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Nikon (United States)

In research, Nikon (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,075 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#7,344 of 11,412 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#14,795 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,731
of 28,054 · #11,413 all time
Rank in United States
#2,221
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Nikon (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,075 of 21,541 5.7%753
EngineeringField #7,344 of 11,412 5.3%479
Social SciencesDomain #14,795 of 16,945 18.4%124
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #3,978 of 4,248 4.3%170

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nikon (United States) 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: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.53× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nikon (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Tomoyuki Matsuyama, Tomoharu Fujiwara and Daniel Smith lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nikon (United States).

  1. 1 Tomoyuki Matsuyama United States · #1,000,618 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Tomoharu Fujiwara United States · #1,165,239 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Daniel Smith United States · #1,194,111 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 SADAE TSUTSUMI United States · #1,234,573 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Shinkichi YOSHIMURA United States · #1,509,525 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Daniel P. Smith United States · #1,629,880 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Nikon (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Nikon (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainability, Image Processing, Reconstruction, Signal Processing, Spectroscopy, Climate Change Impact and Machine Vision.

▲ 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. Globalization5▲ 2.2×9 topics
  2. Sustainability5▲ 1.80×10 topics
  3. Educational Technology3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  4. Community Empowerment3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  5. Image Processing3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  6. Pedagogy2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  7. Economic Development2▲ 2.5×2 topics
  8. Health Education2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  9. Reconstruction2▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Signal Processing2▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Spectroscopy2▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Climate Change Impact2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  13. Machine Vision2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  14. Tourism Development2▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Imaging2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  16. Maternal Health2▲ 5.7×1 topic
  17. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  18. Primary Care2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  19. Stunting2▲ 7.7×1 topic
  20. Digital Economy2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  21. Fluorescent Proteins2▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Quantitative2▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Scattering Theory2▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Student Competencies2▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Super-Resolution Imaging2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Teaching Methods2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  27. Boundary Value Problems2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Material Analysis2▲ 65×1 topic
  29. PET/CT2▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Plasma2▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Tomography2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  32. tumor2▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Dual-Energy CT1▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Industrial Enterprises1▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Innovation Economics1▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Irrigation1▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Material Differentiation1▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Roughness Measurement1▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Tourism1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Water Efficiency1▲ 82×1 topic

Which research topics does Nikon (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Nutrition, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Public Health and Nutrit…2Public Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Mi…2Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 2 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…2Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksLaser-induced spectrosco…2Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthBiophysicsEducationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 1 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.9%domestic only57.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nikon (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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