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Central Region Agricultural Research Center

In research, Central Region Agricultural Research Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,745 of 6,031 worldwide), Plant Science (#1,864 of 2,837 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,080 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Plant Science is 25.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,513
of 28,054 · #25,876 all time
Rank in Japan
#1,051
of 1,070
Research works
734
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Central Region Agricultural Research 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,745 of 6,031 17.5%457
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,864 of 2,837 20.5%270
Life SciencesDomain #11,080 of 14,347 17.8%551
Physical SciencesDomain #18,862 of 21,541 13.0%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Region Agricultural Research 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Central Region Agricultural Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 25.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 29.0 works26×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 47.7 works16×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 52.7 works6.2×
← 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: 15.54× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Region Agricultural Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Motoaki Asai, Satoshi Yoshinaga and Shinya Tsuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Region Agricultural Research Center.

  1. 1 Motoaki Asai Japan · #516,408 worldwide 50 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Satoshi Yoshinaga Japan · #588,412 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Shinya Tsuda Japan · #622,020 worldwide 60 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Yoshiaki Watanabe Japan · #647,107 worldwide 46 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Tomoko Shibuya Japan · #649,898 worldwide 22 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Shunji Kurokawa Japan · #692,776 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Shinsuke Fujihara Japan · #753,198 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yasuhiro Yogo Japan · #785,670 worldwide 70 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Akira Fukushima Japan · #805,705 worldwide 57 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Toshihiro Omura Japan · #1,122,346 worldwide 26 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Central Region Agricultural Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Central Region Agricultural Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: QTL Mapping, Yield Potential, Water Management, Drought Resistance, Rice, Aerobic Rice Systems, Root Traits and Climate Change.

▲ 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. QTL Mapping13▲ 171×4 topics
  2. Yield Potential10▲ 263×2 topics
  3. Water Management8▲ 108×2 topics
  4. Drought Resistance8▲ 131×3 topics
  5. Rice8▲ 218×2 topics
  6. Aerobic Rice Systems8▲ 340×1 topic
  7. Root Traits8▲ 340×1 topic
  8. Climate Change6▲ 3.7×23 topics
  9. Metabolism4▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Fermentation4▲ 45×4 topics
  11. Genetic Improvement4▲ 67×4 topics
  12. Crop Improvement4▲ 125×2 topics
  13. Forage Production4▲ 235×2 topics
  14. Crop Yield4▲ 116×2 topics
  15. Genome Sequencing4▲ 36×5 topics
  16. Biological Control3▲ 34×9 topics
  17. Ecological Statistics3▲ 443×1 topic
  18. Meta-Analysis3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  19. Structural Equation Modeling3▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Aroma Compounds3▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid3▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Plant Responses3▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Stress3▲ 13×1 topic
  24. Maize Yield3▲ 106×1 topic
  25. Nitrogen Uptake3▲ 106×1 topic
  26. Food Security3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  27. Disease Resistance3▲ 78×3 topics
  28. Drought Tolerance3▲ 29×6 topics
  29. Genetics3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  30. Flooding Stress2▲ 180×1 topic
  31. Genetic Mapping2▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Soil Fertility2▲ 17×6 topics
  34. Submergence Tolerance2▲ 180×1 topic
  35. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Genetic Variation2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 10×7 topics
  39. Breeding2▲ 41×3 topics
  40. Genome-wide Association Studies2▲ 118×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Region Agricultural Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science, GABA and Rice Research and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Rice Cultivation and Yie…8Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 8 fractional worksAgriculture, Soil, Plant…3Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science: 3 fractional worksGABA and Rice Research3GABA and Rice Research: 3 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 3 fractional worksPlant responses to water stress: 2 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…2Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 2 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 2 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cultivation: 1 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAgronomy and Crop ScienceGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 8 works
  2. 2 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  3. 3 GABA and Rice Research Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  5. 5 Plant responses to water stress Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Region Agricultural Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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