What drives Hokkaido University's research

Ask where Hokkaido University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 34,760 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 78 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science; Cryospheric studies and observations; Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 1.74, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.