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Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan)

In research, Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,027 of 21,541 worldwide), Life Sciences (#11,687 of 14,347 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,907 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials and Materials Science — Polymers and Plastics is 25.4× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#16,913
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#654
of 2,112
Research works
835
▼ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan) 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 #11,027 of 21,541 10.5%574
Life SciencesDomain #11,687 of 14,347 5.1%164
EngineeringField #9,907 of 11,412 10.8%195
Materials ScienceField #4,388 of 4,504 10.5%207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 25.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 92.2 works25×
  2. BiomaterialsSubfield · 45.7 works15×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 207.1 works6.5×
  4. Chemical EngineeringField · 23.6 works6.5×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Toshio Asano, Isao Takeda and Kenji Kamide lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan).

  1. 1 Toshio Asano Japan · #782,291 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Isao Takeda Japan · #892,890 worldwide 88 citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Kenji Kamide Japan · #946,136 worldwide 115 citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Sei‐ichi Manabe Japan · #1,225,740 worldwide 35 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Kohji Noguchi Japan · #1,324,271 worldwide 48 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kyoji Kimoto Japan · #1,544,197 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Junzo Masamoto Japan · #1,571,107 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Kazumi Suematsu Japan · #1,579,326 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Ionic Liquids, Mechanical Properties, Recycling, Thermal Stability and Catalysis.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Biomedical Applications76▲ 8.5×22 topics
  2. Nanoparticles66▲ 6.0×27 topics
  3. Nanocomposites51▲ 7.8×18 topics
  4. Ionic Liquids48▲ 18×10 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties47▲ 6.0×20 topics
  6. Recycling37▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Catalysis34▲ 5.0×21 topics
  8. Environmental Impact31▲ 2.8×13 topics
  9. Thermal Stability29▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Cellulose Nanocrystals28▲ 110×1 topic
  11. Nanocellulose28▲ 110×1 topic
  12. Rheology27▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries27▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Self-Assembly26▲ 7.9×10 topics
  15. Space Applications26▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Thermal Properties26▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Elemental Sulfur26▲ 53×2 topics
  18. High Refractive Index25▲ 74×1 topic
  19. Polyimides25▲ 74×1 topic
  20. Synthesis24▲ 5.0×19 topics
  21. Heat Transfer23▲ 5.4×5 topics
  22. Polymer Composites21▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Conducting Polymers20▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Fabric Comfort20▲ 61×1 topic
  25. Moisture Management20▲ 61×1 topic
  26. Polymer Blends19▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Polymer Crystallization19▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Micelles19▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Biodegradable Polymers17▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Polymerization16▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Metabolic Engineering16▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Block Copolymers15▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Click Chemistry15▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Constraint-Based Models15▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Genome-Scale Models15▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Adsorption15▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Vesicles14▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Polyhydroxyalkanoates14▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Polylactic Acid14▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Fermentation14▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Machine Learning in Materials Science and Epoxy Resin Curing Processes.

  1. 1 Chemical Synthesis and Reactions Organic Chemistry 0 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  3. 3 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Epoxy Resin Curing Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions Organic Chemistry 0 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Asahi Chemical & Industry (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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