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Japan Tobacco (Japan)

In research, Japan Tobacco (Japan) stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,202 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#9,042 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,479 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022–2025
#17,187
of 28,054 · #11,359 all time
Rank in Japan
#464
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Japan Tobacco (Japan) 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 #5,202 of 14,347 10.7%912
MedicineField #9,042 of 17,978 12.4%277
Health SciencesDomain #11,479 of 20,462 11.9%314
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,654 of 7,814 8.5%489
Physical SciencesDomain #12,850 of 21,541 7.8%379
Plant ScienceSubfield #2,106 of 2,837 15.5%198
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,753 of 4,961 7.0%315
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,653 of 6,031 13.9%314
ChemistryField #3,142 of 3,369 6.4%154

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Tobacco (Japan) 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: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.55× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.06× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.93× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Japan Tobacco (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Takashi Matsumoto, Takane Fujimori and Tsutomu Ikeda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Japan Tobacco (Japan).

  1. 1 Takashi Matsumoto Japan · #34,510 worldwide 536 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Takane Fujimori Japan · #272,846 worldwide 111 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Tsutomu Ikeda Japan · #363,254 worldwide 96 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Takuro Kisaki Japan · #377,159 worldwide 124 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Masao Noguchi Japan · #533,059 worldwide 119 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Hajime Matsushita Japan · #561,458 worldwide 148 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Katsuhiro Miyajima Japan · #602,326 worldwide 66 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Takeshi Ohta Japan · #671,072 worldwide 100 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Tomohiko Sasase Japan · #711,734 worldwide 63 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Koshi Koseki Japan · #765,868 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Japan Tobacco (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Japan Tobacco (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Pharmacokinetics, Inhaler Devices, Pulmonary Drug Delivery, Cancer Risk and Cancer.

▲ 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. Inflammation11▲ 5.4×32 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress10▲ 6.5×22 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 1.47×17 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  5. Cancer4▲ 3.4×15 topics
  6. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.8×2 topics
  7. Pharmacokinetics3▲ 13×2 topics
  8. Cancer Risk3▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Inhaler Devices3▲ 133×1 topic
  10. Metabolism3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  11. Pulmonary Drug Delivery3▲ 133×1 topic
  12. Health Effects3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  13. Risk Assessment3▲ 4.5×2 topics
  14. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  15. Gene Expression3▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Medicinal Chemistry3▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.4×9 topics
  20. Biomonitoring2▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Volatile Organic Compounds2▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Anemia2▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Asthma2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Comet Assay2▲ 143×1 topic
  25. Genotoxicity Testing2▲ 143×1 topic
  26. Iron Deficiency2▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Cytokines2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  28. Heart Failure2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  29. Molecular Docking2▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Virtual Screening2▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Health Consequences2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Drug Resistance2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  34. Smoking Cessation2▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Tobacco Use2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Genetic Variation2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  37. Pharmacology2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. TGF-ß2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Cytochrome P4502▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Particulate Matter2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Japan Tobacco (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Computational Drug Discovery Methods and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

  1. 1 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 1 works
  6. 6 Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Tobacco (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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