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Okinawa Prefectural Museum

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Research works
20
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
206
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Okinawa Prefectural Museum

Not ranked overall: Okinawa Prefectural Museum 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 Okinawa Prefectural Museum work in?

In all years, 46% of research at Okinawa Prefectural Museum is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (19%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 45.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 10.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 23.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 12.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKOkinawaPrefectural…20fractional works, all years
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences28%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science422.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences419.5%
    3. Engineering02.4%
    4. Chemistry01.4%
    5. Computer Science00.5%
    1. Social Sciences314.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities210.9%
    3. Psychology12.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology212.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences211.2%
    1. Medicine01.5%
    2. Dentistry00.7%
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: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 16.37× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 6.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 4.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryArts and Humanities: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 2.76× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.37×2 works
  2. Environmental Science6.20×2 works
  3. Dentistry4.62×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities3.30×1 works
  5. Psychology2.76×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.75×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.44×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Okinawa Prefectural Museum?

The most cited paper from Okinawa Prefectural Museum is "Advanced maritime adaptation in the western Pacific coastal region extends back to 35,000–30,000 years before present" (Masaki Fujita, Shinji Yamasaki, Chiaki Katagiri et al., 2016), with 93 citations. Next come "Fossil record of early modern humans in East Asia" (86) and "Pleistocene human remains from Shiraho-Saonetabaru Cave on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, and their radiocarbon dating" (49).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advanced maritime adaptation in the western Pacific coastal region extends back to 35,000–30,000 years before present Masaki Fujita, Shinji Yamasaki, Chiaki Katagiri et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 16 Sep 2016 93
2 Fossil record of early modern humans in East Asia Yousuke Kaifu, Masaki Fujita · Quaternary International 27 Feb 2011 86
3 Pleistocene human remains from Shiraho-Saonetabaru Cave on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan, and their radiocarbon dating Ryohei Nakagawa, Naomi Doi, Yuichiro Nishioka et al. · Anthropological Science Open access 2010 49
4 Comparison of the fecal microbiota of two monogastric herbivorous and five omnivorous mammals Rana Kobayashi, Kentaro Nagaoka, Naomichi Nishimura et al. · Animal Science Journal Open access 2020 46
5 Late Pleistocene modern human mandibles from the Minatogawa Fissure site, Okinawa, Japan: morphological affinities and implications for modern human dispersals in East Asia Yousuke Kaifu, Masaki Fujita, Reiko T. Kono et al. · Anthropological Science Open access 2011 44
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Okinawa Prefectural Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Primate Behavior and Ecology and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Marine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksCephalopods and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 0 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…0Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 0 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksKarst Systems and Hydrogeology: 0 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 0 fractional worksCrustacean biology and ecology: 0 fractional worksEchinoderm biology and ecology: 0 fractional works
OceanographyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSocial PsychologyNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  2. 2 Cephalopods and Marine Biology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  3. 3 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  5. 5 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Karst Systems and Hydrogeology Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  8. 8 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Echinoderm biology and ecology Aquatic Science 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 available69.0%not open31.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Okinawa Prefectural Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Okinawa Prefectural Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Okinawa Prefectural Museum0.000037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Okinawa Prefectural Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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