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Kyowa Kirin (Japan)

In research, Kyowa Kirin (Japan) stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,037 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,420 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,692 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,799
of 28,054 · #4,991 all time
Rank in Japan
#392
of 1,070
Research works
2.5k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kyowa Kirin (Japan) 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 #2,037 of 14,347 13.2%1,317
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,420 of 7,814 12.8%940
MedicineField #4,692 of 17,978 16.2%678
Health SciencesDomain #6,272 of 20,462 15.6%727
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,806 of 4,961 12.4%639
Physical SciencesDomain #10,305 of 21,541 7.8%420
ChemistryField #2,567 of 3,369 6.9%253
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,562 of 2,025 7.0%219

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

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.00× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.19× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.88× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 3.90× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyowa Kirin (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Nobuo Hanai, Mitsuo Satoh and Kazuma Tomizuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyowa Kirin (Japan).

  1. 1 Nobuo Hanai Japan · #82,991 worldwide 318 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Mitsuo Satoh Japan · #186,806 worldwide 202 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Kazuma Tomizuka Japan · #187,807 worldwide 256 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Kentaro Tamaki Japan · #252,621 worldwide 134 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Hiroshi Kase Japan · #336,089 worldwide 130 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Tatsuya Tamaoki Japan · #367,708 worldwide 110 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mayumi Yoshida Japan · #371,166 worldwide 131 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Shiro Akinaga Japan · #381,135 worldwide 100 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Masato Ikeda Japan · #395,757 worldwide 137 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Seiji Sugimoto Japan · #396,816 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Kyowa Kirin (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Kyowa Kirin (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monoclonal Antibodies, Glycosylation, Inflammation, Therapeutic Antibodies, Chronic Kidney Disease, Therapeutic Targets, Cancer Immunotherapy and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Inflammation8▲ 3.9×34 topics
  2. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 72×3 topics
  3. Glycosylation6▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Therapeutic Antibodies5▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 3.2×23 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 3.2×17 topics
  7. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Therapeutic Targets4▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Antibody Engineering3▲ 62×1 topic
  11. Biomarkers3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  12. Fc Receptors3▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Innate Immunity3▲ 10×5 topics
  14. Lymphoma3▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Stability3▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Biopharmaceuticals3▲ 61×3 topics
  17. Immunogenicity3▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Neurodegeneration3▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Parathyroid Hormone3▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  23. FGF233▲ 83×1 topic
  24. phosphate3▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Bayesian Methods2▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Immune System2▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Adaptive Designs2▲ 120×1 topic
  29. False Discovery Rate2▲ 120×1 topic
  30. Immunity2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  31. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  32. Dendritic Cells2▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Gene Therapy2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Chromatography2▲ 148×1 topic
  35. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Leukemia2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Protein Aggregation2▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Recombinant Proteins2▲ 73×2 topics
  39. Antigen Presentation2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Tumor Antigen2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Kyowa Kirin (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials and Protein purification and stability.

Monoclonal and Polyclona…3Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders an…3Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 2 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research: 2 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…2RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 2 fractional worksAdenosine and Purinergic Signaling: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNephrologyStatistics and ProbabilityMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  2. 2 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 3 works
  3. 3 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 works
  4. 4 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research Dermatology 2 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyowa Kirin (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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