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Olympus (Japan)

In research, Olympus (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,457 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#7,023 of 11,412 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,451 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,615
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#480
of 2,112
Research works
798
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Olympus (Japan) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,457 of 21,541 14.6%522
EngineeringField #7,023 of 11,412 14.9%311
MedicineField #16,451 of 17,978 13.3%124
Health SciencesDomain #19,126 of 20,462 13.1%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Olympus (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).

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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.31× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 6.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Olympus (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Takashi Mihara, Hiroshi Miyajima and Masashi Kitazawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Olympus (Japan).

  1. 1 Takashi Mihara Japan · #239,872 worldwide 106 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Hiroshi Miyajima Japan · #337,940 worldwide 88 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Masashi Kitazawa Japan · #406,772 worldwide 224 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Yoshinori Iketaki Japan · #512,095 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Tuncer Baykara Japan · #793,176 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Hirobumi Suzuki Japan · #1,165,030 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Mitsunori Kubo Japan · #1,192,157 worldwide 9 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 S. Suzuki Japan · #1,214,233 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Kenji Kobayashi Japan · #1,336,064 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ryo Ohta Japan · #1,357,775 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Olympus (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Olympus (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Endoscopic Resection, Adjuvant Therapy, Gastric Cancer, Molecular Characterization, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Lymph Node Dissection.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.85×16 topics
  2. Chemotherapy2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 10×4 topics
  4. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 55×2 topics
  5. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 37×2 topics
  6. Gastric Cancer1▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Lymph Node Dissection1▲ 64×1 topic
  8. Molecular Characterization1▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy1▲ 45×1 topic
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.5×2 topics
  12. Respiratory Infections1▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Guidelines1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  14. Quality of Life1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  15. Risk Factors1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  16. Child Development1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  17. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Household Fuel Use1▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Maternal and Child Undernutrition1▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Prevention1▲ 7.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Olympus (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Energy and Environment Impacts, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…1Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…1Energy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…0Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 0 fractional worksMagnetic Field Sensors Techniques: 0 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePollutionNutrition and DieteticsOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Olympus (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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