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Protein Research Foundation

In research, Protein Research Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,731 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 10.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,593
of 22,385 · #3,142 all time
Rank in Japan
#181
of 924
Research works
2.1k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
82k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Protein Research Foundation

What is Protein Research Foundation known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,731 of 6,403 7.7%80 #1258

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Protein Research Foundation 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Protein Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Protein Research Foundation is in Life Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (44%), Medicine (16%), Neuroscience (9%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 98 fractional works · 59.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 44.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 54 fractional works · 32.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 21.6% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKProtein ResearchFoundation165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7344.1%
    2. Neuroscience158.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology42.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Materials Science95.4%
    2. Chemistry95.3%
    3. Environmental Science53.1%
    4. Engineering42.6%
    5. Computer Science31.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    8. Energy20.9%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2615.9%
    2. Nursing21.0%
    3. Health Professions10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.0%
    2. Psychology10.4%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Protein Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 53.8 works11×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 72.8 works8.3×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.28× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.42× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.37× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.28×73 works
  2. Neuroscience5.42×14 works
  3. Chemistry3.37×9 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.25×4 works
  5. Nursing2.02×2 works
  6. Materials Science1.54×9 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×1 works
  8. Energy0.99×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.93×2 works
  10. Medicine0.83×26 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×5 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.48×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.20×2 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  19. Engineering0.17×4 works
  20. Health Professions0.15×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  22. Psychology0.12×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Protein Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Katsuo Katayanagi, Tom Macpherson and Motohisa Oobatake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Protein Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Katsuo Katayanagi Japan · #1,040,812 worldwide 1.9k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Tom Macpherson Japan · #1,388,520 worldwide 858 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Motohisa Oobatake Japan · #1,655,146 worldwide 3.2k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 H. Nakagawa Japan · #1,752,388 worldwide 2.1k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Yoshio Taniyama Japan · #1,896,095 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Hisaya Kuroda Japan · #2,002,952 worldwide 630 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Yasuhiko Shiratori Japan · #2,109,788 worldwide 972 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Atuko Kohara Japan · #2,170,048 worldwide 757 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Akira Sanjoh Japan · #3,318,459 worldwide 436 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Yoshimi Ota Japan · #3,483,156 worldwide 402 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Protein Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Protein Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Protein Research Foundation is "The Carbon Monoxide-binding Pigment of Liver Microsomes" (Tsuneo Omura, Ryo Sato, 1964), with 11,871 citations. Next come "Announcing the worldwide Protein Data Bank" (3,275) and "Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture" (2,051).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Carbon Monoxide-binding Pigment of Liver Microsomes Tsuneo Omura, Ryo Sato · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Jul 1964 11,871
2 Announcing the worldwide Protein Data Bank Helen Miriam Berman, Kim Henrick, Haruki Nakamura · Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Open access 21 Nov 2003 3,275
3 Self-organizing optic-cup morphogenesis in three-dimensional culture Mototsugu Eiraku, Nozomu Takata, Hiroki Ishibashi et al. · Nature Apr 2011 2,051
4 Reduced cell motility and enhanced focal adhesion contact formation in cells from FAK-deficient mice Duško llić, Yasuhide Furuta, S. Kanazawa et al. · Nature Oct 1995 1,853
5 Accurate secondary structure prediction and fold recognition for circular dichroism spectroscopy András Micsonai, Frank Wien, Linda Kernya et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 2 Jun 2015 1,752
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Protein Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Gene Expression, Drug Discovery, Oxidative Stress, Signal Transduction, Metabolic Regulation, Gene Regulation and Chromatin.

▲ 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-now 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. Cancer9▲ 4.2×28 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.0×27 topics
  3. Gene Expression7▲ 6.6×15 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 1.95×41 topics
  5. Drug Discovery6▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy5▲ 5.4×14 topics
  7. Signal Transduction5▲ 19×7 topics
  8. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Cell Signaling4▲ 17×8 topics
  10. Chromatin4▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Gene Regulation4▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Membrane Proteins4▲ 34×3 topics
  13. Molecular Dynamics4▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Transcription Factors4▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Prediction4▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Electron Transport4▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Light Harvesting3▲ 54×1 topic
  18. Photosystem II3▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Protein3▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Enzyme Catalysis3▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Macromolecular Crystallography3▲ 103×1 topic
  23. Stem Cells3▲ 7.2×12 topics
  24. Stress3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  25. Structure Solution3▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  27. Force Field3▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Glycosylation3▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Neuronal Circuits3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Structure3▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Protein-Protein Interactions3▲ 38×3 topics
  32. DNA Damage3▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Macrocycles3▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Cell Death3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Dendritic Spines3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Foldamers3▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Peptide Synthesis3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Epigenetics2▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Gene Therapy2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 8.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Protein Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Enzyme Structure and Function, Protein Structure and Dynamics and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.

Photosynthetic Processes…3Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Fun…3Enzyme Structure and Function: 3 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…3Protein Structure and Dynamics: 3 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…3Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…2Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 2 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optoge…2Photoreceptor and optogenetics research: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyMaterials ChemistryCellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 3 works
  3. 3 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Protein Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Protein Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Protein Research Foundation0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Protein Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Protein Research Foundation7.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2017.

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