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Akita Industrial Technology Center

In research, Akita Industrial Technology Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,727 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,647 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,710
of 22,385 · #24,316 all time
Rank in Japan
#501
of 924
Research works
619
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Akita Industrial Technology Center

What is Akita Industrial Technology Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #15,727 of 17,446 3.6%427
EngineeringField #8,647 of 9,532 3.0%203

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akita Industrial Technology Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Akita Industrial Technology Center work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Akita Industrial Technology Center is in Health Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Engineering (19%), Health Professions (17%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 52 fractional works · 48.4% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 30.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 17.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 32.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAkita IndustrialTechnology Center108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences12%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3330.1%
    2. Health Professions1917.3%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Engineering2018.9%
    2. Computer Science44.1%
    3. Materials Science33.1%
    4. Environmental Science32.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    6. Chemistry10.9%
    7. Energy10.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences76.6%
    2. Psychology43.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.57× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.57× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.57×19 works
  2. Medicine1.57×33 works
  3. Engineering1.26×20 works
  4. Nursing1.26×1 works
  5. Psychology1.10×4 works
  6. Materials Science0.89×3 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.88×0 works
  8. Energy0.78×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.64×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.62×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.59×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.55×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.53×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.52×7 works
  18. Environmental Science0.51×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.21×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Akita Industrial Technology Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Ryo Morita, Kazuhiko Shintaku and Fujio Uchida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akita Industrial Technology Center.

  1. 1 Ryo Morita Japan · #5,060,056 worldwide 317 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Kazuhiko Shintaku Japan · #5,278,017 worldwide 343 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Fujio Uchida Japan · #5,369,711 worldwide 192 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kaori Taguchi Japan · #5,381,078 worldwide 201 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 K. Ouchi Japan · #5,438,468 worldwide 264 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Shigeaki Sugiyama Japan · #5,552,370 worldwide 951 citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Kenji Tan Japan · #5,762,406 worldwide 158 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Shingo Takahashi Japan · #5,970,135 worldwide 425 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 S. Watanabe Japan · #6,051,160 worldwide 261 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Kazuyuki ISE Japan · #6,533,097 worldwide 202 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Akita Industrial Technology Center

What are the most cited papers from Akita Industrial Technology Center?

The most cited paper from Akita Industrial Technology Center is "Rice cultivar responses to elevated CO2 at two free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) sites in Japan" (Toshihiro Hasegawa, Hidemitsu Sakai, Takeshi Tokida et al., 2013), with 264 citations. Next come "Preparation of alginate–chitosan hybrid gel beads and adsorption of divalent metal ions" (257) and "Room-Temperature Electron Spin Transport in a Highly Doped Si Channel" (188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rice cultivar responses to elevated CO2 at two free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) sites in Japan Toshihiro Hasegawa, Hidemitsu Sakai, Takeshi Tokida et al. · Functional Plant Biology Open access 29 Jan 2013 264
2 Preparation of alginate–chitosan hybrid gel beads and adsorption of divalent metal ions Takeshi Gotoh, Keiei Matsushima, Ken'ichi Kikuchi · Chemosphere 19 Dec 2003 257
3 Room-Temperature Electron Spin Transport in a Highly Doped Si Channel Toshio Suzuki, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Tohru Oikawa et al. · Applied Physics Express Open access 7 Feb 2011 188
4 Impact of postural deformities and spinal mobility on quality of life in postmenopausal osteoporosis Naohisa Miyakoshi, Eiji Itoi, Moto Kobayashi et al. · Osteoporosis International Dec 2003 176
5 Preparation of ordered Fe–Pt thin films for perpendicular magnetic recording media Toshio Suzuki, Kiko Harada, Naoki Honda et al. · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Mar 1999 145
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Akita Industrial Technology Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Obesity, Health Research, Nutrition, Behavioral Science, Community Empowerment, Nursing and Breastfeeding.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.0×20 topics
  2. Health Education13▲ 27×3 topics
  3. Obesity11▲ 14×4 topics
  4. Health Research11▲ 93×2 topics
  5. Nutrition11▲ 23×2 topics
  6. Public Health11▲ 6.9×2 topics
  7. Behavioral Science11▲ 239×1 topic
  8. Breastfeeding11▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Community Empowerment11▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Maternal Health11▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Nursing11▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Child Nutrition10▲ 48×1 topic
  13. Stunting10▲ 48×1 topic
  14. Mechanical Properties5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  15. Mental Health3▲ 2.1×3 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  17. Family Dynamics3▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Patient Experience3▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Digital Media3▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Access3▲ 9.5×1 topic
  21. Microstructure3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  22. Quality of Service3▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Youth3▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Nanoparticles3▲ 1.94×5 topics
  25. Adolescent Behavior2▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Sexual Health2▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Metal Recovery2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Graphene2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Recycling2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  31. Tool Wear2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Criminal Justice1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  33. Environmental Law1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  35. Physical Function1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Work-related Stress1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Academic Stress1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Ergonomics1▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Workplace Safety1▲ 8.6×1 topic
  40. Spinal Fusion1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Akita Industrial Technology Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Methodologies in Health Research and Practice, Public Health and Nutrition, Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction and Adolescent Health and Behaviors.

Methodologies in Health …11Methodologies in Health Research and Practice: 11 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…10Public Health and Nutrition: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Health and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksStudent Stress and Coping: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Management: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 1 fractional worksLegal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia: 1 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 1 fractional works
Health Information ManagementPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 11 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Health and Behaviors General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Student Stress and Coping Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Management Occupational Therapy 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia Law 1 works
  9. 9 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Akita Industrial Technology Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Akita Industrial Technology Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Akita Industrial Technology Center0.00078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Akita Industrial Technology Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Akita Industrial Technology Center7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.1% in 2012.

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