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Research in Tsukuba

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Tsukuba, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences and Public Works Research Institute.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
277k
17.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tsukuba

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 Tsukuba?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationResearch facility 11,055 #2,201
2Public Works Research InstituteResearch facility 1,879 #15,900
3Japan International Research Center for Agricultural SciencesResearch facility 1,408 #14,000
4Japan Automobile Research InstituteInstitution 680 #15,742 all time

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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization: 73.6%Public Works Research Institute: 12.5%Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences: 9.4%Japan Automobile Research Institute: 4.5%74%largest
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization11k · 73.6%Public Works Research Institute1,879 · 12.5%Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences1,408 · 9.4%Japan Automobile Research Institute680 · 4.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Tsukuba work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Tsukuba is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (26%), Engineering (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,067 fractional works · 72.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 375 fractional works · 25.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 184 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 59 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 43 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiation: 39 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 35 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 317 fractional works · 21.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 89 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 56 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 49 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 125 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 31 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 125 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 73 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 35 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 291 fractional works · 19.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 215 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPlant Science: 130 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 71 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStructural Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTsukuba1,468fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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. Physics and Astronomy37525.6%
    2. Engineering31721.6%
    3. Environmental Science1258.5%
    4. Materials Science1258.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences352.4%
    6. Computer Science302.0%
    7. Chemistry292.0%
    8. Energy130.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering100.7%
    10. Mathematics70.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21514.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology714.8%
    3. Neuroscience40.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences322.2%
    2. Psychology90.6%
    3. Decision Sciences50.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    1. Medicine412.8%
    2. Nursing80.6%
    3. Health Professions50.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tsukuba strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tsukuba is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Condensed Matter Physics (39.9× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 160.3 works40×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 33.8 works19×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 31.8 works16×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 328.0 works12×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 39.4 works5.9×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 51.1 works5.6×
← 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: 3.03× its world share, 184 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.98× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.47× its world share, 281 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.47× its world share, 110 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.56× its world share, 328 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy11.56×328 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.03×184 works
  3. Materials Science2.47×110 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.98×9 works
  5. Environmental Science1.61×102 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×32 works
  7. Engineering1.47×281 works
  8. Chemistry1.23×25 works
  9. Nursing1.08×7 works
  10. Energy0.96×11 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×61 works
  12. Mathematics0.47×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.33×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.27×27 works
  15. Psychology0.20×8 works
  16. Social Sciences0.18×29 works
  17. Neuroscience0.17×4 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×4 works
  19. Medicine0.14×34 works
  20. Health Professions0.10×4 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×3 works
  24. Veterinary0.06×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.04×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Tsukuba?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Climate Change, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Lattice QCD, Synchrotron Radiation and Negative Ion Sources.

▲ 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. Climate Change107▲ 2.7×67 topics
  2. Dark Matter69▲ 41×4 topics
  3. Particle Physics66▲ 61×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson51▲ 69×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider51▲ 69×1 topic
  6. Lattice QCD44▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Synchrotron Radiation40▲ 56×3 topics
  8. Negative Ion Sources38▲ 144×1 topic
  9. Superconducting Cavities38▲ 144×1 topic
  10. Electron Acceleration37▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Free-Electron Lasers37▲ 214×1 topic
  12. X-Ray37▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Superconductivity34▲ 13×9 topics
  14. X-ray Imaging33▲ 66×2 topics
  15. CMOS Technology32▲ 27×5 topics
  16. Photon Counting31▲ 32×3 topics
  17. Critical Current Density30▲ 83×2 topics
  18. Detector Performance28▲ 61×2 topics
  19. Renormalization Group28▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Particle Detectors27▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Silicon Detectors27▲ 97×1 topic
  22. Nanostructures27▲ 4.5×15 topics
  23. QCD27▲ 53×1 topic
  24. charmonium27▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Nb3Sn Conductor26▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Superconducting Magnets26▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Spectroscopy24▲ 9.8×11 topics
  28. Quantum Gravity24▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Crystal Growth23▲ 5.6×10 topics
  30. QTL Mapping22▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Black Holes21▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Supernovae21▲ 17×2 topics
  33. General Relativity20▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Tomography20▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Dark Energy20▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Electronic Structure20▲ 7.6×8 topics
  37. Water Management20▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Cosmic Microwave Background20▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Cosmological Parameters20▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Cosmic Rays19▲ 26×2 topics

What research is done in Tsukuba?

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 47 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 33 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…32Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 32 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…24Superconducting Materials and Applications: 24 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 23 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 23 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…18Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 18 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 16 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 15 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 15 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  2. 2 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 33 works
  3. 3 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 24 works
  5. 5 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  6. 6 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  8. 8 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 works
  10. 10 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 15 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Tsukuba11.7% 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 24.1% in 2013.

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