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National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

In research, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#947 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#542 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,695 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Plant Science — Insect Science is 17.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,401
of 28,054 · #9,081 all time
Rank in Japan
#185
of 1,070
Research works
4k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #947 of 3,409 15.2%465 #1060
Plant ScienceSubfield #542 of 1,395 17.3%241 #596
Life SciencesDomain #3,695 of 7,800 13.8%636 #4168
Physical SciencesDomain #7,684 of 12,888 11.3%208 #10390
Environmental ScienceField #2,674 of 3,551 13.1%98 #2926
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,770 of 3,579 10.3%142 #3126
MedicineField #8,636 of 10,443 14.2%72 #11790
Health SciencesDomain #9,995 of 11,982 12.0%104 #11735
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,023 of 2,175 10.6%74 #2544

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,060 #947
  2. Plant Science#596 #542
  3. Life Sciences#4,168 #3,695
  4. Physical Sciences#10,390 #7,684
  5. Environmental Science#2,926 #2,674
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,126 #2,770
  7. Medicine#11,790 #8,636
  8. Health Sciences#11,735 #9,995
  9. Molecular Biology#2,544 #2,023
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Agriculture and Food Research Organization specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 47.2 works17×
  2. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 35.1 works15×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 241.2 works14×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 465.1 works10×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 20.7 works9.7×
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 43.5 works9.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 10.15× its world share, 465 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.77× its world share, 142 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 3.67× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.01× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Agriculture and Food Research Organization?

Ranked on the composite score, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Hiroaki Sakai and Kiyotada Hayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Agriculture and Food Research Organization.

  1. 1 Tsuyoshi Tanaka Japan · #149,086 worldwide 199 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Hiroaki Sakai Japan · #214,409 worldwide 146 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kiyotada Hayashi Japan · #233,516 worldwide 106 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Yusaku Uga Japan · #242,751 worldwide 219 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Hidekazu Ito Japan · #346,102 worldwide 146 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Kazunari Kondo Japan · #371,053 worldwide 110 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 陽子 山田 Japan · #458,782 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Hiroshi Okadome Japan · #480,848 worldwide 65 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Masayuki Hirafuji Japan · #510,102 worldwide 56 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Mari Maeda‐Yamamoto Japan · #546,834 worldwide 71 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Which keywords describe research at National Agriculture and Food Research Organization?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, QTL Mapping, Genetic Diversity, Biological Control, Invasive Species, Genome Sequencing, Genomics and Drought Resistance.

▲ 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 Change97▲ 3.7×67 topics
  2. QTL Mapping42▲ 37×6 topics
  3. Genetic Diversity36▲ 8.3×19 topics
  4. Biological Control35▲ 24×10 topics
  5. Biodiversity31▲ 4.3×27 topics
  6. Invasive Species31▲ 7.6×20 topics
  7. Genome Sequencing28▲ 19×9 topics
  8. Genomics27▲ 9.6×12 topics
  9. Food Security27▲ 5.0×15 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity26▲ 4.2×26 topics
  11. Drought Resistance25▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Metabolism25▲ 5.1×21 topics
  13. Water Management25▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis25▲ 8.4×11 topics
  15. Plant Immunity24▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Yield Potential24▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Host Specificity22▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Global Change22▲ 8.7×5 topics
  19. Gene Expression21▲ 3.6×15 topics
  20. Microbiota20▲ 9.8×7 topics
  21. Fermentation20▲ 15×6 topics
  22. Fungal Pathogens20▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Drought Tolerance20▲ 14×9 topics
  24. Rice20▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Gut Microbiota19▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Quantitative Trait Loci19▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Genetic Mapping19▲ 25×4 topics
  28. Aroma Compounds19▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Aerobic Rice Systems19▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Root Traits19▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Soil Fertility17▲ 7.9×7 topics
  32. Genetic Characterization17▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Genetic Regulation17▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Marker-Assisted Selection17▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Small RNAs16▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Plant Breeding15▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Plant Defense15▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Crop Improvement15▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles15▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Jasmonate Signaling15▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does National Agriculture and Food Research Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant Virus Research Studies and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology.

Rice Cultivation and Yie…19Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 19 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…15Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 15 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 14 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 12 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 11 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 11 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 11 fractional worksGenetic Mapping and Dive…10Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals: 10 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 10 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 9 fractional works
Plant ScienceInsect ScienceAgronomy and Crop ScienceCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 19 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 15 works
  3. 3 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 14 works
  4. 4 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 11 works
  6. 6 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 11 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 11 works
  8. 8 Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals Genetics 10 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 10 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Agriculture and Food Research Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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