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Nara National Museum

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Research works
6
▲ 432% vs 2018-21
Citations
35
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Nara National Museum

Not ranked overall: Nara National Museum is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Nara National Museum work in?

In all years, 51% of research at Nara National Museum is in Social Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 51.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 34.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 20.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 16.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 15.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 15.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKNara NationalMuseum6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences18%Social Sciences51%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences234.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities116.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences122.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology08.5%
    1. Environmental Science115.3%
    2. Chemistry02.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Nara National Museum?

The most cited paper from Nara National Museum is "Automated recognition of wood used in traditional Japanese sculptures by texture analysis of their low-resolution computed tomography data" (Kayoko Kobayashi, Masanori Akada, Toshiyuki Torigoe et al., 2015), with 37 citations. Next come "Wood anatomical selectivity of drywood termite in the nest-gallery establishment revealed by X-ray tomography" (31) and "X-ray tomographic analysis of the initial structure of the royal chamber and the nest-founding behavior of the drywood termite Incisitermes minor" (27).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Automated recognition of wood used in traditional Japanese sculptures by texture analysis of their low-resolution computed tomography data Kayoko Kobayashi, Masanori Akada, Toshiyuki Torigoe et al. · Journal of Wood Science Open access 3 Sep 2015 37
2 Wood anatomical selectivity of drywood termite in the nest-gallery establishment revealed by X-ray tomography Setiawan Khoirul Himmi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Yanase et al. · Wood Science and Technology 17 Feb 2016 31
3 X-ray tomographic analysis of the initial structure of the royal chamber and the nest-founding behavior of the drywood termite Incisitermes minor Setiawan Khoirul Himmi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Yanase et al. · Journal of Wood Science Open access 22 Aug 2014 27
4 Nest-Gallery Development and Caste Composition of Isolated Foraging Groups of the Drywood Termite, Incisitermes minor (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) Setiawan Khoirul Himmi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Yanase et al. · Insects Open access 22 Jul 2016 13
5 Volume Visualization of Hidden Gallery System of Drywood Termite Using Computed Tomography: A New Approach on Monitoring of Termite Infestation Setiawan Khoirul Himmi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Yanase et al. Book chapter 24 Oct 2017 6
All 12 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Nara National Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sustainable Urban and Rural Development, Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices, Public Spaces through Art and Hemiptera Insect Studies.

Sustainable Urban and Ru…1Sustainable Urban and Rural Development: 1 fractional worksReligious Studies and Sp…0Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 0 fractional worksPublic Spaces through Art0Public Spaces through Art: 0 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies: 0 fractional worksArchitecture and Cultural Influences: 0 fractional worksSocial Movements and Cultural Identity: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 0 fractional worksEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control: 0 fractional worksResearch on scale insects: 0 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional works
Urban StudiesPhilosophyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsArcheology3 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainable Urban and Rural Development Urban Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 0 works
  3. 3 Public Spaces through Art Urban Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  5. 5 Architecture and Cultural Influences Archeology 0 works
  6. 6 Social Movements and Cultural Identity Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 0 works
  8. 8 Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control Insect Science 0 works
  9. 9 Research on scale insects Insect Science 0 works
  10. 10 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 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 available86.5%not open13.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.1%domestic only49.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nara National Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 432% higher than in 2018-2021.

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