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Shikoku Research Institute

In research, Shikoku Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,637 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#8,759 of 11,412 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#13,472 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,767
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#718
of 2,112
Research works
803
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Shikoku Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,637 of 21,541 6.2%600
EngineeringField #8,759 of 11,412 6.4%305
Life SciencesDomain #13,472 of 14,347 8.0%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shikoku Research Institute 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).

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: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 6.74× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.80× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.74× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 4.81× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shikoku Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Shunsaku Katoh, Yuki Ohno and Takahiro Hirotsu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shikoku Research Institute.

  1. 1 Shunsaku Katoh Japan · #603,657 worldwide 71 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Yuki Ohno Japan · #960,813 worldwide 34 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Takahiro Hirotsu Japan · #1,000,881 worldwide 105 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Naoya Shigemoto Japan · #1,046,196 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kunihisa Morinaga Japan · #1,151,663 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Tatsumi Maeda Japan · #1,159,269 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Toshihiko Ooie Japan · #1,233,746 worldwide 25 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Yoshio Tanaka Japan · #1,305,942 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Kazuhiko Sugasaka Japan · #1,323,164 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hideki Matsuura Japan · #1,386,960 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Shikoku Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Shikoku Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Asthma, Bisphenol A, Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals, Risk Assessment, Impact, Tsunami and Allergic Diseases.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Effects4▲ 15×7 topics
  2. Epidemiology2◆ 1.09×4 topics
  3. Asthma2▲ 40×2 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 1.89×3 topics
  5. Risk Assessment2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  6. Bisphenol A2▲ 105×1 topic
  7. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals2▲ 105×1 topic
  8. Genetics2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  9. Treatment1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  10. Allergic Diseases1▲ 53×1 topic
  11. Earthquakes1▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Eosinophils1▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Impact1▲ 143×1 topic
  14. Nutrition1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  15. Subduction1▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Tsunami1▲ 784×1 topic
  17. Climate Change1◆ 1.09×8 topics
  18. Dynamic Interaction1▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Machine Learning1▼ 0.85×6 topics
  20. Obesity1▲ 3.7×3 topics
  21. Volatile Organic Compounds1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Bayesian Networks1▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Curriculum Development1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  24. Fault Tree Analysis1▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Tomography1▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Chemical Management1▲ 363×1 topic
  27. Chiral Separation1▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Eating Habits1▲ 198×1 topic
  29. Footbridges1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Health1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  31. Laboratory Safety1▲ 363×1 topic
  32. Liquid Chromatography1▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.64×2 topics
  34. Seismic Noise1▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Surface Wave1▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Vibration Serviceability1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Shikoku Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Asthma and respiratory diseases and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Effects and risks of end…2Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 2 fractional worksEarthquake and Tsunami E…1Earthquake and Tsunami Effects: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …1earthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksChemical Safety and Risk…1Chemical Safety and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksNutrition, Health and Food Behavior: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisCivil and Structural EngineeringPhysiologyGeophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Earthquake and Tsunami Effects Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Chemical Safety and Risk Management Chemical Health and Safety 1 works
  9. 9 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 1 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shikoku Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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