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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

In research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,939 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#853 of 2,181 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,924 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,731
of 28,054 · #5,463 all time
Rank in Japan
#161
of 1,070
Research works
4.2k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Japan Society for the Promotion of 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,939 of 10,521 18.0%147 #3876
PsychologyField #853 of 2,181 15.0%69 #1532
Physical SciencesDomain #6,924 of 12,888 11.6%159 #4803
Life SciencesDomain #4,650 of 7,800 15.1%147 #3598
Health SciencesDomain #7,505 of 11,982 16.0%150 #8151
MedicineField #7,684 of 10,443 14.2%128 #7155
NeuroscienceField #1,098 of 1,168 10.9%64 #1949

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Society for the Promotion of 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. Social Sciences#3,876 #2,939
  2. Psychology#1,532 #853
  3. Physical Sciences#4,803 #6,924
  4. Life Sciences#3,598 #4,650
  5. Health Sciences#8,151 #7,505
  6. Medicine#7,155 #7,684
  7. Neuroscience#1,949 #1,098
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 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 42.8 works9.7×
  2. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 21.3 works7.4×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 63.9 works6.5×
← 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: 0.91× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.53× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.78× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science?

Ranked on the composite score, 卓也 大庭 and Masanori Kobayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

  1. 1 卓也 大庭 Japan · #780,234 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Masanori Kobayashi Japan · #1,429,873 worldwide 15 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Which keywords describe research at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Emotion Regulation, Neural Mechanisms, Inflammation, Social Cognition, Emotion, Epidemiology and Cortical Connectivity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 1.25×62 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 1.95×57 topics
  3. Aging18▲ 5.6×13 topics
  4. Mental Health17▲ 1.89×25 topics
  5. Emotion Regulation15▲ 8.1×8 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.43×41 topics
  7. Quality of Life14▲ 1.62×31 topics
  8. Neural Mechanisms14▲ 25×4 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 1.81×29 topics
  10. Social Cognition12▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Emotion12▲ 9.4×10 topics
  12. Cortical Connectivity11▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Gait Analysis10▲ 18×2 topics
  14. High-Intensity Interval Training10▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Neuronal Oscillations10▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Metabolism10▲ 3.1×20 topics
  17. Anxiety9▲ 3.2×9 topics
  18. Biomechanics9▲ 5.0×7 topics
  19. Resistance Training9▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Social Support9▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Neural Processing9▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Exercise9▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Neural Correlates8▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Cognition8▲ 9.2×6 topics
  25. Prefrontal Cortex8▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Neurobiology7▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Stem Cells7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  28. Memory7▲ 4.7×5 topics
  29. Neural Basis6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Cognitive Control6▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Neuroimaging Studies6▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Physical Performance6▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Social Relationships6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Working Memory6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Electromyography6▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Executive Functions6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Injury Prevention6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  38. Muscle Fatigue6▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Crossmodal Processing6▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Multisensory Integration6▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Japan Society for the Promotion of Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Muscle activation and electromyography studies, Multisensory perception and integration, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Sports Performance and Training.

Muscle activation and el…6Muscle activation and electromyography studies: 6 fractional worksMultisensory perception …6Multisensory perception and integration: 6 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 6 fractional worksSports Performance and T…5Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksExercise and Physiologic…5Exercise and Physiological Responses: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…5Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 5 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Multisensory perception and integration Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 5 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Society for the Promotion of Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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