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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Plant ScienceSubfield · 25.0 works14×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 53.3 works11×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Veterinary 28.6×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10.8×
- Nursing 3.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.4×
- Environmental Science 2.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.9×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.5×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
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 Kenji Asano Japan · #84,845 worldwide 192 citations · 38 works
- 2 Norio Sato Japan · #103,189 worldwide 212 citations · 49 works
- 3 Motoyuki Mori Japan · #415,904 worldwide 82 citations · 18 works
- 4 Takahiro Noda Japan · #582,184 worldwide 204 citations · 63 works
- 5 Tatsuo Sasaki Japan · #691,997 worldwide 3 citations · 26 works
- 6 Kenji Fujino Japan · #757,632 worldwide 49 citations · 31 works
- 7 Hiroaki Yamauchi Japan · #813,522 worldwide 122 citations · 37 works
- 8 Noriyuki Murakami Japan · #858,237 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
- 9 Yuji Oda Japan · #858,371 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
- 10 Kazunori Taguchi Japan · #906,555 worldwide 83 citations · 17 works
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.
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Livestock Production
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Genome Sequencing
- Biomass Estimation
- Soil Food Web
- Water Management
- Animal Breeding
- Phylogenetic Relationships
- Population Genetics
- Global Change
- Drought Resistance
- Genetic Mapping
- Plant Breeding
- Potato
- Marker-Assisted Selection
- Uterine Disease
- QTL Mapping
- Oxidative Stress
- Dairy Cattle
- Climate Change
- Genetic Diversity
- Energy Balance
- Reproductive Loss
- Metabolism
- Biological Control
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Animal Welfare
- Toxicity
- Antioxidants
- Molecular Pathology
- Nematodes
- Yield Potential
- Genomic Selection
- Plant-Parasitic
- Acrylamide
- Maillard Reaction
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Crop Improvement
- Milk Composition
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
- Climate Change11▲ 4.0×34 topics
- Dairy Cattle8▲ 146×2 topics
- Genetic Diversity6▲ 14×8 topics
- Oxidative Stress6▲ 3.6×7 topics
- Energy Balance6▲ 97×2 topics
- QTL Mapping6▲ 47×6 topics
- Reproductive Loss6▲ 202×1 topic
- Uterine Disease6▲ 202×1 topic
- Metabolism5▲ 9.8×4 topics
- Marker-Assisted Selection5▲ 61×3 topics
- Biological Control5▲ 32×6 topics
- Potato4▲ 113×2 topics
- Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 75×3 topics
- Plant Breeding4▲ 41×3 topics
- Animal Welfare4▲ 43×4 topics
- Genetic Mapping4▲ 49×3 topics
- Toxicity4▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Drought Resistance4▲ 38×4 topics
- Antioxidants4▲ 7.7×5 topics
- Global Change4▲ 13×4 topics
- Molecular Pathology4▲ 33×2 topics
- Population Genetics4▲ 25×2 topics
- Nematodes4▲ 69×2 topics
- Phylogenetic Relationships4▲ 48×3 topics
- Yield Potential3▲ 57×2 topics
- Animal Breeding3▲ 70×1 topic
- Genomic Selection3▲ 70×1 topic
- Water Management3▲ 26×2 topics
- Plant-Parasitic3▲ 122×1 topic
- Soil Food Web3▲ 122×1 topic
- Acrylamide3▲ 134×1 topic
- Biomass Estimation3▲ 19×3 topics
- Maillard Reaction3▲ 134×1 topic
- Genome Sequencing3▲ 18×4 topics
- Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 43×3 topics
- Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 12×5 topics
- Crop Improvement3▲ 53×2 topics
- Livestock Production3▲ 26×3 topics
- Milk Composition3▲ 58×2 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
- 2 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 3 works
- 3 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 3 works
- 4 Potato Plant Research Food Science 3 works
- 5 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
- 6 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 2 works
- 7 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
- 8 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
- 9 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Sapporo
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo Medical University
- Hokkaido University of Science
- Hokkaido University Hospital
- Hokkaido University of Education
- Hokkaido Pharmaceutical University
- Sapporo University
- Hokkai Gakuen University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.