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Geological Survey of Japan

In research, Geological Survey of Japan stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,045 of 12,888 worldwide), Geophysics (#134 of 237 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#979 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Chemistry — Geophysics is 79.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,766
of 28,054 · #4,566 all time
Rank in Japan
#269
of 1,070
Research works
3.6k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Geological Survey of Japan 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 #6,045 of 12,888 10.5%295 #2910
GeophysicsSubfield #134 of 237 14.6%88 #151
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #979 of 1,209 10.5%181 #676
Environmental ScienceField #3,254 of 3,551 8.8%62 #2626

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,910 #6,045
  2. Geophysics#151 #134
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#676 #979
  4. Environmental Science#2,626 #3,254
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Geological Survey of Japan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 79.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 88.2 works80×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 180.6 works36×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 20.2 works29×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 34.6 works25×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36.40× its world share, 181 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.92× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 36.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Geological Survey of Japan?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshiki Saito, S. Togashi and Hikari Kamioka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geological Survey of Japan.

  1. 1 Yoshiki Saito Japan · #94,096 worldwide 735 citations · 88 works
  2. 2 S. Togashi Japan · #184,553 worldwide 380 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Hikari Kamioka Japan · #208,630 worldwide 399 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Kozo Uto Japan · #303,977 worldwide 133 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Shigeru Terashima Japan · #308,713 worldwide 146 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Noboru Imai Japan · #311,434 worldwide 141 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Toru Tamura Japan · #372,404 worldwide 144 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Hiroshi Shinohara Japan · #384,119 worldwide 170 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Makoto Yuasa Japan · #424,223 worldwide 84 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Jiro Naka Japan · #427,229 worldwide 59 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Geological Survey of Japan

Which keywords describe research at Geological Survey of Japan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Plate Tectonics, Climate Change, Tectonics, Holocene, Geodetic Measurements, Subduction, Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries.

▲ 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. Climate Change51▲ 6.0×35 topics
  2. Plate Tectonics47▲ 97×3 topics
  3. Tectonics40▲ 107×3 topics
  4. Geodetic Measurements35▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Holocene35▲ 96×3 topics
  6. Subduction34▲ 147×2 topics
  7. Earthquakes34▲ 187×1 topic
  8. Plate Boundaries34▲ 187×1 topic
  9. Sea Level32▲ 105×2 topics
  10. Glacial Cycles31▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Monsoon Dynamics31▲ 149×1 topic
  12. Paleoclimatology31▲ 120×2 topics
  13. Thermodynamic Modeling29▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Geochronology29▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Zircon29▲ 132×1 topic
  16. Tomography19▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Remote Sensing18▲ 4.6×20 topics
  18. Machine Learning17▲ 1.65×13 topics
  19. Microbial Communities16▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Anaerobic15▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Methane Oxidation15▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Crystal Structure Prediction11▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Mantle Dynamics11▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Sedimentation11▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Environmental Impacts11▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Fluvial Systems11▲ 130×1 topic
  27. Sequence Stratigraphy11▲ 130×1 topic
  28. Geochemistry10▲ 55×4 topics
  29. Marine Sediments9▲ 47×2 topics
  30. Hyperspectral Imaging9▲ 9.6×3 topics
  31. Continental Margin8▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Crustal Structure8▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Geological Mapping8▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Paleoproductivity8▲ 91×1 topic
  35. Paleoredox8▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Support Vector Machines7▲ 7.4×2 topics
  37. Ocean Acidification7▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Rare Earth Elements7▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Compositional Data Analysis7▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Mineral Prospectivity7▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Geological Survey of Japan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: earthquake and tectonic studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

earthquake and tectonic …34earthquake and tectonic studies: 34 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 31 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 29 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 15 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 11 fractional worksGeological formations an…11Geological formations and processes: 11 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 8 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 7 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 7 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 7 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryEarth-Surface Processes3 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 34 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 31 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 29 works
  4. 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 15 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 11 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 11 works
  7. 7 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 8 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 7 works
  10. 10 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 7 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Geological Survey of Japan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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