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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Astronomical Observatory of JapanResearch facility | 5,093 | #2,668 | |
| 2 | Tokyo Union Theological SeminaryUniversity | 24 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Middle 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).
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 231.3 works99×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 21.9 works97×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 323.4 works32×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 40.8 works29×
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 22.4 works6.9×
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.
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.
- Epoch of Reionization
- Coronal Mass Ejections
- Adaptive Optics
- X-Ray Astronomy
- X-Ray Spectroscopy
- Galactic Center
- Binary Black Hole
- Particle Acceleration
- Neutrinos
- Spectrograph
- Terrestrial Planets
- Neutron Stars
- Stellar Populations
- Nucleosynthesis
- Supernovae
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Turbulence
- Black Holes
- Exoplanets
- Accretion Disks
- Star Formation
- Magnetic Fields
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Gravitational Waves
- Molecular Clouds
- Dark Matter
- Cosmology
- Galaxies
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Solar System Abundances
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Cosmic Rays
- High-Energy Astrophysics
- Equation of State
- Neutron Star
- Solar Wind
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Radio Astronomy
- Wavefront Sensing
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
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
- Star Formation62▲ 260×2 topics
- Accretion Disks48▲ 227×2 topics
- Magnetic Fields48▲ 165×2 topics
- Exoplanets44▲ 242×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics44▲ 242×1 topic
- Black Holes41▲ 95×3 topics
- Gravitational Waves40▲ 161×2 topics
- Turbulence36▲ 92×4 topics
- Molecular Clouds36▲ 315×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks36▲ 315×1 topic
- Dark Matter33▲ 63×4 topics
- Supernovae31▲ 84×2 topics
- Cosmology29▲ 97×4 topics
- Nucleosynthesis28▲ 126×3 topics
- Galaxies26▲ 210×1 topic
- Stellar Populations26▲ 210×1 topic
- Gamma-Ray Bursts25▲ 206×1 topic
- Neutron Stars25▲ 206×1 topic
- Solar System Abundances24▲ 112×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets24▲ 112×1 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation21▲ 186×1 topic
- Spectrograph21▲ 186×1 topic
- Cosmic Rays21▲ 94×2 topics
- Neutrinos21▲ 94×2 topics
- High-Energy Astrophysics19▲ 157×1 topic
- Particle Acceleration19▲ 157×1 topic
- Equation of State16▲ 66×2 topics
- Binary Black Hole16▲ 120×1 topic
- Neutron Star16▲ 120×1 topic
- Galactic Center15▲ 72×2 topics
- Solar Wind14▲ 33×2 topics
- X-Ray Spectroscopy12▲ 64×2 topics
- Event Horizon Telescope12▲ 127×1 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy12▲ 127×1 topic
- Radio Astronomy12▲ 115×2 topics
- Adaptive Optics11▲ 193×1 topic
- Wavefront Sensing11▲ 193×1 topic
- Coronal Mass Ejections11▲ 66×1 topic
- Solar Dynamics Observatory11▲ 66×1 topic
- Epoch of Reionization9▲ 157×1 topic
What research is done in Mitaka-shi?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 44 works
- 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
- 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
- 4 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
- 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
- 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 21 works
- 7 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 19 works
- 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
- 9 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
- 10 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 11 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.