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NLT Technologies (Japan)

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Research works
62
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
579
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
NLT Technologies (Japan)

Not ranked overall: NLT Technologies (Japan) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does NLT Technologies (Japan) work in?

In all years, 92% of research at NLT Technologies (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Materials Science (12%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 92.3% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 60.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 35.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNLT Technologies(Japan)62fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3760.1%
    2. Materials Science812.5%
    3. Computer Science69.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy46.6%
    5. Chemical Engineering11.9%
    6. Environmental Science00.8%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Energy00.3%
    1. Neuroscience23.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    2. Psychology00.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
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.

Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyPsychology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.20×2 works
  2. Computer Science2.61×1 works
  3. Neuroscience2.31×0 works
  4. Materials Science1.61×0 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.27×0 works
  6. Psychology0.74×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NLT Technologies (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jin Matsushima, Michiaki Sakamoto and Jiro Yanase lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NLT Technologies (Japan).

  1. 1 Jin Matsushima Japan · #3,057,571 worldwide 145 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Michiaki Sakamoto Japan · #4,342,128 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Jiro Yanase Japan · #4,584,083 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kazushige Takechi Japan · #4,972,164 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Kenichi Takatori Japan · #5,113,326 worldwide 112 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Tanabe Japan · #6,525,808 worldwide 689 citations · 105 works
All ranked researchers at NLT Technologies (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from NLT Technologies (Japan)?

The most cited paper from NLT Technologies (Japan) is "Temperature-Dependent Transfer Characteristics of Amorphous InGaZnO4 Thin-Film Transistors" (Kazushige Takechi, Mitsuru Nakata, Toshimasa Eguchi et al., 2009), with 175 citations. Next come "Comparison of Ultraviolet Photo-Field Effects between Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous InGaZnO4 Thin-Film Transistors" (128) and "Dual-Gate Characteristics of Amorphous $ \hbox{InGaZnO}_{4}$ Thin-Film Transistors as Compared to Those of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors" (69).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Temperature-Dependent Transfer Characteristics of Amorphous InGaZnO4 Thin-Film Transistors Kazushige Takechi, Mitsuru Nakata, Toshimasa Eguchi et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Open access 2009 175
2 Comparison of Ultraviolet Photo-Field Effects between Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon and Amorphous InGaZnO4 Thin-Film Transistors Kazushige Takechi, Mitsuru Nakata, Toshimasa Eguchi et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Open access 2009 128
3 Dual-Gate Characteristics of Amorphous $ \hbox{InGaZnO}_{4}$ Thin-Film Transistors as Compared to Those of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin-Film Transistors Kazushige Takechi, Mitsuru Nakata, Kazufumi Azuma et al. · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 30 Jul 2009 69
4 Improvement of InGaZnO4Thin Film Transistors Characteristics Utilizing Excimer Laser Annealing Mitsuru Nakata, Kazushige Takechi, Kazufumi Azuma et al. · Applied Physics Express 6 Feb 2009 51
5 Flexible High-Performance Amorphous InGaZnO 4 Thin-Film Transistors Utilizing Excimer Laser Annealing Mitsuru Nakata, Kazushige Takechi, Toshimasa Eguchi et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Open access 20 Aug 2009 44
All 84 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NLT Technologies (Japan)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Flexible Electronics, Plasmonics, Thin-Film Transistors, Virtual Reality, Nanoparticles, Visual Fatigue and Holographic Displays.

▲ 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. Solar Cells12▲ 62×4 topics
  2. Flexible Electronics10▲ 112×2 topics
  3. Plasmonics9▲ 179×1 topic
  4. Thin-Film Transistors9▲ 315×1 topic
  5. Nanoparticles6▲ 6.8×4 topics
  6. Virtual Reality6▲ 25×3 topics
  7. Visual Fatigue4▲ 158×2 topics
  8. Holographic Displays4▲ 338×1 topic
  9. Stereoscopic Displays4▲ 338×1 topic
  10. Colloidal Crystals4▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Machine Vision4▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Roughness Measurement3▲ 171×1 topic
  13. Surface Characterization3▲ 125×1 topic
  14. Gesture Recognition3▲ 68×2 topics
  15. Optical Sensors3▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Virtual Environments3▲ 121×2 topics
  17. Photonic Crystals3▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Nanostructures2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  19. Nanowires2▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Interaction Techniques2▲ 191×1 topic
  21. Tangible User Interfaces2▲ 191×1 topic
  22. Biosensors2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  23. Semiconductors2▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Liquid Crystals2▲ 101×1 topic
  25. Self-Organization2▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Thin Films2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Acoustic Wave Biosensors2▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Digital Microfluidics2▲ 219×1 topic
  29. Microfluidics2▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Thin Film Resonators2▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Ceramics2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Efficiency2▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Haptic Interfaces2▲ 49×2 topics
  34. Nanocavities2▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Optical Properties2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Silicon2▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Slow Light2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Thermistors2▲ 552×1 topic
  39. Luminescent2▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Porous Silicon2▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does NLT Technologies (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teleoperation and Haptic Systems, Robot Manipulation and Learning, Engineering Applied Research and 3D IC and TSV technologies.

Teleoperation and Haptic…0Teleoperation and Haptic Systems: 0 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and L…0Robot Manipulation and Learning: 0 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 0 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and properties of polymers: 0 fractional worksOptical Systems and Laser Technology: 0 fractional worksWelding Techniques and R…0Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 0 fractional worksRobotic Locomotion and Control: 0 fractional worksProsthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics: 0 fractional worksNetwork Traffic and Congestion Control: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Teleoperation and Haptic Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Synthesis and properties of polymers Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  6. 6 Optical Systems and Laser Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Robotic Locomotion and Control Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Network Traffic and Congestion Control Computer Networks and Communications 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NLT Technologies (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% 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 NLT Technologies (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2024.

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

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