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National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

In research, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,391 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#1,066 of 1,209 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,286 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Geophysics is 64.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,722
of 28,054 · #7,521 all time
Rank in Japan
#360
of 1,070
Research works
2.1k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,391 of 12,888 12.4%211 #4524
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,066 of 1,209 19.6%86 #1023
EngineeringField #6,286 of 6,636 7.1%61 #5542

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience 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. Physical Sciences#4,524 #7,391
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,023 #1,066
  3. Engineering#5,542 #6,286
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 Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 64.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 55.0 works64×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 26.5 works25×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 86.4 works23×
  4. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 27.4 works9.5×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.00× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22.56× its world share, 86 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.67× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.31× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience?

Ranked on the composite score, Taku Ozawa, Hiroyuki Fujiwara and K. Hamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience.

  1. 1 Taku Ozawa Japan · #54,448 worldwide 458 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Hiroyuki Fujiwara Japan · #307,510 worldwide 445 citations · 131 works
  3. 3 K. Hamada Japan · #621,125 worldwide 44 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Masashi Nagai Japan · #838,161 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Eiji Sato Japan · #899,775 worldwide 103 citations · 107 works
  6. 6 Naoki Sakai Japan · #950,735 worldwide 79 citations · 110 works
  7. 7 Takashi Inokuchi Japan · #956,917 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Katsuhiko Shiomi Japan · #995,975 worldwide 64 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Izumi Nakamura Japan · #1,024,558 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Takahiro Miwa Japan · #1,032,649 worldwide 39 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

Which keywords describe research at National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Geodetic Measurements, Subduction, Earthquakes, Plate Boundaries, Climate Change, Tomography and Citizen Science.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing35▲ 12×19 topics
  2. Climate Change31▲ 4.8×31 topics
  3. Geodetic Measurements25▲ 95×2 topics
  4. Subduction25▲ 141×2 topics
  5. Earthquakes25▲ 180×1 topic
  6. Plate Boundaries25▲ 180×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning18▲ 2.2×17 topics
  8. Tomography15▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Citizen Science14▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Risk Assessment14▲ 8.3×5 topics
  11. GIS-based Modeling13▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Earthquake Detection13▲ 267×1 topic
  13. Seismic Signals13▲ 267×1 topic
  14. Hazard13▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Landslide13▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 20×5 topics
  17. Plate Tectonics11▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Sea Level Rise10▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Seismic Noise10▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Surface Wave10▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Vulnerability9▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Emergency Management9▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Boundary Layer8▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Data Assimilation8▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Resilience8▲ 7.0×4 topics
  26. Probabilistic Forecasting8▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Community8▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Disaster8▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Ensemble Kalman Filter8▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Hydrology8▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Convective Parameterization8▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Mesoscale Modeling8▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Global Warming8▲ 7.6×7 topics
  34. Ground Motion8▲ 86×1 topic
  35. Seismic Engineering8▲ 86×1 topic
  36. Glacier7▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Water Availability7▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Ionospheric Anomalies7▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Seismic Electromagnetics7▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Land Use Change6▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismology and Earthquake Studies, Landslides and related hazards and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

earthquake and tectonic …25earthquake and tectonic studies: 25 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 13 fractional worksLandslides and related h…13Landslides and related hazards: 13 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis10Seismic Waves and Analysis: 10 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 8 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 8 fractional worksSeismic Performance and …8Seismic Performance and Analysis: 8 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 7 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 7 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 25 works
  2. 2 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  3. 3 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 13 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 10 works
  5. 5 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 8 works
  7. 7 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 7 works
  9. 9 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 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 available56.1%not open43.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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