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Horiba (Japan)

In research, Horiba (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,175 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,159
of 22,385 · #17,824 all time
Rank in Japan
#403
of 924
Research works
862
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Horiba (Japan)

What is Horiba (Japan) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,175 of 10,670 3.9%104 #10515

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Horiba (Japan) 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 fields of science does Horiba (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Horiba (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Materials Science (10%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 123 fractional works · 78.4% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 38.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHoriba (Japan)157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering6138.7%
    2. Materials Science1610.0%
    3. Environmental Science127.4%
    4. Chemistry116.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy74.6%
    6. Computer Science64.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering32.2%
    9. Energy21.4%
    10. Mathematics10.5%
    1. Medicine106.5%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences42.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.18× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.39× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.58× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.86× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.06× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.18×3 works
  2. Chemistry4.39×11 works
  3. Materials Science2.86×16 works
  4. Engineering2.58×61 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.06×7 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.77×4 works
  7. Energy1.51×2 works
  8. Environmental Science1.49×12 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.18×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.95×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×8 works
  12. Computer Science0.52×6 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  16. Nursing0.40×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  19. Medicine0.34×10 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  22. Psychology0.21×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.20×4 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Horiba (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mayu Morita, Shintaro Komatani and Masaya Takizawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Horiba (Japan).

  1. 1 Mayu Morita Japan · #317,474 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Shintaro Komatani Japan · #521,537 worldwide 999 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Masaya Takizawa Japan · #2,976,484 worldwide 519 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Luke Bates Japan · #3,967,599 worldwide 261 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Takaaki Minami Japan · #4,024,915 worldwide 181 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Nataliya Nabatova-Gabain Japan · #4,141,182 worldwide 638 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Kazuhiro Miyamura Japan · #4,454,526 worldwide 172 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yasushi Nakata Japan · #4,486,612 worldwide 161 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Scott T. Porter Japan · #4,612,530 worldwide 574 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Shigeru Nakatani Japan · #4,640,806 worldwide 838 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Horiba (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Horiba (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Horiba (Japan) is "High‐Quality Black Phosphorus Atomic Layers by Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation" (Poya Yasaei, Bijandra Kumar, Tara Foroozan et al., 2015), with 837 citations. Next come "The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries" (657) and "Microplastic and mesoplastic contamination in canned sardines and sprats" (382).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High‐Quality Black Phosphorus Atomic Layers by Liquid‐Phase Exfoliation Poya Yasaei, Bijandra Kumar, Tara Foroozan et al. · Advanced Materials 2 Feb 2015 837
2 The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries Ali Karami, Abolfazl Golieskardi, Cheng Keong Choo et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 6 Apr 2017 657
3 Microplastic and mesoplastic contamination in canned sardines and sprats Ali Karami, Abolfazl Golieskardi, Cheng Keong Choo et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 25 Sep 2017 382
4 Microplastics in eviscerated flesh and excised organs of dried fish Ali Karami, Abolfazl Golieskardi, Yu Bin Ho et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 10 Jul 2017 368
5 Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites Tetsuya Yokoyama et al. · Science Open access149 authors 9 Jun 2022 354
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Horiba (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Raman Spectroscopy, CO2 Emissions, Eco-Driving, Fuel Consumption, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Cancer Detection and Biomedical Imaging.

▲ 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. Machine Learning10▲ 1.94×17 topics
  2. Raman Spectroscopy7▲ 24×5 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications7▲ 3.7×15 topics
  4. Nanoparticles5▲ 2.7×24 topics
  5. CO2 Emissions5▲ 18×2 topics
  6. Eco-Driving5▲ 66×1 topic
  7. Fuel Consumption5▲ 44×1 topic
  8. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.2×8 topics
  9. Nanomaterials5▲ 2.9×9 topics
  10. Cancer Detection4▲ 43×2 topics
  11. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  12. Biomedical Imaging4▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Breath Analysis4▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Vibrational Spectroscopy4▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Infrared Spectroscopy4▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Nanostructures4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  17. Protein Analysis4▲ 71×1 topic
  18. Semiconductors4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  19. Smart Grid3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  20. Hardware-in-the-Loop3▲ 88×1 topic
  21. Numerical Simulation3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Real-Time Simulation3▲ 88×1 topic
  23. Particulate Matter3▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Hyperspectral Imaging3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  25. Recycling3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Sensors3▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Spectroscopic Databases3▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers3▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Water Quality3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  30. Chemical Sensors3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  31. Solar Cells3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  32. Machine Vision3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Adaptive2▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Control2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy2▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Wastewater2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Actuators2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Monitoring2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Horiba (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle emissions and performance, Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Real-time simulation and control systems and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Vehicle emissions and performance: 5 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 4 fractional worksReal-time simulation and…3Real-time simulation and control systems: 3 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser A…3Spectroscopy and Laser Applications: 3 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring and Analysis: 2 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…2Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 2 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 2 fractional worksDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 2 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 2 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringBiophysicsControl and Systems EngineeringSpectroscopy5 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 3 works
  5. 5 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Horiba (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Horiba (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Horiba (Japan)0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Horiba (Japan) 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 2025Horiba (Japan)5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2022.

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