66.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities44.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy44.9%
    2. Computer Science34.1%
    3. Engineering33.8%
    4. Environmental Science22.7%
    5. Materials Science22.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine911.0%
    2. Health Professions22.9%
    3. Nursing22.7%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences55.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.22× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 5.61× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.12× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.20× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.20×16 works
  2. Nursing5.61×2 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.22×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.12×6 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.69×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.63×17 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.46×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.18×5 works
  9. Health Professions1.09×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.96×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.83×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.83×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.78×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.66×2 works
  15. Medicine0.57×9 works
  16. Environmental Science0.54×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.53×3 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×1 works
  21. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  22. Engineering0.25×3 works
  23. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  24. Energy0.06×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wako University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hideaki Yata, Hajime Sueki and Toshiya Ueno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wako University.

  1. 1 Hideaki Yata Japan · #869,347 worldwide 1.8k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Hajime Sueki Japan · #3,145,461 worldwide 782 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Toshiya Ueno Japan · #3,322,072 worldwide 123 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Bambang Rudyanto Japan · #3,924,774 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Yasumasa Kosaka Japan · #4,521,098 worldwide 46 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Takehiko Ito Japan · #5,154,608 worldwide 86 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 太郎 小谷 Japan · #5,189,208 worldwide 1 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 友進 中川 Japan · #5,342,796 worldwide 1 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 聡志 中平 Japan · #6,038,810 worldwide 0 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 洋 冨田 Japan · #6,174,233 worldwide 3 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Wako University

What are the most cited papers from Wako University?

The most cited paper from Wako University is "Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution" (Piero Carninci et al., 2006), with 1,421 citations. Next come "Empirical Analysis of Transcriptional Activity in the Arabidopsis Genome" (890) and "Experiment on the Synthesis of Element 113 in the Reaction 209 Bi( 70 Zn,n) 278 113" (547).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide analysis of mammalian promoter architecture and evolution Piero Carninci et al. · Nature Genetics 27 Apr 2006 1,421
2 Empirical Analysis of Transcriptional Activity in the Arabidopsis Genome Kayoko Yamada et al. · Science 30 Oct 2003 890
3 Experiment on the Synthesis of Element 113 in the Reaction 209 Bi( 70 Zn,n) 278 113 Kosuke Morita, Kouji Morimoto, D. Kaji et al. · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 15 Oct 2004 547
4 Mammalian RNA polymerase II core promoters: insights from genome-wide studies Albin Sandelin, Piero Carninci, Boris Lenhard et al. · Nature Reviews Genetics Review 8 May 2007 533
5 Perception and transduction of abscisic acid signals: keys to the function of the versatile plant hormone ABA Takashi Hirayama, Kazuo Shinozaki · Trends in Plant Science Review 13 Jul 2007 503
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wako University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Coping Strategies, Stress, Adversity, Psychological Resilience, Social Support, Depression and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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. Mental Health10▲ 8.2×16 topics
  2. Coping Strategies4▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Stress4▲ 13×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.19×22 topics
  5. Depression3▲ 4.6×8 topics
  6. Social Support3▲ 7.6×8 topics
  7. Adversity3▲ 59×1 topic
  8. Psychological Resilience3▲ 45×1 topic
  9. Self-Efficacy3▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Human Rights2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  11. Society2▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Sustainable Development2▲ 1.90×9 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 2.7×10 topics
  14. History2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  15. Literature2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  16. Social Media2▲ 2.0×7 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  19. Gender2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  20. Natural Language Processing2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  21. Resilience2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  22. Culture2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  23. Family Relationships2▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Psychological Factors2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  25. Adolescent Development2▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Adolescents2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  27. Migration2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Performance Analysis2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  29. Stigma1▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Clinical Competence1▲ 113×1 topic
  31. Conflict1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  32. Emotional Disclosure1▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Nursing Professionalism1▲ 113×1 topic
  34. Psychological Language Analysis1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Anxiety Disorders1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Gender Roles1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Language Development1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Parenting1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Policy Responses1▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Postcolonialism1▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Wako University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Resilience and Mental Health, Mental Health via Writing, Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues and Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth.

Resilience and Mental He…3Resilience and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksMental Health via Writing: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksPsychosocial Factors Impacting Youth: 1 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 1 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…1African history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 1 fractional worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 1 fractional worksRangeland Management and…1Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySocial PsychologyLeadership and ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  2. 2 Mental Health via Writing Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 1 works
  9. 9 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 1 works
  10. 10 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 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 available64.0%not open36.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wako University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wako University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Wako University0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wako University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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