1-3-1　Research Literature

Bibliographical and citation data generated by SciVal from Scopus and produced as a plot (data retrieval, October 29, 2024; documentary type limited to Articles, reviews, conference papers, books and book chapters).

1-3-2　Intellectual Property

The number of domestic and international patent applications has remained high at about 30 per year over the past three years. One reason given for this is that progress in large external collaborative research is leading to patent applications, and there are also an increasing number of opportunities to apply overseas. Although the number of patent registrations varies from year to year, it is expected to show an upward trend in the midterm as the number of applications increases.
In terms of the breakdown of patent registrations by field, the majority have traditionally been in the fields of nanotechnology and materials, but there has been a notable expansion in research fields, with the number of patent registrations increasing in the fields of information and communications and life sciences.

1-3-3　Intra-university research grants

1-3-4　External research funds

The figures below show the trend in the number of “research projects led by a Principal Investigator belonging to Sophia University” and the total amount of research funding allocated.
The Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) is Japan’s largest competitive funding program that supports various creative and pioneering “academic research” from fundamental to applied research in all fields, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In AY2023, the amount and number of projects, including continuing projects, remained at the same level as the previous year. As for new projects, although the number of applications of new projects has decreased compared to the previous year, the number of projects approved has remained slightly decreased, resulting in an increase in the approval rate compared to the previous year.
Contract Research/External Collaborative Research and Scholarship Research Donations are subject to fluctuations from year to year as they are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as the progress of research. However, the result of organizational promotion of industry-government-academia collaboration is reflected in the increasing trend in the number of Contract Research and External Collaborative Research projects.