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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

In research, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,806 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,055
of 28,054 · #29,923 all time
Rank in Japan
#794
of 1,070
Research works
614
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 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 #11,806 of 12,888 5.3%66 #16614

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 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: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.48× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasuhiro AKAKURA, Mitsunari HIRASAWA and Yoshihisa Sugimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

  1. 1 Yasuhiro AKAKURA Japan · #918,656 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Mitsunari HIRASAWA Japan · #990,607 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Yoshihisa Sugimura Japan · #1,033,657 worldwide 40 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Takatoshi Noguchi Japan · #1,169,371 worldwide 9 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Japan · #1,347,931 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Yoshitaka HACHIYA Japan · #1,413,657 worldwide 23 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Atsuhiko Kinoshita Japan · #1,630,502 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Hydrological Modeling, Land Use Change, Disaster Management, Environmental Impact and Flood Risk.

▲ 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 Change13▲ 4.4×33 topics
  2. Sustainability11▲ 4.3×24 topics
  3. Remote Sensing9▲ 7.1×10 topics
  4. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.3×19 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 19×2 topics
  6. Sustainable Development5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  7. Biodiversity4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  8. Land Use Change4▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Disaster Management4▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Flood Risk4▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Satellite Imagery4▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Flood Inundation Modeling4▲ 45×1 topic
  13. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 45×1 topic
  14. Risk Assessment3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  15. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Hazard3▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Landslide3▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Community Participation3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  19. Fuel Consumption3▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  21. Sediment Transport3▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Cultural Landscape3▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Management2▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Satoyama2▲ 236×1 topic
  25. landscape conservation2▲ 236×1 topic
  26. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  27. Global Carbon Budget2▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Innovation Policy2▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Agricultural Sustainability2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Energy Consumption2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  31. Urban Development2▲ 6.0×8 topics
  32. Infrastructure2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Sediment Transport Models2▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Soil Erosion2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Knowledge Economy2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Regional Growth2▲ 31×2 topics
  37. European Union Cohesion Policy2▲ 98×1 topic
  38. Smart Specialization2▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Water Resources2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. European Union2▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Landslides and related hazards, Urban and spatial planning and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Flood Risk Assessment an…4Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related h…3Landslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 2 fractional worksSoil erosion and sedimen…2Soil erosion and sediment transport: 2 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis: 2 fractional worksUrbanization and City Pl…2Urbanization and City Planning: 2 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksKorean Urban and Social …2Korean Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawNature and Landscape ConservationSoil Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  4. 4 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 2 works
  5. 5 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  7. 7 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 2 works
  9. 9 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Korean Urban and Social Studies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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