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IIJ Research Laboratory

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World rank, all time
#37,321
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,679
of 2,112
Research works
145
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
776
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.39× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at IIJ Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Globalization, Virtualization, Legal Regulation, Resource Management, Culture and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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. Distributed Systems4▲ 49×6 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 1.76×12 topics
  4. Cloud Computing3▲ 21×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.53×10 topics
  6. Virtualization3▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Legal Regulation2▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  9. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  10. Resource Management2▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Culture2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  12. History2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  13. Economic Development2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Human Rights2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  15. Anomaly Detection2▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Economic Security2▲ 15×1 topic
  17. Transport Policy2▲ 25×1 topic
  18. Big Data2▲ 3.3×1 topic
  19. MapReduce2▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Pedagogy2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  21. Science2▲ 12×2 topics
  22. 5G Networks1▲ 13×2 topics
  23. International Law1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  24. Agricultural Economics1▲ 260×1 topic
  25. Air Force1▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Criminal Justice1▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Drug Trafficking1▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Islam1▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Law Enforcement1▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Modernization1▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Parallel Computing1▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Rock Mechanics1▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Social Influence1▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Soil Treatment1▲ 371×1 topic
  35. Wave Propagation1▲ 23×1 topic
  36. DRM1▲ 401×1 topic
  37. Fault Tolerance1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Interoperable1▲ 401×1 topic
  39. Network Virtualization1▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Software-Defined Networking1▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does IIJ Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Legal and Regulatory Ana…2Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…2Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 1 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…1Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksMechanical Systems and E…1Mechanical Systems and Engineering: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksDigital Rights Management and Security: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geography and…1Historical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksDistributed systems and fault tolerance: 1 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 1 fractional works
TransportationInformation SystemsMechanics of MaterialsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  2. 2 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Systems and Engineering Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  6. 6 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Rights Management and Security Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  9. 9 Distributed systems and fault tolerance Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IIJ Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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