Kobe University: Rankings Updated: March 02, 2025
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Kobe University ranked 13th in Japan, 378th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 198 research topics. Kobe University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 83,309 academic publications and 1,819,656 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 17 notable alumni .
Ranking Category # 378 of 14,131 In the World # 51 of 5,830 In Asia # 13 of 719 In Japan # 1 of 18 In Kobe # 140 of 1,453 For Astrobiology # 147 of 1,772 For Urology # 151 of 3,326 For Biotechnology # 402 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact # 561 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence Top 50% For 195 other topics
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Biology rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Biology in Japan and 280th in the World with 52,077 publications made and 1,323,759 citations received. Main research topics: Genetics, Biochemistry, Paleontology, Immunology, Neuroscience.
Biology ranking Location # 12 of 527 In Japan # 50 of 2,834 In Asia # 280 of 6,833 In the World
Kobe University Biology Publications & Citations
Year Biology publications Biology citations 1992 598 8408 1993 590 8432 1994 649 8590 1995 573 8562 1996 685 8963 1997 686 9499 1998 791 10210 1999 882 11642 2000 930 12934 2001 1021 14035 2002 1186 15776 2003 1158 17810 2004 1197 18699 2005 1203 20938 2006 1312 23518 2007 1357 26210 2008 1345 28444 2009 1446 31491 2010 1402 34977 2011 1471 39165 2012 1628 44106 2013 1703 47216 2014 1821 49305 2015 1850 50757 2016 1826 52893 2017 1977 55527 2018 2016 59982 2019 2061 65191 2020 2232 80582 2021 2339 92838 2022 2111 87675 2023 2183 87546 2024 1758 80257
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Chemistry rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Chemistry in Japan and 265th in the World with 48,687 publications made and 1,256,749 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.
Chemistry ranking Location # 13 of 508 In Japan # 61 of 2,781 In Asia # 265 of 6,545 In the World
Kobe University Chemistry Publications & Citations
Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations 1992 619 8413 1993 584 8401 1994 628 8541 1995 596 8698 1996 700 8959 1997 683 9570 1998 797 10402 1999 834 11572 2000 977 13071 2001 1018 14036 2002 1230 15665 2003 1236 17645 2004 1215 18263 2005 1261 20418 2006 1371 22676 2007 1423 25094 2008 1378 26888 2009 1536 30070 2010 1389 32733 2011 1502 36810 2012 1633 41970 2013 1557 44794 2014 1637 46619 2015 1685 47978 2016 1616 49786 2017 1741 52492 2018 1724 55172 2019 1718 60065 2020 1804 71630 2021 1853 82316 2022 1629 75903 2023 1655 75758 2024 1299 67631
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Engineering rankings Kobe University ranked 14th for Engineering in Japan and 374th in the World with 41,656 publications made and 827,797 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Engineering ranking Location # 14 of 517 In Japan # 109 of 2,835 In Asia # 374 of 6,782 In the World
Kobe University Engineering Publications & Citations
Year Engineering publications Engineering citations 1992 428 3577 1993 434 3380 1994 481 3789 1995 418 3996 1996 543 4216 1997 479 4376 1998 595 4969 1999 607 5775 2000 769 6560 2001 799 7517 2002 1183 9677 2003 1093 10481 2004 963 10661 2005 1130 12573 2006 1215 13853 2007 1209 15503 2008 1275 17342 2009 1304 19383 2010 1236 20649 2011 1356 24095 2012 1489 28842 2013 1456 31520 2014 1509 32904 2015 1565 36160 2016 1562 38491 2017 1578 40263 2018 1538 43157 2019 1542 47284 2020 1592 55626 2021 1633 64515 2022 1452 58774 2023 1535 60154 2024 1141 53185
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Physics rankings Kobe University ranked 14th for Physics in Japan and 378th in the World with 39,893 publications made and 814,822 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.
Physics ranking Location # 14 of 513 In Japan # 103 of 2,817 In Asia # 378 of 6,713 In the World
Kobe University Physics Publications & Citations
Year Physics publications Physics citations 1992 446 3836 1993 453 3882 1994 472 4188 1995 427 4320 1996 533 4508 1997 471 4613 1998 574 5047 1999 612 6035 2000 746 6980 2001 782 7995 2002 1087 10029 2003 1024 10556 2004 920 10688 2005 1090 12459 2006 1169 13865 2007 1142 15200 2008 1173 16865 2009 1235 18786 2010 1142 20181 2011 1304 24144 2012 1410 29087 2013 1345 32538 2014 1468 33703 2015 1481 37895 2016 1465 40690 2017 1466 41451 2018 1479 44526 2019 1486 47700 2020 1501 55164 2021 1567 63261 2022 1404 56170 2023 1438 58384 2024 1062 52396
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Medicine rankings Kobe University ranked 15th for Medicine in Japan and 310th in the World with 37,694 publications made and 843,573 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Surgery, Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Immunology, Psychiatry.
Medicine ranking Location # 15 of 521 In Japan # 55 of 2,809 In Asia # 310 of 6,775 In the World
Kobe University Medicine Publications & Citations
Year Medicine publications Medicine citations 1992 438 4685 1993 425 4528 1994 461 4740 1995 430 5032 1996 528 5527 1997 481 5948 1998 570 6251 1999 579 7190 2000 613 8270 2001 712 8951 2002 735 9913 2003 773 11639 2004 776 12371 2005 796 14034 2006 854 15254 2007 875 16930 2008 839 18760 2009 930 20650 2010 954 23152 2011 1090 26229 2012 1191 29328 2013 1251 31590 2014 1289 32546 2015 1372 33611 2016 1386 35569 2017 1435 36900 2018 1532 38884 2019 1571 43038 2020 1771 54098 2021 1905 63240 2022 1764 60235 2023 1773 61515 2024 1477 56073
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Environmental Science rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Environmental Science in Japan and 449th in the World with 29,763 publications made and 607,460 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.
Environmental Science ranking Location # 12 of 521 In Japan # 96 of 2,838 In Asia # 449 of 6,876 In the World
Kobe University Environmental Science Publications & Citations
Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations 1992 259 2173 1993 281 2202 1994 268 2167 1995 245 2222 1996 329 2488 1997 297 2465 1998 422 2915 1999 426 3259 2000 546 3981 2001 603 4493 2002 739 5588 2003 739 6251 2004 733 6845 2005 771 7680 2006 810 8947 2007 828 10416 2008 826 11770 2009 862 13185 2010 861 14337 2011 962 17282 2012 992 20413 2013 1066 22389 2014 1180 23769 2015 1217 26461 2016 1132 28758 2017 1162 29943 2018 1188 32691 2019 1252 37161 2020 1251 44253 2021 1361 52485 2022 1179 48435 2023 1252 49721 2024 904 43475
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Computer Science rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Computer Science in Japan and 450th in the World with 26,835 publications made and 573,886 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Neuroscience, Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.
Computer Science ranking Location # 13 of 513 In Japan # 95 of 2,840 In Asia # 450 of 6,845 In the World
Kobe University Computer Science Publications & Citations
Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations 1992 223 3036 1993 271 2991 1994 276 2951 1995 243 2861 1996 315 3005 1997 287 3173 1998 323 3358 1999 371 3785 2000 424 4293 2001 492 5108 2002 764 6908 2003 639 7072 2004 543 7335 2005 665 8587 2006 738 9752 2007 686 10955 2008 793 11978 2009 775 13029 2010 777 14425 2011 844 16763 2012 872 18704 2013 965 20661 2014 985 21598 2015 1031 23069 2016 987 24717 2017 1055 26812 2018 1086 30622 2019 1206 34741 2020 1152 43402 2021 1132 50410 2022 1184 45483 2023 1225 47520 2024 818 40598
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Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Japan and 663rd in the World with 20,949 publications made and 435,621 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Linguistics, History.
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location # 12 of 535 In Japan # 105 of 2,864 In Asia # 663 of 7,081 In the World
Kobe University Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations
Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations 1992 125 1489 1993 167 1356 1994 181 1515 1995 154 1434 1996 202 1600 1997 192 1547 1998 278 1832 1999 267 2108 2000 344 2673 2001 382 3065 2002 516 4204 2003 459 4321 2004 458 4680 2005 478 5345 2006 561 6496 2007 550 7180 2008 626 8167 2009 617 8989 2010 627 9743 2011 677 11503 2012 655 13588 2013 755 15857 2014 799 15932 2015 913 18064 2016 886 19406 2017 870 20694 2018 928 23141 2019 968 26455 2020 963 31720 2021 1047 38185 2022 932 34323 2023 995 36660 2024 673 30327
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Psychology rankings Kobe University ranked 11th for Psychology in Japan and 408th in the World with 16,219 publications made and 327,206 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, Child Psychology.
Psychology ranking Location # 11 of 494 In Japan # 66 of 2,755 In Asia # 408 of 6,645 In the World
Kobe University Psychology Publications & Citations
Year Psychology publications Psychology citations 1992 169 2418 1993 201 2326 1994 194 2199 1995 176 2156 1996 230 2315 1997 194 2427 1998 226 2493 1999 242 2758 2000 250 3149 2001 333 3754 2002 368 4427 2003 347 4817 2004 328 5110 2005 351 5840 2006 365 6347 2007 369 7014 2008 408 7498 2009 385 7894 2010 403 8858 2011 469 9803 2012 432 10502 2013 525 11247 2014 501 12098 2015 629 12454 2016 613 12956 2017 658 14298 2018 705 15431 2019 710 17286 2020 722 22313 2021 817 26526 2022 807 24591 2023 762 25301 2024 573 22717
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Mathematics rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Mathematics in Japan and 548th in the World with 12,111 publications made and 220,432 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research.
Mathematics ranking Location # 13 of 458 In Japan # 131 of 2,718 In Asia # 548 of 6,418 In the World
Kobe University Mathematics Publications & Citations
Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations 1992 77 581 1993 93 686 1994 100 710 1995 79 646 1996 114 722 1997 95 782 1998 133 802 1999 135 903 2000 182 1153 2001 181 1353 2002 275 1965 2003 263 2023 2004 219 2275 2005 252 2613 2006 266 3112 2007 275 3581 2008 318 4038 2009 329 4584 2010 312 4996 2011 359 6205 2012 420 6901 2013 450 8051 2014 466 8639 2015 549 9998 2016 515 10510 2017 530 11327 2018 549 13015 2019 609 15384 2020 622 19127 2021 679 23212 2022 627 21020 2023 677 22109 2024 407 15771
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Business rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Business in Japan and 580th in the World with 8,628 publications made and 108,459 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, International Business, Accounting.
Business ranking Location # 12 of 392 In Japan # 123 of 2,646 In Asia # 580 of 6,339 In the World
Kobe University Business Publications & Citations
Year Business publications Business citations 1992 48 465 1993 78 470 1994 85 428 1995 64 375 1996 81 458 1997 73 451 1998 104 487 1999 106 583 2000 126 603 2001 128 723 2002 299 1625 2003 239 1374 2004 192 1407 2005 196 1661 2006 259 1920 2007 236 2223 2008 287 2602 2009 279 2732 2010 279 3131 2011 282 3630 2012 293 3995 2013 329 4468 2014 319 4714 2015 355 4934 2016 346 5162 2017 371 5770 2018 354 6293 2019 356 7630 2020 385 9389 2021 393 11156 2022 353 10052 2023 367 11005 2024 220 8667
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Economics rankings Kobe University ranked 11th for Economics in Japan and 542nd in the World with 6,013 publications made and 88,745 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade, International Economics.
Economics ranking Location # 11 of 338 In Japan # 90 of 2,553 In Asia # 542 of 6,167 In the World
Kobe University Economics Publications & Citations
Year Economics publications Economics citations 1992 28 305 1993 41 325 1994 49 333 1995 31 240 1996 53 295 1997 48 306 1998 61 355 1999 53 341 2000 84 417 2001 82 451 2002 130 711 2003 134 779 2004 128 910 2005 134 979 2006 168 1180 2007 170 1342 2008 184 1543 2009 199 1761 2010 186 2073 2011 191 2402 2012 198 2647 2013 242 3037 2014 240 3299 2015 272 3432 2016 246 3773 2017 272 4115 2018 283 4582 2019 304 5397 2020 302 6973 2021 326 8163 2022 284 7826 2023 288 8687 2024 182 7271
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