Kobe University: Rankings Updated: March 15, 2026
EduRank
Kobe University ranked 13th in Japan, 360th in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 199 research topics. Kobe University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 85,338 academic publications and 1,841,807 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 22 notable alumni .
Ranking Category # 360 of 14,131 In the World # 41 of 5,830 In Asia # 13 of 719 In Japan # 1 of 18 In Kobe # 143 of 1,493 For Astrobiology # 149 of 3,382 For Biotechnology # 149 of 1,805 For Urology # 410 of 8,074 For Alumni Impact # 459 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence Top 50% For 196 other topics
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Biology rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Biology in Japan and 282nd in the World with 53,372 publications made and 1,382,584 citations received. Main research topics: Genetics, Biochemistry, Paleontology, Immunology, Neuroscience.
Biology ranking Location # 12 of 528 In Japan # 51 of 2,838 In Asia # 282 of 6,841 In the World
Kobe University Biology Publications & Citations
Year Biology publications Biology citations 1993 591 8434 1994 649 8600 1995 573 8575 1996 685 8977 1997 685 9517 1998 790 10249 1999 882 11649 2000 932 12932 2001 1021 14094 2002 1186 15766 2003 1159 17809 2004 1197 18702 2005 1203 20929 2006 1312 23509 2007 1358 26208 2008 1346 28432 2009 1445 31482 2010 1402 34975 2011 1474 39178 2012 1626 44091 2013 1702 47130 2014 1815 49017 2015 1847 50327 2016 1818 52064 2017 1978 54441 2018 2012 58070 2019 2063 62291 2020 2226 76257 2021 2336 87372 2022 2109 83941 2023 2186 83601 2024 1804 77786 2025 1637 68994
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Chemistry rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Chemistry in Japan and 269th in the World with 49,550 publications made and 1,310,308 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.
Chemistry ranking Location # 13 of 510 In Japan # 65 of 2,785 In Asia # 269 of 6,561 In the World
Kobe University Chemistry Publications & Citations
Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations 1993 584 8376 1994 628 8545 1995 597 8709 1996 700 8969 1997 683 9616 1998 796 10443 1999 834 11581 2000 979 13070 2001 1017 14072 2002 1230 15665 2003 1236 17638 2004 1215 18264 2005 1261 20401 2006 1370 22659 2007 1424 25087 2008 1378 26873 2009 1536 30064 2010 1388 32718 2011 1505 36799 2012 1635 42001 2013 1562 44906 2014 1633 46549 2015 1685 47763 2016 1616 49410 2017 1733 51604 2018 1720 53877 2019 1721 57995 2020 1797 68140 2021 1851 78277 2022 1630 73146 2023 1661 72876 2024 1342 65593 2025 1085 56516
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Engineering rankings Kobe University ranked 14th for Engineering in Japan and 387th in the World with 42,357 publications made and 867,824 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Engineering ranking Location # 14 of 520 In Japan # 116 of 2,841 In Asia # 387 of 6,795 In the World
Kobe University Engineering Publications & Citations
Year Engineering publications Engineering citations 1993 435 3381 1994 481 3795 1995 419 4000 1996 542 4221 1997 479 4376 1998 595 4991 1999 607 5784 2000 769 6556 2001 797 7567 2002 1183 9676 2003 1093 10479 2004 964 10661 2005 1130 12568 2006 1217 13845 2007 1210 15508 2008 1275 17336 2009 1304 19376 2010 1235 20632 2011 1356 24087 2012 1493 28849 2013 1458 31505 2014 1504 32693 2015 1566 35626 2016 1555 37672 2017 1575 38917 2018 1543 41090 2019 1545 44080 2020 1592 50885 2021 1625 58609 2022 1446 54517 2023 1537 55820 2024 1189 50588 2025 848 44069
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Physics rankings Kobe University ranked 14th for Physics in Japan and 387th in the World with 40,648 publications made and 853,950 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.
Physics ranking Location # 14 of 515 In Japan # 107 of 2,822 In Asia # 387 of 6,729 In the World
Kobe University Physics Publications & Citations
Year Physics publications Physics citations 1993 454 3886 1994 472 4191 1995 428 4323 1996 532 4513 1997 470 4614 1998 574 5048 1999 612 6047 2000 746 6979 2001 781 7996 2002 1087 10026 2003 1026 10562 2004 920 10691 2005 1090 12452 2006 1171 13864 2007 1143 15193 2008 1173 16859 2009 1234 18785 2010 1142 20171 2011 1306 24166 2012 1411 29141 2013 1346 32611 2014 1471 33578 2015 1481 37588 2016 1466 40265 2017 1463 40596 2018 1482 43040 2019 1488 45173 2020 1501 51629 2021 1566 58669 2022 1406 53048 2023 1441 55150 2024 1124 50360 2025 860 43615
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Medicine rankings Kobe University ranked 15th for Medicine in Japan and 314th in the World with 38,869 publications made and 882,932 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Surgery, Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Immunology, Psychiatry.
Medicine ranking Location # 15 of 521 In Japan # 57 of 2,817 In Asia # 314 of 6,793 In the World
Kobe University Medicine Publications & Citations
Year Medicine publications Medicine citations 1993 426 4509 1994 462 4744 1995 430 5048 1996 527 5538 1997 481 5951 1998 569 6277 1999 579 7196 2000 615 8265 2001 714 8990 2002 734 9904 2003 774 11632 2004 776 12373 2005 796 14025 2006 854 15251 2007 876 16919 2008 839 18753 2009 930 20639 2010 954 23147 2011 1093 26228 2012 1187 29273 2013 1248 31553 2014 1283 32358 2015 1370 33390 2016 1380 35094 2017 1435 36280 2018 1530 37780 2019 1570 41531 2020 1767 51526 2021 1891 59872 2022 1762 57846 2023 1773 58971 2024 1522 54790 2025 1500 49136
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Environmental Science rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Environmental Science in Japan and 458th in the World with 30,354 publications made and 639,272 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.
Environmental Science ranking Location # 12 of 523 In Japan # 102 of 2,841 In Asia # 458 of 6,888 In the World
Kobe University Environmental Science Publications & Citations
Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations 1993 282 2201 1994 268 2182 1995 246 2228 1996 329 2491 1997 297 2465 1998 422 2913 1999 426 3264 2000 546 3979 2001 603 4488 2002 738 5583 2003 738 6252 2004 734 6848 2005 771 7681 2006 809 8949 2007 828 10417 2008 827 11753 2009 861 13176 2010 862 14334 2011 965 17282 2012 990 20403 2013 1066 22392 2014 1179 23582 2015 1220 26141 2016 1132 28238 2017 1161 29029 2018 1190 31331 2019 1253 34905 2020 1253 40716 2021 1357 47880 2022 1178 44983 2023 1257 46192 2024 952 41240 2025 683 36409
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Computer Science rankings Kobe University ranked 14th for Computer Science in Japan and 485th in the World with 27,455 publications made and 534,932 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Neuroscience, Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.
Computer Science ranking Location # 14 of 515 In Japan # 106 of 2,842 In Asia # 485 of 6,855 In the World
Kobe University Computer Science Publications & Citations
Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations 1993 272 2996 1994 276 2950 1995 243 2860 1996 314 3008 1997 286 3183 1998 323 3363 1999 371 3787 2000 424 4290 2001 492 5152 2002 764 6903 2003 640 7073 2004 543 7334 2005 665 8581 2006 739 9746 2007 686 10951 2008 793 11952 2009 774 13031 2010 776 14412 2011 842 16735 2012 867 18579 2013 961 20395 2014 980 21046 2015 1029 22095 2016 978 23040 2017 1057 24413 2018 1085 26906 2019 1197 29028 2020 1152 35391 2021 1115 40618 2022 1183 38897 2023 1224 40602 2024 874 36199 2025 779 32614
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Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Japan and 734th in the World with 21,387 publications made and 399,281 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Linguistics, History.
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location # 13 of 536 In Japan # 122 of 2,867 In Asia # 734 of 7,088 In the World
Kobe University Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations
Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations 1993 166 1336 1994 181 1521 1995 154 1437 1996 202 1605 1997 192 1549 1998 278 1828 1999 267 2110 2000 344 2669 2001 381 3061 2002 516 4196 2003 459 4322 2004 459 4675 2005 478 5345 2006 561 6491 2007 550 7172 2008 626 8154 2009 616 8964 2010 627 9732 2011 680 11513 2012 650 13509 2013 763 15806 2014 797 15654 2015 910 17481 2016 881 18638 2017 868 19232 2018 922 20920 2019 966 23290 2020 964 27360 2021 1049 32976 2022 930 30785 2023 1001 33114 2024 709 28367 2025 536 24538
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Psychology rankings Kobe University ranked 11th for Psychology in Japan and 418th in the World with 16,708 publications made and 343,902 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, Child Psychology.
Psychology ranking Location # 11 of 498 In Japan # 69 of 2,766 In Asia # 418 of 6,663 In the World
Kobe University Psychology Publications & Citations
Year Psychology publications Psychology citations 1993 201 2328 1994 194 2191 1995 176 2156 1996 229 2317 1997 195 2447 1998 226 2498 1999 242 2762 2000 250 3146 2001 333 3774 2002 368 4424 2003 348 4813 2004 327 5108 2005 352 5838 2006 366 6342 2007 369 7009 2008 408 7490 2009 386 7884 2010 402 8840 2011 470 9791 2012 432 10459 2013 525 11158 2014 500 11875 2015 628 12127 2016 613 12399 2017 660 13423 2018 702 14110 2019 707 15391 2020 721 19489 2021 813 23162 2022 801 22300 2023 762 22936 2024 595 21285 2025 608 19583
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Mathematics rankings Kobe University ranked 13th for Mathematics in Japan and 550th in the World with 12,394 publications made and 231,240 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research.
Mathematics ranking Location # 13 of 460 In Japan # 135 of 2,725 In Asia # 550 of 6,434 In the World
Kobe University Mathematics Publications & Citations
Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations 1993 92 663 1994 100 712 1995 79 646 1996 114 720 1997 95 784 1998 133 800 1999 135 903 2000 182 1150 2001 181 1352 2002 275 1962 2003 263 2022 2004 219 2277 2005 252 2609 2006 266 3115 2007 275 3578 2008 318 4023 2009 328 4574 2010 312 4981 2011 361 6191 2012 423 6889 2013 448 7917 2014 468 8481 2015 545 9446 2016 516 9947 2017 529 10288 2018 547 11427 2019 612 12936 2020 616 15300 2021 662 18493 2022 626 17708 2023 669 18660 2024 420 14136 2025 394 12080
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Business rankings Kobe University ranked 12th for Business in Japan and 588th in the World with 8,761 publications made and 113,851 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, International Business, Accounting.
Business ranking Location # 12 of 394 In Japan # 127 of 2,654 In Asia # 588 of 6,366 In the World
Kobe University Business Publications & Citations
Year Business publications Business citations 1993 77 446 1994 85 428 1995 64 374 1996 81 457 1997 72 448 1998 104 486 1999 105 581 2000 126 601 2001 128 721 2002 299 1623 2003 240 1373 2004 193 1405 2005 196 1659 2006 259 1919 2007 236 2220 2008 287 2597 2009 280 2719 2010 279 3119 2011 282 3628 2012 292 3971 2013 330 4405 2014 318 4561 2015 352 4648 2016 346 4815 2017 373 5218 2018 355 5431 2019 354 6379 2020 388 7595 2021 392 9130 2022 355 8710 2023 364 9569 2024 231 8024 2025 160 6702
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Economics rankings Kobe University ranked 11th for Economics in Japan and 548th in the World with 6,117 publications made and 92,774 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade, International Economics.
Economics ranking Location # 11 of 340 In Japan # 92 of 2,559 In Asia # 548 of 6,188 In the World
Kobe University Economics Publications & Citations
Year Economics publications Economics citations 1993 40 301 1994 49 331 1995 31 240 1996 53 294 1997 48 305 1998 61 355 1999 53 341 2000 84 417 2001 82 449 2002 130 710 2003 134 777 2004 129 908 2005 134 977 2006 168 1178 2007 170 1340 2008 184 1541 2009 200 1753 2010 186 2063 2011 191 2409 2012 197 2639 2013 242 3027 2014 238 3252 2015 272 3358 2016 248 3691 2017 274 3948 2018 283 4310 2019 302 4969 2020 303 6255 2021 327 7250 2022 284 7232 2023 288 8010 2024 186 6934 2025 131 5902
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