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Japan Sport Council

In research, Japan Sport Council stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,644 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,481 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 87.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,271
of 22,385 · #14,734 all time
Rank in Japan
#449
of 924
Research works
549
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Japan Sport Council

What is Japan Sport Council 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,644 of 9,902 5.3%97 #6183
MedicineField #6,481 of 8,541 5.4%93 #6759

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Sport Council 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 Japan Sport Council work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Japan Sport Council is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Engineering (10%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 113 fractional works · 63.6% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 60.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 40 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJapan SportCouncil178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences12%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10860.8%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Engineering1810.4%
    2. Computer Science52.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Environmental Science00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology137.1%
    2. Social Sciences73.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology126.5%
    2. Neuroscience73.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Japan Sport Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 87.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 39.8 works87×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.36× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.34× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.16×108 works
  2. Neuroscience2.36×7 works
  3. Psychology2.34×13 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×12 works
  5. Health Professions0.86×4 works
  6. Nursing0.80×1 works
  7. Engineering0.69×18 works
  8. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.33×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.29×7 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Japan Sport Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Taisuke Kinugasa, Michiko Dohi and Sayaka Nose‐Ogura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Sport Council.

  1. 1 Taisuke Kinugasa Japan · #1,612,510 worldwide 415 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Michiko Dohi Japan · #1,738,851 worldwide 2k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Sayaka Nose‐Ogura Japan · #2,302,887 worldwide 438 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Michihiro Kon Japan · #2,335,128 worldwide 1k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Mika Hangai Japan · #2,651,872 worldwide 770 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Toru Okuwaki Japan · #2,662,149 worldwide 882 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Tatsuaki Ikeda Japan · #2,769,445 worldwide 450 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Kentaro Chino Japan · #2,952,649 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Yasuhiro Suzuki Japan · #3,069,566 worldwide 511 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Ryosuke Ando Japan · #3,242,309 worldwide 617 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Sport Council

What are the most cited papers from Japan Sport Council?

The most cited paper from Japan Sport Council is "Physiological cross‐sectional area of human leg muscles based on magnetic resonance imaging" (T. Fukunaga, Roland R. Roy, F. G. Shellock et al., 1992), with 518 citations. Next come "Correlation between Serum Resistin Level and Adiposity in Obese Individuals" (372) and "Kinematics of transition during human accelerated sprinting" (184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Physiological cross‐sectional area of human leg muscles based on magnetic resonance imaging T. Fukunaga, Roland R. Roy, F. G. Shellock et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Research® Nov 1992 518
2 Correlation between Serum Resistin Level and Adiposity in Obese Individuals Koichiro Azuma, Fuminori Katsukawa, Shuji Oguchi et al. · Obesity Research Aug 2003 372
3 Kinematics of transition during human accelerated sprinting Ryu Nagahara, Takeo Matsubayashi, Akifumi Matsuo et al. · Biology Open Open access 4 Jul 2014 184
4 Time course of muscle adaptation after high force eccentric exercise Kazunori Nosaka, Priscilla M. Clarkson, Mary E. McGuiggin et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology 1991 180
5 No Evidence of a Common DNA Variant Profile Specific to World Class Endurance Athletes Tuomo Rankinen et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 29 Jan 2016 171
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Japan Sport Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Injury Prevention, Resistance Training, High-Intensity Interval Training, Performance Analysis, Training Load and Prevention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 4.5×31 topics
  2. Risk Factors24▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Injury Prevention23▲ 107×4 topics
  4. Resistance Training23▲ 142×2 topics
  5. High-Intensity Interval Training22▲ 114×2 topics
  6. Performance Analysis19▲ 51×1 topic
  7. Training Load19▲ 165×1 topic
  8. Prevention17▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Athletic Training16▲ 99×2 topics
  10. Muscle Injuries16▲ 139×1 topic
  11. Sports Injury16▲ 139×1 topic
  12. Biomechanics14▲ 27×7 topics
  13. Low Back Pain8▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Injuries8▲ 141×2 topics
  15. Inflammation7▲ 1.91×23 topics
  16. Gait Analysis7▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Skiing7▲ 303×1 topic
  18. Snowboarding7▲ 303×1 topic
  19. Aging7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  20. Exercise6▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Kinematics6▲ 69×2 topics
  22. Metabolism6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  23. Physical Activity6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.7×3 topics
  25. Golf Biomechanics5▲ 253×1 topic
  26. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 7.4×2 topics
  27. Swing Kinematics5▲ 253×1 topic
  28. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress5▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-65▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.3×4 topics
  31. Anterior Cruciate Ligament5▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Injury Risk5▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Foot Strike Patterns5▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Running Injuries5▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Nutrition5▲ 6.1×3 topics
  36. Amino Acids4▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Arthroplasty4▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Protein4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Muscle Strength4▲ 20×4 topics
  40. Motor Imagery4▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Japan Sport Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance and Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics.

Sports Performance and T…19Sports Performance and Training: 19 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…16Sports injuries and prevention: 16 fractional worksWinter Sports Injuries and Performance: 7 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 5 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 5 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…5Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 5 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 5 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 4 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical EngineeringRehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 19 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 5 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 3 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Japan Sport Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Japan Sport Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Japan Sport Council0.00083% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Japan Sport Council 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Japan Sport Council7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2021.

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