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Kao Corporation (Japan)

In research, Kao Corporation (Japan) stands highest in Medicine (#8,632 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,355 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,894 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,660
of 28,054 · #10,470 all time
Rank in Japan
#481
of 1,070
Research works
2.2k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Kao Corporation (Japan) 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 #8,632 of 10,443 10.1%62 #7847
Health SciencesDomain #10,355 of 11,982 9.5%73 #10043
Physical SciencesDomain #11,894 of 12,888 10.3%77 #7351

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kao Corporation (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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#7,847 #8,632
  2. Health Sciences#10,043 #10,355
  3. Physical Sciences#7,351 #11,894
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.53× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.37× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.29× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.56× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.04× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kao Corporation (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Genji Imokawa, Osamu Morita and Takashi Itou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kao Corporation (Japan).

  1. 1 Genji Imokawa Japan · #113,281 worldwide 193 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Osamu Morita Japan · #441,213 worldwide 66 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Takashi Itou Japan · #473,703 worldwide 25 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Shinichiro Saito Japan · #602,655 worldwide 70 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Yoshihisa Katsuragi Japan · #660,474 worldwide 78 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ichiro Tokimitsu Japan · #699,492 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Tadahiro Nozoe Japan · #878,315 worldwide 40 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Masaru SAKATA Japan · #960,082 worldwide 62 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Hiroyuki Yoshida Japan · #973,881 worldwide 61 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Nobutoshi Ojima Japan · #1,005,123 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Kao Corporation (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Kao Corporation (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Metabolism, Antioxidants, Surfactants, Oxidative Stress, Ionic Liquids and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.2×34 topics
  2. Inflammation16▲ 3.5×31 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress11▲ 3.0×17 topics
  4. Metabolism8▲ 7.3×13 topics
  5. Risk Assessment8▲ 5.2×5 topics
  6. Health Effects7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  7. Antioxidants7▲ 7.5×5 topics
  8. Nanoparticles7▲ 2.7×16 topics
  9. Surfactants7▲ 33×5 topics
  10. Ionic Liquids7▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications6▲ 2.5×11 topics
  12. Obesity6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  13. Antioxidant6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  14. Cancer Prevention6▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Skin Barrier Function6▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Self-Assembly5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  18. DNA Damage5▲ 32×3 topics
  19. Contact Allergy5▲ 132×1 topic
  20. Skin Sensitization5▲ 132×1 topic
  21. Staphylococcus aureus5▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Filaggrin5▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Skin Microbiome5▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.9×9 topics
  25. Matrix Metalloproteinases5▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Microneedles5▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles5▲ 87×1 topic
  28. Adsorption4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  29. Antimicrobial4▲ 6.6×2 topics
  30. Skin Cancer4▲ 25×1 topic
  31. UV Radiation4▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Micelles4▲ 44×2 topics
  33. ARRIVE Guidelines4▲ 142×1 topic
  34. Animal Research Reporting4▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Viscoelasticity4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Microemulsions3▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Wormlike micelles3▲ 94×1 topic
  40. DNA Barcoding3▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Kao Corporation (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Contact Dermatitis and Allergies, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery and Skin Protection and Aging.

Contact Dermatitis and A…5Contact Dermatitis and Allergies: 5 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…5Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 5 fractional worksAdvancements in Transder…5Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 5 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging4Skin Protection and Aging: 4 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 4 fractional worksSurfactants and Colloidal Systems: 3 fractional worksTextile materials and ev…3Textile materials and evaluations: 3 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 2 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional works
DermatologyPharmaceutical ScienceSmall AnimalsOrganic Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 5 works
  2. 2 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 5 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 5 works
  4. 4 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 4 works
  5. 5 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 4 works
  6. 6 Surfactants and Colloidal Systems Organic Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 3 works
  8. 8 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kao Corporation (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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