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Nitto Boseki (Japan)

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World rank, all time
#32,169
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,549
of 1,923
Research works
147
▲ 86% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Nitto Boseki (Japan)

Which fields of science does Nitto Boseki (Japan) work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Nitto Boseki (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Materials Science (16%), Chemistry (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 118 fractional works · 80.1% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 40.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 8.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNitto Boseki(Japan)147fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5940.3%
    2. Materials Science2415.9%
    3. Chemistry149.8%
    4. Computer Science117.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy42.9%
    6. Mathematics31.9%
    7. Environmental Science21.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine106.7%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    3. Decision Sciences10.7%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.87× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.91× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.72× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.87×0 works
  2. Chemistry4.91×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.57×2 works
  4. Energy3.72×0 works
  5. Neuroscience3.16×0 works
  6. Medicine1.46×2 works
  7. Engineering1.30×1 works
  8. Materials Science1.10×0 works
  9. Psychology0.84×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.26×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nitto Boseki (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Susumu Harada, Minoru Takeuchi and Kazuhiro Takashima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nitto Boseki (Japan).

  1. 1 Susumu Harada Japan · #3,505,092 worldwide 2.9k citations · 161 works
  2. 2 Minoru Takeuchi Japan · #4,101,831 worldwide 382 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Kazuhiro Takashima Japan · #4,143,421 worldwide 213 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Masaru Bunya Japan · #4,410,085 worldwide 177 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ryo Kojima Japan · #4,593,378 worldwide 133 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Katsuhiro Katayama Japan · #4,617,807 worldwide 117 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Toshihide Miura Japan · #4,997,090 worldwide 267 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Hideo Tsuru Japan · #5,050,661 worldwide 93 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kazuo Miyamichi Japan · #5,239,376 worldwide 42 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Masamichi Katayama Japan · #5,828,690 worldwide 110 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Nitto Boseki (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Nitto Boseki (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Nitto Boseki (Japan) is "Mobile application development" (Andre Charland, Brian Leroux, 2011), with 427 citations. Next come "New Agents for t-Butyloxycarbonylation and p-Methoxybenzyloxycarbonylation of Amino Acids" (125) and "Mobile Application Development: Web vs. Native" (112).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mobile application development Andre Charland, Brian Leroux · Communications of the ACM Open access 26 Apr 2011 427
2 New Agents for t-Butyloxycarbonylation and p-Methoxybenzyloxycarbonylation of Amino Acids Takeshi Nagasawa, Katsumasa Kuroiwa, Kouichi Narita et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Apr 1973 125
3 Mobile Application Development: Web vs. Native Andre Charland, Brian Leroux · Queue Open access Apr 2011 112
4 A method of two-scale analysis with micro-macro decoupling scheme: application to hyperelastic composite materials Kenjiro Terada, Junji Kato, Norio HIRAYAMA et al. · Computational Mechanics 20 May 2013 99
5 Homopolymerization of monoallylammonium salts with azo‐initiators Susumu Harada, Sakuro Hasegawa · Die Makromolekulare Chemie Rapid Communications 1984 68
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Which keywords describe research at Nitto Boseki (Japan)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Polymer Composites, Artificial Intelligence, Recycling, Composite Materials, Graphene Oxide, Carbon Fiber and Interfacial Properties.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties12▲ 8.7×12 topics
  2. Polymer Composites11▲ 41×3 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 8.6×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact10▲ 5.0×7 topics
  5. Recycling9▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Composite Materials9▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Graphene Oxide9▲ 60×2 topics
  8. Carbon Fiber9▲ 231×1 topic
  9. Interfacial Properties9▲ 231×1 topic
  10. Thermal Properties7▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Vibration Control7▲ 76×2 topics
  12. Heat Transfer7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  13. Neural Networks7▲ 4.6×3 topics
  14. Fabric Comfort7▲ 117×1 topic
  15. Moisture Management7▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Nanocomposites6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications5▲ 3.4×8 topics
  18. Nanoparticles5▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Catalysis5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Numerical Simulation4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  22. Subwavelength Imaging4▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Green Chemistry4▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Wave Propagation4▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Acoustic Metamaterials4▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Phononic Crystals4▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Synthesis4▲ 4.8×12 topics
  28. Color Constancy4▲ 110×1 topic
  29. Colorimetry4▲ 110×1 topic
  30. Antimicrobial3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  31. Failure Analysis3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Chemoselective3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition3▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Sound Quality3▲ 162×1 topic
  35. Speech Enhancement3▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Transfer Path Analysis3▲ 162×1 topic
  37. 3D Printing3▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Finite Element Method3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Design Optimization3▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Human-Computer Interaction3▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Nitto Boseki (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

IgG4-Related and Inflamm…0IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases: 0 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …0Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 0 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…0RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 0 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and T…0Platelet Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 0 fractional worksDyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers: 0 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulatio…0Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 0 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 0 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 0 fractional works
RheumatologyMolecular BiologyHematologyEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases Rheumatology 0 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 0 works
  6. 6 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nitto Boseki (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 86% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Nitto Boseki (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Nitto Boseki (Japan)0.000027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nitto Boseki (Japan) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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