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National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology

In research, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,231 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,874 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,103 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics (Radiation is 52.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,091
of 22,385 · #1,342 all time
Rank in Japan
#61
of 924
Research works
3.8k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology

What is National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,231 of 10,670 5.8%786 #944
Health SciencesDomain #2,874 of 9,902 6.9%302 #1740
Life SciencesDomain #2,103 of 6,403 5.2%166 #1542
Materials ScienceField #818 of 2,276 5.0%140 #799
EngineeringField #2,140 of 5,901 5.4%269 #1123
MedicineField #3,314 of 8,541 7.2%281 #2009
Physics and AstronomyField #676 of 1,417 6.7%265 #374
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,752 of 2,964 3.4%101 #1557
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,337 of 2,176 5.3%83 #841
Materials ChemistrySubfield #937 of 1,473 4.6%108 #703

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#944 #2,231
  2. Health Sciences#1,740 #2,874
  3. Life Sciences#1,542 #2,103
  4. Materials Science#799 #818
  5. Engineering#1,123 #2,140
  6. Medicine#2,009 #3,314
  7. Physics and Astronomy#374 #676
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,557 #1,752
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#841 #1,337
  10. Materials Chemistry#703 #937
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Engineering (21%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 866 fractional works · 62.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 293 fractional works · 21.0% of its workRadiation: 100 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 82 fractional works · 5.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 72 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 291 fractional works · 20.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 92 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 158 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 121 fractional works · 8.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 333 fractional works · 23.8% of its workMedicine: 310 fractional works · 22.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 116 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 71 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 185 fractional works · 13.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 42 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalInstitutes for…1,396fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy29321.0%
    2. Engineering29120.8%
    3. Materials Science15811.3%
    4. Chemistry443.1%
    5. Environmental Science362.6%
    6. Computer Science171.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.1%
    8. Energy50.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering50.3%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Medicine31022.2%
    2. Health Professions181.3%
    3. Nursing30.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1128.0%
    2. Neuroscience423.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences211.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.3%
    1. Psychology60.4%
    2. Decision Sciences30.2%
    3. Social Sciences20.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 52.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 100.3 works52×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 72.3 works16×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 22.2 works9.9×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 293.0 works9.4×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 115.9 works9.2×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 82.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 112 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.00× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 291 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.24× its world share, 158 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.44× its world share, 293 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 310 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.44×293 works
  2. Materials Science3.24×158 works
  3. Chemistry2.00×44 works
  4. Neuroscience1.86×42 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.50×112 works
  6. Engineering1.39×291 works
  7. Medicine1.15×310 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×5 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.97×5 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×16 works
  11. Environmental Science0.53×36 works
  12. Health Professions0.50×18 works
  13. Veterinary0.44×1 works
  14. Energy0.42×5 works
  15. Nursing0.37×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×22 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×4 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.23×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.15×17 works
  20. Dentistry0.15×1 works
  21. Psychology0.14×6 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.02×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×1 works
  25. Social Sciences0.01×2 works

Who are the top researchers at National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Takahashi, Kuan Hu and Tadashi Kamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology.

  1. 1 M. Takahashi Japan · #200,701 worldwide 14k citations · 344 works
  2. 2 Kuan Hu Japan · #348,230 worldwide 4.7k citations · 197 works
  3. 3 Tadashi Kamada Japan · #372,133 worldwide 12k citations · 443 works
  4. 4 Naruhiko Sahara Japan · #465,366 worldwide 11k citations · 258 works
  5. 5 Reiko Imai Japan · #516,940 worldwide 2.7k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Masafumi Shimojo Japan · #556,291 worldwide 1.6k citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Taichi Yamashita Japan · #654,979 worldwide 380 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Makoto Higuchi Japan · #664,475 worldwide 22k citations · 720 works
  9. 9 Bin Ji Japan · #741,771 worldwide 4.8k citations · 137 works
  10. 10 Yukiko Hori Japan · #808,036 worldwide 2.1k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology

What are the most cited papers from National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology?

The most cited paper from National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology is "Optics in the relativistic regime" (Gerard A. Mourou, Toshiki Tajima, S. V. Bulanov, 2006), with 1,857 citations. Next come "IL-6 in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer" (1,490) and "Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications" (1,065).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Optics in the relativistic regime Gerard A. Mourou, Toshiki Tajima, S. V. Bulanov · Reviews of Modern Physics 28 Apr 2006 1,857
2 IL-6 in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer Toshio Hirano · International Immunology Open access 15 Dec 2020 1,490
3 Review of laser-driven ion sources and their applications Hiroyuki Daido, Mamiko Nishiuchi, ALEXANDER S. PIROZHKOV · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access 17 Apr 2012 1,065
4 Observation of discrete time-crystalline order in a disordered dipolar many-body system Soonwon Choi, Joonhee Choi, Renate Landig et al. · Nature Open access 7 Mar 2017 1,051
5 COVID-19: A New Virus, but a Familiar Receptor and Cytokine Release Syndrome Toshio Hirano, Masaaki Murakami · Immunity Open access 22 Apr 2020 823
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Imaging, Clinical Applications, Gold Nanoparticles, Particle Therapy, Proton Therapy, Quantitative, Tomography and Dosimetry.

▲ 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-now 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. Cancer58▲ 3.1×33 topics
  2. Imaging52▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Clinical Applications52▲ 58×3 topics
  4. Gold Nanoparticles52▲ 45×3 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress50▲ 2.2×42 topics
  6. Particle Therapy49▲ 140×1 topic
  7. Proton Therapy49▲ 140×1 topic
  8. Quantitative43▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Tomography42▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Dosimetry41▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Reconstruction41▲ 17×2 topics
  12. PET/CT40▲ 53×1 topic
  13. tumor40▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Spectroscopy40▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Health Effects40▲ 4.7×11 topics
  16. Diagnostics39▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Turbulence39▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Tokamak39▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Transport39▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Crystal Growth38▲ 10×11 topics
  21. Medical Imaging38▲ 5.1×8 topics
  22. Radionuclides36▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Ionizing Radiation34▲ 35×3 topics
  24. Radiation Detection34▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Inorganic Scintillators33▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Scintillation Detectors33▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Monte Carlo Simulation32▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Molecular Dynamics Simulations32▲ 53×2 topics
  29. fusion materials32▲ 121×1 topic
  30. radiation damage32▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Radiotherapy31▲ 5.6×11 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging29▲ 8.2×7 topics
  33. Small-Angle Scattering28▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Raman Spectroscopy28▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Data Analysis28▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Cancer Treatment27▲ 8.3×7 topics
  37. Critical Current Density27▲ 80×2 topics
  38. Molecular Dynamics26▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Nb3Sn Conductor26▲ 106×1 topic
  40. Superconducting Magnets26▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Magnetic confinement fusion research and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies.

Radiation Therapy and Do…49Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 49 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…40Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 40 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…39Magnetic confinement fusion research: 39 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …33Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 33 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 32 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 26 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…26Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 25 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 25 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…24Nuclear Physics and Applications: 24 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiation3 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 49 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 40 works
  3. 3 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 39 works
  4. 4 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 33 works
  5. 5 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 32 works
  6. 6 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 26 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 26 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 25 works
  9. 9 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 25 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 24 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0060% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology0.0049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2012.

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