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Nippon Soken (Japan)

In research, Nippon Soken (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,735 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 7.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,169
of 22,385 · #7,077 all time
Rank in Japan
#286
of 924
Research works
1.2k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Nippon Soken (Japan)

What is Nippon Soken (Japan) 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 #4,735 of 10,670 5.4%98 #2695

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nippon Soken (Japan) 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 fields of science does Nippon Soken (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Nippon Soken (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 105 fractional works · 67.8% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 23.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 16.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 13.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNippon Soken(Japan)154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences18%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3723.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2616.8%
    3. Computer Science2113.4%
    4. Environmental Science53.4%
    5. Materials Science53.2%
    6. Mathematics53.1%
    7. Chemistry31.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    9. Energy10.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    1. Social Sciences149.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities53.3%
    3. Psychology42.6%
    4. Decision Sciences21.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine85.2%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nippon Soken (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 25.9 works7.5×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.72× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.55× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.55×26 works
  2. Mathematics2.60×5 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.89×1 works
  4. Computer Science1.72×21 works
  5. Engineering1.59×37 works
  6. Chemistry1.22×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.13×5 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.07×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.97×2 works
  10. Materials Science0.90×5 works
  11. Psychology0.86×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×7 works
  13. Energy0.78×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.74×14 works
  15. Environmental Science0.68×5 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.58×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  22. Medicine0.27×8 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  24. Nursing0.15×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nippon Soken (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Masahiro Shiozawa, Seiji Iyasu and Satoru Kobayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nippon Soken (Japan).

  1. 1 Masahiro Shiozawa Japan · #2,346,665 worldwide 480 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Seiji Iyasu Japan · #3,110,669 worldwide 301 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Satoru Kobayashi Japan · #3,622,986 worldwide 282 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Kazuhisa Ishimaru Japan · #4,733,412 worldwide 212 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Shiro Kawai Japan · #5,309,420 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Toshiaki Sawada Japan · #5,404,258 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Masakazu Ikeda Japan · #5,871,183 worldwide 95 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Noboru Maeda Japan · #6,371,126 worldwide 81 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Nippon Soken (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Nippon Soken (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Nippon Soken (Japan) is "THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY ( NuSTAR ) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION" (Fiona A. Harrison et al., 2013), with 2,299 citations. Next come "Unconventional Pairing Originating from the Disconnected Fermi Surfaces of Superconducting LaFeAsO1−xFx" (1,655) and "Quantized conductance atomic switch" (1,219).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY ( NuSTAR ) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION Fiona A. Harrison et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 30 May 2013 2,299
2 Unconventional Pairing Originating from the Disconnected Fermi Surfaces of Superconducting LaFeAsO1−xFx Kazuhiko Kuroki, Seiichiro Onari, Ryotaro Arita et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 22 Aug 2008 1,655
3 Quantized conductance atomic switch Kazuya Terabe, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Tomonobu Nakayama et al. · Nature 2005 1,219
4 Evidence for the utility of quantum computing before fault tolerance Young‐Seok Kim, Andrew Eddins, Sajant Anand et al. · Nature Open access 14 Jun 2023 1,082
5 Evolution of Nuclear Shells due to the Tensor Force Takaharu Otsuka, Toshio Suzuki, Rintaro Fujimoto et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 30 Nov 2005 930
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nippon Soken (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Fuzzy Mathematics, Set Pair Analysis, Renormalization Group, Superfluidity and Supernovae.

▲ 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. Deep Learning7▲ 1.38×23 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.39×25 topics
  3. Lattice QCD3▲ 33×2 topics
  4. Fuzzy Mathematics2▲ 78×1 topic
  5. Renormalization Group2▲ 29×2 topics
  6. Set Pair Analysis2▲ 78×1 topic
  7. Superfluidity2▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Stem Cells2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  9. Supernovae2▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Anomaly Detection2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  11. Failure Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  12. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  13. Laser Scanning2▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Material Properties2▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Quantum Information2▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Structural Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Data Analysis2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  18. General Relativity2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Numerical Simulation2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  20. Black Holes2▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Dark Matter2▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Design Optimization2▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Finite Element Method2▲ 13×1 topic
  24. Quantum Simulation2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Enteric Nervous System2▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Geodetic2▲ 150×1 topic
  27. Hirschsprung Disease2▲ 106×1 topic
  28. Monitoring2▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Particle Physics2▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Quantum Gravity2▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Wireless Power Transfer2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Consciousness2▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Entanglement2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  34. Gravitational Waves2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. QCD2▲ 32×1 topic
  36. charmonium2▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Optical Lattices2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Bose-Einstein Condensation2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Cosmological Parameters2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Dark Energy2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Nippon Soken (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research studies in Vietnam, Engineering Applied Research, Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies and Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures.

Research studies in Viet…2Research studies in Vietnam: 2 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…2Engineering Applied Research: 2 fractional worksCongenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies: 2 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements an…2Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 2 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…2Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 2 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 2 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…1Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 1 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 1 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 1 fractional works
EcologyCivil and Structural EngineeringSurgeryNuclear and High Energy Physics2 others

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

  1. 1 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 2 works
  2. 2 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  6. 6 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nippon Soken (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nippon Soken (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Nippon Soken (Japan)0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nippon Soken (Japan) 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 2025Nippon Soken (Japan)7.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2011.

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