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Morinaga (Japan)

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World rank, all time
#25,441
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,013
of 2,112
Research works
228
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
39.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
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: 3.84× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.13× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 16.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Morinaga (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Koji Yamauchi, Isao KIYOSAWA and Toshitaka Odamaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Morinaga (Japan).

  1. 1 Koji Yamauchi Japan · #418,020 worldwide 118 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Isao KIYOSAWA Japan · #1,195,598 worldwide 56 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Toshitaka Odamaki Japan · #1,344,387 worldwide 49 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Shigeo OKONOGI Japan · #1,548,377 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Masahisa Maeno Japan · #1,585,352 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Nanami Hashikura Japan · #1,619,819 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Morinaga (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Morinaga (Japan)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Probiotics, Nutritional Significance, Preterm Infants, Inflammation, Lactoferrin, Human Milk Composition, Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Immune Modulation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Probiotics34▲ 60×6 topics
  2. Nutritional Significance27▲ 86×4 topics
  3. Inflammation26▲ 4.8×39 topics
  4. Preterm Infants21▲ 61×3 topics
  5. Lactoferrin19▲ 199×2 topics
  6. Human Milk Composition19▲ 275×1 topic
  7. Necrotizing Enterocolitis19▲ 275×1 topic
  8. Immune Modulation16▲ 50×3 topics
  9. Epidemiology14▲ 1.52×37 topics
  10. Prebiotics13▲ 65×2 topics
  11. Clinical Trials13▲ 9.2×8 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota13▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Microbiota12▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Gut Health12▲ 102×1 topic
  15. Lactic Acid Bacteria12▲ 102×1 topic
  16. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.4×21 topics
  18. Health Benefits10▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Metabolic Health10▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Cancer9▲ 2.7×19 topics
  21. Immune Responses9▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Inflammatory Diseases9▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Metabolism9▲ 5.8×13 topics
  24. Microbial Communities8▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Metagenomic Analysis8▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Short-Chain Fatty Acids8▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.1×15 topics
  28. Innate Immunity8▲ 10×8 topics
  29. Enzymatic Hydrolysis7▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Protein Hydrolysates7▲ 56×2 topics
  31. ACE Inhibitory Peptides7▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Bioactive Peptides7▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Lipid Oxidation6▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Bone Health6▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Toll-like Receptors5▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Vaccine5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  37. Genetic Adaptation5▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Lactase Persistence5▲ 93×1 topic
  39. Cancer Prevention5▲ 8.5×6 topics
  40. Hydrocolloids5▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Morinaga (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut microbiota and health, Infant Nutrition and Health and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Hea…1Infant Nutrition and Health: 1 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Re…1Folate and B Vitamins Research: 1 fractional worksProtein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis: 1 fractional worksHemoglobin structure and function: 1 fractional worksProtein Hydrolysis and B…0Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides: 0 fractional worksFood Quality and Safety Studies: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 0 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 0 fractional works
Food ScienceMolecular BiologyNutrition and DieteticsRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 2 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  4. 4 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 1 works
  5. 5 Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobin structure and function Cell Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Food Quality and Safety Studies Food Science 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Morinaga (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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