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Japan Sport Council

In research, Japan Sport Council stands highest in Medicine (#9,665 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,317 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 89.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,277
of 28,054 · #38,917 all time
Rank in Japan
#955
of 1,070
Research works
549
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Japan Sport Council 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
MedicineField #9,665 of 10,443 8.2%93 #15572
Health SciencesDomain #11,317 of 11,982 8.3%97 #18333

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Japan Sport Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 89.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 34.5 works89×
← 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: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 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.

Who are the top researchers at Japan Sport Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Akiko Kamei, Hideyuki Takahashi and Yoshihisa Sakurai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Sport Council.

  1. 1 Akiko Kamei Japan · #821,712 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Hideyuki Takahashi Japan · #1,135,916 worldwide 36 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yoshihisa Sakurai Japan · #1,252,852 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Emi Kondo Japan · #1,291,197 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Takuya Osawa Japan · #1,329,671 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Sport Council

Which keywords describe research at Japan Sport Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Resistance Training, Injury Prevention, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.7×29 topics
  2. Risk Factors21▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Resistance Training20▲ 148×2 topics
  4. Injury Prevention20▲ 109×3 topics
  5. High-Intensity Interval Training19▲ 119×2 topics
  6. Performance Analysis16▲ 50×1 topic
  7. Training Load16▲ 168×1 topic
  8. Prevention15▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Athletic Training14▲ 103×2 topics
  10. Muscle Injuries14▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Sports Injury14▲ 145×1 topic
  12. Biomechanics12▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Injuries7▲ 145×2 topics
  14. Aging6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  15. Inflammation6▲ 2.1×22 topics
  16. Low Back Pain6▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Skiing6▲ 290×1 topic
  18. Snowboarding6▲ 290×1 topic
  19. Exercise6▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Gait Analysis6▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Metabolism6▲ 7.2×5 topics
  22. Kinematics5▲ 69×2 topics
  23. Qualitative Research5▲ 3.7×3 topics
  24. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 7.7×2 topics
  25. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress5▲ 113×1 topic
  26. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-65▲ 113×1 topic
  27. Nutrition4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  28. Physical Activity4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  29. Amino Acids4▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Protein4▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Golf Biomechanics4▲ 248×1 topic
  33. Injury Risk4▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Swing Kinematics4▲ 248×1 topic
  36. Foot Strike Patterns4▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Running Injuries4▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Arthroplasty4▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Motor Imagery3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Sport Psychology3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Japan Sport Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Winter Sports Injuries and Performance and Exercise and Physiological Responses.

Sports Performance and T…16Sports Performance and Training: 16 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…14Sports injuries and prevention: 14 fractional worksWinter Sports Injuries and Performance: 6 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 5 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 4 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 4 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRehabilitationCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 5 works
  5. 5 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Sport Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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