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Research in Mitaka-shi

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Mitaka-shi, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
25.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Mitaka-shi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Astronomical Observatory of JapanResearch facility 5,093 #2,668
2Tokyo Union Theological SeminaryUniversity 24 not ranked
3Middle Eastern Culture Center in JapanInstitution 8 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Mitaka-shi strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mitaka-shi is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Physics and Astronomy (98.7× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 231.3 works99×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 21.9 works97×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 323.4 works32×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 40.8 works29×
  5. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 22.4 works6.9×
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Which keywords describe research in Mitaka-shi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Turbulence.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Star Formation62▲ 260×2 topics
  2. Accretion Disks48▲ 227×2 topics
  3. Magnetic Fields48▲ 165×2 topics
  4. Exoplanets44▲ 242×1 topic
  5. Stellar Astrophysics44▲ 242×1 topic
  6. Black Holes41▲ 95×3 topics
  7. Gravitational Waves40▲ 161×2 topics
  8. Turbulence36▲ 92×4 topics
  9. Molecular Clouds36▲ 315×1 topic
  10. Protoplanetary Disks36▲ 315×1 topic
  11. Dark Matter33▲ 63×4 topics
  12. Supernovae31▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Cosmology29▲ 97×4 topics
  14. Nucleosynthesis28▲ 126×3 topics
  15. Galaxies26▲ 210×1 topic
  16. Stellar Populations26▲ 210×1 topic
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts25▲ 206×1 topic
  18. Neutron Stars25▲ 206×1 topic
  19. Solar System Abundances24▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets24▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Astronomical Instrumentation21▲ 186×1 topic
  22. Spectrograph21▲ 186×1 topic
  23. Cosmic Rays21▲ 94×2 topics
  24. Neutrinos21▲ 94×2 topics
  25. High-Energy Astrophysics19▲ 157×1 topic
  26. Particle Acceleration19▲ 157×1 topic
  27. Equation of State16▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Binary Black Hole16▲ 120×1 topic
  29. Neutron Star16▲ 120×1 topic
  30. Galactic Center15▲ 72×2 topics
  31. Solar Wind14▲ 33×2 topics
  32. X-Ray Spectroscopy12▲ 64×2 topics
  33. Event Horizon Telescope12▲ 127×1 topic
  34. X-Ray Astronomy12▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Radio Astronomy12▲ 115×2 topics
  36. Adaptive Optics11▲ 193×1 topic
  37. Wavefront Sensing11▲ 193×1 topic
  38. Coronal Mass Ejections11▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Solar Dynamics Observatory11▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Epoch of Reionization9▲ 157×1 topic

What research is done in Mitaka-shi?

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 44 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
  3. 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  4. 4 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
  6. 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 21 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 19 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  9. 9 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  10. 10 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11 works

Research output over time

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