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Asahi Glass (Japan)

In research, Asahi Glass (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,925 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#4,189 of 9,532 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,823 of 3,725 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,871
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#421
of 1,923
Research works
952
▼ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Asahi Glass (Japan)

What is Asahi Glass (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 #4,925 of 17,446 9.1%838
EngineeringField #4,189 of 9,532 9.9%407
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,823 of 3,725 11.2%221
Materials ScienceField #2,596 of 3,771 8.9%250

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asahi Glass (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Asahi Glass (Japan) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Asahi Glass (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Materials Science (26%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 838 fractional works · 88.0% of its workEngineering: 407 fractional works · 42.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 221 fractional works · 23.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 33 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 250 fractional works · 26.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 97 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 54 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 44 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 45 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 22 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBioengineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 79 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 26 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAsahi Glass(Japan)952fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering40742.8%
    2. Materials Science25026.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy727.5%
    4. Chemistry515.4%
    5. Environmental Science151.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering131.4%
    7. Energy111.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.1%
    9. Computer Science80.9%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology444.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics272.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.5%
    4. Neuroscience30.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine232.5%
    2. Health Professions20.2%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities30.3%
    2. Social Sciences20.3%
    3. Psychology20.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
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: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.85× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 6.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy6.31×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.85×1 works
  3. Environmental Science2.77×0 works
  4. Engineering2.22×1 works
  5. Materials Science2.08×0 works
  6. Chemistry1.85×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.68×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.82×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×0 works
  10. Medicine0.23×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asahi Glass (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Takashi Okazoe, Hidefumi Odaka and Junichi Nagai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asahi Glass (Japan).

  1. 1 Takashi Okazoe Japan · #1,242,056 worldwide 1.8k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Hidefumi Odaka Japan · #1,657,712 worldwide 899 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Junichi Nagai Japan · #2,052,745 worldwide 706 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Makoto Fukawa Japan · #2,135,748 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Satoru Takaki Japan · #2,177,853 worldwide 944 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Yoshitomi Morizawa Japan · #2,290,554 worldwide 2.2k citations · 134 works
  7. 7 J. Kase Japan · #2,600,408 worldwide 522 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Mamoru Mizuhashi Japan · #2,751,164 worldwide 757 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Akira Mitsui Japan · #2,920,798 worldwide 475 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Atsushi Isoai Japan · #3,140,874 worldwide 1.8k citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Asahi Glass (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Asahi Glass (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Asahi Glass (Japan) is "ER stress (PERK/eIF2α phosphorylation) mediates the polyglutamine-induced LC3 conversion, an essential step for autophagy formation" (Yoriko Kouroku, Eriko Fujita, Isei Tanida et al., 2006), with 939 citations. Next come "Evaluation of thermal comfort using combined multi-node thermoregulation (65MN) and radiation models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD)" (533) and "Raman spectroscopic investigations of activated carbon materials" (528).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ER stress (PERK/eIF2α phosphorylation) mediates the polyglutamine-induced LC3 conversion, an essential step for autophagy formation Yoriko Kouroku, Eriko Fujita, Isei Tanida et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation 23 Jun 2006 939
2 Evaluation of thermal comfort using combined multi-node thermoregulation (65MN) and radiation models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) Shin‐ichi Tanabe, Kozo Kobayashi, Junta Nakano et al. · Energy and Buildings Jul 2002 533
3 Raman spectroscopic investigations of activated carbon materials Noriaki Shimodaira, Akio Masui · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Jul 2002 528
4 Electrical and structural properties of low resistivity tin-doped indium oxide films Yuzo Shigesato, Satoru Takaki, T. Haranoh · Journal of Applied Physics Apr 1992 363
5 Two endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) systems for the novel variant of the mutant dysferlin: ubiquitin/proteasome ERAD(I) and autophagy/lysosome ERAD(II) Eriko Fujita, Yoriko Kouroku, Atsushi Isoai et al. · Human Molecular Genetics Open access Mar 2007 349
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Which keywords describe research at Asahi Glass (Japan)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fiber Lasers, Nanostructures, Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Optical Properties, Semiconductors, Structural Analysis and Solar Cells.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles62▲ 5.0×27 topics
  2. Fiber Lasers59▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Nanostructures57▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Nanocomposites48▲ 6.5×19 topics
  5. Optical Properties44▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Semiconductors44▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Structural Analysis38▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Solar Cells37▲ 13×7 topics
  9. Nonlinear Optics34▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Glass Science34▲ 79×1 topic
  11. Rare-Earth Doped Materials34▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Nanowires34▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Catalysis32▲ 4.0×18 topics
  14. Medicinal Chemistry30▲ 8.4×6 topics
  15. Nanomaterials30▲ 3.9×14 topics
  16. Optical Modulators28▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Raman Lasers28▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Flexible Electronics27▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Spintronics27▲ 14×4 topics
  20. PET Imaging27▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Biosensors26▲ 4.9×6 topics
  22. Photodetectors26▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Pharmaceuticals26▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Bioisosteres26▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Fluorine26▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Nanocrystals25▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Integrated Circuits23▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Microresonators23▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Transparent Conductors22▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Room Temperature22▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Thin Films22▲ 8.7×9 topics
  32. Optoelectronics22▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Silicon Photonics22▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Plasmonics22▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Thin-Film Transistors22▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Ferromagnetism22▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Zinc Oxide22▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Metal-Insulator Transition20▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Microcavities20▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Nanophotonic Waveguides20▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Asahi Glass (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Fault Detection and Control Systems.

Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…0Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 0 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 0 fractional worksStructural Analysis of Composite Materials: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning and ELM0Machine Learning and ELM: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  6. 6 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning and ELM Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Mechanics of Materials 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 available9.4%not open90.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asahi Glass (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Asahi Glass (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Asahi Glass (Japan)0.0000056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Asahi Glass (Japan) 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.

10%20%Asahi Glass (Japan)11.0% in 2018all institutions10.0% in 201820002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 1991.

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