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Institute for Rural Engineering

In research, Institute for Rural Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#20,277 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,396
of 28,054 · #37,398 all time
Rank in Japan
#1,041
of 1,070
Research works
455
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Institute for Rural Engineering known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #20,277 of 21,541 8.2%278

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Rural Engineering 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).

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: 3.72× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.98× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Rural Engineering?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideo Aizaki, S. Sase and Yoshiyuki Mohri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Rural Engineering.

  1. 1 Hideo Aizaki Japan · #415,315 worldwide 59 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 S. Sase Japan · #479,971 worldwide 124 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Yoshiyuki Mohri Japan · #596,980 worldwide 86 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Hideharu KURITA Japan · #632,608 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Eisaku Shiratani Japan · #875,978 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 L. Okushima Japan · #1,187,802 worldwide 31 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Takeo Yoshida Japan · #1,212,937 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Satoshi Ishida Japan · #1,344,169 worldwide 24 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Hiroomi Nakazato Japan · #1,463,739 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Seiichiro Kuroda Japan · #1,464,067 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Rural Engineering

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Rural Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Modeling, Renewable Energy, Community Health Workers, Adaptation and Smallholder Farmers.

▲ 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 Change7▲ 4.5×24 topics
  2. Sustainability6▲ 4.4×22 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.82×9 topics
  4. Remote Sensing3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  5. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.5×12 topics
  6. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.1×13 topics
  7. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Community Health Workers2▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Adaptation2▲ 11×2 topics
  10. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Agroecology2▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Functional–Structural Plant Modelling2▲ 136×1 topic
  13. Multifunctionality2▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Plant Architecture2▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Water Resources2▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Child Mortality2▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Maternal Mortality2▲ 13×1 topic
  18. Agricultural Development2▲ 15×1 topic
  19. Intersectionality2▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Livestock Farming2▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Soil Moisture2▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Risk Management1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  23. Construction1▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Energy Consumption1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  25. Urbanization1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  26. Feminist Theory1▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Health Financing1▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Household Fuel Use1▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 27×1 topic
  30. RFID Technology1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Spatial Variability1▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Universal Coverage1▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Global Governance1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Health Outcomes1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  35. Model Evaluation1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. BIM1▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Data Assimilation1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Educational Data Mining1▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Learning Analytics1▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Seismic Analysis1▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Rural Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control, Global Maternal and Child Health, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Greenhouse Technology an…2Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…2Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…1Energy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksGender Politics and Repr…1Gender Politics and Representation: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …1Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional works
Plant SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPollution6 others

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

  1. 1 Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control Plant Science 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 1 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  7. 7 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Rural Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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