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Research in Ikoma

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Ikoma, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Nara Institute of Science and Technology.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
276k
23.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Ikoma

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Ikoma?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity 11,608 #3,377
2Sophia School of Social WelfareUniversity 7 not ranked
3Horyuji Kokusai High SchoolUniversity 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Ikoma work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research in Ikoma is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (27%), Engineering (19%), Materials Science (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,283 fractional works · 69.2% of its workComputer Science: 493 fractional works · 26.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 194 fractional works · 10.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 80 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 25 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 353 fractional works · 19.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 166 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 3.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 198 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 138 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 137 fractional works · 7.4% of its workRadiation: 80 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 43 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 34 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 289 fractional works · 15.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 151 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 102 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 65 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 56 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 147 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 134 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIkoma1,853fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science49326.6%
    2. Engineering35319.0%
    3. Materials Science19810.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1377.4%
    5. Chemistry532.9%
    6. Environmental Science291.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering70.4%
    8. Energy60.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.3%
    10. Mathematics20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1518.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences653.5%
    3. Neuroscience563.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology110.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.3%
    1. Psychology683.7%
    2. Social Sciences402.2%
    3. Decision Sciences140.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting110.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities90.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.2%
    1. Medicine1186.4%
    2. Health Professions110.6%
    3. Nursing40.2%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ikoma strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ikoma is most concentrated in Radiation, Hardware and Architecture and Human-Computer Interaction (31.5× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 70.6 works32×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 22.0 works12×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 30.7 works9.1×
  4. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 172.1 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.76× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.46× its world share, 438 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.27× its world share, 311 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.99× its world share, 170 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.35× its world share, 121 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.46×438 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.35×121 works
  3. Materials Science2.99×170 works
  4. Neuroscience1.93×51 works
  5. Chemistry1.76×45 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×138 works
  7. Engineering1.27×311 works
  8. Psychology1.17×58 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×6 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.97×6 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.78×12 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×58 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×10 works
  14. Nursing0.44×4 works
  15. Medicine0.32×101 works
  16. Energy0.30×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.30×24 works
  18. Veterinary0.28×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×5 works
  20. Health Professions0.20×8 works
  21. Social Sciences0.17×34 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.16×8 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×8 works
  24. Mathematics0.09×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.09×1 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Ikoma?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Crystal Growth, Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, Radiation Detection, Inorganic Scintillators, Scintillation Detectors and Solar Cell Efficiency.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning201▲ 3.1×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning150▲ 2.4×72 topics
  3. Neural Networks97▲ 3.4×33 topics
  4. Crystal Growth96▲ 19×11 topics
  5. Medical Imaging87▲ 8.9×8 topics
  6. Radiation Detection76▲ 93×2 topics
  7. Inorganic Scintillators74▲ 124×1 topic
  8. Scintillation Detectors74▲ 124×1 topic
  9. Solar Cell Efficiency65▲ 35×2 topics
  10. Solid-State Lighting65▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Luminescent Materials64▲ 50×3 topics
  12. Nanocrystal Synthesis63▲ 73×1 topic
  13. Upconversion Nanoparticles63▲ 73×1 topic
  14. Biomedical Applications48▲ 2.2×28 topics
  15. Convolutional Neural Networks44▲ 3.3×13 topics
  16. Virtual Reality37▲ 4.0×13 topics
  17. Security34▲ 2.8×19 topics
  18. Gene Expression34▲ 2.9×14 topics
  19. Security Analysis34▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Corpus Linguistics33▲ 8.5×5 topics
  21. Neural Machine Translation30▲ 18×1 topic
  22. Statistical Machine Translation30▲ 18×1 topic
  23. Information Retrieval26▲ 6.5×5 topics
  24. Text Classification25▲ 8.4×3 topics
  25. Topic Modeling25▲ 8.7×3 topics
  26. Machine Translation24▲ 7.7×2 topics
  27. Semantic Similarity23▲ 10×1 topic
  28. Word Representation23▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Solar Cells21▲ 5.6×6 topics
  30. Cryptanalysis21▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Transcription Factors21▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Embodiment20▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Atomic Magnetometer20▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Hyperpolarized Gases20▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Flexible Electronics20▲ 6.2×2 topics
  36. Ceramics20▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Deep Neural Networks19▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Reinforcement Learning19▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Immersion18▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Presence18▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Ikoma?

Radiation Detection and …65Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 65 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …54Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 54 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 27 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 20 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 20 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…17Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 17 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 15 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 14 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 13 fractional works
RadiationMaterials ChemistryArtificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 65 works
  2. 2 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 54 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 27 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  5. 5 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20 works
  6. 6 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 17 works
  7. 7 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 15 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  9. 9 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 13 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Ikoma13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2000.

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