Question 1

What is Rakuten (Japan) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Rakuten (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,115 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence is 7.7× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Rakuten (Japan) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Rakuten (Japan) ranks #14,816 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#21,010 all time), and #431 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Rakuten (Japan)?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Björn Stenger, Ali Cevahir and Leon Wong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rakuten (Japan).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Rakuten (Japan)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Rakuten (Japan) is "Direct measurement of the Zak phase in topological Bloch bands" (Marcos Atala, Monika Aidelsburger, Julio T. Barreiro et al., 2013), with 1,062 citations. Next come "Reductive lignocellulose fractionation into soluble lignin-derived phenolic monomers and dimers and processable carbohydrate pulps" (907) and "Ultra-High-Definition Low-Light Image Enhancement: A Benchmark and Transformer-Based Method" (520).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis and Text and Document Classification Technologies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Rakuten (Japan)?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Information Retrieval, Text Classification, Machine Learning, 5G Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks and Topic Modeling.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Rakuten (Japan) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Rakuten (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (50%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Rakuten (Japan)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.