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Natural History Museum and Institute

In research, Natural History Museum and Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,756 of 6,208 worldwide), Life Sciences (#11,704 of 14,347 worldwide) and Ecology (#1,265 of 1,512 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#25,742
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,036
of 2,112
Research works
490
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Natural History Museum and Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Environmental ScienceField #3,756 of 6,208 13.5%225
Life SciencesDomain #11,704 of 14,347 17.6%143
EcologySubfield #1,265 of 1,512 12.2%129
Physical SciencesDomain #18,884 of 21,541 12.9%329

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Natural History Museum and Institute 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).

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: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.43× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.68× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Natural History Museum and Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Hisayoshi Kato, Masaki Miya and Tomoyuki Komai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Natural History Museum and Institute.

  1. 1 Hisayoshi Kato Japan · #556,493 worldwide 59 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Masaki Miya Japan · #855,845 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Tomoyuki Komai Japan · #1,010,560 worldwide 78 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Hiroko Okazaki Japan · #1,395,707 worldwide 29 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Junji Okuno Japan · #1,502,094 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Norio Hayashi Japan · #1,510,511 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Natural History Museum and Institute

Which keywords describe research at Natural History Museum and Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, DNA Barcoding, Biogeography, Conservation, Freshwater, Benthic Communities and Marine Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change14▲ 10×21 topics
  2. Biodiversity12▲ 31×13 topics
  3. DNA Barcoding10▲ 129×8 topics
  4. Biogeography9▲ 70×13 topics
  5. Conservation9▲ 40×8 topics
  6. Freshwater7▲ 268×2 topics
  7. Benthic Communities6▲ 207×2 topics
  8. Marine Biodiversity6▲ 207×2 topics
  9. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 62×6 topics
  10. Ecological Impact6▲ 235×2 topics
  11. Physiological Adaptation6▲ 369×2 topics
  12. Crayfish6▲ 1083×1 topic
  13. Invasion6▲ 1083×1 topic
  14. Deep-Sea Ecology5▲ 347×1 topic
  15. Estuarine Quality5▲ 347×1 topic
  16. Invasive Species5▲ 24×15 topics
  17. Ocean Acidification5▲ 125×2 topics
  18. Marine Ecosystems4▲ 158×2 topics
  19. Bleaching4▲ 227×1 topic
  20. Coral Reefs4▲ 227×1 topic
  21. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 83×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Management3▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Marine Fisheries3▲ 153×1 topic
  24. Trophic Cascades3▲ 69×2 topics
  25. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 21×11 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 26×5 topics
  27. Phylogeny2▲ 32×8 topics
  28. Conservation Genetics2▲ 120×2 topics
  29. Ecology2▲ 27×6 topics
  30. Environmental DNA2▲ 226×1 topic
  31. Metabarcoding2▲ 226×1 topic
  32. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 27×8 topics
  33. Food Authentication2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Fraud Detection2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Global Change2▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Ecosystem2▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Morphology2▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Evolution2▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Marine Microbes2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Microbial Biogeography2▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Natural History Museum and Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Crustacean biology and ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

  1. 1 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 6 works
  2. 2 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 5 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 1 works
  9. 9 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 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 available45.7%not open54.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Natural History Museum and Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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