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Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)

In research, Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,662 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#7,691 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,150
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#856
of 1,923
Research works
520
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.63×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)

What is Chugoku Electric Power (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 #12,662 of 17,446 3.6%384
EngineeringField #7,691 of 9,532 3.3%252

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chugoku Electric Power (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 Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Materials Science (9%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 80.0% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 48.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKChugoku ElectricPower (Japan)41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences9%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2048.3%
    2. Materials Science48.7%
    3. Computer Science25.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.8%
    5. Environmental Science24.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy24.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.7%
    8. Chemistry11.7%
    9. Energy01.2%
    1. Medicine24.4%
    2. Dentistry12.4%
    3. Health Professions12.2%
    1. Social Sciences25.7%
    2. Decision Sciences12.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    2. Neuroscience00.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.92× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.22× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.99× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.99×1 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.92×1 works
  3. Engineering3.22×20 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.06×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.88×1 works
  6. Materials Science2.49×4 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.81×2 works
  8. Energy1.32×0 works
  9. Chemistry1.07×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.84×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.84×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.70×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.45×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×0 works
  16. Medicine0.23×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Minoru KITAGAWA, Takahito OIKAWA and Ichiro YOSHIOKA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chugoku Electric Power (Japan).

  1. 1 Minoru KITAGAWA Japan · #2,307,601 worldwide 1.5k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Takahito OIKAWA Japan · #3,998,415 worldwide 161 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ichiro YOSHIOKA Japan · #4,095,749 worldwide 237 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Hitoshi Miyoshi Japan · #4,496,442 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Akio HOSODA Japan · #4,907,151 worldwide 121 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Seiji Kawauchi Japan · #5,069,421 worldwide 96 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Tanaka Masaaki Japan · #5,086,246 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Jun Takehara Japan · #5,112,495 worldwide 163 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Tetsuo Abiru Japan · #5,305,122 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Yoshiro Sakurai Japan · #5,471,774 worldwide 157 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) is "Titania Nanotubes Prepared by Chemical Processing" (T. Kasuga, M. Hiramatsu, A. Hoson et al., 1999), with 1,549 citations. Next come "Biodiesel production from crude Jatropha curcas L. seed oil with a high content of free fatty acids" (1,018) and "High temperature steam-only gasification of woody biomass" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Titania Nanotubes Prepared by Chemical Processing T. Kasuga, M. Hiramatsu, A. Hoson et al. · Advanced Materials Oct 1999 1,549
2 Biodiesel production from crude Jatropha curcas L. seed oil with a high content of free fatty acids Hanny Johanes Berchmans, Shizuko Hirata · Bioresource Technology 25 May 2007 1,018
3 High temperature steam-only gasification of woody biomass Kentaro Umeki, Koichi I. Yamamoto, Tomoaki Namioka et al. · Applied Energy 22 Oct 2009 289
4 Hydrothermal Stability and Performance of Silica-Zirconia Membranes for Hydrogen Separation in Hydrothermal Conditions. Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Yoshio Hirano, Hironori Fujii et al. · JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN Open access 2001 167
5 Multifunctional communication inRiptortus clavatus (Heteroptera: Alydidae): Conspecific nymphs and egg parasitoidOoencyrtus nezarae use the same adult attractant pheromone as chemical cue Walter Soares Leal, Hiroya Higuchi, Nobuo Mizutani et al. · Journal of Chemical Ecology Jul 1995 154
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Nonlinear Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Microstructure, Tomography, Material Properties, Oxidation Resistance and Numerical Simulation.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy3▲ 4.8×12 topics
  2. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 23×4 topics
  3. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 24×2 topics
  4. Microstructure2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  5. Material Properties2▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Tomography2▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Catalysis2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  8. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.93×6 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  11. Numerical Simulation1▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Sintering1▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Spark Plasma Sintering1▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Climate Change1◆ 1.04×10 topics
  15. Data Analysis1▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Fatigue Crack Closure1▲ 100×1 topic
  17. Fracture Toughness Testing1▲ 100×1 topic
  18. Sustainability1▲ 1.18×8 topics
  19. Axially Moving Systems1▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Finite Element Method1▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Gender Differences1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  22. Loosening Mechanism1▲ 282×1 topic
  23. Machine Learning1▼ 0.83×5 topics
  24. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Structural Analysis1▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Threaded Fasteners1▲ 282×1 topic
  27. Vibration Analysis1▲ 9.8×1 topic
  28. Vibration-based Damage Identification1▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Wireless Sensors1▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Interaction Techniques1▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Neutron Imaging1▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Quality of Life1▲ 1.72×5 topics
  33. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Smart Grid1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Social Work1▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Tangible User Interfaces1▲ 129×1 topic
  37. Welfare State1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Engineering Structural Analysis Methods and Vibration and Dynamic Analysis.

Fatigue and fracture mec…1Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 1 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…1Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 1 fractional worksEngineering Structural Analysis Methods: 1 fractional worksVibration and Dynamic An…1Vibration and Dynamic Analysis: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…1Nuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 1 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 1 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…1Engineering Applied Research: 1 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 1 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 1 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  2. 2 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Engineering Structural Analysis Methods Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Vibration and Dynamic Analysis Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Chugoku Electric Power (Japan)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chugoku Electric Power (Japan) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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