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Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center

In research, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,648 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 13.8× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#22,680
of 28,054 · #19,081 all time
Rank in Japan
#723
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center 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
Life SciencesDomain #7,648 of 7,800 7.0%68 #9015

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hokkaido 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 Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 25.0 works14×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 53.3 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 10.77× its world share, 53 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.29× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 3.83× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 28.60× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenji Asano, Norio Sato and Motoyuki Mori lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center.

  1. 1 Kenji Asano Japan · #84,845 worldwide 192 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Norio Sato Japan · #103,189 worldwide 212 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Motoyuki Mori Japan · #415,904 worldwide 82 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Takahiro Noda Japan · #582,184 worldwide 204 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Tatsuo Sasaki Japan · #691,997 worldwide 3 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Kenji Fujino Japan · #757,632 worldwide 49 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Hiroaki Yamauchi Japan · #813,522 worldwide 122 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Noriyuki Murakami Japan · #858,237 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Yuji Oda Japan · #858,371 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Kazunori Taguchi Japan · #906,555 worldwide 83 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Dairy Cattle, Genetic Diversity, QTL Mapping, Energy Balance, Reproductive Loss, Uterine Disease and Metabolism.

▲ 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 Change11▲ 4.0×34 topics
  2. Dairy Cattle8▲ 146×2 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity6▲ 14×8 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.6×7 topics
  5. Energy Balance6▲ 97×2 topics
  6. QTL Mapping6▲ 47×6 topics
  7. Reproductive Loss6▲ 202×1 topic
  8. Uterine Disease6▲ 202×1 topic
  9. Metabolism5▲ 9.8×4 topics
  10. Marker-Assisted Selection5▲ 61×3 topics
  11. Biological Control5▲ 32×6 topics
  12. Potato4▲ 113×2 topics
  13. Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 75×3 topics
  14. Plant Breeding4▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Animal Welfare4▲ 43×4 topics
  16. Genetic Mapping4▲ 49×3 topics
  17. Toxicity4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  18. Drought Resistance4▲ 38×4 topics
  19. Antioxidants4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  20. Global Change4▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Molecular Pathology4▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Population Genetics4▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Nematodes4▲ 69×2 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Relationships4▲ 48×3 topics
  25. Yield Potential3▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Animal Breeding3▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Genomic Selection3▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Water Management3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Plant-Parasitic3▲ 122×1 topic
  30. Soil Food Web3▲ 122×1 topic
  31. Acrylamide3▲ 134×1 topic
  32. Biomass Estimation3▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Maillard Reaction3▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Genome Sequencing3▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 43×3 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Crop Improvement3▲ 53×2 topics
  38. Livestock Production3▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Milk Composition3▲ 58×2 topics
  40. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Nematode management and characterization studies and Potato Plant Research.

  1. 1 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  2. 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Potato Plant Research Food Science 3 works
  5. 5 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  6. 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 2 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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