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Meteorological Research Institute

In research, Meteorological Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,137 of 12,888 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#574 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Global and Planetary Change — Atmospheric Science is 78.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,598
of 28,054 · #1,922 all time
Rank in ??
#79
of 692
Research works
3.1k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Meteorological Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,137 of 12,888 10.8%166 #1252
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #574 of 1,209 11.4%92 #223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meteorological Research Institute 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 Meteorological Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 78.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 59.0 works78×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 91.8 works34×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 41.3 works32×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 56.1 works6.6×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 34.20× its world share, 92 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.60× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 34.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meteorological Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Akio Kitoh, Hiroyuki Tsujino and Taichu Y. Tanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meteorological Research Institute.

  1. 1 Akio Kitoh ?? · #6,744 worldwide 1.3k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Hiroyuki Tsujino ?? · #74,497 worldwide 404 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Taichu Y. Tanaka ?? · #135,363 worldwide 312 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Ryo Mizuta ?? · #245,474 worldwide 273 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Yosuke Fujii ?? · #258,352 worldwide 188 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Makoto Deushi ?? · #335,107 worldwide 134 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Yukio Sugimura ?? · #410,001 worldwide 161 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Masato Sugi ?? · #458,204 worldwide 207 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Masayoshi Ishii ?? · #464,972 worldwide 139 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Mitsuyuki Hoshiba ?? · #514,756 worldwide 85 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Meteorological Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Meteorological Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Data Assimilation, Hydrological Cycle, Boundary Layer, Probabilistic Forecasting and Convective Parameterization.

▲ 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 Change60▲ 13×36 topics
  2. Global Warming36▲ 52×9 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation31▲ 138×3 topics
  4. Data Assimilation29▲ 110×3 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle28▲ 171×2 topics
  6. Boundary Layer24▲ 116×2 topics
  7. Probabilistic Forecasting23▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Convective Parameterization23▲ 244×1 topic
  9. Ensemble Kalman Filter23▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Extreme Events22▲ 146×2 topics
  11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions22▲ 47×4 topics
  12. Remote Sensing22▲ 10×20 topics
  13. Climate Modeling22▲ 178×1 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes22▲ 178×1 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise17▲ 78×3 topics
  16. Tropical Cyclones15▲ 156×2 topics
  17. Air Quality14▲ 45×4 topics
  18. Satellite Observations14▲ 84×3 topics
  19. Hurricanes11▲ 195×1 topic
  20. Storm Surge11▲ 195×1 topic
  21. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 26×5 topics
  22. Water Quality8▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Geodetic Measurements8▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Shale Gas7▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Emissions7▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Atmospheric7▲ 84×1 topic
  27. Methane7▲ 84×1 topic
  28. Aerosols6▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Climate6▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Oceanic Modeling6▲ 111×1 topic
  31. Tidal Analysis6▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Atmospheric Aerosols6▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Black Carbon6▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Hydrology6▲ 27×4 topics
  35. Earthquakes6▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Subduction6▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Precipitation5▲ 69×2 topics
  38. Ozone Depletion5▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Stratospheric Water Vapor5▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Validation5▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Meteorological Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Meteorological Phenomena…23Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 23 fractional worksClimate variability and …22Climate variability and models: 22 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 11 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 7 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 6 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 6 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 5 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeOceanographyGeophysics

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 23 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  3. 3 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 6 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 6 works
  8. 8 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 5 works
  10. 10 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 4 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 available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meteorological Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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