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Kanagawa Environmental Research Center

In research, Kanagawa Environmental Research Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,925 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,637
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,207
of 2,112
Research works
318
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Kanagawa Environmental 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,925 of 21,541 7.3%213

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanagawa Environmental 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).

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: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.05× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kanagawa Environmental Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ikuo Tanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanagawa Environmental Research Center.

  1. 1 Ikuo Tanaka Japan · #1,135,505 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Kanagawa Environmental Research Center

Which research topics does Kanagawa Environmental Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Noise Effects and Management, Insect and Pesticide Research, Effects of Vibration on Health and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Noise Effects and Manage…2Noise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Res…1Insect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional worksEffects of Vibration on …1Effects of Vibration on Health: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 0 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 0 fractional worksInsects and Parasite Interactions: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 0 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional works
Speech and HearingInsect ScienceOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  2. 2 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 1 works
  3. 3 Effects of Vibration on Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Insects and Parasite Interactions Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  7. 7 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 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 available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanagawa Environmental Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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