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National Institute of Health Sciences

In research, National Institute of Health Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,131 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#8,012 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,723 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,507
of 28,054 · #4,826 all time
Rank in Japan
#286
of 1,070
Research works
6.1k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
153k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Health Sciences 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,131 of 7,800 12.9%142 #2129
MedicineField #8,012 of 10,443 10.7%81 #3800
Health SciencesDomain #9,723 of 11,982 10.6%90 #5099
Physical SciencesDomain #10,680 of 12,888 6.1%78 #7524
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,110 of 3,579 12.8%84 #1662

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Health Sciences 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. Life Sciences#2,129 #5,131
  2. Medicine#3,800 #8,012
  3. Health Sciences#5,099 #9,723
  4. Physical Sciences#7,524 #10,680
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,662 #3,110
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.

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: 1.76× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.99× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.09× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12.55× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.94× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.60× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Ryuichi Hasegawa, Atsuko Matsuoka and Masami Yamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Ryuichi Hasegawa Japan · #21,194 worldwide 476 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Atsuko Matsuoka Japan · #161,142 worldwide 134 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Masami Yamada Japan · #202,399 worldwide 111 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Nobuo Kawahara Japan · #222,795 worldwide 120 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Tatsuya Nakano Japan · #223,387 worldwide 253 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Shigeyoshi Odashima Japan · #251,577 worldwide 76 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Yoshiro Saito Japan · #263,619 worldwide 181 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Jun Kanno Japan · #296,062 worldwide 168 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Makoto Hayashi Japan · #306,896 worldwide 189 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Nahoko Kaniwa Japan · #313,040 worldwide 113 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Health Effects, Cancer, DNA Damage, Toxicity, Biomonitoring, Food Safety and Environmental Monitoring.

▲ 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. Cancer19▲ 4.4×42 topics
  2. Risk Assessment17▲ 8.0×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology17▲ 1.32×50 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress16▲ 3.0×36 topics
  5. Health Effects15▲ 7.9×16 topics
  6. DNA Damage13▲ 51×3 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 1.72×44 topics
  8. Toxicity11▲ 8.3×16 topics
  9. Biomonitoring11▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Food Safety11▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Environmental Monitoring10▲ 8.5×3 topics
  12. Comet Assay10▲ 193×1 topic
  13. Genotoxicity Testing10▲ 193×1 topic
  14. Monoclonal Antibodies9▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.7×15 topics
  16. Metabolic Disorders8▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Metabolism8▲ 4.8×20 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  19. Pharmacokinetics8▲ 9.0×8 topics
  20. Method Validation7▲ 42×3 topics
  21. Biomarkers7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Liquid Chromatography7▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Regenerative Medicine7▲ 8.4×4 topics
  25. Tissue Engineering7▲ 3.5×5 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 13×7 topics
  27. Cell Culture6▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Therapeutic Antibodies6▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Environmental Exposure6▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Medicinal Chemistry6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  31. Glycosylation6▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Biopharmaceuticals6▲ 34×3 topics
  33. Microfluidic Devices5▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Immunogenicity5▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Gene Therapy5▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Hydrogels5▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Bioinks5▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Bioprinting5▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Bisphenol A5▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals5▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Carcinogens and Genotoxi…10Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 10 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 5 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 5 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 4 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 4 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 4 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…4Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 3 fractional worksPesticide Residue Analys…3Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety: 3 fractional works
Cancer ResearchBiomedical EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 10 works
  2. 2 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  4. 4 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 4 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 3 works
  10. 10 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety Food Science 3 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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