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RIKEN Center for Brain Science

In research, RIKEN Center for Brain Science stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,700 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#528 of 1,168 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,921 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 27.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,246
of 28,054 · #1,676 all time
Rank in Japan
#86
of 1,070
Research works
4.1k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
186k
45.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is RIKEN Center for Brain Science 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 #1,700 of 7,800 21.7%179 #570
NeuroscienceField #528 of 1,168 23.2%105 #195
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,921 of 3,579 21.0%63 #653

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RIKEN Center for Brain Science 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#570 #1,700
  2. Neuroscience#195 #528
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#653 #1,921
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does RIKEN Center for Brain Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 27.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 26.5 works27×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 50.9 works22×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 105.4 works21×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.79× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 20.80× its world share, 105 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 20.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at RIKEN Center for Brain Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Шун-ичи Амари, Nobuyuki Nukina and Andrzej Cichocki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RIKEN Center for Brain Science.

  1. 1 Шун-ичи Амари Japan · #4,828 worldwide 1.6k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Nobuyuki Nukina Japan · #37,578 worldwide 382 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Andrzej Cichocki Japan · #47,292 worldwide 2.3k citations · 305 works
  4. 4 Akihiko Takashima Japan · #52,866 worldwide 251 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Thomas J. McHugh Japan · #106,012 worldwide 243 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Kathleen S. Rockland Japan · #126,564 worldwide 175 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Anh Huy Phan Japan · #172,216 worldwide 237 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Tsutomu Hashikawa Japan · #173,979 worldwide 147 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Takaomi C. Saido Japan · #174,243 worldwide 572 citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Hitoshi Okamoto Japan · #176,780 worldwide 285 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Which keywords describe research at RIKEN Center for Brain Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, Neurobiology, Brain Development, Synchronization and Neuronal Oscillations.

▲ 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. Neurodegeneration27▲ 28×9 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress25▲ 4.9×29 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders22▲ 12×16 topics
  4. Neuroinflammation20▲ 23×6 topics
  5. Neurobiology17▲ 22×9 topics
  6. Brain Development16▲ 29×6 topics
  7. Synchronization15▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Neuronal Oscillations14▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Working Memory14▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Prefrontal Cortex14▲ 58×3 topics
  11. Cortical Networks14▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Gamma Rhythms14▲ 78×1 topic
  13. Neuronal Circuits14▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Synaptic Plasticity13▲ 19×6 topics
  15. Dendritic Spines12▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Genetics12▲ 5.3×11 topics
  17. Hippocampus11▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Memory11▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Amyloid Hypothesis10▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Tau Pathology10▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Parkinson's Disease10▲ 14×8 topics
  22. Neural Circuits10▲ 35×4 topics
  23. Astrocyte Function10▲ 51×2 topics
  24. GABAergic10▲ 61×1 topic
  25. Neurotransmission10▲ 61×1 topic
  26. Cytokines9▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Microglia9▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Navigation9▲ 81×2 topics
  29. Innate Immunity9▲ 8.8×8 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction9▲ 9.5×9 topics
  31. Amygdala8▲ 122×1 topic
  32. Fear Conditioning8▲ 122×1 topic
  33. Ischemic Stroke7▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Olfactory System7▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Functional Connectivity7▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Astrocytes6▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Synaptic Pruning6▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Immune System6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  39. Neural Mechanisms6▲ 22×4 topics
  40. Metabolic Regulation6▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does RIKEN Center for Brain Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Neural dynamics and brain function: 14 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 10 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…10Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 10 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…8Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…5EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 5 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 4 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeurosciencePhysiologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 10 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 10 works
  4. 4 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 6 works
  6. 6 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 5 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has RIKEN Center for Brain Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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