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Nippon Soken (Japan)

In research, Nippon Soken (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,661 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,299
of 28,054 · #4,630 all time
Rank in Japan
#312
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Nippon Soken (Japan) 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 #6,661 of 12,888 12.4%98 #2964

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Nippon Soken (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 24.2 works7.8×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.84× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.66× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.84× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Kazumi Yamamoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nippon Soken (Japan).

  1. 1 Kazumi Yamamoto Japan · #1,172,101 worldwide 46 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Nippon Soken (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Nippon Soken (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Lattice QCD, Renormalization Group, Superfluidity, Supernovae, Failure Analysis and Fluid Dynamics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning7▲ 1.54×22 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.56×24 topics
  3. Lattice QCD3▲ 36×2 topics
  4. Renormalization Group2▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Superfluidity2▲ 38×2 topics
  6. Supernovae2▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Failure Analysis2▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Material Properties2▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Quantum Information2▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Structural Analysis2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Anomaly Detection2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  13. Numerical Simulation2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  14. Black Holes2▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Data Analysis2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  16. Design Optimization2▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Finite Element Method2▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Quantum Simulation2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Fuzzy Mathematics2▲ 63×1 topic
  20. General Relativity2▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Quantum Gravity2▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Set Pair Analysis2▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Wireless Power Transfer2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Consciousness2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Dark Matter2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Gravitational Waves2▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Laser Scanning2▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Entanglement2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Optical Lattices2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Particle Physics2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. QCD2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. charmonium2▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Bose-Einstein Condensation2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Cosmological Parameters2▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Dark Energy2▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Fermi Gases2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Geodetic2▲ 156×1 topic
  38. Monitoring2▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Ultracold Gases2▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Hydrodynamics1▲ 16×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Engineering Applied Research, Research studies in Vietnam, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures.

Engineering Applied Rese…2Engineering Applied Research: 2 fractional worksResearch studies in Viet…2Research studies in Vietnam: 2 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements an…2Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 2 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…2Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 2 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 2 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 1 fractional worksCongenital gastrointesti…1Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies: 1 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 1 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringEcologyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics2 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  8. 8 Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.