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Pioneer (Japan)

In research, Pioneer (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,750 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 12.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,613
of 28,054 · #7,120 all time
Rank in Japan
#96
of 1,070
Research works
625
▲ 252% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Pioneer (Japan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,750 of 12,888 26.8%107 #4407

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

What does Pioneer (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 40.3 works13×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.79× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.67× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.98× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.64× its world share, 40 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pioneer (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Katsumi Yoshizawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pioneer (Japan).

  1. 1 Katsumi Yoshizawa Japan · #1,466,392 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pioneer (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Pioneer (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Entanglement, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Spintronics, Quantum Information, Catalysis and Gravitational Waves.

▲ 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. Biosensors7▲ 9.8×10 topics
  2. Entanglement6▲ 29×4 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications5▲ 2.8×21 topics
  4. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.4×17 topics
  5. Catalysis4▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Accretion Disks4▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Magnetic Fields4▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Spintronics4▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Gravitational Waves3▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Quantum Information3▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Star Formation3▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Transition Metal Catalysis3▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Renormalization Group3▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Self-Assembly3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  15. GaN3▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Hydrogenation3▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 38×3 topics
  18. Semiconductor3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  19. Microcavities3▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Nanowires3▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Quantum Computing3▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Topological Order3▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Molecular Clouds2▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Semiconductors2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  28. Turbulence2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Heterocycles2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Electron Spin2▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Semiconductor Quantum Dots2▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Band Parameters2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Optical Modulators2▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Quantum2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Quantum Simulation2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Computation2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Cryptography2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Oxidative Coupling2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Supernovae2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Transparent Conductors2▲ 11×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Quantum many-body systems and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Astrophysics and Star Fo…2Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…2Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 2 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 2 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceOrganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  3. 3 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 2 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 252% 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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