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Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

In research, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,657 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,691 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,398 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,404
of 28,054 · #6,943 all time
Rank in Japan
#186
of 1,070
Research works
486
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
40.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,657 of 14,347 29.7%255
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,691 of 7,814 29.2%166
MedicineField #8,398 of 17,978 29.8%176
Health SciencesDomain #10,362 of 20,462 30.4%188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development 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: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.03× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 10.20× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.78× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.59× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Aging, Epidemiology, Immunity, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Inflammation16▲ 6.6×46 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress11▲ 5.8×33 topics
  3. Epidemiology10▲ 2.2×39 topics
  4. Cancer6▲ 4.3×30 topics
  5. Aging6▲ 10×9 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.4×18 topics
  7. Immunity5▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 3.9×17 topics
  9. Heart Failure4▲ 8.4×11 topics
  10. Obesity4▲ 4.6×11 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 2.6×19 topics
  12. Innate Immunity4▲ 9.7×9 topics
  13. Metabolism3▲ 5.9×10 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-23▲ 9.4×5 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  16. Immune Response3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  17. Vaccine3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis3▲ 9.3×8 topics
  19. Cytokines3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  20. Gene Expression3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  21. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  23. Stem Cells3▲ 9.7×10 topics
  24. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  25. Guidelines3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Metabolic Regulation3▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  28. Coronavirus2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Regulatory T Cells2▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  31. Hypertension2▲ 6.9×10 topics
  32. Autoimmunity2▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Insulin Signaling2▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  35. NK Cell Recognition2▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Natural Killer Cells2▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Thrombosis2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  38. Fibrosis2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Mutation2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Tumor Suppression2▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways.

Immune Cell Function and…2Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 2 fractional worksIL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional works
ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesPhysiologyNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 2 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available72.8%not open27.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% higher 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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