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Institute of Crop Science

In research, Institute of Crop Science stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,678 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#701 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,827 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 25.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,593
of 28,054 · #12,661 all time
Rank in Japan
#385
of 1,070
Research works
1.7k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Institute of Crop Science 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,678 of 3,409 18.2%159 #1303
Plant ScienceSubfield #701 of 1,395 21.4%111 #508
Life SciencesDomain #5,827 of 7,800 17.8%199 #5866

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Crop Science 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,303 #1,678
  2. Plant Science#508 #701
  3. Life Sciences#5,866 #5,827
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.

What does Institute of Crop Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 25.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 110.9 works26×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 158.8 works13×
← 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: 13.41× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.95× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 3.39× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Crop Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Setsuko Komatsu, Toshiyuki Takai and ‍Masao Ishimoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Crop Science.

  1. 1 Setsuko Komatsu Japan · #149,894 worldwide 381 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Toshiyuki Takai Japan · #208,651 worldwide 253 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 ‍Masao Ishimoto Japan · #386,074 worldwide 144 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Hiroshi Kato Japan · #417,885 worldwide 101 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Pyeong Shin Japan · #756,522 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Akito Kaga Japan · #809,984 worldwide 71 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 A. C. Arny Japan · #828,939 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 I. J. Johnson Japan · #837,132 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Jee-Yeon Ko Japan · #858,890 worldwide 36 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Motohiko Kondo Japan · #895,362 worldwide 79 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Crop Science

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Crop Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: QTL Mapping, Drought Tolerance, Genetic Diversity, Metabolism, Genome Sequencing, Crop Improvement, Genetic Mapping and Drought Resistance.

▲ 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. QTL Mapping28▲ 97×6 topics
  2. Climate Change19▲ 2.9×32 topics
  3. Drought Tolerance17▲ 48×9 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity15▲ 14×12 topics
  5. Metabolism15▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Genome Sequencing14▲ 36×6 topics
  7. Crop Improvement13▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Genetic Mapping13▲ 67×6 topics
  9. Drought Resistance13▲ 54×4 topics
  10. Gene Expression13▲ 8.6×10 topics
  11. Quantitative Trait Loci13▲ 93×3 topics
  12. Yield Potential12▲ 88×2 topics
  13. Genetic Improvement12▲ 52×4 topics
  14. Breeding12▲ 61×5 topics
  15. Marker-Assisted Selection11▲ 57×3 topics
  16. Heterosis11▲ 113×2 topics
  17. Genetic Variation10▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 12×12 topics
  19. Genetics9▲ 5.4×5 topics
  20. Genetic Regulation9▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Genome-wide Association Studies8▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Maize Domestication8▲ 127×1 topic
  23. Water Management8▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Antioxidants8▲ 7.2×9 topics
  25. Plant Development8▲ 51×3 topics
  26. Plant Breeding8▲ 32×4 topics
  27. Rice8▲ 56×2 topics
  28. Aerobic Rice Systems8▲ 87×1 topic
  29. Plant Responses8▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Root Traits8▲ 87×1 topic
  31. Crop Management7▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Domestication7▲ 55×3 topics
  33. Agronomic Traits7▲ 168×1 topic
  34. Plant Growth7▲ 25×6 topics
  35. Soybean7▲ 139×1 topic
  36. Biological Control7▲ 18×8 topics
  37. Fermentation7▲ 19×5 topics
  38. Transcription Factors6▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Aroma Compounds6▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Signal Transduction6▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Crop Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Soybean genetics and cultivation and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility.

Genetic Mapping and Dive…8Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 8 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…8Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 8 fractional worksSoybean genetics and cul…7Soybean genetics and cultivation: 7 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fert…6Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 6 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 5 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 5 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology …4Plant Molecular Biology Research: 4 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breed…4Genetics and Plant Breeding: 4 fractional worksGABA and Rice Research4GABA and Rice Research: 4 fractional worksLegume Nitrogen Fixing S…4Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis: 4 fractional works
GeneticsPlant ScienceAgronomy and Crop Science

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

  1. 1 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 8 works
  3. 3 Soybean genetics and cultivation Plant Science 7 works
  4. 4 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 6 works
  5. 5 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 5 works
  6. 6 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 5 works
  7. 7 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 4 works
  9. 9 GABA and Rice Research Plant Science 4 works
  10. 10 Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis Plant Science 4 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.8%domestic only51.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Crop Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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