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Port and Airport Research Institute

In research, Port and Airport Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,420 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,126 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Civil and Structural Engineering is 20.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,197
of 28,054 · #19,970 all time
Rank in Japan
#630
of 1,070
Research works
1k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Port and Airport Research Institute 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 #10,420 of 12,888 13.7%126 #11166
EngineeringField #6,126 of 6,636 10.9%60 #6496

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Port and Airport Research Institute 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 Port and Airport Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 32.3 works20×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 33.6 works16×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.79× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.96× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.47× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Port and Airport Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenta Watanabe, Tomohiro Kuwae and Yoshikazu Akira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Port and Airport Research Institute.

  1. 1 Kenta Watanabe Japan · #343,667 worldwide 166 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Tomohiro Kuwae Japan · #382,461 worldwide 215 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Yoshikazu Akira Japan · #606,100 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Toshinari Tanaka Japan · #642,900 worldwide 37 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Shinji SASSA Japan · #759,432 worldwide 135 citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Yoichi Watabe Japan · #777,841 worldwide 93 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Tetsunori Inoue Japan · #808,363 worldwide 25 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Masanori Tanaka Japan · #885,325 worldwide 104 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Ema KATO Japan · #886,107 worldwide 53 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Soonbo YANG Japan · #888,917 worldwide 30 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Port and Airport Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Port and Airport Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sea-Level Rise, Climate Change Impacts, Wave Modeling, Coastal Protection, Sediment Transport and Liquefaction.

▲ 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. Climate Change15▲ 4.1×27 topics
  2. Remote Sensing11▲ 6.7×9 topics
  3. Sea-Level Rise10▲ 65×4 topics
  4. Climate Change Impacts8▲ 49×2 topics
  5. Wave Modeling8▲ 112×2 topics
  6. Coastal Protection7▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.9×15 topics
  8. Sediment Transport7▲ 30×4 topics
  9. Liquefaction6▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Tunnel6▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Coastal Dynamics6▲ 143×1 topic
  12. Shoreline Change6▲ 143×1 topic
  13. Ecosystem Services5▲ 10×4 topics
  14. Geosynthetics5▲ 74×2 topics
  15. CO2 Sequestration5▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Global Warming5▲ 8.7×5 topics
  17. Risk Assessment5▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Fiber Reinforcement4▲ 53×2 topics
  19. Carbon Sequestration4▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Global Carbon Budget4▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Mangrove Forests4▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Ocean Circulation4▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Soil Reinforcement4▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Stone Columns4▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Pipeline4▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Carbon Emissions4▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 54×2 topics
  28. GIS-based Modeling4▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Cementitious Materials4▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Geopolymer4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Ocean Acidification4▲ 38×3 topics
  32. Infrastructure4▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Numerical Modeling4▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Analysis4▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Impact4▲ 122×1 topic
  36. Seismic4▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Tsunami4▲ 665×1 topic
  38. Data Assimilation3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Hazard3▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Landslide3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Port and Airport Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Concrete and Cement Materials Research.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…6Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 6 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 4 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 4 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 4 fractional worksEarthquake and Tsunami Effects: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…3Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 3 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesCivil and Structural EngineeringEcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Earthquake and Tsunami Effects Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Port and Airport Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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