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Nagaoka National College of Technology

Research output, impact, five-year growth, topic strengths and transparent benchmarking from open scholarly metadata.

ITS Research Score51.8
Global research rank#7,939
Country rank#280
Momentum rank#12,653

Research performance overview

Nagaoka National College of Technology is an education institution in Japan represented in the ITS Research Intelligence database through OpenAlex and ROR-linked identity data. Over the most recent five-year window available locally, the institution is associated with 196 research works and 3,406 citations. Its current h-index is 120, while the five-year trend shows a contraction in recent publication activity. It currently places #7,939 in the ITS global research-performance ranking. Within Japan, its current research-performance position is #280.

Five-year research output and impact

Research works, 5 years196
Citations, 5 years3,406
H-index120
i10-index635
Publication growth-41.0%
Citation growth-90.7%

Recent citation volume is approximately 17.4 citations per five-year work when the two aggregate windows are divided. This is a descriptive ratio rather than a field-normalized citation indicator, because disciplines have very different citation practices. The h-index and i10-index add longer-run visibility context, while the growth metrics show direction of travel rather than historical accumulation alone.

Research trend by year

YearWorksCitations recordedOpen-access works
20104667524
20114248123
20123961120
2013521,14229
2014491,05331
2015491,53629
20165349031
20176687027
20184650129
2019381,12724
20204539828
2021602,78445
2022601,15639
2023401,73034
20243725130
20253724119
2026222815

The yearly series runs from 2010 to 2026 in the current local snapshot. Annual research counts should be read as a pattern rather than as an audited financial-style total: scholarly metadata is continually corrected, affiliations can be re-resolved, and citations continue to accumulate after publication.

Research strengths and leading topics

Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalIterative Learning Control SystemsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyCryospheric studies and observationsEngineering Applied ResearchNuclear physics research studies

The strongest topic signals currently associated with Nagaoka National College of Technology include Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications. Topic lists are useful for understanding where an institution is visibly active, but they are not equivalent to a complete departmental census because OpenAlex topics are inferred from the institution’s works rather than from its administrative structure.

National benchmark

Among the 607 index-ready universities currently available for Japan, the average five-year output is about 1,514 works and the average five-year citation count is about 6,787. Nagaoka National College of Technology is currently below that research-output average and below the citation average. Its own growth signal is -41.0%, compared with a country-set average of 45.5%.

Deep research intelligence

Deep enrichment is queued for this otherwise quality-gated institution. Base research metrics remain available while the collaboration and partner-country aggregates are being calculated.

How to interpret this university profile

ITS Research Solution treats this page as research intelligence rather than a prestige label. The score is designed to summarize measurable research activity using recent output, recent citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth. Size still matters, so the score should be interpreted together with the trend table and topic profile. A smaller institution with strong momentum can therefore look different from a large institution with a much longer publication history.

Rankings are recalculated from the local analytical database after OpenAlex synchronization. The public page is indexable only when the institution has enough recent research activity, at least five active years in the available trend window, and multiple topic signals. This quality gate prevents empty or minimally populated institution records from becoming search-engine pages.

Data sources and verification

The institution identity is linked to the Research Organization Registry (ROR) through the ROR identifier supplied by OpenAlex. Research counts, citation totals, yearly activity, h-index, i10-index and topic signals come from OpenAlex. OpenAlex institution records are themselves grounded in ROR for canonical institution identity. Data can change as scholarly records, affiliations and citation links are corrected, so the page records the latest local synchronization time rather than presenting the figures as permanent.

  • OpenAlex institution ID: I4210094206
  • ROR ID: 00jaard37
  • Last synchronized: 2026-09-10 00:41:28

Frequently asked questions

What is the research score for Nagaoka National College of Technology?

The current ITS Research Performance Score is 51.8 out of 100. It combines recent publication output, citations, h-index, i10-index and five-year publication growth.

How many research works are associated with Nagaoka National College of Technology?

The current local five-year window contains 196 works associated with the institution in OpenAlex.

Is this an official university ranking?

No. This is an independent ITS Research Solution research-performance analysis built from open scholarly metadata. It does not represent an official government or accreditation ranking.