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Waseda University

In research, Waseda University stands highest in Computer Science (#209 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#654 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#741 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Mathematical Physics and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Human-Computer Interaction is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#989
of 28,054 · #662 all time
Rank in Japan
#14
of 1,070
Research works
48k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
586k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Waseda 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
Computer ScienceField #209 of 4,667 10.9%1,091 #291
Physical SciencesDomain #654 of 12,888 10.2%4,106 #500
Social SciencesDomain #741 of 10,521 18.3%1,758 #944
EngineeringField #713 of 6,636 8.9%1,690 #427
Social SciencesField #1,023 of 6,365 19.1%765 #1159
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #376 of 1,884 13.3%371 #472
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #530 of 2,318 8.7%448 #441
Physics and AstronomyField #393 of 1,646 17.5%300 #513
PsychologyField #583 of 2,181 13.9%349 #994
Arts and HumanitiesField #549 of 1,998 28.1%155 #729

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Waseda 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. Computer Science#291 #209
  2. Physical Sciences#500 #654
  3. Social Sciences#944 #741
  4. Engineering#427 #713
  5. Social Sciences#1,159 #1,023
  6. Artificial Intelligence#472 #376
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#441 #530
  8. Physics and Astronomy#513 #393
  9. Psychology#994 #583
  10. Arts and Humanities#729 #549
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 Waseda University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 73.0 works5.1×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 50.9 works4.7×
  3. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 68.0 works3.8×
  4. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 76.4 works3.6×
  5. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 38.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 195 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 191 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.59× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 126 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.03× its world share, 1,091 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.00× its world share, 64 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.63× its world share, 1,690 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 223 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 301 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.51× its world share, 205 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.95× its world share, 300 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 494 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 155 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 214 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 185 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 349 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 765 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Waseda University?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Okawa, J. Kataoka and Keping Yu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waseda University.

  1. 1 H. Okawa Japan · #13,639 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 J. Kataoka Japan · #17,444 worldwide 1.9k citations · 186 works
  3. 3 Keping Yu Japan · #30,903 worldwide 924 citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Kei-ichi Maeda Japan · #42,493 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Miguel Esteban Japan · #43,370 worldwide 425 citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Toru Fukubayashi Japan · #44,889 worldwide 187 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Alex Coad Japan · #58,815 worldwide 671 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Fujio Yamaguchi Japan · #78,534 worldwide 158 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Shingo Murata Japan · #79,743 worldwide 251 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Edgar Simo‐Serra Japan · #86,694 worldwide 351 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Waseda University

Which keywords describe research at Waseda University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Convolutional Neural Networks, Energy Efficiency, History and Modernization.

▲ 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. Deep Learning474▲ 2.0×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning276▲ 1.22×88 topics
  3. Neural Networks252▲ 2.4×39 topics
  4. Sustainability145▼ 0.86×80 topics
  5. Globalization133◆ 0.98×74 topics
  6. Renewable Energy104◆ 1.05×39 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency100▲ 1.54×36 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications96▲ 1.17×34 topics
  9. Nanoparticles96◆ 1.10×39 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks95▲ 1.87×14 topics
  11. Social Media94◆ 0.95×34 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence93◆ 0.97×48 topics
  13. Virtual Reality91▲ 2.6×15 topics
  14. History89▲ 1.83×30 topics
  15. Catalysis81▲ 1.76×28 topics
  16. Gender74▲ 1.97×32 topics
  17. Identity73▲ 1.46×37 topics
  18. Culture72▲ 1.97×17 topics
  19. Biosensors65▲ 1.82×12 topics
  20. Literature64▲ 1.72×26 topics
  21. Social Interaction60▲ 2.1×11 topics
  22. Modernization54▲ 4.3×4 topics
  23. Politics50▲ 2.7×12 topics
  24. Corpus Linguistics50▲ 3.3×5 topics
  25. Convolutional Networks48▲ 5.0×3 topics
  26. Society47▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles46▲ 3.2×4 topics
  28. Human-Computer Interaction45▲ 3.7×7 topics
  29. Resistance Training43▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Embodiment42▲ 3.3×7 topics
  31. Robotic Manipulators41▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Actuators41▲ 3.7×5 topics
  33. High-Intensity Interval Training40▲ 5.4×2 topics
  34. Human-Robot Interaction39▲ 5.5×3 topics
  35. Soft Robotics38▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Injury Prevention36▲ 4.3×5 topics
  37. Japan34▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Haptic Interfaces31▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Grasping27▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Robot Learning27▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Waseda University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, Topic Modeling, Sports Performance and Training and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Japanese History and Cul…34Japanese History and Culture: 34 fractional worksTopic Modeling29Topic Modeling: 29 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 29 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 29 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 28 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 27 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 26 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…26Photonic and Optical Devices: 26 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 25 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 24 fractional works
Cultural StudiesArtificial IntelligenceOrthopedics and Sports MedicineHuman-Computer Interaction4 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 34 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 29 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 29 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 29 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 28 works
  6. 6 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 27 works
  7. 7 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 26 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 25 works
  10. 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 24 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Waseda University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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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