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Nara Saho College

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Research works
31
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
265
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Nara Saho College

Not ranked overall: Nara Saho College 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 Saho College work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Nara Saho College is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (16%), Medicine (13%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 13.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNara Saho College31fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences21%

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 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science515.5%
    2. Engineering412.1%
    3. Materials Science25.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy14.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.7%
    6. Chemistry11.7%
    7. Computer Science01.4%
    8. Energy00.9%
    1. Psychology412.0%
    2. Social Sciences14.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.5%
    3. Neuroscience14.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    1. Medicine413.0%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Nara Saho College?

Ranked on the quality score, Masumi Ikeuchi and Taeko Nakamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nara Saho College.

  1. 1 Masumi Ikeuchi Japan · #3,969,382 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Taeko Nakamura Japan · #5,802,284 worldwide 227 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Nara Saho College

What are the most cited papers from Nara Saho College?

The most cited paper from Nara Saho College is "The effect of a dissociative dose of ketamine on the bispectral index (BIS) during propofol hypnosis" (Barry L. Friedberg, 1999), with 69 citations. Next come "Reversibility of adenine-induced renal failure in rats" (55) and "[GADV]-Protein World Hypothesis on the Origin of Life" (51).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effect of a dissociative dose of ketamine on the bispectral index (BIS) during propofol hypnosis Barry L. Friedberg · Journal of Clinical Anesthesia Feb 1999 69
2 Reversibility of adenine-induced renal failure in rats Hideto Okada, Yoshiteru Kaneko, Takiko Yawata et al. · Clinical and Experimental Nephrology May 1999 55
3 [GADV]-Protein World Hypothesis on the Origin of Life Kenji Ikehara · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres Open access Dec 2014 51
4 Beta-Arrestin Functionally Regulates the Non-Bleaching Pigment Parapinopsin in Lamprey Pineal Emi Kawano‐Yamashita, Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Yoshinori Shichida et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 Jan 2011 31
5 Immunohistochemical characterization of a parapinopsin-containing photoreceptor cell involved in the ultraviolet/green discrimination in the pineal organ of the river lamprey Lethenteron japonicum Emi Kawano‐Yamashita, Akihisa Terakita, Mitsumasa Koyanagi et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology 19 Oct 2007 30
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nara Saho College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Consumer Preferences, Color Psychology, Kansei Engineering, Antimicrobial, Nanomaterials, Climate Change, Invasive Species and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change2▲ 2.6×7 topics
  2. Consumer Preferences2▲ 81×2 topics
  3. Color Psychology2▲ 168×1 topic
  4. Kansei Engineering2▲ 168×1 topic
  5. Antimicrobial2▲ 21×2 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  7. Nanomaterials2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  8. Invasive Species1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  9. Dyeing1▲ 162×1 topic
  10. Metabolism1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  11. Textiles1▲ 162×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  13. Hybrid Materials1▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Microbial Ecology1▲ 20×2 topics
  15. STEM Education1▲ 12×1 topic
  16. Spatial Ability1▲ 209×1 topic

Which research topics does Nara Saho College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications, Chemical Synthesis and Characterization, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Forest ecology and management.

Polyoxometalates: Synthe…0Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications: 0 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and C…0Chemical Synthesis and Characterization: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 0 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 0 fractional works
Materials ChemistryIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringNature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  2. 2 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nara Saho College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nara Saho College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2021.

0.00020%0.00040%Nara Saho College0.000026% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nara Saho College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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