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Hokkaido Research Organization

In research, Hokkaido Research Organization stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,954 of 6,403 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,998 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,113 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology (Ecology is 11.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,611
of 22,385 · #19,243 all time
Rank in Japan
#457
of 924
Research works
1.1k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Hokkaido Research Organization

What is Hokkaido Research Organization known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #4,954 of 6,403 3.5%83 #7476
Environmental ScienceField #2,998 of 3,334 3.8%61 #4106
Physical SciencesDomain #10,113 of 10,670 3.2%119 #13606

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Life Sciences#7,476 #4,954
  2. Environmental Science#4,106 #2,998
  3. Physical Sciences#13,606 #10,113
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Hokkaido Research Organization work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Hokkaido Research Organization is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Engineering (13%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 140 fractional works · 52.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 71 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 8.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 97 fractional works · 36.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 24.3% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHokkaido ResearchOrganization270fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science7126.3%
    2. Engineering3512.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences217.7%
    4. Materials Science51.7%
    5. Computer Science41.4%
    6. Energy20.9%
    7. Chemistry20.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6624.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology217.9%
    3. Neuroscience52.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology51.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine145.2%
    2. Nursing20.6%
    3. Veterinary20.6%
    4. Health Professions10.5%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Social Sciences72.5%
    2. Psychology20.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hokkaido Research Organization specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 23.5 works11×
← 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: 5.12× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.89× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.29× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.55× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.29×71 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.12×66 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.89×21 works
  4. Veterinary4.55×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.77×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.48×21 works
  7. Nursing1.28×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.25×6 works
  9. Energy0.96×2 works
  10. Engineering0.85×35 works
  11. Materials Science0.50×5 works
  12. Chemistry0.47×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.41×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×2 works
  15. Psychology0.28×2 works
  16. Medicine0.27×14 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.23×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.20×7 works
  20. Computer Science0.19×4 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Hokkaido Research Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, Yoko Yamashita, Shizen Ohnishi and Katsunori Anezaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hokkaido Research Organization.

  1. 1 Yoko Yamashita Japan · #2,226,194 worldwide 444 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Shizen Ohnishi Japan · #2,249,996 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Katsunori Anezaki Japan · #3,166,331 worldwide 521 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Hironobu Jinno Japan · #3,223,881 worldwide 324 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Yoshitaka Matsui Japan · #3,295,070 worldwide 198 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Satoru Ono Japan · #3,458,552 worldwide 220 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Miyuki Kayamori Japan · #3,471,988 worldwide 322 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Akiko Nagasaka Japan · #3,950,318 worldwide 643 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Hirokazu Kon Japan · #3,971,627 worldwide 634 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Takashi Shimamura Japan · #4,041,466 worldwide 808 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Hokkaido Research Organization

What are the most cited papers from Hokkaido Research Organization?

The most cited paper from Hokkaido Research Organization is "NEMURO—a lower trophic level model for the North Pacific marine ecosystem" (Michio J. Kishi et al., 2006), with 372 citations. Next come "The genome sequence of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) for use in genomics-assisted breeding" (329) and "Analysis of bacterial communities on alkaline phosphatase genes in soil supplied with organic matter" (307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NEMURO—a lower trophic level model for the North Pacific marine ecosystem Michio J. Kishi et al. · Ecological Modelling Open access 2 Dec 2006 372
2 The genome sequence of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) for use in genomics-assisted breeding Kenta Shirasawa, Kanji Isuzugawa, Mitsunobu Ikenaga et al. · DNA Research Open access 26 Apr 2017 329
3 Analysis of bacterial communities on alkaline phosphatase genes in soil supplied with organic matter Michihiko Sakurai, Jun Wasaki, Tomizawa Yuiko et al. · Soil Science & Plant Nutrition Open access Feb 2008 307
4 Unleashing floret fertility in wheat through the mutation of a homeobox gene Shun Sakuma, Guy Golan, Zifeng Guo et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 21 Feb 2019 238
5 Development of biological soil disinfestations in Japan Noriaki Momma, Yuso Kobara, Seiji Uematsu et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 Apr 2013 210
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hokkaido Research Organization?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Aquaculture, Habitat Fragmentation, Population Dynamics 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-now 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 Change42▲ 5.7×55 topics
  2. Invasive Species18▲ 16×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity15▲ 7.4×20 topics
  4. Conservation13▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Sustainability12▲ 1.87×22 topics
  6. Aquaculture12▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Population Dynamics10▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Ecosystem Services9▲ 9.0×7 topics
  10. Environmental Impact9▲ 1.99×22 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Genetic Diversity9▲ 7.4×11 topics
  13. Food Security8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  14. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.4×20 topics
  15. Trophic Cascades8▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Global Change7▲ 9.8×5 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Forest Management6▲ 38×4 topics
  20. Ecosystem Management6▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Ecosystem Resilience6▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Benthic Communities6▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Biomass Estimation6▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Coastal Protection6▲ 30×2 topics
  26. DNA Barcoding6▲ 12×7 topics
  27. QTL Mapping6▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Ocean Acidification5▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Biogeography5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  30. Climate Change Impact5▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Genome Sequencing5▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Freshwater Biodiversity5▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Marine Environment5▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Fish Population Dynamics5▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Marine Fisheries5▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Ecosystem5▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Functional Foods4▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 9.8×9 topics

Which research topics does Hokkaido Research Organization publish most on?

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

Marine and fisheries res…5Marine and fisheries research: 5 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…4Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…4Forest ecology and management: 4 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …4Tree Root and Stability Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…3Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 3 fractional worksEchinoderm biology and ecology: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationMechanical EngineeringOceanography3 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 4 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 3 works
  10. 10 Echinoderm biology and ecology Aquatic Science 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hokkaido Research Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hokkaido Research Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hokkaido Research Organization0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hokkaido Research Organization over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hokkaido Research Organization6.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.1% in 2025.

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