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Ishikawa Prefectural University

In research, Ishikawa Prefectural University stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,145 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science (Plant Science is 8.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,446
of 22,385 · #11,943 all time
Rank in Japan
#490
of 924
Research works
685
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Ishikawa Prefectural University

What is Ishikawa Prefectural University 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 #4,145 of 6,403 3.6%67 #2797

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ishikawa Prefectural University 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 Ishikawa Prefectural University work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Ishikawa Prefectural University is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (32%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 77 fractional works · 53.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 31.8% of its workPlant Science: 21 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 19.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 14.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIshikawaPrefectural…144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4631.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2819.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    1. Environmental Science2014.0%
    2. Engineering42.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.3%
    4. Chemistry31.7%
    5. Materials Science21.3%
    6. Energy10.9%
    7. Computer Science00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine1812.8%
    2. Nursing74.7%
    3. Health Professions10.9%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Psychology21.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ishikawa Prefectural University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 21.0 works8.3×
← 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: 6.69× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.68× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.82× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 9.68× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing9.68×7 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.69×46 works
  3. Veterinary3.83×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.68×28 works
  5. Environmental Science2.82×20 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.86×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.44×3 works
  8. Chemistry1.11×2 works
  9. Energy1.04×1 works
  10. Medicine0.67×18 works
  11. Psychology0.47×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.39×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.38×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  17. Engineering0.18×4 works
  18. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ishikawa Prefectural University?

Ranked on the quality score, May Sann Aung, Masashi Mori and Shin Kurihara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ishikawa Prefectural University.

  1. 1 May Sann Aung Japan · #233,700 worldwide 1.8k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Masashi Mori Japan · #390,134 worldwide 6.7k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Shin Kurihara Japan · #405,035 worldwide 3.8k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Hiromichi Minami Japan · #717,262 worldwide 2.4k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Masashi Kiyohara Japan · #943,695 worldwide 1.7k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Hironori Koga Japan · #1,164,401 worldwide 3.1k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Erina Yoshida Japan · #1,277,251 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Yuta Sugiyama Japan · #1,397,805 worldwide 1.3k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Emiko Nagai Japan · #1,440,575 worldwide 365 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Yasuki Higashimura Japan · #1,526,310 worldwide 2.5k citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Ishikawa Prefectural University

What are the most cited papers from Ishikawa Prefectural University?

The most cited paper from Ishikawa Prefectural University is "Iron Uptake, Translocation, and Regulation in Higher Plants" (Takanori Kobayashi, Naoko K. Nishizawa, 2012), with 1,387 citations. Next come "Loss of Function of a Proline-Containing Protein Confers Durable Disease Resistance in Rice" (720) and "d14, a Strigolactone-Insensitive Mutant of Rice, Shows an Accelerated Outgrowth of Tillers" (672).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Iron Uptake, Translocation, and Regulation in Higher Plants Takanori Kobayashi, Naoko K. Nishizawa · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 3 May 2012 1,387
2 Loss of Function of a Proline-Containing Protein Confers Durable Disease Resistance in Rice Shuichi Fukuoka, Norikuni Saka, Hironori Koga et al. · Science 20 Aug 2009 720
3 d14, a Strigolactone-Insensitive Mutant of Rice, Shows an Accelerated Outgrowth of Tillers Tomotsugu Arite, Mikihisa Umehara, Shinji Ishikawa et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology 19 Jun 2009 672
4 The OsHMA2 transporter is involved in root‐to‐shoot translocation of Zn and Cd in rice Ryuichi Takahashi, Yasuhiro Ishimaru, Hugo Massayoshi Shimo et al. · Plant Cell & Environment 2 May 2012 654
5 Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world Yan‐Shih Lin et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 27 Feb 2015 643
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ishikawa Prefectural University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Health Benefits, Antioxidant Activity, Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species and Antioxidants.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 3.7×30 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.6×21 topics
  3. Health Benefits8▲ 16×9 topics
  4. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 7.6×14 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×20 topics
  6. Metabolism6▲ 7.9×10 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services6▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Invasive Species6▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Antioxidants6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  10. Genetic Variation5▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Biodiversity5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  12. Dietary Fiber4▲ 29×3 topics
  13. Food Security4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  14. Metabolic Health4▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Land Use Change4▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Global Change4▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Gut Microbiota4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  20. Fermentation4▲ 21×6 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  22. Adaptive Evolution4▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Cancer Prevention4▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Natural Selection4▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Phenotypic Plasticity4▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Prebiotics4▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Functional Food4▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Metabolic Engineering3▲ 24×4 topics
  30. Polyphenols3▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Aroma Compounds3▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Plant Responses3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Drought Resistance3▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Microbiota3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Rheological Properties3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Genetic Regulation3▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Nutritional Significance3▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Plant Development3▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Plant-Animal Interactions3▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Pollinator Decline3▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Ishikawa Prefectural University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies, Food composition and properties and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects.

Animal Behavior and Repr…4Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies3Plant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 3 fractional worksPlant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress: 2 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health2Gut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNutrition and DieteticsPlant ScienceWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  3. 3 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  4. 4 Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress Biochemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology Nutrition and Dietetics 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 available59.0%not open41.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ishikawa Prefectural University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% 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 Ishikawa Prefectural University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ishikawa Prefectural University0.00063% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ishikawa Prefectural University 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ishikawa Prefectural University7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2011.

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