Question 1

What is RIKEN known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, RIKEN stands highest in Physical Sciences (#228 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#154 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#48 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Radiation (Condensed Matter Physics is 15.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does RIKEN rank in research?

Accepted Answer

RIKEN ranks #306 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#245 all time), and #3 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at RIKEN?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Zhaomin Hou, M. Ishihara and Yasutomo Segawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RIKEN.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from RIKEN?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from RIKEN is "Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome" (Eric S. Lander et al., 2001), with 24,745 citations. Next come "An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome" (19,751) and "Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness" (16,101).

Question 5

Which research topics does RIKEN publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Information and Cryptography, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum and electron transport phenomena and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at RIKEN?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Superconductivity, Molecular Dynamics, Deep Learning, Spintronics, Machine Learning, Electronic Structure and Quantum Information.

Question 7

Which fields of science does RIKEN work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 60% of research at RIKEN is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like RIKEN's?

Accepted Answer

The University of Tokyo has the research profile closest to RIKEN's (similarity 0.91 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Physics and Astronomy, followed by Nagoya University and Kyoto University.

Question 9

Is RIKEN's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.