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Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center

In research, Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,201 of 6,031 worldwide), Plant Science (#1,872 of 2,837 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#10,793 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Plant Science is 26.8× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#25,643
of 28,054 · #24,732 all time
Rank in Japan
#907
of 1,070
Research works
1.1k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,201 of 6,031 12.9%705
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,872 of 2,837 13.9%394
Life SciencesDomain #10,793 of 14,347 12.6%844
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,906 of 7,814 11.5%131
Physical SciencesDomain #20,014 of 21,541 7.3%166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural 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).

What does Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 36.7 works27×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 52.2 works14×
← 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: 13.96× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 6.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Satoshi Morita, Takashi Wada and Ikuo Suda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center.

  1. 1 Satoshi Morita Japan · #228,605 worldwide 106 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Takashi Wada Japan · #316,872 worldwide 114 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Ikuo Suda Japan · #324,288 worldwide 112 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Masahito Tanaka Japan · #393,388 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Yasuhiro Takahata Japan · #406,974 worldwide 104 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Masaki Shibata Japan · #462,312 worldwide 64 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Yoshito Suzuki Japan · #474,299 worldwide 77 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Mitsuru Okuda Japan · #488,821 worldwide 86 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Nobuo Mizutani Japan · #526,087 worldwide 48 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Kazushige SOGAWA Japan · #543,539 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: QTL Mapping, Genetic Mapping, Genetic Diversity, Drought Tolerance, Disease Resistance, Rootstock, Climate Change and Yield Potential.

▲ 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. Climate Change6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  2. QTL Mapping6▲ 60×5 topics
  3. Genetic Mapping5▲ 85×4 topics
  4. Drought Tolerance5▲ 44×7 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity5▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Disease Resistance5▲ 122×3 topics
  7. Rootstock4▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Genetics4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  9. Soil Fertility4▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Water Stress4▲ 186×2 topics
  11. Yield Potential4▲ 84×2 topics
  12. Health Benefits4▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Drought Resistance4▲ 46×3 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  15. Fruit Quality3▲ 185×2 topics
  16. Horticultural Crops3▲ 57×3 topics
  17. Fungal Pathogens3▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Transcriptome Analysis3▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Nutrient Uptake3▲ 56×2 topics
  21. Rice3▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Water Management3▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 10.0×6 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  25. Biomass Estimation3▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Host Specificity3▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Plant Growth2▲ 29×5 topics
  28. Quantitative Trait Loci2▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  30. Anthocyanins2▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Climate Change Resilience2▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Genomic Characterization2▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Breeding2▲ 36×3 topics
  35. Genome Sequencing2▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Genomics2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Grafting2▲ 167×1 topic
  38. Soilborne Pathogens2▲ 167×1 topic
  39. Genetic Regulation2▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Soil Moisture2▲ 38×3 topics

Which research topics does Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant Disease Management Techniques and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy.

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 3 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Plant Disease Management Techniques Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  5. 5 Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Irrigation Practices and Water Management Soil Science 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower 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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