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Government institution · Tokyo · Japan

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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World rank, all time
#25,197
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,000
of 2,112
Research works
331
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 9.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.71× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 16.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Shigeo Takizawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Shigeo Takizawa Japan · #1,167,999 worldwide 29 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Ethics, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Care, Urban Development, Globalization, International Relations and Phenomenology.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Education3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  2. Ethics2▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Globalization2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  4. Clinical Pharmacy2▲ 514×1 topic
  5. Pharmaceutical Care2▲ 514×1 topic
  6. Urban Development2▲ 16×2 topics
  7. Qualitative Research1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  8. International Relations1▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Phenomenology1▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  11. Adaptive Reuse1▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Community Participation1▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Intangible Heritage1▲ 117×1 topic
  14. Neoliberalism1▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Pedagogy1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  16. Social Sciences1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmacy and Medical Practices, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Research in Social Sciences and International Science and Diplomacy.

Pharmacy and Medical Pra…2Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 1 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksInternational Science and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksGlobal Educational Reforms and Inequalities: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…0Space exploration and regulation: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyArcheologyEducationPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 1 works
  3. 3 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  4. 4 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  7. 7 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities Demography 0 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% lower 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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