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Canon (Japan)

In research, Canon (Japan) stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,844 of 9,902 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,731 of 10,670 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,159 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is 13.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,659
of 22,385 · #6,829 all time
Rank in Japan
#127
of 924
Research works
2.9k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
37k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%

What is Canon (Japan) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,844 of 9,902 11.8%104 #7359
Physical SciencesDomain #5,731 of 10,670 6.3%154 #8609
MedicineField #5,159 of 8,541 11.8%98 #7494
EngineeringField #4,350 of 5,901 4.9%81 #4171
Social SciencesDomain #7,106 of 9,585 11.9%75 #9777

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canon (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#7,359 #4,844
  2. Physical Sciences#8,609 #5,731
  3. Medicine#7,494 #5,159
  4. Engineering#4,171 #4,350
  5. Social Sciences#9,777 #7,106
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Canon (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Canon (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Engineering (23%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 171 fractional works · 43.8% of its workEngineering: 92 fractional works · 23.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInstrumentation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 116 fractional works · 29.8% of its workMedicine: 109 fractional works · 28.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 48 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 6.2% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCanon (Japan)391fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences21%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9223.4%
    2. Computer Science246.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy225.7%
    4. Materials Science112.9%
    5. Environmental Science102.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.3%
    7. Chemistry51.2%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine10928.0%
    2. Health Professions51.4%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    1. Social Sciences4210.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities246.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting61.6%
    4. Psychology51.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.2%
    2. Neuroscience51.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Canon (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 48.1 works14×
  2. Biomedical EngineeringSubfield · 30.9 works3.8×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.56× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.54× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.54×22 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.15×24 works
  3. Engineering1.56×92 works
  4. Medicine1.45×109 works
  5. Social Sciences0.85×42 works
  6. Materials Science0.84×11 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×5 works
  8. Chemistry0.79×5 works
  9. Neuroscience0.78×5 works
  10. Computer Science0.78×24 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×5 works
  12. Health Professions0.53×6 works
  13. Environmental Science0.50×10 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.49×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×6 works
  16. Dentistry0.47×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.43×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×9 works
  19. Psychology0.42×5 works
  20. Nursing0.37×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  22. Energy0.31×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.28×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×1 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×4 works

Who are the top researchers at Canon (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Hideya Kumomi, Kazuhiro Morimoto and Hirokatsu Miyata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canon (Japan).

  1. 1 Hideya Kumomi Japan · #967,580 worldwide 4.7k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Kazuhiro Morimoto Japan · #1,449,145 worldwide 2.4k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Hirokatsu Miyata Japan · #1,627,891 worldwide 1.7k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Masao Yui Japan · #1,861,121 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Katsumi Abe Japan · #1,926,438 worldwide 4.8k citations · 165 works
  6. 6 Kirsten Boedeker Japan · #1,937,604 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Otto Albrecht Japan · #2,020,356 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 T. Yagi Japan · #2,345,610 worldwide 856 citations · 155 works
  9. 9 Akira Tsuboyama Japan · #2,358,368 worldwide 2.2k citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Naruomi Akino Japan · #2,408,407 worldwide 810 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Canon (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Canon (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Canon (Japan) is "Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Nanostructures Made Easy" (C. Jeffrey Brinker, Yunfeng Lu, Alan Sellinger et al., 1999), with 2,061 citations. Next come "Homoleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes with Highly Efficient Red Phosphorescence and Application to Organic Light-Emitting Diode" (1,309) and "High-mobility thin-film transistor with amorphous InGaZnO4 channel fabricated by room temperature rf-magnetron sputtering" (1,139).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Nanostructures Made Easy C. Jeffrey Brinker, Yunfeng Lu, Alan Sellinger et al. · Advanced Materials May 1999 2,061
2 Homoleptic Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes with Highly Efficient Red Phosphorescence and Application to Organic Light-Emitting Diode Akira Tsuboyama, Hironobu Iwawaki, Manabu Furugori et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 27 Sep 2003 1,309
3 High-mobility thin-film transistor with amorphous InGaZnO4 channel fabricated by room temperature rf-magnetron sputtering Hisato Yabuta, Masafumi Sano, Katsumi Abe et al. · Applied Physics Letters 11 Sep 2006 1,139
4 A multiple-baseline stereo Masatoshi Okutomi, Takeo Kanade · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Apr 1993 944
5 Quantum size effects on photoluminescence in ultrafine Si particles H. Takagi, H. Ogawa, Yuzo Yamazaki et al. · Applied Physics Letters 11 Jun 1990 875
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Canon (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Magnetic Resonance Imaging, High-Resolution Patterning, Imaging, Reconstruction, Quantitative, PET/CT, tumor and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning27▲ 2.0×37 topics
  2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging22▲ 22×8 topics
  3. High-Resolution Patterning16▲ 199×2 topics
  4. Imaging15▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Cancer15▲ 2.8×9 topics
  6. Reconstruction15▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Quantitative14▲ 41×2 topics
  8. PET/CT14▲ 66×1 topic
  9. tumor14▲ 66×1 topic
  10. Migration14▲ 10×4 topics
  11. European Union13▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Church-State Relations13▲ 193×2 topics
  13. Freedom of Religion13▲ 193×2 topics
  14. Canon Law13▲ 224×1 topic
  15. Religious Policy13▲ 224×1 topic
  16. Radiation Exposure12▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Religion12▲ 6.7×17 topics
  18. Spectral Imaging11▲ 54×2 topics
  19. Biological Applications11▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Perfusion Imaging11▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Medical Imaging11▲ 5.1×8 topics
  22. Dual-Energy CT10▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Material Differentiation10▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Texture Analysis10▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Spectroscopy9▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Nanoscale Patterning9▲ 88×2 topics
  27. Nanofabrication9▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Nanolithography9▲ 188×1 topic
  29. Soft Lithography9▲ 188×1 topic
  30. Electron Beam Lithography8▲ 213×1 topic
  31. Resolution Limits8▲ 213×1 topic
  32. Functional MRI8▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Parallel Imaging7▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging7▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Cancer Risk7▲ 7.9×7 topics
  36. Catholicism7▲ 47×3 topics
  37. Coronary Artery Disease7▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Computed Tomography6▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Canon (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Theology and Canon Law Studies, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging and Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques.

  1. 1 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 14 works
  2. 2 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 13 works
  3. 3 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  8. 8 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  9. 9 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Canon (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 Canon (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Canon (Japan)0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Canon (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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Canon (Japan)7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 1992.

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