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Ministry of the Environment

In research, Ministry of the Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#19,935 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#35,458
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,538
of 2,112
Research works
331
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Ministry of the Environment 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
Physical SciencesDomain #19,935 of 21,541 8.6%200

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of the Environment 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: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.42× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.20× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of the Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Waste Management, Recycling, Life Cycle Assessment, Climate Change, Sustainability Assessment, Sustainability and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact6▲ 7.4×17 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 3.5×30 topics
  3. Waste Management4▲ 22×4 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 3.2×13 topics
  5. Recycling3▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Sustainability Assessment2▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Biodiversity2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  9. Carbon Footprint2▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Embodied Energy2▲ 80×1 topic
  12. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Water Footprint2▲ 80×1 topic
  14. Conservation2▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts2▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Invasive Species2▲ 9.5×8 topics
  17. Health Effects2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  18. Population Dynamics2▲ 15×6 topics
  19. Corrosion2▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Metal Recovery2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Nickel-Aluminium Bronze2▲ 724×1 topic
  22. Health Consequences2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Circular Economy1▲ 11×4 topics
  24. E-Waste1▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Epidemiology1▼ 0.77×16 topics
  26. Hazardous Substances1▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Pollution1▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Conservation Biology1▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Energy Efficiency1▲ 2.7×3 topics
  30. Bioaccumulation1▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Marine Environment1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Climate Change Impact1▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Copyright Law1▲ 112×1 topic
  34. Eco-Industrial Parks1▲ 141×1 topic
  35. Industrial Symbiosis1▲ 141×1 topic
  36. Trademark Law1▲ 221×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of the Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Metallurgy and Material Science, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Sustainable Industrial Ecology.

Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Science: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksSustainable Industrial E…1Sustainable Industrial Ecology: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 1 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…1Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 0 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringMaterials ChemistryIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Metallurgy and Material Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Industrial Ecology Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Intellectual Property Law Law 1 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 1 works
  8. 8 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  10. 10 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of the Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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