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Building Research Institute

In research, Building Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,166 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,382 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Building and Construction and Civil and Structural Engineering — Building and Construction is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,281
of 28,054 · #13,746 all time
Rank in Japan
#882
of 1,070
Research works
2.4k
▼ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Building Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #12,166 of 12,888 3.0%172 #8722
EngineeringField #6,382 of 6,636 1.9%104 #5267

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Building Research Institute 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 Building Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Building and Construction takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 24.3 works18×
  2. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 42.2 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.71× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.00× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.18× its world share, 104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.35× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Building Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Hitomitsu KIKITSU, Satoshi Kose and Takao Sawachi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Building Research Institute.

  1. 1 Hitomitsu KIKITSU Japan · #304,035 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Satoshi Kose Japan · #483,609 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Takao Sawachi Japan · #685,280 worldwide 42 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Hans Skifter Andersen Japan · #700,414 worldwide 45 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Norihito MIKI Japan · #784,473 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Yasuo KUWASAWA Japan · #848,125 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Hisashi Miura Japan · #928,172 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Hiroyuki TANANO Japan · #988,466 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Masaomi Teshigawara Japan · #1,078,198 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Toshiaki Yokoi Japan · #1,159,669 worldwide 36 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Building Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Building Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Community Participation, Biodiversity, landscape conservation, Satoyama, Construction, Mechanical Properties and Structural Engineering.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability22▲ 4.2×17 topics
  2. Community Participation16▲ 20×2 topics
  3. Biodiversity16▲ 9.8×2 topics
  4. Satoyama16▲ 731×1 topic
  5. landscape conservation16▲ 731×1 topic
  6. Mechanical Properties10▲ 4.7×16 topics
  7. Renewable Energy9▲ 3.0×14 topics
  8. Construction9▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing9▲ 3.2×14 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency9▲ 4.2×10 topics
  11. Structural Engineering7▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Durability Performance7▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Energy Consumption7▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes7▲ 72×1 topic
  15. High-Strength Materials7▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Artificial Neural Networks7▲ 6.4×3 topics
  17. Simulation7▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Community Resilience6▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Concrete Strengthening6▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites6▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Turbulent Flow6▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Thermal Comfort6▲ 20×2 topics
  25. CFD Simulation6▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Energy Simulation6▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Agent-Based Modeling5▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Agricultural Practices5▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Water Management5▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Evacuation5▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Pedestrian Dynamics5▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Model Predictive Control5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  33. Boundary Layer5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Air Quality5▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Building Energy Consumption5▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Pedestrian Wind Comfort5▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Buildings5▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Urban Microclimate5▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Disaster Recovery5▲ 286×1 topic
  40. Urban Reconstruction5▲ 286×1 topic

Which research topics does Building Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis.

Urban and spatial planning16Urban and spatial planning: 16 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing Analysis: 7 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 6 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis: 5 fractional worksEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics: 5 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 5 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…5Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 5 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 5 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety research: 4 fractional worksSeismic Performance and Analysis: 4 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  2. 2 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 6 works
  4. 4 Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  5. 5 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics Ocean Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 5 works
  8. 8 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 5 works
  9. 9 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  10. 10 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 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 available59.9%not open40.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Building Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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