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JEOL (Japan)

In research, JEOL (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,811 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Chemistry (Surfaces, Coatings and Films is 103.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,265
of 22,385 · #4,512 all time
Rank in Japan
#223
of 924
Research works
2k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
JEOL (Japan)

What is JEOL (Japan) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,811 of 10,670 5.5%147 #1926

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where JEOL (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does JEOL (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at JEOL (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (24%), Engineering (22%), Chemistry (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 162 fractional works · 77.6% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 23.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 21 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 22.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiation: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 11.6% of its workStructural Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJEOL (Japan)208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences2%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science4923.7%
    2. Engineering4722.5%
    3. Chemistry2813.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy188.8%
    5. Environmental Science62.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering41.8%
    7. Energy31.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.3%
    9. Computer Science21.2%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2411.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Medicine104.6%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.5%
    2. Psychology20.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does JEOL (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surfaces, Coatings and Films takes 103.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 21.1 works104×
  2. ChemistryField · 28.4 works8.7×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.25× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.70× its world share, 28 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.50× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.79× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.97× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry8.70×28 works
  2. Materials Science6.79×49 works
  3. Chemical Engineering5.25×4 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy3.97×18 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.17×24 works
  6. Energy1.76×3 works
  7. Engineering1.50×47 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.59×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.56×6 works
  12. Dentistry0.55×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  16. Medicine0.24×10 works
  17. Psychology0.24×2 works
  18. Nursing0.23×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  20. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.11×3 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at JEOL (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuji Kohno, Yusuke Nishiyama and You‐lee Hong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is JEOL (Japan).

  1. 1 Yuji Kohno Japan · #295,010 worldwide 2.2k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Yusuke Nishiyama Japan · #615,170 worldwide 6.6k citations · 310 works
  3. 3 You‐lee Hong Japan · #780,481 worldwide 2.3k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Hideo Nishioka Japan · #871,646 worldwide 4.9k citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Yukihito Kondo Japan · #943,068 worldwide 6.7k citations · 177 works
  6. 6 Takahiro Nemoto Japan · #976,596 worldwide 2.1k citations · 107 works
  7. 7 Shunsuke Asahina Japan · #1,088,631 worldwide 5.9k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Hidetaka Sawada Japan · #1,099,194 worldwide 6.1k citations · 233 works
  9. 9 Nghia Tuan Duong Japan · #1,184,979 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Eiji Okunishi Japan · #1,243,993 worldwide 4.9k citations · 177 works
All ranked researchers at JEOL (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from JEOL (Japan)?

The most cited paper from JEOL (Japan) is "Versatile New Ion Source for the Analysis of Materials in Open Air under Ambient Conditions" (Robert B. Cody, James A. Laramée, H. D. Durst, 2005), with 2,498 citations. Next come "Large-Pore Apertures in a Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks" (2,142) and "New Porous Crystals of Extended Metal-Catecholates" (959).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Versatile New Ion Source for the Analysis of Materials in Open Air under Ambient Conditions Robert B. Cody, James A. Laramée, H. D. Durst · Analytical Chemistry 12 Mar 2005 2,498
2 Large-Pore Apertures in a Series of Metal-Organic Frameworks Hexiang Deng, Sergio Grunder, Kyle E. Cordova et al. · Science 24 May 2012 2,142
3 New Porous Crystals of Extended Metal-Catecholates Mohamad Hmadeh, Zheng Lu, Zheng Ping Liu et al. · Chemistry of Materials 28 Aug 2012 959
4 Synthesis of Self-Pillared Zeolite Nanosheets by Repetitive Branching Xueyi Zhang, Dongxia Liu, Dandan Xu et al. · Science Open access 28 Jun 2012 802
5 Monolayer PtSe 2 , a New Semiconducting Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide, Epitaxially Grown by Direct Selenization of Pt Yeliang Wang et al. · Nano Letters Open access 21 May 2015 699
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at JEOL (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Image Processing, Structure Determination, Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Single-Particle Analysis and Catalysis.

▲ 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. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy20▲ 128×2 topics
  2. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths20▲ 512×1 topic
  3. Scanning Electron Microscopy20▲ 416×1 topic
  4. Image Processing14▲ 15×5 topics
  5. Structure Determination13▲ 208×2 topics
  6. Cryo-Electron Microscopy12▲ 333×1 topic
  7. Single-Particle Analysis12▲ 333×1 topic
  8. Catalysis11▲ 8.0×18 topics
  9. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Nanostructures9▲ 10×13 topics
  11. Nanoparticles8▲ 3.1×23 topics
  12. NMR Spectroscopy8▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Mass Spectrometry8▲ 23×6 topics
  14. Spectroscopy7▲ 21×5 topics
  15. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization7▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Solid-State NMR7▲ 213×1 topic
  17. Spin Dynamics7▲ 80×2 topics
  18. Quantitative Analysis7▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Ambient Conditions6▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Metal-Organic Frameworks5▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Proteomics5▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Imaging5▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Drug Delivery5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  24. Electrospray5▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Fuel Cells5▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Ionization5▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Crystal Structure5▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Failure Analysis5▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Methane Storage4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Porous Materials4▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Surface Engineering4▲ 22×3 topics
  32. CO2 Capture4▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Hydrogen Storage4▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Tomography4▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Chemical Sensors4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Dielectric Properties4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Electrical Properties4▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Materials4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. X-ray Absorption4▲ 99×1 topic
  40. X-ray Emission4▲ 204×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Electron and X-Ray Spect…20Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 20 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 12 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 4 fractional worksSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography: 4 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 3 fractional worksIon-surface interactions and analysis: 3 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 3 fractional works
Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsStructural BiologySpectroscopyRadiation4 others

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

  1. 1 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 20 works
  2. 2 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 12 works
  3. 3 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 7 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 5 works
  5. 5 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 4 works
  6. 6 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography Materials Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 3 works
  9. 9 Ion-surface interactions and analysis Computational Mechanics 3 works
  10. 10 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 JEOL (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00094% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%JEOL (Japan)0.00078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of JEOL (Japan) 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 2025JEOL (Japan)5.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2010.

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