Chiaki Miura is a PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo pursuing a mechanistic understanding of how science itself works—peer review, citation dynamics and null models, and how science comes to understand the world. She has secured multiple competitive research grants, and serves as a core organizer of Japan’s flagship Science of Science community, where she leads its hands-on tutorial program. She is firmly embedded in the international community of the field—trained at CWTS Leiden, the field’s leading European center for scientometrics; sought out as a host by three visiting researchers from Germany; and an invited speaker at international venues, most recently a workshop at Kobe University. This work is consistently translated for practitioners, including joint research with university research administrators (URAs) presented at the Japan’s largest URA conference.
Research Interest
- Peer Review, Research Evaluation, and Science Policy
- Mechanistic Interpretability, Training Data Attribution and Learning Dynamics
- Science Systems Studies
Education
- Technology Management and Innovations, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, PhD student (2023-)
Grant
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Strategic Basic Research Programs Act-X Awardee (2024-)
- Research grant awarded, details under embargo until July 2026 (2026-)
Publications
- C. Miura, I. Sakata, “From Rapid Release to Reinforced Elite: Citation Inequality is Stronger in Preprint than Journals”, Preprint
- C. Miura, I. Sakata, “Difference between Preprints and Journal Systems”, (2025). Conference Proceedings
- C. Miura, K. Ito, “Incentivize Peer Review Without Rewarding: Using OSS-Like Citation Pull Request”, (2024). Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations
- C. Miura “Invitation to Science Systems Studies” ネットワーク科学研究会 学生講演 (2026年)
- C. Miura, K. Asatani, M.Yoshida, Y. Kasuya, “The Hybrid Discipline: Knowledge Flows in a Century of Political Science”, International Political Science Association World Congress 2025, (Panel Talk in Science of Political Science: Evolution and Integration in Political Science Research and Education)
- C. Miura, I. Sakata, “From Rapid Release to Reinforced Elite: Citation Inequality is Stronger in Preprint than Journals”, 20th International Conference on Scientometrics & Informetrics, (2025). (peer reviewed, oral Presentation)
- C. Miura, I. Sakata, “Quantifying the Diffusion of Emerging Academic Norms”, International Conference of Science of Science & Innovation, (2025). (peer reviewed)
- C. Miura, 坂田一郎, 第16回横幹連合コンファレンス 「Science of Science 研究会の取り組み」 (2025年).
- 渡邉 吉康、坂本 翼、橋爪 寛、C. Miura “研究の独創性評価:研究者の師弟関係が独創的な研究の醸成に与える影響”, リサーチ・アドミニストレーション協議会 年次大会, (2024年).
- C. Miura, ”科学指標のつくり方 Scientometrics Summer School Participants Report”, 第2回Science of science 研究会, (2024年).
- C. Miura, K. Ito, “Incentivize Peer Review Without Rewarding: Using OSS-Like Citation Pull Request”, Intelligent Solutions to Support Human Intelligence and Social Good, (2024). (peer reviewed, oral Presentation)
- C. Miura, 浅谷公威, 坂田一郎, ”OSS プルリクエストの学術引用への適用と動機づけされた公開参加ピア査読”, 第1 回Science of science 研究会, (2024年).
- C. Miura, K. ASATANI, I. SAKATA, ”Scientists Have an Inherent Prioritized Queue in Selecting Collaborations”, International Conference of Science of Science & Innovation, (2024). (peer reviewed, oral Presentation)
- C. Miura, “The Age of Anticipation and the Better Way to Share Science”, DeSciTokyo Conference, (2023).
Conference Organization
- Program Committee, Science of Science Conference Japan, (2025)
- Tutorial Organizer, Science of Science Conference Japan, (2024).
Invited Talks
- Chiaki Miura, Preprints, Inequality, and Trust: Designing Scientific Communication for Humans and AI, International Workshop on Science, Innovation, and the Knowledge Economy (2026)
- C. Miura, “AIが提供する学術評価の現在地”, UTRA勉強会, (2025)
- C. Miura, “Citation Inequality is Stronger in Preprint than Journals”, AI Science Night, (2025)
- C. Miura, ”SciSci Hands-on”, 第3回Science of science 研究会, (2025).
- C. Miura, ”研究の社会実装に誰もが貢献できる社会”, 東京大学工学部産学共創教育ディープテック起業実践演習最終選考突破,総長発表, (2023).
- C. Miura, ”みんなが解きたいと思える面白い問いとは”, 未来研究トーク, (2023).
- C. Miura, ”「分散レポジトリ型」という新しい研究のエコシステム”, Laboratory Automation 勉強会, (2023).
- C. Miura, ”招待講演SciSci/Giant”, HongoWeb3Valley, (2023).