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Nippon Institute for Biological Science

In research, Nippon Institute for Biological Science stands highest in Life Sciences (#10,185 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#25,651
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,027
of 2,112
Research works
363
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Nippon Institute for Biological Science 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
Life SciencesDomain #10,185 of 14,347 11.8%219

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nippon Institute for Biological Science 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: 4.82× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.03× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.80× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 17.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nippon Institute for Biological Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Tetsuo Nunoya, M. Tajima and Makoto Mizutani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nippon Institute for Biological Science.

  1. 1 Tetsuo Nunoya Japan · #464,525 worldwide 72 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 M. Tajima Japan · #763,523 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Makoto Mizutani Japan · #1,076,893 worldwide 34 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Nippon Institute for Biological Science

Which keywords describe research at Nippon Institute for Biological Science?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Pathogenesis, Genomic Sequencing, Vaccine Development, Antimicrobial Resistance and Metagenomics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology93▲ 6.4×47 topics
  2. Vaccine50▲ 34×8 topics
  3. Immune Response47▲ 21×14 topics
  4. Pathogenesis46▲ 23×14 topics
  5. Genomic Sequencing34▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Vaccine Development30▲ 27×8 topics
  7. Antimicrobial Resistance24▲ 26×7 topics
  8. Metagenomics24▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Host-Pathogen Interactions21▲ 57×4 topics
  10. Virulence Factors21▲ 31×7 topics
  11. Viral Pathogenesis20▲ 70×3 topics
  12. Coronavirus19▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Genomic Integration19▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Circovirus18▲ 135×1 topic
  15. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus18▲ 135×1 topic
  16. Zoonotic Transmission17▲ 46×4 topics
  17. Mycoplasma16▲ 150×1 topic
  18. Pasteurella16▲ 150×1 topic
  19. Genetic Characterization16▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Gene Expression16▲ 7.0×9 topics
  21. Infection15▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Gene Therapy15▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Aquaculture13▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota13▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Nipah Virus11▲ 121×1 topic
  26. Paramyxovirus11▲ 121×1 topic
  27. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 7.7×8 topics
  28. Probiotics11▲ 12×3 topics
  29. AAV11▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Viral Vectors11▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Innate Immunity11▲ 8.3×8 topics
  32. Biopharmaceutical Production10▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Vaccines10▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Encephalitis9▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Genomics9▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Norovirus9▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Rotavirus9▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Virus9▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Embryonic Stem Cells9▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Herpes Zoster9▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Nippon Institute for Biological Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Virus Infections Studies, Microbial infections and disease research, Virus-based gene therapy research and Viral Infections and Immunology Research.

  1. 1 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  2. 2 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  3. 3 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  6. 6 Vector-Borne Animal Diseases Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
  9. 9 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 0 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nippon Institute for Biological Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.