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Protein Research Foundation

In research, Protein Research Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,852 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,380
of 28,054 · #4,237 all time
Rank in Japan
#256
of 1,070
Research works
2.1k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Protein Research Foundation 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,852 of 7,800 12.9%80 #1911

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Protein Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 45.4 works11×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 59.6 works8.1×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.14× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.29× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.52× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.64× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Protein Research Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Guy T. Hanke and Masakazu Kikuchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Protein Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Guy T. Hanke · #800,454 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Masakazu Kikuchi · #1,337,824 worldwide 34 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Protein Research Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Protein Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Drug Discovery, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress, Cell Signaling, Metabolic Regulation, Chromatin and Molecular Dynamics.

▲ 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. Cancer8▲ 4.3×28 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.0×26 topics
  3. Gene Expression6▲ 6.6×15 topics
  4. Drug Discovery5▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Inflammation5▲ 1.85×35 topics
  6. Cell Signaling4▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Chromatin4▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.6×14 topics
  10. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Prediction3▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Signal Transduction3▲ 16×7 topics
  13. Membrane Proteins3▲ 33×3 topics
  14. Gene Regulation3▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Protein3▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Enzyme Catalysis3▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Macromolecular Crystallography3▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Structure Solution3▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Electron Transport3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Force Field3▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Glycosylation3▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  24. Stress3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  25. Structure3▲ 44×1 topic
  26. Transcription Factors3▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Light Harvesting2▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Photosystem II2▲ 47×1 topic
  29. DNA Damage2▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Protein-Protein Interactions2▲ 40×3 topics
  31. Gene Therapy2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  32. Macrocycles2▲ 36×2 topics
  33. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Stem Cells2▲ 6.7×12 topics
  35. Cell Death2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  36. Foldamers2▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Peptide Synthesis2▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Genomic Instability2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Ion Channels2▲ 14×5 topics
  40. Ocean Acidification2▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Protein Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Enzyme Structure and Function, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.

Enzyme Structure and Fun…3Enzyme Structure and Function: 3 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…3Protein Structure and Dynamics: 3 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…2Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…2Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…2Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 2 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksRetinal Development and …2Retinal Development and Disorders: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryMolecular BiologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 3 works
  2. 2 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Ion channel regulation and function Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Protein Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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