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Osaka Museum of Natural History

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World rank, all time
#38,379
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,746
of 2,112
Research works
163
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

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: 5.53× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.70× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 15.18× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.60× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroyuki Ariyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Hiroyuki Ariyama Japan · #1,614,025 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Osaka Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Ecosystem Functioning, Evolution and Phylogeny.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 7.3×19 topics
  2. Biodiversity6▲ 25×11 topics
  3. Invasive Species6▲ 43×11 topics
  4. Biogeography6▲ 67×9 topics
  5. DNA Barcoding4▲ 77×9 topics
  6. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 61×5 topics
  7. Evolution4▲ 47×6 topics
  8. Phylogeny4▲ 73×5 topics
  9. Benthic Communities4▲ 174×2 topics
  10. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 174×2 topics
  11. Deep-Sea Ecology3▲ 307×1 topic
  12. Estuarine Quality3▲ 307×1 topic
  13. Population Dynamics3▲ 35×7 topics
  14. Taxonomy3▲ 70×6 topics
  15. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 55×7 topics
  16. Conservation3▲ 19×7 topics
  17. Morphology3▲ 48×5 topics
  18. Global Change2▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 33×4 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 21×7 topics
  21. Conservation Genetics2▲ 160×2 topics
  22. Microbiota2▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Ecology2▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Pollinator Decline2▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 90×3 topics
  27. Biological Control2▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Environmental Impacts2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Cretaceous1▲ 189×2 topics
  30. Pest Management1▲ 51×4 topics
  31. Ecosystem Engineering1▲ 139×1 topic
  32. Freshwater Mussels1▲ 206×1 topic
  33. Fisheries1▲ 92×2 topics
  34. Lepidoptera1▲ 190×1 topic
  35. Molecular Phylogenetics1▲ 190×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity1▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Genomics1▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Social Insects1▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Osaka Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Plant and animal studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy.

Marine Biology and Ecolo…3Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Eco…1Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…1Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 1 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional works
OceanographyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 3 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 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 available54.4%not open45.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher 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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