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RIKEN Nishina Center

In research, RIKEN Nishina Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,343 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#663 of 1,646 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#187 of 263 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 103.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,230
of 28,054 · #2,722 all time
Rank in Japan
#85
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is RIKEN Nishina Center 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 #2,343 of 12,888 29.4%199 #1754
Physics and AstronomyField #663 of 1,646 34.3%138 #763
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #187 of 263 41.9%75 #278

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RIKEN Nishina Center 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#1,754 #2,343
  2. Physics and Astronomy#763 #663
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#278 #187
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 Nishina Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 103.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 74.7 works103×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 138.2 works27×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 27.0 works16×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.11× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.57× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 27.06× its world share, 138 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 27.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at RIKEN Nishina Center?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Isobe, Kazunari Yamada and Kosuke Morita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RIKEN Nishina Center.

  1. 1 T. Isobe Japan · #38,552 worldwide 661 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Kazunari Yamada Japan · #57,291 worldwide 232 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Kosuke Morita Japan · #61,386 worldwide 387 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 D. Kaji Japan · #103,580 worldwide 300 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 K. Morimoto Japan · #115,416 worldwide 341 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 S. Naimi Japan · #151,351 worldwide 206 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Takashi Nakatsukasa Japan · #159,826 worldwide 335 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Hiromitsu Haba Japan · #169,841 worldwide 414 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 N. Inabe Japan · #178,040 worldwide 165 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 K. Kusaka Japan · #256,389 worldwide 218 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at RIKEN Nishina Center

Which keywords describe research at RIKEN Nishina Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, Lattice QCD, Renormalization Group, charmonium, QCD and Tomography.

▲ 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. Nucleosynthesis34▲ 308×3 topics
  2. Nuclear Forces27▲ 650×1 topic
  3. Nuclear Structure27▲ 650×1 topic
  4. Lattice QCD24▲ 178×2 topics
  5. Renormalization Group16▲ 126×2 topics
  6. QCD15▲ 192×1 topic
  7. charmonium15▲ 192×1 topic
  8. Tomography14▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Small-Angle Scattering12▲ 96×2 topics
  10. Neutron Activation Analysis12▲ 146×1 topic
  11. Neutron Imaging12▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Dark Matter11▲ 41×4 topics
  13. Particle Physics10▲ 61×2 topics
  14. Higgs Boson10▲ 84×1 topic
  15. High-Energy Collider10▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Heavy-Ion Collisions9▲ 159×1 topic
  17. Quark-Gluon Plasma9▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Quantum Electrodynamics8▲ 154×2 topics
  19. DNA Strand Breaks8▲ 244×1 topic
  20. Low-Energy Electrons8▲ 244×1 topic
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Superfluidity7▲ 73×2 topics
  23. Electronic Structure Calculations7▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Spin Dynamics7▲ 68×2 topics
  25. Atomic Weights6▲ 157×2 topics
  26. Superconductivity6▲ 16×7 topics
  27. Mass Measurements6▲ 642×1 topic
  28. Nuclear Masses6▲ 642×1 topic
  29. Spectroscopy6▲ 15×6 topics
  30. Density Functional Theory6▲ 24×4 topics
  31. Cancer Treatment5▲ 9.3×2 topics
  32. Dosimetry5▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Molten Salt5▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Nuclear Reactor5▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Quantum Information5▲ 18×3 topics
  36. PET Imaging4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization4▲ 64×2 topics
  38. NMR Spectroscopy4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Solid-State NMR4▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Radiopharmaceuticals4▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does RIKEN Nishina Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear physics research studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Nuclear physics research…27Nuclear physics research studies: 27 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…15Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 15 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…12Nuclear Physics and Applications: 12 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 10 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 9 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Phy…8Atomic and Molecular Physics: 8 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear sciences: 6 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 5 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 4 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAerospace Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 27 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 12 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  5. 5 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  6. 6 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  7. 7 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 4 works
  10. 10 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available60.8%not open39.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has RIKEN Nishina Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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