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Hokkaido Research Organization

In research, Hokkaido Research Organization stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,327 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#7,103 of 7,800 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,289 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025.

World rank, 2022–2025
#18,277
of 28,054 · #23,860 all time
Rank in Japan
#504
of 1,070
Research works
1.1k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Hokkaido Research Organization 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 #11,327 of 12,888 5.4%119 #16384
Life SciencesDomain #7,103 of 7,800 5.9%83 #11324
Environmental ScienceField #3,289 of 3,551 7.7%61 #4902

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hokkaido Research Organization 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#16,384 #11,327
  2. Life Sciences#11,324 #7,103
  3. Environmental Science#4,902 #3,289
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.

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: 5.32× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.76× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.31× its world share, 61 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.34× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hokkaido Research Organization?

Ranked on the composite score, Masahiko Nakagawa, Hiroki Hirayama and Tadashi Kawai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hokkaido Research Organization.

  1. 1 Masahiko Nakagawa Japan · #874,554 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Hiroki Hirayama Japan · #902,650 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Tadashi Kawai Japan · #1,273,002 worldwide 53 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Hirokazu Urabe Japan · #1,331,369 worldwide 6 citations · 153 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Torita Japan · #1,504,071 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Yasuhiro Kuwahara Japan · #1,507,736 worldwide 6 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Kiyomitsu Kitano Japan · #1,514,728 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Satoshi Ishimaru Japan · #1,529,319 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hokkaido Research Organization

Which keywords describe research at Hokkaido Research Organization?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, Aquaculture, Genetic Diversity and Ecosystem Services.

▲ 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 Change38▲ 6.1×55 topics
  2. Invasive Species16▲ 16×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity14▲ 8.1×19 topics
  4. Conservation11▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Sustainability10▲ 1.75×20 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Aquaculture9▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity8▲ 8.3×11 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services8▲ 9.3×6 topics
  10. Fisheries Sustainability8▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Population Dynamics8▲ 14×9 topics
  12. Food Security7▲ 5.4×9 topics
  13. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.4×19 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades7▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Global Change6▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 8.5×8 topics
  18. Forest Management6▲ 41×4 topics
  19. Biomass Estimation5▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Benthic Communities5▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Climate Change Impact5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  22. Ecosystem Management5▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Marine Biodiversity5▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Coastal Protection5▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Biogeography5▲ 8.2×9 topics
  28. Ocean Acidification5▲ 27×3 topics
  29. QTL Mapping5▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Genome Sequencing4▲ 13×5 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding4▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem4▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Fish Population Dynamics4▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Marine Fisheries4▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Tropical Forests4▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Allometric Models4▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Carbon Stocks4▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Quantitative Trait Loci4▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Hokkaido Research Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and fisheries research, Forest ecology and management, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 3 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  8. 8 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 3 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hokkaido Research Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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