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Japan Wildlife Research Center

In research, Japan Wildlife Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#9,723 of 14,347 worldwide), Environmental Science (#5,494 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#20,735 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology — Ecology is 22.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,227
of 28,054 · #22,367 all time
Rank in Japan
#538
of 1,070
Research works
427
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Japan Wildlife Research Center 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 #9,723 of 14,347 14.3%145
Environmental ScienceField #5,494 of 6,208 11.0%129
Physical SciencesDomain #20,735 of 21,541 10.5%155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Japan Wildlife Research Center 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 Wildlife Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 22.6 works23×
← 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: 3.17× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.21× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.54× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 28.88× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.14× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 28.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Japan Wildlife Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Evolution, Social Behavior, Altruism and Cooperation.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 6.0×38 topics
  2. Population Dynamics15▲ 48×10 topics
  3. Biodiversity13▲ 14×18 topics
  4. Invasive Species13▲ 24×18 topics
  5. Evolution11▲ 36×11 topics
  6. Social Behavior11▲ 156×3 topics
  7. Altruism11▲ 101×2 topics
  8. Cooperation11▲ 134×2 topics
  9. Communication11▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Conservation10▲ 19×14 topics
  11. Intelligence10▲ 202×1 topic
  12. Primates10▲ 436×1 topic
  13. Habitat Selection8▲ 89×2 topics
  14. Trophic Cascades7▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Conservation Biology6▲ 48×4 topics
  16. Animal Movement6▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Occupancy Rates6▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Social Cognition5▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Adaptive Evolution5▲ 70×2 topics
  21. Acoustic Communication5▲ 74×3 topics
  22. Animal Welfare4▲ 38×4 topics
  23. Genetic Structure4▲ 47×4 topics
  24. Ecology4▲ 21×5 topics
  25. Reproductive Strategies4▲ 83×2 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  27. Genetic Variation4▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Natural Selection4▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Phenotypic Plasticity4▲ 110×1 topic
  30. Biogeography4▲ 11×14 topics
  31. Oxytocin4▲ 61×2 topics
  32. Emotional State4▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Stress Indicators4▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Island Ecosystems3▲ 86×2 topics
  35. Species Richness3▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Mast Seeding3▲ 131×1 topic
  37. Rodent Eradication3▲ 131×1 topic
  38. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 8.1×10 topics
  39. Ecosystem Engineering3▲ 85×2 topics
  40. Genomic Analysis3▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Japan Wildlife Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Reproduction and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Primate Behavior and Eco…10Primate Behavior and Ecology: 10 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…6Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 6 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…4Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 3 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity studies: 3 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 2 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyEcologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSmall Animals4 others

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

  1. 1 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 10 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 6 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 4 works
  5. 5 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 3 works
  6. 6 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Social and Educational Sciences Education 2 works
  9. 9 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 2 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Japan Wildlife Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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