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Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center

In research, Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#5,287 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#13,932 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Life Sciences — Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#39,852
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,869
of 2,112
Research works
420
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,287 of 6,031 11.5%270
Life SciencesDomain #13,932 of 14,347 10.7%326

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center 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 Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 20.5 works10×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 28.8 works5.3×
← 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: 10.44× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.56× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Shinji Kawano, 慶次 安田 and Keiji Yasuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center.

  1. 1 Shinji Kawano Japan · #613,277 worldwide 92 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 慶次 安田 Japan · #887,627 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Keiji Yasuda Japan · #1,079,306 worldwide 54 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Tsuguo Kohama Japan · #1,194,466 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Norio Arakaki Japan · #1,253,184 worldwide 37 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Takashi Kuriwada Japan · #1,319,522 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Naoto Hirose Japan · #1,373,582 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Tetsuya Takushi Japan · #1,400,076 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Suguru Ohno Japan · #1,592,021 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Satoshi Taba Japan · #1,603,079 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogenetic Analysis, Host Specificity, Biological Control, Invasive Species, Fungal Pathogens, Endophytic Fungi, Taxonomic Revision and Genomic Characterization.

▲ 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. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 38×5 topics
  2. Host Specificity5▲ 102×4 topics
  3. Biological Control4▲ 73×7 topics
  4. Climate Change4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  5. Invasive Species4▲ 24×10 topics
  6. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Taxonomic Revision4▲ 119×2 topics
  9. Genomic Characterization3▲ 62×1 topic
  10. Plant Pathogenesis3▲ 124×1 topic
  11. Plant Pathogens3▲ 205×3 topics
  12. Pest Management2▲ 66×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics2▲ 20×6 topics
  14. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles2▲ 109×1 topic
  15. Jasmonate Signaling2▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Microbiota2▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 6.6×9 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  19. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Genome Sequencing2▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Drosophila Suzukii1▲ 233×1 topic
  23. Fruit Fly1▲ 233×1 topic
  24. Evolution1▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Potato1▲ 86×2 topics
  27. Phytophthora1▲ 178×1 topic
  28. Plant Immunity1▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Polyphenols1▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Rhizosphere Interactions1▲ 34×2 topics
  31. late blight resistance1▲ 178×1 topic
  32. Aroma Compounds1▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Bromelain1▲ 248×1 topic
  34. Fermentation1▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Genetic Mapping1▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Genomics1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Nutritional Significance1▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Pineapple1▲ 248×1 topic
  40. Transcriptome Analysis1▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect behavior and control techniques and Plant Pathogens and Resistance.

Plant Pathogens and Fung…3Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 3 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 1 fractional worksPineapple and bromelain studies: 1 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 1 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…1Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 1 fractional worksFungal Plant Pathogen Control: 1 fractional works
Cell BiologyInsect SciencePlant ScienceMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  3. 3 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 1 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Pineapple and bromelain studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Fungal Plant Pathogen Control Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

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