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HI-LEX (Japan)

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Research works
16
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
99
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
HI-LEX (Japan)

Not ranked overall: HI-LEX (Japan) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does HI-LEX (Japan) work in?

In all years, 59% of research at HI-LEX (Japan) is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Psychology (15%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 58.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 14.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 12.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workALL ITS WORKHI-LEX (Japan)16fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences59%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences425.6%
    2. Psychology214.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities212.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance16.3%
    1. Engineering211.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy14.2%
    3. Computer Science13.8%
    4. Environmental Science01.6%
    5. Materials Science01.2%
    1. Medicine17.3%
    2. Veterinary02.1%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
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: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 6.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 12.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities12.05×2 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy6.02×1 works
  3. Social Sciences1.72×1 works
  4. Engineering1.11×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.01×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.43×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×0 works

What are the most cited papers from HI-LEX (Japan)?

The most cited paper from HI-LEX (Japan) is "Reproducibility of three dimensional digital preoperative planning for the osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures" (Yuichi Yoshii, Takuya Kusakabe, Kenichi Akita et al., 2017), with 47 citations. Next come "Development of a biointegrated mandibular reconstruction device consisting of bone compatible titanium fiber mesh scaffold" (40) and "Hydroxyapatite coating for titanium fibre mesh scaffold enhances osteoblast activity and bone tissue formation" (29).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reproducibility of three dimensional digital preoperative planning for the osteosynthesis of distal radius fractures Yuichi Yoshii, Takuya Kusakabe, Kenichi Akita et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® Open access 13 Apr 2017 47
2 Development of a biointegrated mandibular reconstruction device consisting of bone compatible titanium fiber mesh scaffold Makoto Hirota, Takaki Shima, Itaru Sato et al. · Biomaterials 29 Sep 2015 40
3 Hydroxyapatite coating for titanium fibre mesh scaffold enhances osteoblast activity and bone tissue formation Makoto Hirota, Tohru Hayakawa, Masao Yoshinari et al. · International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 16 Apr 2012 29
4 Development of the wing‐attached rod for acceleration of “Biotube” vascular grafts fabrication in vivo Osamu Sakai, Keiichi Kanda, Hatsue Ishibashi‐Ueda et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials 4 Apr 2007 26
5 Implantation With New Three-Dimensional Porous Titanium Web for Treatment of Parietal Bone Defect in Rabbit Zhikun Guo, Shouhei Iku, MU Ling-min et al. · Artificial Organs 9 Apr 2013 25
All 18 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does HI-LEX (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Semiotics and Representation Studies, Origins and Evolution of Life, Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Semiotics and Representation Studies: 1 fractional worksOrigins and Evolution of Life: 1 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…0Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…0Environmental Sustainability and Education: 0 fractional worksLegal and Social Justice…0Legal and Social Justice Studies: 0 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksMarriage and Family Dynamics: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhilosophyBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Semiotics and Representation Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  2. 2 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 1 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  6. 6 Legal and Social Justice Studies Law 0 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  9. 9 Marriage and Family Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has HI-LEX (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 HI-LEX (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%HI-LEX (Japan)0.000028% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of HI-LEX (Japan) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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