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Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)

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World rank, all time
#22,989
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#884
of 2,112
Research works
133
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.27× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.18× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan).

  1. 1 Kazuhiro Yamaguchi Japan · #1,504,474 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, Artificial Neural Networks, High-Temperature Alloys, Superalloys and Microstructural Evolution.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Microstructure2▲ 17×5 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties2▲ 7.3×8 topics
  3. Fatigue Crack Closure2▲ 220×1 topic
  4. Fracture Toughness Testing2▲ 220×1 topic
  5. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 10×3 topics
  6. High-Temperature Alloys1▲ 246×1 topic
  7. Superalloys1▲ 246×1 topic
  8. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  9. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Durability Performance1▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Hydrogen Embrittlement1▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Fibromuscular Dysplasia1▲ 144×1 topic
  13. Mammalian Cells1▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Recombinant Protein1▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Renal Artery Stenosis1▲ 144×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fatigue and fracture mechanics, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, Renal and Vascular Pathologies and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects.

Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 2 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys and Creep: 1 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Patho…1Renal and Vascular Pathologies: 1 fractional worksViral Infectious Disease…1Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 1 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 1 fractional worksLaser-induced spectrosco…1Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 1 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 1 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and properties of polymers: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  2. 2 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  7. 7 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 0 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and properties of polymers Polymers and Plastics 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Material Testing Laboratory (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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