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RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

In research, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,919 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,716 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#560 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Plant Science and Molecular Biology — Organic Chemistry is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,206
of 28,054 · #2,127 all time
Rank in Japan
#84
of 1,070
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
125k
68.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,919 of 12,888 17.9%133 #3657
Life SciencesDomain #2,716 of 7,800 27.2%205 #1028
Plant ScienceSubfield #560 of 1,395 37.8%63 #70
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,509 of 3,409 35.7%76 #305
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,883 of 3,579 22.1%117 #852
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,432 of 2,175 21.9%93 #504

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource 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. Physical Sciences#3,657 #3,919
  2. Life Sciences#1,028 #2,716
  3. Plant Science#70 #560
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#305 #1,509
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#852 #1,883
  6. Molecular Biology#504 #1,432
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 Sustainable Resource Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 34.1 works12×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 63.0 works9.7×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 93.2 works8.3×
  4. ChemistryField · 46.8 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: 4.29× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.91× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.26× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.15× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.05× its world share, 47 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.23× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.92× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Motoaki Seki and Shinjiro Yamaguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science.

  1. 1 Hitoshi Sakakibara Japan · #24,892 worldwide 758 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Motoaki Seki Japan · #29,880 worldwide 687 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Shinjiro Yamaguchi Japan · #86,489 worldwide 225 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Mikiko Kojima Japan · #140,565 worldwide 285 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Mitsunori Seo Japan · #159,787 worldwide 262 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Ken Shirasu Japan · #170,730 worldwide 230 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Naoshi Dohmae Japan · #179,911 worldwide 224 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Takashi Kuromori Japan · #337,066 worldwide 181 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Kiminori Toyooka Japan · #343,108 worldwide 199 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Keiji Numata Japan · #354,501 worldwide 186 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Which keywords describe research at RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcription Factors, Epigenetic Regulation, Development, MicroRNA, Transition Metal Catalysis, Auxin and Plant.

▲ 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. Gene Expression30▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Transcription Factors18▲ 40×5 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.8×31 topics
  4. Epigenetic Regulation16▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Development14▲ 11×3 topics
  6. MicroRNA14▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Transition Metal Catalysis14▲ 43×4 topics
  8. Auxin13▲ 79×1 topic
  9. Plant13▲ 79×1 topic
  10. Metabolic Engineering12▲ 35×5 topics
  11. Metabolism12▲ 6.5×19 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications12▲ 2.8×24 topics
  13. Signal Transduction12▲ 21×6 topics
  14. Catalysis11▲ 4.6×20 topics
  15. Electron Transport11▲ 34×3 topics
  16. Genome Sequencing11▲ 19×7 topics
  17. Light Harvesting11▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Photosystem II11▲ 74×1 topic
  19. Drug Discovery10▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Antioxidants9▲ 5.7×10 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  22. Genomics9▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Medicinal Chemistry9▲ 8.5×9 topics
  24. Transition Metal Complexes9▲ 27×4 topics
  25. Organic Synthesis9▲ 20×5 topics
  26. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions8▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Plant Development8▲ 36×3 topics
  28. Hydrogenation8▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Heterocycles8▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Natural Products8▲ 15×7 topics
  31. Endophytic Fungi7▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Oxidative Coupling7▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Secondary Metabolites7▲ 26×4 topics
  34. Genetic Regulation7▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation7▲ 44×1 topic
  36. C–H Activation7▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Plant Immunity7▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Marine Natural Products7▲ 45×2 topics
  39. Genome Analysis7▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Phosphorus7▲ 22×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis.

Plant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 11 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 7 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 6 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 6 fractional worksPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism: 6 fractional worksPlant Stress Responses a…6Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance: 6 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 6 fractional worksPlant Reproductive Biology: 5 fractional worksCatalytic Cross-Coupling…5Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions: 5 fractional works
Plant ScienceMolecular BiologyOrganic ChemistryPharmacology

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

  1. 1 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  2. 2 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 11 works
  3. 3 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 7 works
  4. 4 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 6 works
  5. 5 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism Plant Science 6 works
  7. 7 Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Plant Science 6 works
  8. 8 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Plant Reproductive Biology Molecular Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions Organic Chemistry 5 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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