Kobe University

56.8k papers and 1.2M indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Kobe University have published 56.8k papers, which have received a total of 1.2M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 10.5k papers in Molecular Biology, 5.7k papers in Surgery and 4.5k papers in Biomedical Engineering on the topics of Pancreatic function and diabetes (676 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (663 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (632 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (344.0k citations), Surgery (112.3k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (101.6k citations). Authors at Kobe University collaborate with scholars in Japan, United States and China and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine. Some of Kobe University's most productive authors include Yasutomi Nishizuka, Akihiko Kondo, Yoshimi Takai, Shigeo Abe, Ushio Kikkawa, Masato Kasuga, Qiang Xü, Masayoshi Okubo, Minoru Fujii and Hideto Matsuyama.

In The Last Decade

Kobe University

52.7k papers receiving 1.2M citations

Countries citing scholars working at Kobe University

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Fields of papers published by authors at Kobe University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Kobe University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with Kobe University at the time of their publication.

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